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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
9
The ad promotes a vacuum cleaner that cleans carpets and rugs without removing them or stirring dust. It claims to remove all dust, protect fabric, and reduce household discomfort and expense, inviting readers to write or phone for details.
The timetable lists daily routes from Princeton Ar to various Ly points including Kegley Matoaka Herndon Mullens Maben Slab Ford Lester Eccles Herbertor Page and Deepwater with Morning and Afternoon departures. Additional trains run daily except Mondays and Sundays with specified leaves and arrivals plus connections at Deepwater Matoaka and Deepwater with major railways. S. M. Adsit, General Passenger Agent, Norfolk Va.
H A Connors who shot and killed C Q O Smith went to Delorme to check accounts then surrendered at Williamson on the shooting charge. He says the shooting was self defense and expects to be cleared. Local opinion is favorable though trial likely in January term at Williamson.
The artist Turner enters a printshop, confronts a seller over a ragged engraving from his Liber Studiorum. A heated exchange ends with Turner revealing his identity and the printer expressing relief at not meeting him again.
The article traces early laws on aerial travel. It notes 1871 Prussia confiscated balloons as wartime contraband, 1872 bans on future flights during war, Turkish prohibitions around Constantinople from 1830 and empire-wide in 1872, and France pioneering rules since 1784 restricting ascent, fuel, parachutes, and limits tied to sunrise and harvest.
The piece recalls medieval women scholars at the University of Bologna. Morella d Andria, Madonna Mangiolina, Matilda Trombon, and Marie Magnesi supposedly taught there, with ten thousand students. The speaker argues modern “new women” are not new and notes the university's prominence.
Millions of tapers will glow in Jewish homes and synagogues as Hanukah begins, eight days of lights recalling the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule. The celebration centers on kindling lights, elders reciting benedictions, and the hymn Haltel in synagogues. The eight candles represent Judas Maccabeus's rise with a small force against a larger enemy.
The article recalls Halabi’s account of Mohammed born in Mecca in 570 and died 632 at 72, noting the title Mohammed and a famed vision with a gigantic angel. It recounts Arabs seeking miracles, Mohammed’s reply, and a mountain anecdote before a theater note about the Friars and Augustus Thomas.
A London Ladies' Field column muses on English sentimentality. It asserts England is highly emotional, with men capable of tears at church memories, but notes the tears lack depth and are not very salty.
An old newspaper fragment markets Dr. King's New Life Pills as a painless cure for constipation headache biliousness and malaria. It also notes holiday price cuts at J M Echols Cash Store and silver novelties from Kinzer jeweler with a date 12 17 71.
West Virginia portion of the Norfolk and Western district produced over one million tons monthly. Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries led with 1,400,313 tons. other major producers included C C Co 1,291,480 tons and Red Jacket Con C C Co 516,297 tons. The list covers Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming, and Logan counties with many companies and tonnages.
Net tons of commercial and company coal from the Norfolk and Western Railway mines for November 1908 show totals surpassing one million. Pocahontas field reports 587,143 with Tug River 96,035 and 98,635 in Thacker. Kenova 37,463 and Clinch Valley 60,351 with smaller district totals.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Mint Top National Bank Bluefield West Virginia will be held in the directors room Tuesday morning January 12 1909 at eleven oclock for electing directors for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business as may be deemed necessary. R E Bolling Cashier December 12 1908.
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company announces that from January 1, 1909 all flat-rate water rents must be paid in advance while metered service rents are due by the 1st of the month following service. Company urges strict compliance to avoid trouble. Bluefield W Va November 2 1908. 11-5 to 12-31. Kodol is made of natural digestive juices found in a healthy stomach and digests all food completely.
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