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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
7
Heavy rain and a strong wind plus a sudden temperature drop signal the start of winter buyers. Overcoats command premium prices as shoppers anticipate Christmas with Bluefield stores touting early deals and delivery held for Christmas Eve. The Norfolk and Western pays off on the 18th, nudging plans for Christmas gifts.
New York acting on the recommendation of State Superintendent of Insurance Hotchkiss the district attorney's office opened a grand jury investigation into the Phoenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn under former president George P. Sheldon. Larceny indictments are probable.
Open Cherry Mine in Cherry Illinois reports coroner inquest near end. Rescuers will be sent underground to recover entombed bodies as the main shaft cools. Managers say if 104 degree temperature drops, shafts can be reopened.
Dr. P A Baker, general superintendent, told the convention session that eleven thousand saloons were voted out of existence and four thousand more forced to close in 1908. The report asserts the movement’s momentum and quotes a strong statement about its persistence.
Rathbone Gardner of New York bid in the name of the Norfolk and Southern Reorganization Committee to acquire Norfolk and Southern Railway property for 8.5 million dollars in a late today auction in Norfolk Virginia.
Charlottesville Virginia voters selected local option on December 7 with the drys winning by 180 votes out of 762 cast, improving from two years ago when 40 of 780 votes favored drys.
Returns indicate that George Alexander the present mayor and the entire good government ticket have been elected.
A shopper named Miss Flags cherishes a new fall bonnet marked down to 3.98 dollars. She laments discovering the price tag still attached, provoking her annoyance about the lingering label.
An advertisement states a 25c to 50c reduction on a set of ladies skirts in all colors. The notice features Pedigo's dated 12-8-2t and notes product claims for Chamberlain's Salve to ease eczema tetter and salt rheum itching, with sales through The Hast End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A sunlit orator urges the audience to “laugh it off” amid troubles and woes. An old man asks for jokes, but the speaker refuses, humorless about frivolity in hard times, while a quip about a porous plaster prompts a flat reply.
A meditation on life and death, describing birth, passage to the afterlife, and the moral fruits of deeds. It contrasts the transient body with enduring virtue that accompanies the deceased into the tomb, while kin depart and only virtue remains.
A Scottish parish minister arranged for a visiting clergyman to officiate on Sunday. The minister's beadle delayed the preacher for two hours at the station claiming he was told to wait until dark so villagers would not see who was to preach. The minister threatened to report the beadle.
A Toronto front door scene features a diminutive Irish boy demanding money for a parcel delivered to a visitor. He insists on a receipt, then writes on the memorandum that "T. Maloney came for the money and got it." The piece nods to Birmingham prizefighting lore and Bendigo, with a London Mail digression on atheists and bravado.
The piece notes a Dutch saying about paint and its value in damp weather. It compares sunlit conditions as cheaper yet better pigment. It concludes that cheerful disposition, like sunlight, costs little yet yields more if spent.
Chauncey Depew recalls a midnight interview about a spiritualist death and a widow who claims a message from the deceased. The widow tears into the clergyman and sermon, prompting a clash in beliefs and a witty punchline about being sassed by the corpse.
A want ad for Raven Red Ash lump coal lists price of three dollars fifty cents per ton and provides Pine Street Coal Co contact as phone number 252 for buyers. The short notice signals a local sale with simple ordering details.
The piece traces pork ridge versus pudding usage from Shakespeare to 19th century debates, notes plum puddings gaining jewelry as gifts from 1895, and cites London firms producing 84 000 seven pound puddings in 1899. It also describes Yule babies dough sweets shaped like a woman with a child, linking them to Christmas devotion.
The article advises immediate care after an eye injury to reduce bruising. Apply a cloth soaked in hot water to the affected eye for twenty minutes to loosen clotted blood and aid its drainage. This method aims to minimize discoloration and pain compared with bruises elsewhere.
Use remaining white turkey cut into small dice and mixed with half the quantity of canned button mushrooms. Moisten with Bechamel sauce, season with salt and pepper, heat gently without stirring, and serve on toasted bread triangles.
The text explains an arm development method using a corkscrew motion from shoulder to fingertip with one arm raised. It claims to strengthen all arm muscles, produce a spiral curve, and help retain graceful arms. cites a famous actress as an example of use.
Select scallops with a yellowish color. White ones were treated with soda water to bleach and swell. Rinse quickly in cold water and dry well. Dip in dressing, roll in breading, and fry in hot fat. Serve with broiled bacon and a gauce tartare.
Heat a pan of cold water and place a vessel of milk inside as the water boils. Remove from heat, add a small teaspoonful of soda per quart of milk, bottle with a cork, and store. Milk remains sweet in hot weather for twenty four hours.
Catton oil, a mixture of equal parts limewater and raw linseed oil, is presented as an excellent and safe remedy. It should be applied liberally and covered with cotton batting, not absorbent cotton, for wound care.
A market report notes Sauer's as the leading purée flavoring extract brand in the United States, with wide availability and dominance amid numerous substitutes. The text highlights the brand’s prominence and consumer familiarity in 10 and oc markets.
Washington hosts West Virginia politicians for the rivers and harbors congress as federal appointments loom. Marshals, district attorneys, assistant DAs, and postmasters at Wheeling Fairmont Clarksburg Moundsville Parkersburg Huntington are eyed. Names include Ritz Waugh Blizzard Elliott Doyle Hall McCaskey Lynch Lewis and others with party influence shaping reappointments and new picks.
On Sunday C W Campbell of Huntington and Judge Frank Cox of Morgantown will travel to Washington to present the King land case before the U S Supreme Court on Tuesday December 13. The state is represented by Campbell and Cox and the defendants by John G Carlisle and Judge Stiles of New York. The suit is described as the most noted land litigation in U S history.
The article notes an individual as a principal in a long running dispute covering lands in Mingo McDowell Wyoming counties West Virginia and Buchanan and other counties in Virginia. Campbell has ten years of involvement and is a top expert on the case. Campbell will open for the state and Judge Cox of Morgantown will close for the state.
A barber in New York touts Parisian Sage as a superior dandruff killer and hair restorer. Springfield, Massachusetts barber Geo A Stiltz backs it, claiming it nourishes roots and promotes growth. The White Pharmacy guarantees stopping hair loss with a 50 cent bottle, available locally in Graham Virginia.
Wyrick Mineral Water advertised as vital for good health. The copy touts health benefits and urges drinking freely. Available at Bluefield Tea and Coffee Co. and at all druggists.
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