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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
2
The Telegraph notes that the Trelecrarn will not publish Monday and that next week’s issue will be on Monday to aid advertisers and readers. It mentions skipped issues on Tuesday and a holiday causing Wednesday absence and jokes about incipient telephones without wires, amid assorted local anecdotes and political quips.
Senator Chandler writes to the New Hampshire legislature arguing opposition to his re election lies elsewhere than his record and urging voters to dismiss him. The text suggests the opponent has not yet counted ten in his case.
An old newspaper snippet markets Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and DeWitts Witch Hazel Balm as healing tonics for colds and skin issues. It asserts counterfeit warnings, touts John Harper cigars as mild and high quality, and notes a flagship tobacco stand with broad appeal.
A New York woman borrows two babies as a joke for her husband and ends up presenting him with triplets. The babies dressed alike become indistinguishable, causing hysteria among the mother, two other women, and a nurse. The piece notes the joke’s unintended, far reaching consequences and the tremors it sends through three families.
A collage of testimonials and ads tout Hall's Catarrh Cure, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Mentions F J Cheney & Co Toledo and local druggists. Also notes a Baltimore cigar train invention and coal miners sought by Hooton Wood Beary Co in Charleston West Virginia.
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