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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph prints masthead details and contact information for the Bluefield West Virginia publication including address, box number and Associated Press membership. It notes no individuals are expected to receive mail regarding establishment matters.
The Republican ticket includes Taft for President with Sherman as VP, Swisher for Governor, Reed for Secretary of State, Durst for Auditor, Long for Treasurer, Conley for Attorney General, Shawkey for State Superintendent, Hughes for War Congress, and judges for Court of Appeals. It also names candidates for State Senate, Sheriff, House of Delegates, Prosecuting Attorney, various clerks, commissioners, assessor, surveyor, justices, Board of Education, constables, and other county roles.
A satirical column riffs on airships, debts, freight rates, and chaperones in the Gregory case. It notes Venezuela and Syria in a light glare, praises Chicago's 1908 directory estimate, mocks Northwest harvest labor disputes, laments urban expansion, and teases Mr. Edison’s helicopter with a storage battery.
Democratic Vice Presidential hopeful Kern speaks at a Chautauqua event, misnaming Roosevelt and urging nonpartisan patriotism. The piece comments on his slight deviation from Taft and hints at a mantle analogy. The report also notes a new parcels post law allowing cheap transatlantic package dispatch from Bluefield to Graham.
A compilation of editorial quips noting that bank suspensions in New York did not wipe out deposits, but exposed systemic weakness. It critiques state of finance and governance while jesting about diplomacy, satire on baron Takahira, Thaw’s quarrel, and royal greetings between William and Edward.
Tazewell section recalls Dr Andrew Still founder of osteopathy in Kirksville Missouri where the school grew from a 4x28 wooden building to a brick three story campus. The oblique history traces Still’s family links to Virginia and local Moore relatives while noting the hospital and operating room areas added to the school facilities.
West Virginia Governor Dawson proclaims two constitutional amendments to be voted on at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The first, Qualification Amendment, changes section four of article four setting age and residency criteria for state officials. The second, County Court Amendment, adjusts section twenty three of article eight detailing county commissioners terms and election rules.
The National Association of Osteopaths counts 5000 members all graduates of five osteopathy schools now open. Most members gathered in Kirksville on the 6th to give an ovation to Dr Still on the anniversary of his 80th birthday, a scene of interest to readers and to Dr Still’s relatives in Southwest Virginia.
An advertisement claims deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten deafness cases come from catarrh and offers 100 dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and a Daily Telegraph subscription.
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