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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
10
A London Standard note describes a jellyfish in Polynesian waters that uses a sail, a translucent membrane five inches wide, to steer around obstacles with pilot like skill. The creature can sting, its venom fatal to fish and dangerous to humans.
An advertisement promotes Gowan's Preparation as a cure and preventive for croup coughs colds and pneumonia. It urges keeping a bottle at home and notes sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 with distribution through all druggists. It stresses preparedness for emergencies and encourages buying today.
A nearsighted professor encounters a terrifying giant shape declaring it the primitive man. The encounter ends with the professor fleeing as the figure asserts a grave, misunderstood role.
A cupboard door creaks and groans at five minutes before midnight until a spook expert links the phenomenon to a passing express train. The train’s vibratory wave, felt a mile away, unsettles a household and explains the haunting without superstition.
A pupil handed a note to a teacher explaining the sister has sore eyes and they must go to the hospital. The excuse cites worry and Annie’s absence from class.
An affable drug clerk asks if a prescription should be sent and a patron replies you may send it and then I will take it. The line echoes Haliburton’s quip about focusing eyes and ears when tongues are absent.
The intense itching of eczema erythema and salt rheum is quickly relieved by Chamberlain's Salve. Many severe cases have been cured by it. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A bureau bulletin highlights that 20 000 to 35 000 workmen die from accidental causes yearly in the United States. It breaks risk by factories and workshops iron and steel, electrical trades, mines, and rail and water transportation, with high fatality rates among electricians linemen and miners. The piece stresses better reporting and reform, citing international comparisons and potential life savings.
The piece argues that intelligent factory inspection and regulation could save one third to one half of the more than 30 000 workers killed annually, plus nearly 2 000 000 non fatal accidents. It notes the human suffering and lost longevity caused by industrial casualties and promotes DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as a first aid remedy.
The Virginia Railroad secures equipment financing of 1.5 million dollars from Equitable Trust Company of New York. Filing at Richmond shows property listed including 22 passenger cars 12 cabot 125 488 hopper cars 319 box stock cars and 1 500 steel coal cars plus nine engines scheduled for construction at the Richmond American Locomotive Works.
All parties holding claims or owing money to the estate of Mrs. Nannie M. Crockett must report them to Thos E. Peery the executor. Date December 14 1908.
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