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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
4
Publication notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia outlines advertising rates and box 721 mail communications. It states no individuals are connected to the paper for mail regarding establishment matters and lists issue numbers 14 J and 14 L.
A full ticket slate is presented with names and hometowns for national and county posts including President Taft and Vice President Sherman, Governor Swisher, Secretary of State Reed, Auditor Durst, Treasurer Long, Attorney General Conley, State Superintendent Shawkey, Congressman Hughes, Court of Appeals judges Robinson Miller Williams, State Senate Holmes, Sheriff Ellison, House delegates Hawley Lilly, Prosecuting Attorney Sutton, Clerk Circuit Court Honaker, Clerk County Court Bowman, County Commissioner Thorn, Assessor Hylton, Surveyor Walker, Justices Godbey Kersey, Education Board Shirey, and Constables Pennington Haley.
A jumble of short opinions notes unions, crime, Hearst, romance, and politics. Prohibitionists avoid Sunday involvement. The city’s tax payer statements invite scrutiny while Manitoba harvest work offers 30,000 positions.
The London Tron and Coal Trade Review notes coal's continued industrial and political dominance. It states coal leads in value and volume, with 1906 gold output near £2 million and coal output valued at £344 million, underscoring coal's global influence.
The passage notes that over 2,700,000 people produced coal, with about one third in the British Empire, and that if buyers, sellers, and distributors are counted, bank activity rises greatly. It suggests the coal industry’s vast employment and economic significance worldwide.
The Huntington Herald denounces Benedict Arnold Scherr as a self serving West Virginia political rival who would thwart others and snap the hand that fed him. The piece argues the state should not breed such men and accuses Scherr of betrayal despite years of party backing and state funds.
The piece argues newspapers nominate and elevate public figures, shaping careers through profiles and speeches. It notes the rise of lecturing circuits and press agents, with political ambitions turning into staged fame.
Local application fails to reach the diseased ear portion. Deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian Tube mucous lining. Restoring the tube to normal function can prevent permanent hearing loss, with nine cases from catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a hundred dollar reward for any case cured nowhere. Circulars free from I J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mr A A Elton of Harrisville New York praises Dr King s New Life Pills as just exactly right after years of use. The remedy claims relief from constipation biliousness and malaria and costs 25 cents at drug stores.
C Brisentine announces the reopening of his meat market at No 20 Blue Field Avenue. He offers a full line of choice meats from his own slaughter with low cash prices. Per pound rates for spring lamb roasts and other cuts are listed and customers are urged to call 167 for orders.
A local notice announces a shop opening line of goods including tobacco papers magazines and leading papers with weekly gifts for customers. It invites ladies to visit URAL No 5 Bluefield Avenue and participate in a ticketed distribution. Also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hineel Solve and DeWitt’s Little Barely Risers sold by druggists.
Fragmented time notations and numbers listed as a stray excerpt. Reads like a garbled sequence of clocks and figures without clear action or context.
Mrs R Puerson of Auburn Center Pennsylvania reports Dr Kings New Discovery relieves throat and lung trouble long standing. She says it cures where other treatments failed temporarily and plans continued use for full recovery. Sold by all druggists 50c and 1 00. Trial bottle free.
A brief ad describes a near Water Works project promising high returns. It touts stored plots and blueprints with potential to multiply money in under a year. It mentions a sacrificed value for the interest and emphasizes a rapid gain with additional purchase options.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina endorses Hucklen's Arica Salve as the best in the world saying it cured a felon on his thumb and heals all sores burns and wounds. It sells for 25 cents at all drug stores.
The article promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for homes, especially when physicians are unavailable. It urges keeping a bottle on hand to treat cramps, cholera, and diarrhoea, claiming it can save lives and detailing local merchants distributing the remedy.
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