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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
2
Front page classified note states ads at per inch rate with charges for extra or specified position. Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Weekly Telegraph editions list post office at Bluefield West Virginia as mail matter.
Readers note a collage of wartime snippets: Spain omits long reports on the Maine launch while Maryland foresees a short peach season. Kansas corn and nationwide censorship, naval inquiries, and unrest across Asia and the Middle East color the era.
The excerpt surveys political lines in Beaumont and Edgefield while noting census figures showing Chicago swine and New York asses. It cites Senator Tillman calling the Ohio convention platform nonsense and mentions Gorman praising Maryland’s Democratic organization. European powers oppose Crete’s divorce petition from Turkey as tension rises.
A youthful reflection on love describes its effects on behavior and people across society. The narrator notes lovers quieting others and sharing benches, while imagining future romance and guidance from a future partner.
Chicago Tribune notes a bet over the quotation. Higginside claims Psalms, the wager is $5 and the bet will be decided by you. The other party suggests Job or Proverbs of Solomon as the source.
In a light exchange, a wife questions dividing the month's earnings with the husband replying he saved part for the bank and calls the remainder his pin money. An unrelated Ohio State Journal aside notes the air’s weight with a earth surface deduction. A historical trivia line mentions a wide awake hat origin.
Frank J. Cheney proclaims his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The sworn statement, dated December 6, 1886, annotates the product as a blood and mucous system remedy and promotes testimonials. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses the document in Toledo Ohio.
A Wisconsin couple's wedding ring vanished while the wife rode in a lake boat. Years later the husband found the ring lodged on a twig beneath a hawk nest, suggesting the hawk carried it from the water and dropped it as a wind blew the nest apart. The wife wears the ring again.
A leaf from an orange tree may root when planted. Seven year old tea plants yield four ounces per plant or about 100 pounds per acre. New Zealand edelweiss resembles the Swiss variety. A 100 year oak averages 41 inches diameter while a 50 inch elm and a 40 inch larch are noted. A 20 year white pine should be about 25 feet tall and reach 60 feet by age 30 or 40. In British Columbia forests the pest devil's club with flesh-stabbing spikes causes poisoned wounds.
A critical excerpt cites Albert Phelps in The Atlantic arguing slavery shielded Blacks from existential competition and from natural forces, likening enslaved people to stock bred and regulated like prize animals. Emancipation then exposed them to dire misery as slavery’s protections vanished.
White man Hagerty of Lexaeton turned yellow with jaundice and suffered severely. Doctors offered no relief until Electric Bitters was tried. After two bottles he claims a full cure. Endorses for stomach liver and kidney troubles. 50c at drug stores.
Listing of various fabrics and garments with prices such as 2 cent Orgaudies 10 cent Percales and 10 cent Dress Gingham. Mentions include allover embroideries laces and dresses with assorted cent prices, likely a departmental sale or catalog snippet from a historical retailer.
A short buyers’ note touts a complete line of Hamburgs Valencienne laces and insertions with real values. Various items include silk taffeta ribbons and fringe trims priced at modest cents, highlighting discounts and new arrivals for the season.
A local sale lists half price to 75 cent corsets and 39 to 62 cent hats. Slippers and Oxford shoes are drastically reduced with marked-down bargains from 69 cents to 1.65 for various lots. Mens neck wear and ties also promoted at deep discounts in window display.
Ad lists Madras shirts for $1 and white negligee shirts, sizes 144 to 164, plus lace scripted-front shirts and elastic belts. Ladies skirts are scarce with crash skirts at 38 cents and other low prices noted.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for eruptions boils ulcers carbuncles felons and fever sores. It claims sores pimples vanish and promises relief for cuts burns and scalds with a 25 cent price and drugstore availability.
Annual stockholders meeting set for Bramwell West Virginia on Friday August 2 1901 at 3 oclock p m to elect officers and handle other business J P Bowen president and Harry Bowen secretary notice issued to shareholders. Headache often comes from a disordered stomach and constipation Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offer a remedy sold by H White.
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