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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
4
Publication name Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 66 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia lists advertising rates and Associated Press membership. Notice shows edition numbers 14-J and 14-L and indicates publication frequency excluding Mondays.
Republican ballot listing mayor K E Carter recorder W F Palmer treasurer D G Lilly supervisor W T Gibson councilmen at large S N Wor ley first ward R B Ferguosa second ward J N Echols. third ward J J Giles. fourth ward K F Schoen. fifth ward Jas S Kahle. sixth ward J C Akersmith. seventh ward W J Borden. eighth ward F A Francisco.
A report by United States Consul Charles B. Harris of Reichenberg Bohemia notes successful flood prevention on the Guerrita Neisse via forestry and six storage reservoirs. The approach reduces silt and generates water power, informing White House talks on similar plans for the Mississippi Ohio regions.
The article depicts Senator Bailey in a hard battle within Texas Democrats for delegate-at-large to the Denver convention. Opponents circulate mass handbills during his campaign, portraying him as tied to the Standard Oil episode and framing the race as a test of public confidence.
A collage of political jabs and cultural notes critiques Mr Bryan foes and rail finance while recounting a Pennsylvania railroad loan and crown jewels in Portugal. Tolstoy’s posthumous novel and wary ports of seed diplomacy underline a tense, ironic view of current affairs.
A remark notes that mentioning a husband as vice president would be unlikely since he is a charter member of the Antivice society. The quotation implies a social or political stance reflected by the society.
Fr BE Walker announces candidacy for Mercer County Surveyor under the Republican party for the May 16 1963 convention. He pledges to seek voters support and respect from the party.
Date for clerk of the county court of Mercer county, subject to the action of the Democratic convention, and respectfully ask the support of my friends in convention and at the polls.
EF L Bowman is announced as a candidate for the office of clerk of the Merett county court, subject to the Republican county convention action.
An amused daughter confronts her distracted father over buying a millinery shop. He deflects with a claim about their mother's era, while she boasts of her generous father and recalls the Skinners as tightwads. The daughter ultimately secures the purchase.
The date for the re-election to the office of clerk of the circuit court of Mercer County is fixed, pending action by the Republican nominating convention to be held in Bluefield on May 16, 1905.
The notice states A. M. Sutton seeks the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney of the county, pending action by the Republican county convention on May 16, 1908.
The piece contrasts spring appetite with homely foods and chores, then shifts to a medical advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes internal, constitutional treatment, claims a cure with a hundred dollars reward for failure, and ends with a druggist and tailoring notices.
G P Hylton announces as a candidate for re election to Mercer county commissioner subject to the Republican mass convention in Bluefield on May 16 1908 and asks voters support. He says if successful he will run the office to the best of his ability and noble conduct.
Raleigh county Republicans nominate M. F. Matheny of Beckley West Virginia as their candidate for state senate. They invite inquiry into his character and cite his success at the bar and in business as evidence of fitness to represent the district in the state’s upper chamber.
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