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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
2
Advertises Kodol as a complete stomach digester that rests the stomach while healing. Claims ordinary pepsins and tonics are less effective and guarantees money back if the large bottle fails to help. Urges readers to visit a druggist and buy the product with a single household guarantee.
The Broadway Broad Street opera house welcomes a new era in Philadelphia with Maria Labia starring Carmen in Bizet's tragedy as Oscar Hammerstein outlines a national chain of grand opera. He explains the need to guarantee performances for top artists and notes Labia's recent successes in Berlin and New York.
An old advertisement touts Ring's Lizedle Liver Pill as a remedy for liver issues and digestive complaints described as tedious symptoms. It notes benefits such as relief from sick headache and constipation and claims the product does not cause gripe. Price listed as 25 cents from The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
A man leapt from the third floor of the Chicago Furnishing Co. store on Graham's main street, landing on the sidewalk in view of numerous spectators. The attempt, witnessed by many, left the crowd stunned as the individual vanished into deathly silence and medical staff prepared to treat his injuries.
In Pocahontas Virginia Floyd Black reports a week of social happenings at the coal field capital. The column lists typhoid illness at Jesse W. Ley’s home, prize bowling results, visits by Miss Dalila Donaldson and others, weddings, church services, and local travel notes involving residents from Blufield Welch and Radford.
Harry Dotson, a Dickinson county convict known for escaping to visit his mother’s grave, received a conditional pardon from Governor Swanson. He served three years for housebreaking, fled to Cincinnati, then returned to Virginia to honor his mother before surrendering and becoming a model prisoner on the state farm.
An assortment of catalog notes and advertisements mentions silverware and bric-a-brac, clocks and leather goods, and removal notices. It includes Dr King’s New Life Pills praise and a dairy farm ad from Rich Mountain Dairy Farm at Tazewell with milk delivery, plus a note on ladies’ gold watches at Kinzger’s.
Notice of sale under a 1907 deed of trust by A C Edwards and Mary Edwards to secure E H Brown $530 with 53 notes. defaulted, trustee William Hicks will sell at public auction in front of Flat Top Furniture in Bluefield on January 2 1909 at noon. Lot six in Park Place Addition described. cash terms.
Notice to water takers and patrons of the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company. From January 1 1909 all water rents on flat rate must be collected in advance. Metered service rents due by the first of the month following service. Bluefield West Virginia November 2 1908 Ai to 12 51.
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