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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
7
Early Christmas trade in Bluefield shows bright prospects with heavy early shopper activity. Merchants credit newspaper campaigns urging early shopping for easing clerk workload and satisfying demand, as windows display items from baby bibs to fine jewelry.
A list of unclaimed letters at the Bluefield West Virginia post office for the week ending December 12 1909. Names include Willie Adams Alonzo Adams Frank Bryant Carrington Bryan Geo Booten Win Beckner Jno Basham George Clark B C Cooper Ray A Coen Geo Clayborne and many others. The notice provides a roster of individuals and entities with letters awaiting pickup.
Warden J E Matthews reports John Medley and Frank Stevenson condemned for murder in Princeton Mercer county will not be sent to the penitentiary. They are held at Cabell county jail Huntington under reprieve awaiting supreme court action. If not interfered with they face execution at Moundsville within months.
The Baltimore and Ohio plans a 4 million dollar program to rebuild and double track sections from Grafton to Connellsville and in the Fairmont area to reroute West Virginia coal to the lakes. Main tonnage will pass through the Pittsburg district with Connellsville gains and lake navigation expected next year.
Rev A J Smith a 63 year old Methodist Episcopal South preacher died after being struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Kellogg eight miles west of Huntington He stepped from an electric car into the path of a fast express leaving Huntington for Waynes County He leaves a wife and three children and was active in Masonic circles He was brother to Rev H M Smith presiding elder of the Huntington district.
Ad claims Hyomet inhaler relieves catarrh sore throat coughs colds croup and bronchitis with a money back guarantee. Complete outfit priced one dollar includes hard rubber inhaler extra bottles sold by druggists and Booth's famous people book offered via mail.
W. J. Atkins endured dampness and cold as a Banner Springs Tennessee night watchman. A severe lung cold forced him to quit work, but after using Dr King’s New Discovery he recovered enough to return to duty.
Advertisement touts a tonic for colds and respiratory ailments with claims of relief for coughing and sore throats. It markets a free bottle guarantee through local druggists and encourages readers to visit East End Pharmacy or Bluefield Pharmacy for a free sample.
A reader praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for relief after meals, claiming they did more good than any prior tablets, noting long-standing digestive discomfort.
An old ad touts LAXATIVE sao Quini Tablets as a remedy for colds promising one day cure. It notes a refund by the druggist if the claim fails and includes the slogan nature is on each box by E. W. Grove. The price is 25e.
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