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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
3
Letters from women including Mrs. Helena Blau of Milwaukee describe Wine of Cardui as a remedy that brings health to both rich and poor. The message highlights personal recovery and gratitude for the product.
The piece notes the Jewish festival Coanukhan or Hanukkah, eight days long, beginning with one candle lit the first night and adding each night. It recalls the rededication of the Jerusalem temple after defeating the Syrians led by Judas Maccabeus and mentions the broader celebration among Hebrews worldwide.
In a county town some men crossed the Bluestone river ford as flooding rose. A wrong turn sent the party into water where all escaped, though personal goods including a coat watch and bread goods floated away toward Hinton. John clung to a demijohn while others reached safety.
The Rev Walter Holcomb known in Bluefield as a boy preacher and revival speaker married Miss Blanche Lamar Robbins at the bride’s parents home in Stateville South Carolina.
An advertisement notes a free fine silk handkerchief with every Hawes $3 hat sold at M. Rosenberg's. It also promotes 1221 41 Old Style cheroots and decorative hand decorated pottery for mantels at Mebane's. A notice advertises one furnished room for rent at No. 12 Bluefield Ave.
A Geneva Ohio reader says DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cured him of piles after forty years of suffering. The ad extols cure for cuts burns wounds and skin diseases and warns against counterfeits. Also notes sale of jewelry pocket books and purses at Kinzer and Mebane with name engraving options.
List shows both ladies and gentlemen letters awaiting pickup for week ending December Bath 1002. Notable names include Belcher, Cos, Eveins, French, Hall, Peck, Pennington, Rowlett, Swithh, Sherman, Tabor, Trig, Vaughn, Williams and many others. Also ads for Kinzer's watches and local jewelry cases amid notice about paralysis cure and opium whiskey books.
Movement among Moundsville lawyers to urge Hon T Pr Jacobs of the New Martinsville bar for the supreme court judgeship under a constitutional amendment granting gubernatorial appointment. Jacobs has eight years as judge of the fourth division. The article also recalls historical events of Maccabean revolt and religious liberty narratives.
Merchants advertise lunch from eleven to two with clam chowder turkey ham pork roast baked beans slaw bread and butter for 15 cents. Short orders around the clock include steak chops hamburger steak chicken and oysters. Promotes Old Style cheroots Fitz You Tid Bit and related cigars with bulk offers and a cigar shaped tag on each product. Huff Andrews and Thomas Co. markets the cigars.
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