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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1908
Page
5
The candidate continued through multiple Ohio towns including Toledo near 11 pm. He greeted large crowds, spoke briefly in Gallipolis and Columbus, led a field day at Athens with patriotic events, and responded with a Taft smile to Toledo supporters.
Washington reports a busy political week with William J. Bryan touring the Dakotas and Minnesota while Taft stays on Middle Bass Island before Cincinnati. Hisgen begins in Indiana and Ohio then tours the Northwest. Debs heads west from Chicago. The Ohio Republican campaign opens in Youngstown with Governor Hughes as keynote, amid Michigan and Wisconsin primaries and Vermont election day. The Atlantic fleet sails to Melbourne as Veterans groups convene in Toledo and Boston.
A London Mail observation explains insomnia among retiring brain workers as a result of long term mental strain. The brain required high blood flow during work, and vessels adapt. post retirement the brain often does not reduce nourishment, leading to ongoing excessive mental activity and sleeplessness.
The warden suspects choir members will request higher pay after two successive Sundays of listening to the sermon. The siders man questions the motive as tensions rise in the illustrated Bits item.
A short dialogue excerpt shows an officer correcting a misperception about time on deck. Mrs Lansman comments on the watch striking loudly while Tarper's Weekly notes the proverb about favor from great men. The quoted exchange reflects maritime routine and social manners.
At Hibernia near Columbus two motor cars on the Columbus Newark and Zanesville traction line crashed on a switch tonight. About fifty people were injured with two perhaps fatally hurt. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to nearby hospitals for treatment. Authorities opened an investigation into the crash and track conditions are being reviewed.
A humorous tale from an eastern city tells of an elderly man who, seeking two ball tickets for his servants, asks a policeman where to buy them. He touches a fire alarm at an engine house, triggering a full alert, then calmly asks for a second ticket as the firefighters rally. London Chronicle notes distinct city scents.
The Cholula pyramid in Mexico has a base of 1,488 feet and height 175 feet. The Great Pyramid of Egypt, once 764 feet per side, now 746 feet after coating removal. originally 480 feet 9 inches tall, now about 460 feet tall.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows Hattie declaring George loves her and wants marriage while Ella questions the confirmation. Hattie notes George dislikes mamma, signaling family tensions.
A collection of quotes on worry and sympathy from period papers. The London Sketch notes worry as seedless sympathy while the Atlanta Journal comments on a girl’s sentiment after a man loses his job.
The Loulaville Courier Journal reports all wedding arrangements are finished including a photographer agreement with a camera smashing plan to celebrate.
Quotations from the St. Louis Republic and Shakespeare note fortune bringing in boats not steered. The exchange features Ysobel and Reginald discussing love and learning, while a Shakespeare line hints at misdirected fate in boat imagery.
Advertisement notes that W. H. Coffman Coke Co of Bluefield West Virginia provides coal of any size and delivers to any part of the city at a reasonable price. The snippet is from a 19th or early 20th century issue.
A concise ad notice touts Sauer's product line available at grocers, with price points 10 cents and 25 cents. It emphasizes that all flavors are offered and invites shoppers to buy.
Public notice from J B Williams describing a five year steady cleaning pressing altering and repairing business. offers dyeing services and trade in of worn clothing such as hats and shoes at reasonable prices and invites customers to come and be served at No 20 Higginbotham Avenue with phone 2382.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill N C commends Bucklen's Arnica Salve calling it the best salve the world affords. He says it cured a felon on his thumb and heals all sores burns and wounds it is applied to. Available at drug stores for 25 cents.
A long, colorful anecdote about Francisque Sarcey and his library. It recounts a series of misfit librarians who each meet comic or tragic fates as they manage Sarcey’s books from a released convict to a melancholy dramatist to a cheerful youth and finally an elderly Polish assistant who perishes in a charity ball fire.
A description from Outing Magazine outlines Topi marriage customs where parents arrange unions and the bride grinds corn for three weeks. It notes Navajo rites and a tribal tariff of horses for a first marriage entry, plus the prohibition on future meetings of son and mother in law.
A Marshall Islands atoll was stripped by a 1905 hurricane. Forty foot waves tore the coral island apart carrying all life into the sea and leaving only calm ocean where the land once stood. No survivors were recorded.
Illustrated cover selections include Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming and Trust Her Not for 50 cents. See the Conquering Hero Comes with full orchestra and There Was a Little Fisher Maiden in three parts. Also features There Was a Fisher Maiden, The Tale of a Swordfish, and Home Sweet Home in A flat.
In a light exchange reported by Chicago News Lola declares a man named Borem would go to the ends of the earth for her. Grace asks for her reaction and Lola says she convinced him to wake a start for Howe and let it go.
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin says he has taken four doses of De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pill and they have done more for him than any other medicine. Sold by all druggists.
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