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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
4
Fragmented newspaper notice from Bluefield West Virginia lists postal and telegraph details. It mentions advertising rates and a box number for communications and remittances.
The Telegraph will not publish on Sunday following Christmas. the regular paper returns Tuesday. A Long Island woman defended her husband with a big stick at Oyster Bay, stunning a man, and the Jeffries Gotch exhibition bouts tour the south seeking a signing.
West Virginia state agencies publish bulletins from the Insurance Department and the fire marshal. The bulletins report investigations of insurers and expose stock fakers while warning the public of fire risks. They urge careful decoration installs in large buildings to avoid fires and losses.
Displays are often set up by people unaware of electrical danger and fires result. Church and private Christmas trees contribute to fires, so keep a chemical extinguisher or a bucket of water handy while the tree is lit.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, claim it acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and offer 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure. Advertisement urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, and notes the product is sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The piece argues health costs rise when neglected colds become throat and lung trouble as people migrate across the continent. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a dependable cure to prevent serious illnesses and reduce overall expense, noting sales at The East End Pharmacy and The Bluefield Pharmacy.
Supreme Court upholds lower court finding in Bank of Williamson vs McDowell County Bank over an $800 forged check. Horner presented a self payable check signed by D B Young and stamped prior endorsements guaranteed. Williamson paid and pursued repayment after forgery was revealed. Attorneys Stokes and Bronson represented the plaintiff. Anderson Strother and Hughes for the defendant.
In treating pneumonia, Dr. W. J. Smith of Sanders Alabama says the sole lung remedy he uses is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He notes other symptoms require different medicines but has used this remedy many times with success.
A period advertisement touts William Tell Flour by the barrel as a saver against wheat price spikes and poor harvests. It promises fine grain, white bread, light biscuits, and pastries, claiming superior cleanliness due to the mill equipment and grain protection.
The advertisement extols William Tell medicine as superior for coughs and colds and claims personal and wife relief. It promotes Chamberlain's Salve for eczema dermatitis and salt rheum with rapid itching relief and cites cures, listing Bast End and Bluefield pharmacies as retailers.
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