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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
4
.Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports in a 1905 edition advertising rates and mailing details. The paper notes its address at 86 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and lists telephone numbers for business office and editorial rooms. It states subscription rates for three months six months one year and an advance option with prices. It identifies itself as a member of the Associated Press.
The author cites two amusing New York papers showing public helplessness. A rich man with too-tight garters and a boy’s earthen helmet prompt surgeons’ absence, prompting critique of current training. The piece argues for better systems and endorses Fifth District collectorship based on loyalty and availability.
The text discusses Mayor Tom Johnson facing financial decline due to political activity. It notes a past worth of about 4 million dollars, questions spending in politics or backing a cheap-fare company, and suggests his wealth remains substantial despite changes. It also mentions rumors about Senator Elkins and clarifies there is no death.
The Richmond Journal argues the law failed to keep the white vote intact while suppressing the negro vote, noting 50 000 to 60 000 whites were effectively disenfranchised. It calls for repealing the poll tax as the core issue and urges readers to monitor Telegraph announcements during the Christmas advertising season.
A mock endorsement extols William Tell Flour as absolutely clean. The speaker claims the flour contains no particles or impurities, asserting cleanliness would shine under microscope or chemical test.
The almanac covers moon phases, phrenology, palmistry and birth stones with dream interpretation. It cites beauty culture, manicuring, weights and measures and poison antidotes, promising entertainment for families and farm communities alike and offered free by the Manyon Remedy Company of Philadelphia.
Distinguished divines and laymen from diverse denominations meet in Philadelphia to discuss closer union of churches. Sessions run through the week with evening mass meetings at the Academy of Music featuring speakers such as Gov Ansel of South Carolina Gov Hoch of Kansas Gov Hughes of New York Judge Grosseup Rev Washington Gladden and Episcopal bishops Whitehead Talbot and Whitaker.
Delegates from across the nation converge on Cincinnati for the fifth triennial Council of Jewish Women convention with a nearly 10 000 member count. The opening day features the national committee meeting and president Mrs Hugo Rosenburg of Pittsburg speaks.
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to compel attendance at tariff hearings by subpoenaing witnesses who criticized the proposed tariff revision. The move aims to secure testimony from critics and ensure full participation in the review process in Washington.
The ways and means committee plans to ask Congress to authorize subpoenas to compel witnesses for supplement hearings on tariff revision. Sessions run late with arguments from one side often limited by time, delaying progress on the bill.
London Chronicle argues that the belief fish boosts brain power is fallacious. It notes phosphorus in fish may influence the brain but insists many gifted people come from non fishing backgrounds, and northern fisher societies lack proven genius as a rule.
A shabby ragedian and a barnstorming friend travel with a toothbrush and compass. They recount an encounter with the Red Dog Inn clerk who allegedly granted actors special terms and suggested six month county workhouse terms in conversation reported by Chicago News.
In a Detroit bookstore a prim matron asks for absolute truth without flair. The clerk selects a popular geometry book, claiming it meets her requirement for literal accuracy and no unnecessary verbiage.
An Exchange quip notes that comparing fortitude is idle and that lines never meet. It remarks that men never smile with toothache while women may show gaiety under pain from new shoes a headache and a pin in the spine.
Patient offers 60 marks for medicines and 60 marks for visits to settle a 100 mark bill. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup moves bowels gently and contains no opiates and is pleasant to taste. DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills are sold by all druggists.
Four armed desperadoes robbed a crowded Third Avenue street car in New York. They blocked the exit and threatened the conductor, rifled pockets, and collected purses watches and small bills before fleeing as officers closed in.
Abel Gorham refuses to openly judge any person, yet reveals a cautious discernment. A summer resident asks for his view of young Hobbs as potential worthy of a lift, and Gorham quips that any man who can be lifted is fair game while predicting Hobbs will prove as he expects.
On India's west coast Placuna placenta oysters with six inch plates supplied window panes in early English rule days. Shells cut into squares let light through like frosted glass. The Bombay Cathedral, begun in the early eighteenth century, used these shells for its windows. Goa still employs them.
In a New York town a church stone bears the line This is none other than the house of God A. PD. 1828 attributed to the New York Times. The sign mixes reverence with a quirky attribution.
A brief notice invites readers to try placing want ads in the Daily Telegraph for prompt results. The call emphasizes quick response and broad visibility in the paper’s classifieds.
Patent medicine claim promises to cure itching bleeding and protruding piles within six to fourteen days or money back. Ad notes 50 cents and Kinzer offers fountain pens as Christmas gifts with results claimed.
A foreigner dies in a London postal box after a bale of newspapers knocks him in. Clerks stamp him and stamp out his body as mail matter. The chief declares the man will stay six months in the bureau and be burned as a dead letter if unclaimed.
Healing cooling and cleansing salve effective for piles sold by all druggists.
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