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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1908
Page
2
A 1900s advertisement touts Kodol as a digestant that lets users eat anything without stomach distress. It claims the product digests food like a healthy stomach, never tires, and offers a money back guarantee after using a large bottle. Sold by all druggists with a Chicago lab origin.
The Graham daily notes multiple religious activities this afternoon and evening across churches. Lutheran services at 6 39 pm, Baptist worship at 1 30 pm 2 30 pm and 7 pm, a children sermon by Rev. Leek from Richmond, and 11 am services at the paletoodist church for young people. Holy Communion at St Marys chapel 7 30 pm led by Rev Lloyd and Rev Sydnor.
The coal and coke shipments last week were strong but short of the prior week. Operators rush to fire more ovens as demand grows and water shortages in Pennsylvania push buyers to seek product from the Connellsville region. Major steel firms praise coke quality while river water levels test supply, with contracts already signed for regional coal.
The fair ended with great prizes and lively dancing. The wheel of fortune attracted crowds all night, awarding hundreds of prizes and leaving gamblers enjoying their first dimes on the turn. Notable winners included Sam Jolliffe and B. L. Fulton for suits of clothes.
The list shows donations to a fund including a mattress from Bluefield Merchantile Co and items from B F Tipton Bud Harrison and others. Prizes include a Smith and Wesson gun a turkey roaster a $10 table and clothing from Shumate and Phemnys stores.
Geordie Horn, a well known country character in the Scotch highlands twenty five years ago, wanders between farms while living by rough habit. The notably strong yet mentally weak man visits a doctor who prescribes a plaster for a chest pain. Geordie admits he did his best by sticking the plaster on his hat box instead of his chest.
A family friend gave a child a dollar to buy candy. The coin vanished to a safe place and was spent or misused repeatedly. After a month the father counted repayments totaling thirteen dollars. He sent back a check for one dollar with a wry note about avoiding bankruptcy. Lamah Democrat reports.
A New York Sun note explains dollar fish as young moonfish in aquarium tanks and their coin like size and color. The piece shifts to Tangier describing three Sabbaths weekly with moslem, Jewish, and Christian observances and a dawn flag signaling prayer in a New York Post excerpt.
A London Chronicle writer links Charlatan to quack, tracing the term to Italian clarlatano meaning chatterer. It describes the roaming cart doctor who peddled pills to villagers, claiming dental and medical expertise and publicly abusing patients.
A Houston Post item notes a stubborn old man who breaks every word he hears. The quip frames him as honest yet difficult, a figure whose speech patterns reveal a comic stutter rather than deceit. The fragment reflects local humor in brief dialogue.
The fragment shows a dialog about calling another doctor and critiques the use of home remedies like Haseed ie and mustard plasters for villagers. It hints at medical skepticism and a public health concern in a historical setting. Names and places are not clearly identifiable in the text.
A Chicago Record-Herald account recounts an ancient Indian tale of scalping as a rite of conquest. A warrior slays a rival chief and, while fleeing, sheds everything but his knife and the scalp trophy to reach safety and claim his bride. The eagle feather becomes the mark of the victorious warrior.
The piece recounts Ira D. Sankey credited for tact aiding social success. A tale shows Sankey dining with a self made millionaire who explains tact made him rich through pleasing acquaintances and invitations. The anecdote ends with the guest praising Sankey for tact while leaving. It also notes European travelers in western China settling disputes via unilateral force rather than reporting to authorities.
At the marriage of Thetis and Peleus all gods gathered. Discord offers a golden apple for the fairest, judged by Paris who awards it to Venus, provoking Juno and Minerva to seek vengeance and the fall of Troy.
A Washington Star quip notes a novelist praising his book while a publisher suggests the public desires a book that nobody should read. Kinzer mentions extra good fountain pens for Christmas gifts, while Daily Telegraph ads promise results.
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