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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement touts Kodol for Dyspepsia promising quick relief for stomach troubles and claims a cure for dyspepsia. It promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic and fast acting with regular size priced at 50 cents, available from local druggists.
End of day one in the Union City night rider trial sees the state present detailed murder accounts of Captain Rankin and identify two prisoners as masked band members. The packed court and stairway crowd reflect intense public interest while Judge Jones warns press about restricted evidence and confines reading to novels. J F Carpenter testified about sending a letter that drew Rankin and Colonel Taylor to Walnut Log hotel and disputed land disputes sparked by Reel Foot Lake ownership claims.
Spokane invites President Taft to join 3000 delegates at the 17th National Irrigation Congress in Spokane next summer. Invitations go to James J. Hill EK Harriman W A Beard and major irrigation figures. Washington's congressional delegation will seek Taft's promise to visit the Northwest in 1909.
Mr Beard at White Pharmacy Seattle attends Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition and speaks highly of the upcoming congress. He says it promises to be the most successful in the organization’s history and notes Spokane’s central location for the event. The congress covers grazing on public land forest protection water power and swamp land reclamation.
Washington December 18 notes a Christmas exodus left the house short of a quorum yet many measures were acted on. The session saw substantial business with several war claim bills debated and approved despite low attendance.
The Lindholmen collided with the Frederike Muller off Goodwin sands and sank in Dover waters. Eight crewmen died, survivors were landed at Dover.
A large Virginia peanut delegation appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee to urge raising the quota on their product to shield farmers from market downturns.
A Kinney man named Tom Cook slept beside a railroad fire and rolled in, burning his leg to the bone. Doctors planned amputation under anaesthetic, but he woke, asked to view the operation, and improved after initial alarm. The Cook family of the Clinch Valley is noted for nerve.
Word reached the city last night by private telegram that the Paint Creek district strike ended with the miners agreeing to return to work. Details remain unclear but reports say operators had begun bringing in strike breakers and had given five days notice to leave company houses.
The Paint Creek miners agreed to return to work at reduced wages after operators planned to bring in strikebreakers to enforce the new schedule. The miners chose to preserve their union despite fear of its destruction, recalling the Cabin Creek strike outcome.
At 203 Higginbotham Avenue Mrs. Kef fer suffered severe burns after mixing beeswax floor oil and turpentine to speed flow on a stove. A small blaze and smoke filled the home before burns were dressed by Dr. B. H. Thompson and she remained confined to her room for the day.
A collection of misstatements from a science exam and a Scientific American roundup. The errors include absurd ideas about air weight, lightning length, and the earth’s axis, with humorous quotes involving a boy and various incorrect notions about gravity and perception.
A Scots shooting trip turns tense when a guest pays a head keeper a pound for the day and four more to move his gun. The gun and bag are delayed until tips are settled, the master claims no interference, and the guest learns the keeper relies on guest generosity for wages.
The piece traces luck symbolism from iron objects in paths to the horseshoe as a universal good luck emblem. It cites Aubrey's Miscellanies noting horseshoes in London and a shipmast tradition aboard Nelson's Victory, illustrating belief in luck as found rather than bought.
An ad touts Freeh Use Monitor Pulverized Flour as ideal for bread and cake pastry. The brief promotes its quality and mentions a date stamp 12-16-6t as the product label or catalog line.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a universal digestant that lets people eat anything while its enzymes mimic a healthy stomach. It claims immediate relief from fullness and heartburn and offers a money back guarantee via druggists if the large bottle fails to satisfy.
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