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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
2
Bluefield West Virginia notice lists advertising rates with cash in advance. The entry notes rates 4.00 and 1.00 and states mail matter classification and post office entry. It appears as a catalog-like price cite for local business advertising.
The governor proclaims five amendments to voters. Key item is adding a fifth supreme court judge with salary increases and broader power. Other proposals include electing the secretary of state, ending the fee system with fixed salaries, boosting school funds, and voter registration laws.
The text notes Kipling’s work and reports the British public raised 6.5 million dollars for front line families. It comments on the seriousness of an attack and mentions Canada’s lobster canneries and a Haitien cable incident tied to cannonading reports.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and asserts the firm’s honesty and financial reliability. It states the product is taken internally and sold by druggists, with testimonials and Hall's Family Pills recommended.
A Lansing Iowa Journal reader reports a child cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The writer emphasizes keeping a bottle at home, noting the medicine is well known among patent remedies and useful when physicians are not readily accessible. For sale by local merchants.
The David opposed to Northern Securities figure Peter Power, a young druggist, is located in Montreal. Counsel reveals the plan to fake a plaintiff to challenge the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, exposing Wall Street’s view of power in finance and a high government official attacked in Atlantic City.
Regular annual meetings of Swan Lake Oil Company and Green River Development Company will be held at 17 Princeton Avenue Bluefield West Virginia on August lth and August 4th 1902 respectively. Directors elected and other lawful business will be transacted. Provisions require stockholders to be registered on or before August.
A claim touts Arnica Salve as a universal healer for piles burns boils ulcers cuts and skin eruptions claiming thirty years of proven cures and urging purchase at 25 cents in all drug stores.
W T Sturdevant of Merry Oaks New York says fifteen years of dyspepsia ended after using Kodol. He reports immediate relief allowing him to eat freely and improve digestion. He warns against dieting and promotes wholesome food and Kodol for digestion without stomach aid. Sold by John L Crockett.
A newspaper notice cautions about using Foley's Kidney Cure and asserts it cures kidney and bladder diseases. It states the product is sold by G. H. Wade Aruggist and warns readers to avoid kidneys and bladder trouble.
An official notice lists five proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on at the November election. It details amendments on executive salaries, the supreme court, irreducible school funds, registration of voters, and related procedural changes, with ballot designations and voting guidance.
Local agent invites buyers to Bluefield to view and write for information about houses and farms offered for sale with projected returns of 15 to 20 percent per year.
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