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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from Bluefield West Virginia announces the Daily Telegraph printing details. It lists publication days, subscription prices for daily and advance options, and mailing address Box 721 Bluefield WV. No individuals are connected with the paper and mail handling is directed to the publisher.
The ticket includes William H. Taft for President and James S Sherman for Vice President. Local nominees cover Governor C W Swisher Secretary of State Stuart F Reed Auditor J S Durst Treasurer KE L Long Attorney General W G Conley Superintendent M P Shawkey congressional candidate James A Hughes and multiple judges sheriffs clerks, delegates and constables.
A correspondence discusses correcting the water supply by removing polluting springs outside city limits. The city board of health lacks jurisdiction. a joint bluefield and Mercer county health boards meeting is proposed to issue an order under the prosecuting attorney and induce owners to remove the nuisance.
A tiny baby in a carriage draws gentle attention on Broadway New York as a mother crosses with traffic halted by a policeman. Pedestrians pause, pat the infant softly, and depart with renewed goodwill after the brief, tender moment on the busy street.
A political notice from I M Grant, chairman of the Lincoln Republican committee, explains plans to circulate petitions in every magisterial district and place regular nominees on the ticket with state officers. The message promises to back all Republican nominees fairly and may substitute others if a candidate refuses use of their name.
A local political skirmish centers on Willie as critics claim major figures such as Roosevelt Taft and Hearst stole their platforms and policies. The candidacy becomes a flashpoint for ideological clashes within the era.
A Cleveland or Toledo advertisement promises cure for deafness caused by catarrh through constitutional remedies. It states deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, urging readers to send for free circulars and visit druggists for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A professor of mnemonics visiting Canterbury waits for a London train. He performs memory feats for locals at an inn, while a skeptic waiter mocks him. The whistle for the last train arrives and the man hurries to the station, leaving the inebriated crowd and the waiter to discover the joke. The waiter shouts that the memory man forgot his umbrella, revealing the crowd’s disbelief.
A tale from Citizens Charities notes a mistaken gift to a Turkish beggar who returns a gold coin after a host responds to his door servant. The piece contrasts beggar customs with a humorous anecdote about a refined recipient. It also cites storm wave records and a lighthouse rock throw at Skerryvore.
A New York clergyman recalls how Dr. Morgan Dix lightened grave subjects with humor. He cites Dix at a medical school graduation where the speaker joked that physiology says the older a man grows, the smaller his brain becomes, explaining why the old know less than the young.
Dialogue features a solemn father confessing pain over a thrashing and Napoleon offering sympathy. The exchange conveys emotional weight and rough humor as part of Lomdon Scraps.
Norfolk and Western Railway announces daily train times and services from Roanoke to points including Shenandoah division Philadelphia New York and Norfolk. Services listed include Pullman Sleepers Parlor Cars Dining Cafe Cars and schedules to Lynchburg Richmond Columbus and Welch with maps and ticket information from Roanoke Virginia.
The Virginian Railway lists daily weekday and Sunday train times between Page and Deepwater with 40 mile Matoaka and Matoaks connections. Weekdays include trains Page to Deepwater 4:45 am and 5:15 am. return Deepwater 5:55 pm and Page 6:26 pm. Sundays run Page 4:46 am to Deepwater 5:15 am and Deepwater 4:00 pm to Page 4:20 pm. Connections at Deepwater to Chesapeake and Ohio Ry and at Matoaks to Norfolk and Western Ry. G. M. Adbin? Gen. Passenger Law Norfolk Virginia.
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