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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
12
Classified notice notes pricing details for advertising space with reference numbers 141 and 14L. The fragment indicates rates are available upon request and was likely printed in a newspaper classified section.
The Wheeling Intelligencer and Charleston Mail discuss regional Republican loyalty, each blaming their communities for sins. A Carlisle Indian School girl elopes, mirroring a football team’s rushed goal kicking in a brief oddly linked note.
The report shows no expenditures to Mercer county by the state Republican committee, with Mercer Republicans covering all costs. The piece notes the aim to secure the collectorship while helping others, and mentions a Huntington merchant fined $100 for hugging a woman amid local store life and town dynamics.
The piece notes rising protectionist pressure within the party, led by Southern manufacturers' associations asking Congress to impose duties. It claims free trade is eroding under progressive and self interest, arguing protection spurs resource development amid southern opportunities. A Toledo widow obtains a court injunction over a map offering affection, illustrating differing outcomes for widows.
The article argues Cuba will face a supreme test when American troops leave and a native government takes charge. Governor Magoon departs for the United States and a governor elect will assume control. The piece cautions against a failed transition and asserts Cuba’s place in the United States.
A Saners brand lemon extract is described as pure rather than terpeneless and is noted as an expensive product to manufacture. The text contrasts manufacturing cost with consumer prices of 10 and 25 cents.
Governor elect Glasscock pledges to honor his party platform on temperance and reforms as he campaigns to submit the prohibition amendment. The discussion centers on anti and pro prohibition forces with county-by-county breakdown and political maneuvering.
Newspaper readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, and promotes testimonials and nationwide availability through J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Notice to water takers and patrons that from January 1 1909 all flat rate rents must be collected in advance and metered services paid by the 1st of the following month. Readers urged to comply to avoid trouble. Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Company. Bluefield W Va November 2 1908. 11-5 to 12-31.
The text asserts that flour is only wholesome if clean, implying purity and sanitary processing as essential. It contrasts the general claim of wholesomeness with the ingredient’s cleanliness, suggesting standards for safe, healthy flour.
Howard N Evanson of Gary and many others were in the city yesterday or Sunday visiting friends, returning home or stopping through. Notables include Mrs Harry Weller visiting Roanoke, Judge Everett Leftwich at Princeton, Rev W H Greever departing for Columbia, and Stella Turner returning from New York.
Mrs A C Williams of Rae Ky praises Dr King’s New Discovery for a graveyard cough that plagued her for three years. She says the medicine improved her health, gaining 58 pounds, and claims it can prevent pneumonia. Goodykoonts Drug Co and Bluefield Mercantile Co advertise the remedy with a trial offer and price.
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