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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1900
Page
2
A Christmas message urges readers to embrace happiness and contentment this season. It reflects on sorrow and hardship, reminding that innovations, learning, and progress accompany the anniversary of Christ’s birth, and calls a nationwide spirit of joy and gratitude.
The piece lauds A B White as the most unselfish candidate, detailing his drive to place the legislature first and his willingness to trade on himself to win votes. It notes his record as a state official and credits his success to competent staff, all Republicans, implying future governance with Republican allies.
The speaker warns Bluefield residents that a bill to divide the state into two judicial districts may move through the Senate with another town named for Bluefield's placement. If passed and returned to the House the plan could be carried, despite minor details. Citizens must stay alert to this potential substitution.
A mixed fragment from a historical newspaper includes an advertisement for Fall's Catarrh Cure offering a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and testimonials about Hall's remedies. It also mentions rail excursion tickets and a story claiming Electric Bitters cure various female ailments, ending with a note on a cigar shaped train invention.
Go next door at the Blue Front and hear W K Gray of Dutchess County New York extol Chamberain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine he has used for croup. He says giving it as soon as hoarseness or croup cough appears prevents the attack and urges keeping the remedy at hand for instant use before symptoms worsen. Sold by all druggists.
An issued advertisement invites coal miners to apply at Hooton and Beary Company in Charleston West Virginia. The notice cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and influenza, noting its success in preventing pneumonia, with endorsements from Thos Whitfield & Co. of Chicago and a claim that regular bowel movements prevent health issues and stomach discomfort.
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