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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
2
At Matonka railroad station an attempted robbery left a battered safe and tools scattered around. One man was taken into custody but may be released, and authorities believe the attackers fled before blowing open the safe. Roanoke men assisted with security while agents took over the office.
Forest Litz, son of A. PF Litz of Norton, left home after a quarrel with a teacher over a pledge not to place tacks on a seat. His mother fears for his safety as he may be in Bluefield or Tezowell. A friend asks the Daily Telegraph to help locate him.
A man named Reese T Hendricks of Graham was found dead on a railway track near Jedcome around 1 am Monday. The body showed stabbing and blunt force signs with the head nearly severed, suggesting homicide before any train contact. a passerby reported the scene while walking toward Wiley.
The man says he walked a short distance when he encountered three negroes sitting on the rails smoking and drinking. They paid him no mind and he moved on to Wilece, only telling his story yesterday morning after the body of the negro was found by a passing train crew.
The piece recalls Gail Hamilton and Charles Carroll of Carrollton praising early rail adventures US progress from 1828 and names pioneers like John Stevens Peter Cooper Evan Thomas Matthias Baldwin and others who built a vast modern system. It notes England and Russia starting earlier and cites Monitor Flour DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ads as period filler.
Leo F. Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY reports curing a severe cold sore with Bucklen's Amica Salve using a daily application for two days. The product claims to heal all sores and is sold at drug stores with a guarantee.
An old advertisement notes surgery as removal of the appendix by a surgeon. It promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a quiet remedy for constipation headaches biliousness and malaria. Also references Kedol for dyspepsia and various other remedies with delivery and contact details.
R B F Slater of the Felts Detective Agency brought Indian Joe Johnson to justice after he escaped Fayetteville jail on October 28. Johnson, involved in a murder case, claimed another man fired the fatal shot. He was one of eight jail escapees, with all but one now in custody. The report notes his Indian appearance and alleged mixed Negro ancestry. Separately, the Franz Hals Museum in Haarlem is praised for preserving Hals’s lively, colorful works and his enduring influence.
The passage recalls veterans repopulating southern plantations, highlighting pride, self reliance, and race pride that sustained them through Reconstruction. It notes their unquenched spirit and sense of invincibility, and tells of a Confederate veteran who would simply whip Yankees if pursued, illustrating unwavering resolve. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
The piece describes Mme Geoffrin in her Paris salon and her husband M. Geoffrin a wealthy glass maker and National Guard lieutenant colonel. It notes his role funding her social campaigns and managing domestic matters while sharing anecdotes about his literary bluntness and humorous misreadings.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes a megapede that nests in a heap of leaves acting as its own incubator. In hot moist Barrier Reef climate the fermenting leaves provide heat to hatch its eggs, bypassing the need for sitting.
The Glasgow Times recounts the proverb about the mice and a bell on the cat. It recalls how Scottish nobles at Stirling debated ridding themselves of Spence and the boast by Earl Angus who volunteered to bell the cat and earned the nickname Archibald Bell the Cat.
A globe trotter recalls the Allahabad census listing strange self descriptions such as flatterers for gain and hereditary thieves. He suggests that truth to a census might yield similarly quaint results, noting the odd categories like ear cleaners and professional false witnesses.
A vintage advertisement promotes Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup claiming to stop coughs and drive the cold from the system. It notes children like the untangled taste and states it is sold by all druggists.
Train times from Roanoke to New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Lynchburg with Pullman sleepers and parlor cars. Multiple departures daily to Roanoke Lynchburg Richmond Norfolk and other points. services to Bluefield Welch Williamson and Clinch Valley division trains. tickets maps and info via Norfolk and Western Railway agent W. B. Bevill in Roanoke Virginia.
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