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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1909
Page
4
Bluefield West Virginia Sunday edition dated December 12 1909 notes advertising rates and mailing details. The issue lists subscription prices for daily three and six months and one year plus a payment schedule. It identifies the Daily Telegraph Printing Co box and contact information.
Review notes Bluefield W V and Bluefields Nicaraguа rivalry and circulating talk of the Virginian railway through Bluefield toward coal lands. It cites engineers at work, upcoming meetings in New York and Huntington, and anticipated price shifts and agency changes as year end draws near.
The passage critiques third party proposals, notes Judge Grosscup's stance on new parties, and contrasts with Bryan. It observes commercialized age, mentions Peary and Cookenhever forming a polar explorers group, Arkansas farmers, and questions rural post office jobs. It ends by noting a red cross stamp on a document and a light view of the Lords.
Reports from New York detail four operations performed under Dr. Thomas showing painless surgery on conscious patients. The demonstrations showcased the technique's viability and potential to reduce anesthesia needs in future procedures.
The report details Ionnescu of Roumania and the use of stovaine with stry chine as a local anesthetic. Patients remained conscious but reported no pain during operations. American surgeons noted potential superiority but awaited broader medical endorsement.
The Goodykoontz Drug Co offers King's Little Liver Pills described as the best pleasant easiest and safest remedy.
An advertisement touts buying flour by the barrel, claiming William Tell Flour offers economy and protection against price fluctuations. It credits Ansted & Burk Company's mills for clean, fine grain and superior bread and pastry results, urging readers to ask their dealer.
William Tell report notes ex judge George W. Bishop of the orphans court died in Baltimore jail after a winding political career. Once near nomination as mayor, he was a prominent figure in state politics and aligned with I Freeman Rasin.
Aged leaders without means to post bail died yesterday in Baltimore city jail. Pardoned in 1885 after a stock transfer fraud conviction, Bishop had been arrested last June for misappropriation of funds from Mrs Mary Robley and jailed awaiting trial. Suffering Bright's disease and heart trouble, he had once been a prominent public speaker and leader in the city.
Washington reports that abolishing be’r halls at national soldiers homes did not raise sobriety or church attendance. 1909 saw 1,026 more drunkenness trials than 1906 and religious attendance fell to 17.97 percent. Costs per member rose from 173 to 184, with a proposed expansion of admission eligibility for certain veterans.
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