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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
2
A Bramwell paper suggested a wet and dry election for Graham with ballots for For new year pledges and against new year pledges. The piece notes Graham is dry for liquor sales and speculates on water wagon seats, ribbons, and standing room. Local bowling totals and a court visit are also reported among residents' activities.
A Philadelphia Ledger report records a courtroom exchange where a foreman argues the insanity plea was proper, while the court and others debate the phrasing and meaning of the verdict and the defendants mental state.
In the Cleveland Leader excerpt Hobbs avoids Miss Gobbs after her remark last night. Blobbs probes and Lobbs explains he will not pay attention to her any longer.
The Jewish Ledger quotes a professor noting a near path to deriving the greater from the lesser once the idea is beyond freshman level. The remark highlights evolving understanding in mathematical reasoning and pedagogy among students and scholars.
Areble is described as going crazy over his new motor with observers noting similar crazed behavior each time he interacts with it. The repeated reactions imply the device has a strong, unusual effect on him.
The Chicago News quotes that many men require constant vindication to sustain their integrity.
The Osborne versus Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries case, tried in Tazewell before Judge Henson, nears jury deliberations after two weeks of testimony. Attorneys began arguing instructions as experts from top mining fields testified, echoing a newer trial pattern but with no testimony expected to overturn a prior favorable ruling for the collieries. The court adjourned to Monday for renewed sessions. Cravat pins and cuff links advertised by Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Co.
The Bluefield Furniture Company announces evening hours every night from now until after Christmas, inviting shoppers to browse after supper.
Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for pneumonia and coughs stating it has consistently controlled lung troubles. He notes personal and family use and recommends it as superior to other cough remedies. Sold by West End Drug Co East Eng Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
The Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company announces rent payment changes. From January 1 1909 all flat rate rents are due in advance and metered service rents must be paid by the first of the following month. The notice urges strict compliance. Bluefield W Va November 2 1908.
The piece argues that many travelers suffer throat and lung trouble from neglected colds and waste fortunes seeking health. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable cure to prevent serious disease, noting availability at West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A promotional piece claims Dr King’s New Life Pills remove an infected appendix operation fearlessly. It promises relief from constipation headache biliousness and malaria and notes the pills cost 25 cents at drug stores.
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi writes she endured three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble despite two physicians. After two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy, she felt reborn and urges suffering women to try it. Sold by all druggists.
The boss explains a comical construction mishap where a green helper brings down an elderly worker he thought was an actual person. The foreman reveals old man is the name of a tool used on the 18th floor, illustrating how jargon and haste mix in rush seasons.
The article explains how Thomas Nast mastered distortion to preserve recognizable features. He studied subjects by inviting them to his office, then sketched from memory using a stolen cane as an excuse to revisit details. Joe Keppler similarly visited Washington to study statesmen and preferred memory over photographs.
A carrier pigeon, released by Fridtjof Nansen, arrives at Mrs. Nansen in Christiania after thirty months away. The bird had carried a note from Nansen stating all was well with his polar expedition. The bird traversed blizzards, oceans, and vast regions to reach its home.
A society-era anecdote describes a stout woman dropping a card and asking the right neighbor to pick it up. She explains she wears a new fifty dollar corset and fears leaning over. The other woman remarks she would wear such a corset outside.
Norfolk and Western Railway announces October 18 1908 schedules with multiple trains from Roanoke to New York Philadelphia Cincinnati and Norfolk. Services include Pullman sleepers dining cars parlor cars and cafe cars with departures from Roanoke Bluefield Tazewell Norton Welch Williamson and Clinch Valley division stations.
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