Post Office Notice Filed at Bluefield West Virginia
Entered at the Post Office at Bluefield West Virginia as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1902
Page
2
Entered at the Post Office at Bluefield West Virginia as second class mail matter.
News notes a French coal shortfall estimated around 15 million tons invites new suppliers. A Paris agent for Morgan, steel, and Pennsylvania Railroad pursues exporting American bituminous coal to replace Welsh and Mediterranean imports. Rothschilds and Credit Lyonnais named as fiscal agents for the planned enterprise to run next spring.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure plus Wall's pills and various novelties. It states nine of ten deafness cases are due to catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for a cure. Kinzer's on Bland street features novelty items and free smoking offers.
A miscellany of opinions and notices discusses work, education, and society. It questions the obligation of educated officers to repay government outlays, contrasts prosperity and friendship, cites moralizing aphorisms, and advertises a salesman position and Ramon’s Liver Pills with testimonials from G C McClure & Son.
R A Gray of Oakville Ind recalls ten years confined by kidney disease. After failed medical care a recommendation for Foleys Kidney Care brought relief, labeled a Godsend. Advertisement note lists G H Wade druggist and Keily Moyers Christmas liquor delivery, plus Old Style cheroots.
Sheriff Lilly warns of mounting unpaid tax tickets from last year and current year, urging immediate payment to avoid trouble and benefit all, while an old ad promotes Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for travellers.
A concise notice highlights a neat assortment of neckwear silk mufflers suspenders gloves and jewelry novelties at Block's Princeton Avenue. It also advertises Tid Bits fancy clocks carving sets and cutlery at Kinzer's 4 Bland Street.
Santa Claus Workshop at The Paris Bluefield West Virginia invites children to visit on Saturday Monday Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to o'clock p m Admission free at 15-19 Bland street The Paris Bluefield. Also promoted are local products including Foley's Kidney Cure and cigars labeled Fitz You Tid Bit and Old Style 3 for Secheroots with quick market orders and 24-hour Pearson's Restaurant service.
A short ad touts Dr King’s New Liver Pills as a gentle thorough cure for dyspepsia nausea dizziness headaches and liver and bowel troubles. Sold for 25 cents at all drug stores with guarantees. Includes seller Kelly Moyers at 12 16.
Mothers fear winter as croup and coughs threaten children. One Minute Cough Cure is claimed to liquify mucus, ease inflammation, and stop dangerous coughs and throat troubles. Testimonial from F. B. McMahon of Hampton Georgia credits it with restoring voice before a contest.
Daniel Banatz of Otterville Iowa says after years of asthma and limited relief from doctors in New York and other cities Foley’s Honey and Tar gave him immediate relief and he now cannot be without it. Sold by G H Wade, druggist.
Rev Jno 8 Cox of Wake Ark says he suffered Yellow Jaundice twelve years with no relief from doctors or medicines. He credits Electric Bitters with his cure and endorses the tonic for liver kidney trouble stomach disorder and general debility. Kinzer's advertises pins emblems and charms at 4 Bland Street for 50 cents.
Mr. Francis Little, an eighty plus resident of Benton Harbor, Mich, suffered indigestion and constipation since 1865. After trying many remedies, he began using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets last August and soon felt better. He reports using three boxes and considers himself well. The tablets improve appetite and energize the stomach liver and bowels. For sale by H. N. White.
O R Larson of Bay Villa near River Cape Colony runs a general store serving farmers within thirty miles. He notes fourteen residents within a year were cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, highlighting its value where medical advice is scarce. For sale by H N White.
The Merchant's Lunch Cafe opens at Sam's Old Stand on Princeton avenue offering a daily lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for 15 cents featuring soup two meats soaked beans slaw or potato salad plus all hour short orders and sandwiches. Also advertised are silver novelties and Me bane's products including Tid Bit cigars and a bluefield loan association annual meeting set for January 15 1903 at Citizens Bank. Rings charms and watches from Me bane's. gold ladies watches from $15 and up.
The notice lists September timetable details for Bluefield trains to Roanoke Lynchburg and points north. Includes Pullman sleepers Welch to Philadelphia via Hagerstown, arrivals from Fast and West, and multiple daily departures to Kenova Columbus Norton Pocahontas Coopers Bramwell and Clinch Valley stations with agents available for tickets and maps.
A Norfolk and Western Railway plan proposes $500 000 plus upgrades in Bluefield including yard extensions track rearrangements and building two overhead bridges. The letter to Edwin Mann cites street paving curb and sidewalk upgrades and new houses for officials as part of the wider improvements. The writer urges city officials to align street paving with the extensive rail works and notes ongoing sewerage progress.
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