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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
5
A persuasive plea urges readers to support home trade over roam trade and advertise locally. The note cites a poet and stresses buying from reliable firms like Kinzer's jeweler and Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Co as Christmas gifts. It also endorses Chamberlain's Salve for eczema and skin conditions, with local drugstores listed as sellers.
Leo F. Zelinski of Buffalo New York reports using Bucklen's Amica Salve once daily for two days to remove a cold sore. The product claims to heal all sores and is sold at drug stores with a 25 cent guarantee.
Deaths of Bernard D. Jude a Pullman conductor in Richmond and Dr M J Toney long time physician with Virginia ties. Deserter named Walter Cook captured in Bluefield likely to face court martial. Ellen Robertson case postponed with possible grand larceny charge. T J Phelps returns from Washington confident on 500 million bond issue. Xmas hardware window promotion. Local theater Elks Opera House mixed reception. Fatal shooting in Dante policeman survives. Religious services and evangelist events at Bland Street and Calvary Baptist churches.
A colored boy was killed yesterday afternoon at Pow Natay after being struck by a light engine while crossing the track. He was cut in two and died at the scene, authorities reported.
A baldheaded narrator warns listeners not to fear the tale about a Dublin Irishman who sat on a keg believed to be sand but was live black powder. A crowd hears of a deadly accident where men were killed by an accidental explosion, highlighting the dangers of seemingly harmless substances.
The Abbe Pradt, famed in Napoleonic circles for vanity, toasted改革 Europe by claiming salvation rests with one man. At a Paris dinner honoring himself, Pradt delivered a long ovation on politics and declared the salvation of Europe lies with one person. The Duke Wellington recalled how Pradt right away pressed his hand to his heart and added, To me.
In parts of Western Australia women swear to remain silent after their husbands’ deaths. Some take two year oaths and often the oath extends to the deceased’s mother and mother-in-law as noted by Paris Revue Medicale.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip frames poets as born not made, but mocks the idea that even fathers could simply educate them into greatness. The speaker suggests upbringing and training shape talent, not fate alone.
A Detroit Free Press quote explains a knocker as a man who habitually criticizes someone doing something better than he can. The remark contrasts the knocker with capable doers and highlights the attitude of fault finding.
Quotations and ad copy referencing Aristotle and a hatter or menswear shop titled Umbrellas and Canes promotes The Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Co inviting readers to shop for walks and accessories with a refined old‑world ethos.
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