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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
3
The Cash Way announces a limited time promotion to lure holiday shoppers. Ladies who phone or place orders start at seven dollars, with multiple thresholds up to 807 orders awarding trade credits, dressed turkeys, and a televised winner list.
The Bluefield post office reports a strong Christmas rush with two weeks to gift day. Foreign and domestic mail surge, money orders and gifts flood the registry and foreign mail, while carriers anticipate added workload and overtime.
Thomas Neal a 12 year old delivery boy for a Bluefield avenue grocery firm was run down by a horse after its team was unhitched and allowed to stand. He was knocked down and his ankle injured though no bones were broken and he was taken to St Luke's for care.
A brief Atlantic note praises regional words pangwangling and honing as more than slang. The writer argues these terms express cheeriness under trouble and warm affection, enriching language with vivid local color.
A Philadelphia vegetarian speaker in a gray health outfit argues that true vegetarians avoid anything sourced from slaughter. He contrasts inside and outside vegetarianism with gloves, boots, and buttons made from nonanimal materials. He declares himself fully vegetarian, avoiding fish, flesh, and fowl in any form.
A New York Post excerpt portrays a sidewalk stand run by a wrinkled local woman selling talismanic tobacco twists red oak bark and slipper allum tea claimed to cure loneliness and fatten ole maids. The vendor jokes about attracting men if the tea is consumed early, using humorous patter of the era.
Kinzer promotes Monday sales as a success due to exceptional values. The notice urges attendance at the sale tomorrow to take advantage of these offers.
A brief advertisement notes luxurious silk handkerchiefs and mufflers offered by The Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Company as fashionable essentials for men.
The White Pharmacy announces a Monday sale for Huy ler's justin products as part of a Christmas shipment.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Flat Top National Bank Bluefield West Virginia is set for Tuesday morning January 12 1909 at eleven o clock in the directors room to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business as may be deemed necessary. R E Bolling cashier December 12 1908. 12-12-t.d.in Subscribe for Daily Telegraph.
A dealer explains why a brier pipe costs five or six dollars and lasts a lifetime. French brier, from Italian furze, is grown and processed for years, with the pipe stored eight years after finishing to reach best dryness and strength.
A letter in Quaker Pictures recalls Amelia Opie’s shift to Quakerism and her stance on fiction. She explains she will not fabricate events and will only write factual history or truth, or a poem if asked, since she cannot lie about what did not take place.
A retold tale from Oregon recounts a rich banker who started by serving the government. His initial fee of 5 000 dollars was escalated through successive approvals by a governor and several congressmen, finally reaching 80 000 dollars before being approved in full, making the contractor a millionaire.
The London Chronicle recalls Samuel Pepys on January 28, 1661, watching The Lost Lady for the second time. He notes discomfort from a seatmate and a spitting incident behind a lady, then finds the encounter tolerable after recognizing the woman as pretty.
Advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Barly Risers as the best small pleasant pills for liver relief. Marketed as a reliable remedy sold through druggists everywhere.
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