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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
4
A stray OCR fragment hints at a pest attraction named Gania Claus-il within a regional legislature. The readable portion lacks clear actions, dates, or entities, leaving only a suggestive reference to a nuisance and a governing body.
Telegraph gains over new subscribers in the coal fields as mail service improves. Arrangements will shift mail to route seven, delivering papers hours earlier to Williamson Welch and nearby points. Also notes campaigns and local editorials urging civic effort and a Boost Club to advance Greater Bluefield.
Doctors Maxwell and Crom report a 14 year old boy once surly and truant was operated on to remove nasal growths. Since the operation he became cheerful and sociable, though the procedure was for physical cure not morals. The findings discuss behavioral change after surgery.
The article argues against a blanket use of surgery to reform delinquent youths, citing that health improvements can restore behavior. It critiques sensational race scares about Javanese migration and notes ongoing debates in government and media. A German author promotes nursing as women's military service, while some Russians gain sympathy from former diplomacy.
Week closed with stronger mercantile and manufacturing activity amid tighter money markets and early winter weather lifting retail demand for winter goods. Car shortages limit full trade movement. 1906 iron and steel production likely to exceed all prior years with prices high.
Weekly banking report shows a sharp drop in cash reserves by $11.0 million amid a $8.8 million loan decline and a $6.7 million reserve deficiency. The analysis notes growth in loans as the main source of continuing complications, with reserve gaps shrinking first. Kinzer the jeweler relocates to Princeton avenue Throngs gather at Thornton's former site as Bluefield sees largest stock arrival to date.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Elks' Trust Association will be held in Elks building Pinefield West Virginia on December 12, 1906 at 10 o'clock a.m. for the election of directors and to transact any business that may properly come before said meeting. A. H. Land, Secretary.
Kinzer the jeweler has moved into Bluefield bringing its finest stock yet. He aims to serve local customers with a wide selection and new showroom offerings in town.
An ordinance proposal by W J Newenham and J L Bowman, successors, would grant rights to construct and operate tram lines and power works for lighting and fuel across Bluefield streets and alleys for up to ten years, extending to public ground and established townships. after thirty days from publication, the common council will act.
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