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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
4
A kaleidoscope of short items on politics, fashion, crime, weather, and society. Notes on Hains case, Carrie Nation, bankruptcy law, poison candy crackdown, railroads’ earnings, Yale and Harvard, martial separations, Asquith and free trade. Quick, opinionated snapshots characteristic of the era.
The Brownsville shooting case yields confessions from soldiers of Company B Twenty-fifth Infantry detailing the riotous night raid on a sleeping town. Outsider influence aided concealment, and President Roosevelt considers reinstatement with emphasis on punishing wrongdoers and clearing the army’s name.
The text underscores disciplined loyalty and the president's backing of bravery and fidelity while rebuking disloyalty. It praises persistent justice, vindicating actions taken and signaling punishment for wrong, aiming to protect the army and the people amid long Brownsville discussions.
The Richmond News Leader condemns Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World for sensational smear tactics over the Panama purchase and Roosevelt era politics. It accuses the World of false accusations against Taft and Roosevelt, praising press ethics and urging punishment of such slander.
An expert notes most people eat too much and endure a burden after meals. A light lunch and periodic fasting can restore health and improve mental clarity, while overnutrition causes as many maladies as malnutrition. The brain suffers when overeating dominates daily meals.
The London Telegraph notes royal exemptions are limited. A prince can be fined for speeding, the Prince of Wales cannot be sued personally for debt, and creditors may pursue the treasurer. Marrying requires royal consent and potential parliamentary approval, and the king controls royal children’s education.
Sir Oliver Lodge learned golf long ago at St Andrews from Professor Tait who told him you play with your morals not your muscles. The remark sparks a light exchange as Lodge quips about his morals and golf. Also a jewelry ad touts silver novelties from Kinzer, highlighted by the Daily Telegraph want ads.
Readers rewarded with a claim that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease taken internally affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 to any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
Advertisement urging loud advertising with ink horns to succeed in business. Promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup for colds and coughs and notes price cuts on holiday goods at I. M. Echols' Cash Store. Item dated 12-17-T71.
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