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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
4
Amidst scattered digits the notice lists price markers such as 1.00 2.00 and 4.00 with small fractions and catalog numbers No. 141 and No. 14L indicating a price or issue reference section in a vintage classified page.
The Daily Telegraph condemns excessive officialism and warns the new accounting law may be misread. It cites Mingo County rulings on county clerks, assessors, sheriffs, and jail expenses, noting contradictions between statutes and commissions.
County officials face questions over authority to pay for janitors and attorneys and the legality of public fund disbursements. A call to refer matters to a court of competent jurisdiction appears, while a medical ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures and testimonials.
A historic ad claims ducklen's Arnica Salve cures pimples skin eruptions and sores while softening the skin and improving facial appearance. It also touts benefits for cold sores cracked lips chopped hands and piles with a 25 cent price. The ad endorses King's Little Liver Pills sold by The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
Advertisement touts William Tell Flour by the barrel as economical with protection against price swings. It claims finer grind and cleaner flour due to Ansted & Burk Company milling equipment, urging readers to ask dealers and insist on it.
Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vesta Center New York extols Electric Bitters as a great gift from God to women. She claims the tonic provides buoyant spirits vigor and health by curing nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backaches fainting and dizzy spells and rebuilding the weak. Available 50 cents at all druggists.
A New York American item notes odds in luck for numbers and a remark about realized change when one is no longer single, reflecting a humorous take on relationships and chance.
A playful exchange notes the Marglesons' residence as a striking, artistic place. The husband jokes that nothing in the home would be safe to sit upon, reflecting the unique character of the setting and its decor.
W J Atkins, lone night watchman at Banner Springs Tennessee, contracted a severe lung cold from exposure but recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits one bottle with his return to work. Medicine advertised at 50 cents to $1 with trial bottle free. druggists guarantee. Also ad seeking a young man 15 to 17 for the New Altamont Hotel soda fountain.
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