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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1902
Page
2
Hugh Ike Shott announces advertising rates available upon application. Bluefield West Virginia post office records show this notice as standard second class mail matter.
A fragment cites a harsh wage of eight dollars weekly for twelve hour days and warns no community can prosper by slavery, reflecting labor and moral arguments of the era about freedom and fairness.
Readable fragments show a long advertisement for proposed amendments to a state constitution, including secretary of state and salary provisions, judicial reform, and voter registration. The text lists five proposed amendments with ballot labeling and ratification directions.
Election Tuesday November 4 1902 candidates listed for Congress James A Hughes State Senate M F Matheney and W A Ballard House of Delegates Thos Reed and D P Crockett County Court Clerk E W Freeman Circuit Court Clerk W B Honaker Commissioner of County Court David Thorn Superintendent of Free Schools J H Gadd Assessor 2nd District J W Reed
The author argues that despite claims crude oil and natural gas will cut coal use, coal and coke demand rises as iron and steel production expands. He notes imports easing and predicts domestic ore and new furnaces will sustain heavy coal use, with King Coal set to reign for years.
The Telegraph reports a large cotton duck maker plans moving its plant from Connecticut to the South to exploit cheaper child labor. Connecticut bans underage work, drawing critique of using child labor to lure industry. A Fall River worker earning 12 dollars weekly for nine-hour days contrasts progress with the Southward shift.
If you have kidney or bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure you will have only yourself to blame for results. It positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. For sale by G. H. Wade druggist.
Two company stockholders meetings set for August 14 and August 6 1902 in Bluefield West Virginia. Swan Lake Qiuj Company plans electing a board of directors and other lawful business at 10 a.m. Green River Development Company calls for 8 p.m. with similar purpose. Attendance restricted to registered stockholders by August 1.
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