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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
6
An article from Delineator outlines practical Christmas gift ideas for a resourceful country girl who can cook. It covers planning lists in December, making fruit cakes for three cousins, preparing small plum puddings for city friends, and packing candy or layered cakes for boarding school mates in sturdy boxes with tissue and tape for safe travel.
A traditional Thanksgiving mince pie guide advises making the filling at least two weeks prior. Combine boiled beef apples cider currant jelly citrus zest juice sugar salt cinnamon cloves allspice nutmeg pepper raisins currants citron suet and candied orange peel. Add spiced peaches or vinegar syrup to taste for richer pies.
Plans emerge for six new Pocahontas Consolidated Coaleries operations extending from Tug Fork to Laurel Creek near Farraday lands. Production will target Pocahontas coal for coking, with shipments routed via Pocahontas Coal Company after April. Expansion follows reopening of Rolfe Coal and Coke and Sagamore Colliery, signaling a surge in regional coal and coke output.
A guide describes dainty blotters with three or four leaves of blotting paper bound in a thin leather cover featuring a Greek or dotted border. Leaves are bound at one end with a ribbon bow, and a penwiper shaped like a small book uses chamois inner leaves and leather covers tied with baby ribbon.
A clever Christmas project uses a pasteboard mailing tube sheet wadding and chamois skin to create a nail buffer. Cut six inch roll wrap with padded fabric and two pinked edges then tie a yard of No 3 ribbon around each end for a neat finish.
Practical tips describe using a warm cloth over a hot water bag to steam relief for earache toothache and neuralgia offering faster relief than dry heat. Also provides a Thanksgiving Nut Cake recipe listing sugar butter flour milk raisins citron lemon and orange peels with spices and nut meats and baking powder.
Make a white leaf cake about two inches high then cut into two inch squares. Cool, dip in hot chocolate frosting, then roll in granulated sugar for a sparkling finish and good flavor. Leave orders for Christmas flowers at East End Pharmacy or Bluefield Pharmacy. Hawley Mosse Co lists big jewelry reductions as of 12 16 71.
A brief classified style notice invites readers to subscribe for the Daily Telegraph at two local pharmacies East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy. The dated reference 12-16-7t appears as part of the clipping.
The city board, in Mayor Stowers absence, reviewed Indian Refining Company’s permit request to build near the east end bridge. They seek a $2000 building and three 12000 gallon tanks if land lease terms with Norfolk and Western are arranged. Plans were not filed and the matter was deferred to the next meeting for formal details.
The board discussed an Indian Refining Company field presence to store oil locally for quicker order fulfillment. Building permits were granted to A. Harman for a greenhouse Mandy Slaughter for a dwelling addition and Mrs J L Cunningham for another addition on Rogers street. The new building ordinance was postponed to January, while an amendment to the Jim Crow ordinance would allow white dealers to sell bottled goods to colored customers if not consumed on premises, benefiting a few white merchants. Citizens of Hicksville asked for street lights at Powell streets. Julia Foster sought a restaurant license at 443 Stewart street and the board of education offered $20 toward sidewalk costs to the new North side schoolhouse, with likely adoption to aid schoolchildren. The meeting adjourned with no further business.
Classified notice seeks a reliable worker for steady cash pay. Employer offers flexible hours, basic duties, and on site instruction. Applicants should bring seriousness, punctuality, and ability to follow directions. Position suitable for entry level applicants seeking quick start.
Bodies of five girls missing since last night’s factory fire were found burned. fireman Arro’s body was found as well, bringing fatalities to six. Also advertised are sales of goods and medicines from local merchants, including Pineules, Bee’s Cough Syrup, and Blue Ribbon Shoes, with assorted near-term notices for Pedigo’s shop and fresh market items.
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