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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
2
Local notices advertise a specified posting soon to be buried, indicating upcoming changes or removals. The brief item lists a designated position and a timeline, emphasizing the anticipated cessation of the current posting.
A collage of remarks on Bryan Tillman and Morgan hints at political tensions as names like Maclay Cervers Astor Van Alen and Simpson surface. Attacks on administration and public policy mingle with light notes on crops mosquitoes and Western land claims, showing a gadfly of opinions across figures and events.
The passage surveys themes of marriage before ownership, land entitlements, and social fairness. It touches on a woman leading a family amid injustice, speculates about a future shift in land needs, and mentions a mosquito, hydrophobia, and a Bronx zoo cobra alongside notes on Roosevelt, coyotes, and public figures including Secretary Long and Li Hung Chang.
A scan of old medical ads warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hal’s Catarrh Cure by J Cheney & Co. Claims about internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, plus anecdotes praising Chamberlain’s products for cholera and diarrhea remedies. Notes questionable origins and dubious endorsements.
Advertisement notes fall stock liquidations at Hicks & Co 710 Wa with four thousand dollars of furniture and seven thousand yards of carpets to be sold at or below cost within 60 days. A town resident claims Ramon's Liver Pills restored her mother to health after illness.
A Philadelphia based tale recounts Senator Cockrel's alleged links to the assay committee and a $24 check stolen from his pocketbook. The check was traced to payment records in dusty ledgers at the Treasury, suggesting a possible replacement check. Separately the piece notes rowing coach Ned Haplan in a novelty river scene and a Neapolitan anecdote. a Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertisement promotes its cures.
The Globe Store announces a Great Mid-Summer Clearance with deeply cut prices on a wide range of goods. Advertised items include organdies, lawn fabrics, pereales, ginghams, calicoes, palm leaf fans, and other summer staples priced as low as 2 to 62 cents, urging customers to prove value at the sale.
All-over embroidery and lace items advertised with varied prices. Includes all-over embroidery pieces offered at 75 cents to 1.00, and lace pieces priced around 29 cents to 81 dollars, as listed in a colorful local sale notice.
A local merchant highlights new stock of Silk Taffeta ribbons in diverse colors with silk taffeta lines and Valencienne laces. The notice touts a complete line of Hamburgs and insertions, claiming some pieces are real values in stock.
An old fashion retail display lists items such as corsets hats slippers and neckwear with sale prices in a storefront showcase. The ad emphasizes markdowns on ladies wear and various accessories with prices stated in a fragmented OCR style.
A receiver under a Mercer County Circuit Court decree will sell several properties by public auction on August ISTH, 1901. Properties include Lot 95 in Gasadolle Russell Addition, Central City 252 feet 155 inches, lots in Huntington and Bluefield, and a lot in Bluefield with improvements. Terms: one third cash, balance on credit 6 and 12 months with interest and bond security.
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