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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
5
A customer accompanies a payment by cashier's check for a bill and extols a mineral water's healing properties. He cites years of dependence and preference for the brand, claiming benefits for eczema rheumatism Bright's disease and kidney and bladder issues. The water is sold in Bluefield at Bluefield Tea & Coffee Co. and local druggists.
The notes praise Savers as the pure flavoring extract brand and the largest selling in the United States, priced at 10 and 25 cents.
A large number of fruit cars consigned to the Atlantic Coast Line moved through the city yesterday bound for Petersburg. Capt. George W. Thomas of Salem, an early bell cord puller for the Norfolk and Western, visited in Bluefield to see his sons before departing on the afternoon train home.
A strong turnout filled the Christian Church for a revival last night as the evangelist announced tonight's topic When Has a Man Repeated The new Western Union code rule took effect yesterday replacing fifteen letter codes with shorter words for telegrams. The Clinch Valley area begins shipping Christmas turkeys with a heavy shipment reports a Washington-bound consignment. A veteran trainman notes Clinch Valley supplies most turkeys shipped via Norfolk and Western.
Clerks at the local post office were surprised when two men asked if a souvenir postal card would cost more than one cent to send. The clerk said one cent, and a woman asked if both could write a message. The clerk replied the regulations are noncommittal but warned it would be all right. Local women noted for thrift are praised for saving for hats and coats.
Personal notes list residents and visitors in the city including W. I. Overstreet of Bramwell A Z Lite of Welch and Col J S Browning of Roanoke. It notes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs M W Reynolds and travels of H F Farley family from Peterstown en route Lome with stops in Athens.
A Columbus coal operator cites superior Pocahontas coal quality including higher fixed carbon and lower ash as driving rising demand from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and New York markets. The piece argues smokelessness appeal in Chicago and New York plus potential branding to boost uptake.
J R Horton of the bottling dept at the brewery laments a missing possum kept in a box near his home. He suspects it was detained by visitors and asks local residents to report sightings. The note adds a squirrel muff lost on Bland Street and advertises early riser pills and DeWitt salve from The White Pharmacy.
Advertisement claims Bee's Laxatis Cough Syrup cures colds by its laxative action that moves the bowels and drives the cold from the system. Sold by The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply to the circuit court of Mercer county on December 11 1999 for license to carry a pistol in accordance with section 7 chapter 148 of the code of West Virginia as amended and re enacted by the legislature. C W Green Special Officer. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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