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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
4
Christmas Advice on Gift Limits and Clearing House Idea
A written guidance urges avoiding debt for Christmas and suggests limiting gifts to family and close friends. It proposes a Christmas clearing house to balance exchanges and reduce burdens, noting prosperity offers trade opportunities while cautioning against overgiving. The piece also touches on local issues and economic comments beyond holiday giving.
Conservatism grows as coroner’s jury rules millionaire dead
The coroner’s jury in St Louis says the mysteriously shot millionaire is dead. The piece hints at social tone and mentions Zion City allowing smoking and encourages morning shopping as stocks improve and crowds lessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kaiser’s Speech Echoes Reflect On Strength And Duty
The Kaiser reportedly wants to withdraw a recorded address but critics doubt the move. The translated excerpt urges strength in pain, contentment with the day, and giving one's best, describing happiness as found in effort and beauty. The piece also notes Mr. Bryan’s New York visit and Panama army officials digging a ditch amid charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
New York
Manhattan
United States
Panama
Comic Opera Based on Castro Travels Predicted to Amuse
A humorous note questions a woman buying Christmas candy early and jokes about homemade gifts. The suggestion that a Castro inspired comic opera could be a side-splitter is paired with a quip about Mr Bryan possibly becoming president of a university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
King Spruce author recalls Uncle Nate Swan banker on rails
Major Holmes Day recalls Nate Swan conductor of the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad who helped woodsmen and crews, keeping pay deposits safe on his train. Lumberjacks trusted Swan to bank their ten dollar bills until they reached the lake outfitting store and paid their fares and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Major Holmes Day
Uncle Nate
Swan
Lake Outfitting
Mrs Bulwer Lytton Confronts Wilkie Collins On Villains
In Hall Caine's My Story, a visitor congratulates Collins on The Woman In White and bluntly says Fosco is a weak villain. She boasts she knows a better villain and reveals her husband, Edward Bulwer Lytton, is the man she has in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Caine
All England
Fosco
Wilkie Collins
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Fixed Bayonets Through London A Brief Military Rite
The Royal Fusiliers and East Kent Buffs enjoy marching through London with fixed bayonets, tracing city origins to Cromwell’s era. The Royal Marines also hold the privilege, with a grenadier battalion once pressed into marines sharing the right. A Grenadier Guards unit bears the amphibious tattoo Rule Britannia as a relic of its former mixed service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Fusileers
John Gilpin
East Kent “Buffs
Royal Marines
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier
Loudon
Grain Cleaning Process Described Before Grinding
A historical note explains that grain is cleaned six times before grinding, then placed into barrels and bags by machinery, with the bags sealed by machines. The description highlights earlier industrial methods and automation in such routines.
Hains Brothers Face First Degree Murder Trial In New York
The Hains brothers Captain Peter C. Hains Jr and T Jenkins Hains return to court for murder charges in the August Bay Side Yacht Club killing of Annis. Prosecution says motive was grudges and jealousy over the publisher's sister-in-law. defense argues no direct involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis
Peter Cooper Hains
United States Army
Bay Side Yacht Club
Captain Hains
Philippines
Fort Hamilton
Claudia Libby
Boston
Meeting of two cabmen on a London road puzzle
A schoolmaster asks where two cabmen would meet after leaving London. One travels six miles per hour, the other seven. They start three minutes apart, the faster behind. A bright student answers via London Tit-Bits, noting the puzzle is solved by relative speed and meeting point near a public house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Overtime and friendly banter in a London Truth quip
An office boy jokes about extra pay for overtime while the bookkeeper questions it. A London Truth quip notes the boy dreamed of his work. A tourist and native exchange remarks about local crops and seeds, illustrating regional farming differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jinx Urged to Attend Poker Party in Humorous Exchange
A Houston Post quip notes Jinx is the poorest poker player yet the speaker insists on inviting him. The item shifts to a New Year holiday ad for R. M. Fox, jeweler on Red Lot, promoting watches, jewelry, Silverwars, cut glass, china, and Xmas goods. Daily Telegraph ads claim results with a prompt try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinx
Houston Post
R. M. Fox
Red Lot
Night Riders Case Prepares for Jury in Reel Foot Lake Raid
Union City Tenn Dec 15 Tomorrow's court session will select a jury to decide guilt or innocence of men charged with murder tied to the Reel Foot Lake night rider raids. Sheriff aides summon 210 jurors and subpoenas issue 110 state witnesses and 110 defense witnesses for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Tenn
Reel Foot Lake
Jones
Listen Prefix Confuses New York Communicators
A businessman notes a peculiar type in New York who only understands statements if they begin with the word listen. He cites a stenographer and a telephone operator who respond to the preface Now, listen, or remain unable to process messages. The habit appears common among office staff in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Press
It is raining says the Laplanders are the shortest people
The passage contrasts literary praise of wind and rain with a blunt blunt weather comment It notes the Laplanders as the shortest people in Europe with men four feet eleven inches and women four feet nine inches tall The tone shifts from poetic to stark factual understatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Europe
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as universal remedy
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh, described as a constitutional disease, with a $100 promise for any failure. The ad invites requests for testimonials and lists Toledo, F J Cheney & Co as makers, with druggists selling it at 75 cents. Also notes opening times for Bipefield Confectionery at 119 Princeton Ave and Phelps Furniture in State Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J, Cheney & CO
Toledo
Nero and fiddling lore and a maiden speech mishap
A quirky exchange connects Nero’s hair and fame as a fiddler. The club host recalls his maiden speech misfire when a seat struck him, spoiling the moment. The snippet ends with a note about Phelns Furniture in the State Bank building, open each night until Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps Furniture Company
State Bank
Nero
Phelns Furniture Company
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Harvard
Washington
Germany
Bryan
Ansted & Burk Company
Springfield
Ohio
William Tell
Tay Thornton Haing
Mathematics
Virgil
Venice
Bipefield Confectionery Company
Princeton Avenue
Jed Coal & Coke Company
Jed. W. Va
D. J. Phipps
New Federal Building
Graham
R. F. Kesee
Bluefield Avenue
Kelly & Moyer
A. J. Hearn
Easton Avenue
Lynchburg
Chapman Ave
Roanoke
Cincinnati Dental CC
Ings
Cincinnati Dentists
DR. Compton
Sir
Fiddlers
Lazarus Club
Oxty . L. Lazarus & Co
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Flat Top Insurance Agency, — General Insurance
Strongi
Ww. VA
Esr Agenly
Biuefield
D. B. Baldwik
Pioneer
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Pao
Wotary
Americas
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Louisville
St. Joseph
Dr. King
Bette
Free
Ocahontas
United States Geological Survey
Pocahontas
Great Britain
Austria
United States Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
O.B. Pochanotas
Arcade
South 1Th Street
Philadelphia
New Tok Ulty
Citzens’ Bank
Norfolk
Old Colony
Ubopead
Biyth @ Company
Congress Street
Reston
Bear
Secret Society News
Bluefield Lodge
Rea
Masonic Hall
Lazarus B
Princeton Ave
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
OM Masonic Hall
Bluefield Transfer Co
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Intermont Electric Company General Contractors and
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