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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
4
A fragment lists Republican ticket candidates for various offices in Virginia along with a stream of editorial observations about politics labor and social topics. The piece blends names Campbell Slemp John Kil lard and others with commentary on schooling Bluefield changes and global events.
The New York banking sector reports a small cash loss but a dramatic loan expansion of over 30 million dollars, lowering surplus reserves to 14.12 million. This indicates tightening credit and strong demand for money as rates hold firm.
A New York court of special sessions held that limiting labor hours for women and children to ten per day and sixty per week is an unwarranted intrusion on constitutional rights. The piece notes this clashes with half a century of judicial trend toward police power limits for public health and morals, and predicts possible reversal on appeal. It warns against reactionary views and mentions Maxim Gorky as a potential critic of American hypocrisy.
The dominant note across wholesale branches is optimism and strength despite a typically dull season. Growth is buoyed by a rosy crop situation, labor shortages, and active fall and winter preparations. July railway earnings exceed last year by 8.9 percent, mercantile failures decline, and iron and steel show buoyant activity.
On July 6 and 19 and August 2 16 and 30 the Norfolk and Western Railway will sell very low rate round trip tickets to Atlantic City Cape May and other Jersey coast resorts. Tickets are limited sixteen days and daily at principal stations excursion tickets to mountain and seashore resorts in Virginia on sale through October 31 1906. Ww. B. Bevill general passenger agent Roanoke Va.
Mountain Lake in Giles County Virginia markets as a premier summer resort perched 4500 feet up in the Alleghenies. The copy highlights pristine forest lands nearby and scenic beauty calling it the silver gem of the Alleghanies. Reachable via the N and PRMBROKE lines with Radford Pocahontas and Sciota Divisions. Rates listed from 2 to 3 per day and 10 to 15 per week with a descriptive booklet available from RB Ellison, manager.
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