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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
12
A Pennsylvania trout fisherman in a boat casts toward a moving shape he mistakes for a riik but finds a wild cat. The cat leaps in, the boat capsizes after a paddle strike, and a water fight ends with the cat dead and the fisherman minus gear and torn clothing. He vows not to fish for wildcats again.
A Philadelphia newspaper from March 10 1787 announced a flier would begin flying on April 8 from New York to Philadelphia in one day. The traveler noted Eighty miles in fourteen hours was remarkable for the era and compared it with John Butler’s fast wagon and the Death of the Fox inn. He advised going to Kentucky to charter a streak of lightning for quicker travel.
London Answers describes how modern searchlights with mirrors outrun moonlight, enabling a beam that can illuminate ships from far away. The light disorients targets, causing pupil contraction and temporary blindness, demoralizing attackers though only trained crews can sustain the assault.
Willie loses his dog Fido and keeps shouting sightings. His mother doubts him until he insists his imagination is not white behind, a childlike mix of distress and humor from Delineator.
Wimbleton and Simpelton discuss a recent visit to an asylum. Simpelton reports delivering a note of introduction to the superintendent who responded with a casual remark to make oneself at home.
The new jewelry line offers giftable pieces and Kinzer, the local jeweler, promotes them as ready for gifting.
Early July marks the first mowing of the meadow with short grass and adequate rain. The second mowing follows later, as the term aftermath reflects recurring growth rather than a storm’s aftereffect, a use some writers overemphasize.
The writer argues invitees should include P B L after RSVP to request a gift list. Donors would offer four articles valued from 1 shilling to £1,000 and the bride would choose. London World notes this as a practical wedding gift system.
Not a straightforward report but a Nottingham Guardian remark citing a London police view. The quip notes that well dressed crowds can be worst behaved and suggests police friction with fashionable ladies at public gatherings. No specific people or events are named.
Conversation shows Mrs Naggs crediting herself with curing her husband of criticizing coffee by having him learn to brew it himself. Mrs Howells asks how the change occurred and the reply attributes it to the morning coffee habit being made by him.
Carlyle notes two paths to debt payment through industry and thrift. We are agents for the Rich Mountain Dairy Farm at Tazewell. Milk orders in any quantity delivered promptly by The Bluefield Ice Cream Co. Phone numbers 424 and 301.
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