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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
7
Modern science links boils pimples and skin blotches to diseased blood. S S S, a vegetable blood purifier, cleanses impurities from the blood, improves skin health, and revitalizes vigor. Written to readers in Atlanta Georgia, it offers expert advice and a book of facts.
Rome reports a wartime secret consistory at the Vatican drawing diplomats from neutral and belligerent nations. Observers doubt official peace terms, while Cardinal Hartmann may present an olive branch if offered. The gathering could shift Vatican stance amid Italy Italy relations and Allied Central Powers dynamics.
Leading man Walter Green reports laryngitis relief after using Fee-no-lip-tol. He says voice recovered in two days and praises the sore throat remedy. Also notes trial size 25 cents and family size one dollar. United States auto count cited.
An advertisement touts Senreco Tooth Paste as a local daily-use treatment to prevent pyorrhea also claimed to whiten teeth. It urges readers to start tonight, notes a 25 cent two ounce tube lasts six to eight weeks, and offers samples by mail from The Sentanel Remedies Co., Cincinnati Ohio.
An advertisement promotes Rheuma as a guaranteed cure for rheumatism and uric acid poisoning. Judge John Barhorst of Fort Laramie, Ohio, testifies to a dramatic personal cure after three doctors failed, claiming mobility restored after two bottles. Sold by White Pharmacy and Central Pharmacy at 50 cents.
Loyd Kyle of 12th Street and Grandview reports Tanlac eased catarrh stomach trouble and asthma after one bottle. He says his appetite improved and no after effects remain, endorsing Tanlac and urging readers to visit Blufield Pharmacy or order by mail or phone.
The article explains that tree wounds heal through rapid respiration and resin or tannin secretions that form an antiseptic dressing. Conifers seal wounds with resin, while nonresinous areas turn brown and form scar tissue. If a limb is damaged the limb may die and fall, but the tree often survives.
In a quippy exchange, Binks boasts after a fortune teller foretells immediate financial reverses. Harkaway responds with cautious skepticism as Binks laments his likely financial bust if fortunes do reverse soon. The humor hinges on wordplay and comic banter about money turning fortunes.
Professor Blackie recalls Carlyle during a social gathering and jokes that Carlyle talked endlessly. He describes shaking Carlyle to interrupt his monologue and urging him to let his wife speak, calling him a monster in a humorous anecdote.
A narrator recalls a scene where Aunt Mandy defends keeping a child from school. A passerby questions the decision as Mandy mocks the teacher for an allegedly unsatisfactory instruction and a mispronounced spelling. The exchange hints at attitudes toward education.
A Boston Journal quip notes the cynic plays a useful office by spurring others to practice domestic virtues through sneering disbelief. The remark highlights social humor about moral effort and public virtue.
A note on ancient practices where disputants and priests used three legged stools for ora cles. It mentions an arrow piercing the eagle’s breast and a curious line about Argentina using Swedish milk cans. The text ends with an advertisement cue for the Telegraph.
The coal carrying collier Bylayl, built for Pocahontas Navigation, was launched at Camden with Miss Alice Wright Mann striking the bow with champagne. The 819 foot vessel, built by New York Shipbuilding, will operate between Norfolk and New England ports with a 5450 ton dead weight capacity and speed of 10.5 knots, featuring seven bulkheads and a full steel deck. Luncheon followed at the shipyard offices as a gold chain and pendant were presented to the sponsor.
A telegram from Ottawa informs O C Rucker of his son Ambrose Rucker dying in a French army hospital. He was wounded November 19 while aiding the wounded and served as a private in the eighteenth battalion Canadian troops hospital corps. Ambrose had left Bedford a year earlier for Vanderbilt University to study before enlisting. He was well liked and praised for bravery by his captain.
The quote explains that men must labor to earn money and women must cry to gain a share. The source frames this as a public interpretation from Woman's Journal.
The fragment presents a dialogue about invention with a punchline that Adam is blamed for a poor excuse. It reads as a humorous aside rather than a full news item.
Quote notes that action does not always bring happiness and that happiness does not accompany our actions, attributed to Disraeli.
A 10 cent box of Cascarets is advised for headaches biliousness and constipation. The ad claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour undigested food and foul gases takes excess bile from the liver and expels poisons from the bowels overnight.
The Fassino brothers emigrated from West Virginia to Oklahoma in 1908 and built a successful macaroni business. From initial factory work and a tent operation they expanded to a two three story factory complex, a 500 acre wheat farm and a 40 acre poultry farm. They employ twenty six salesmen touring the United States to market their product.
An advertisement warns that calomel makes users sick and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, effective alternative. It claims the product improves digestion without griping, guarantees results, and states it is safe for children.
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