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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
3
The widow Gregg conducts a grim social experiment on a tramp, first humbling him with restraints and meals, then provoking ambition. The tramp responds with surprising labor, breaking tools and property before the widow ends the project with a five dollar reward.
Rear Admiral Ralph Donahue retires from the Navy. He wins money from Lester Sheldon in a card game and is duped by a widow who uses a check to reclaim the notes. The admiral muses on changing his views as the pair scheme and the brother fears exposure.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina hails Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world saying it cured a felon on his thumb and always heals sores burns and wounds. The product sells for 25 cents at drug stores.
The article notes that two thirds of Ceylon is undermined by white ants and that worker termites are preyed upon by many animals. Adults face near certain mortality while buzzes of birds, bats, and even dogs eat winged ants. some human observers compare termites to mushrooms in taste.
A Boston physician recalls his own boy’s illness after a vacation. The father leaves a medication chart with the mother who forgets. She claims she never misses a dose, having trained the child to protest before each scheduled time.
Miss Betham Edwards notes French travelers keep calm and cheerful during journeys, turning minor discomforts into pleasure. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is praised for piles and sold by all druggists.
Mercer County Court on August 17 1908 prepared an estimate of the levy needed for the current fiscal year to cover debts and expenses after credits. The document lists appropriations for elections officers salaries jail and poor relief bridges and contingencies and ends with a total estimated levy of 20 cents per hundred dollars value to raise 45000.00 for county purposes based on property valuations of 24000000.
The Mercer County court certifies an estimate to levy 12 1/2 cents per $100 of property for Rock District to open and repair roads and cover debts and district expenses for the current year. Total district valuation is $5,085,971 with outstanding orders $375, and district purposes require a $9,000 levy based on the last assessment.
The notice lists tuition from $1.00 to $2.50 per month and board at $2.40 per week with furnished room. Special rates apply for two or more from a family at Norfolk and Western Station Delorme West Virginia. The school lies five miles from any town in the mountain region.
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