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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
4
A collage of brief items touches on advertising rates, city notices, and light editorial quips. Mentions of Bluefield business offices, a box address, and editorial rooms appear alongside comments on congress, King Edward rumors, and Taft cabinet speculation.
The town decorates for Christmas as shoppers prepare for the holiday. Elks plan to feed hundreds, while Associated Charities works to reach the needy, acknowledging some remain unaware of aid and urging giving beyond personal sums.
A call online and in print asks Bluefield residents to fund the Associated Charities to ease suffering and spread Christmas cheer. The appeal urges loosening purse strings and asks every able person to contribute what they can, promising the good done with the money.
The National Conservation Commission's minerals section highlights coal waste as a critical issue. Half the coal in beds reaches market while much energy is lost from imperfect combustion. Improving efficiency could greatly extend industrial life and avert future fuel famine.
In Tilo de Janeiro a passenger on a thrge liner photographed the harbor. The image showed a small yacht with two men in the morning and one man in the evening. The survivor claimed the other fell overboard. he was sentenced to death before the truth surfaced. The enlargements revealed a man falling, leading to the condemned man’s release.
An oyster expert in New Orleans ridicules the idea of fattening Saddle Rocks with cornmeal or oats. He explains oysters swell with water via osmosis when placed in fresh water, compares it to a sponge, and asserts he dislikes fattened oysters.
A northern European custom ties a daughter’s dowry to a poplar plantation. Wealthy families plant a thousand trees when a daughter is born, hoping the trees grow in value with her, reaching maturity around twenty years. The practice links dowry value to tree growth and beauty.
A dialogue from the Kansas City Journal notes a desire for a social clearing house to simplify exchanges and avoid burdensome obligations. The exchange would allow certificates to cancel commitments between families like the Van Squawks.
At the Ansted & Burk Company mills in Springfield Ohio wheat is stored in sealed tanks and cleaned six times. A remarkable machinery process yields flour with full richness and delicacy characteristic of Buckeye State products.
Washington reports the fourth and last conference in a notable weekly series as the National Council of Commerce meets to elect officers adopt by laws and refine future plans. The event draws eminent representatives from commercial groups across states and secures a permanent bureau to liaise with government departments.
James Sharp self styled Adam God and head of the fanatics in a Tuesday officers clash surrendered in Monticello Johnson County Kansas He said he was willing to be taken now that he had finished the work God sent him to do.
The passage discusses human lifespan from thirty-five to sixty as times of gradual change. It notes health and vigor vary with age, with youth building body and mind, and later years seeing the mind sustain the body. Time's progress is described as formidable for both.
The case featured former Democratic presidential candidate Alton Parker among counsel and faced by the American Federation of Labor leadership against the Bucks Store and Range Company of St. Louis and major manufacturing interests. Proceedings occurred in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals today.
An assortment of old advertisements details claims of medical cures with money-back promises, a Bluefield coat sale with 12 11 21 notice, jewelry promotions, and laxatives like Kodol and Foley’s Orina Laxative marketed as remedies for digestion and constipation. The notices mix medical booster text with retail promos and holiday goods in compact, period-voice style.
A witness in an Irish court speaks furiously to Charles Philips prompting a quip about barking. The witness declares, think, see a thief, while a trade ad for DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve appears, promoting its use for cuts, burns, and piles.
News from the Celestial Empire reports November 28 quake at Skidegate causing two Indian shacks to collapse and residents to fear aftershocks. The event centered in the Queen Charlotte Islands with no further injuries confirmed.
The readers are informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only known positive cure for catarrh, described as a constitutional disease requiring a constitutional treatment. The medication is presented as effective according to medical authorities.
Advertises De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic and fast acting for pain relief. Claims quick soothing effects and urges insistence on the product. Regular size priced at 50 cents, available at all druggists who sell the item.
Classified want ads in the Daily Telegraph promise quick responses. Readers are urged to place notices for employment sale or services to reach local buyers and bidders.
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