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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
4
A devotional prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson leads the page with calls for forgiveness courage and patience. The rest comments on Christmas prices headlines weather advertising and the Parkersburg to Wheeling office move plus a note on a local baseball meeting and bleacher crowds for a park.
The Dayton News critiques vengeance in historic feuds noting that killing fails to settle disputes. It argues that without true justice the killer faces no real punishment while the dead rest in peace. The piece condemns revenge as hollow and destructive to the avenger.
A speaker urges choosing the orderly and decent path over violence. It praises avoiding murder and cites a Dayton paper noting punishment is not the aim. The speaker urges leaving vengeance to a higher power and doing what is right.
In Ohio and West Virginia districts the Wheeling Intelligencer and News-Record-backed vote shapes the collectorship outcome. Glasscock wins by 815 in three districts while Bennett trails with 490 in Wheeling district. overall the opposition gathers 2,533 across three districts.
The piece urges creating a new national department headed by a secretary of health to aggressively tackle disease control and public health oversight. It argues such a department would be the most important and far reaching in its potential benefits for the nation.
The Sistersville Oil Review urges Republicans to weed out objectionable members from the state committee and top leadership to ensure clean politics. It asserts some targets in the 5th and 3rd senatorial districts, where GOP majorities are secured, should be fired.
The London Mail details a turbot yawning in vivid, step by step fashion. The mouth twists as if trod-on by a round fish, lips open to draw water, yawn travels through the head, distends skull plates, reveals red gills, then the fish flattens out again.
The author argues that reviving old styles without innovation does not advance building art. Copying masters aids study for painters, but reproducing older works cannot establish a painter's reputation. To progress, true originality and new work are essential. Country House.
Casey steals base and dents pan in left garden as Mullegan's loaf sails over Shaugnessy’s nut, in a rough slang exchange.
In a clipped colloquial exchange, Grigas asks what helps sleep as five nights pass without rest. The Colonel suggests a boxing match as a remedy, recalling his own first attempt when his eyes stayed shut for a fortnight. This odd exchange appears in a Daily Telegraph subscription blurb.
The article traces flour from its origin in the wheat field through six cleaning steps before grinding. It describes packaging in barrels and bags produced by machines, with bag sewing also performed by machinery.
A jumble of quotes and remarks surveys the mood as references to Dutch and Venezuelan ships, aging, and consumer trust blend with light holiday notes. The text reflects editorial wit and scattered phrases rather than a single coherent event or story.
A list of smoking don’ts advises readers on timing after meals causing cravings to delay smoking, outdoor wind and cold weather risks, holding the cigar or pipe properly to reduce saliva, and avoiding frequent expectoration. The guidance aims to curb habits seen as harmful and unnecessary.
A lecturer recalls a dinner anecdote about a guest who tested knife edges on his thumb. A witty remark follows that seeks a blunt knife instead as the guest admits he once cut his mouth at a banquet. The exchange highlights ignorance and etiquette in social meals.
The London Globe notes that native Fast Indian confidence in the government appears strong. An anecdote from Lahore says a tiger escaped from a zoo and, after many lures failed, its keeper appealed to it in the name of the British government, and the animal returned to its cage immediately.
Delineator records a humorous note where Small Wallace accepts a party invitation with weather contingencies. The guest promises to attend if it does not rain and to stay home if it does, reflecting social norms and wit of the era.
A dialogue notes a bone goblet seen today and a flesh and blood tumbler spotted last night at a circus. The exchange highlights curiosity about strange curiosities and marvels of the show.
A brief, philosophical fragment cites that inward silence arises from noise and true love and faith emerge from inward knowledge born of action. The line credits MacDonald as the source.
Reduction in price announced for December 21st by Citizens Coal and Supply Co. for Monitor Pulverized Flour. The note urges use of Monitor flour for superior bread and pastry.
A Punta Gorda Florida Herald note describes a small annual carnivorous herb in southern Florida. The deep red plant reaches three inches, secretes a sticky fluid from leaf tips to trap ants, then curls over to digest them, later revealing insect skeletons. It grows on flat sandy lands and appears in late winter to early spring.
All the latest fads in the jewelry world highlight silver novelties as ideal remembrance items. Kingery, your jeweler, promotes them and notes Daily Telegraph want ads can bring results by placing an ad today.
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