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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
2
Commentary on Christmas peace plans in the Transvaal and the Philippines and on West Virginia court districts. Reporting on Allentown PA mayor and spankings for boys,Cadet Booz at West Point, and calls for ethics reform in military education.
The piece contrasts Christmas excess with domestic burdens and notes a push to lay a cable from Vancouver to Australia via Fiji and Norfolk Islands at £1,795,000 to bound Britain to its possessions. It suggests the Pacific cable is a matter for U S action and highlights costs and timing for completion by 1902.
A week saw 62 divorces awarded in St Louis from a batch of 103 married couples who sought dissolution. Drunkenness and violence were the main grounds cited for the breakups. A local preacher attended the hearings and likely gathered ample material for sermons.
An blend of old patent medicine claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and electric bitters is presented alongside a dramatic tale about slavery and a testimonial from Guo D Williams of Man Cheater Michigan. The items reference sales pitches, endorsements, and price notes.
Special commissioners announce a sale of undivided interests in multiple tracts totaling several hundred acres along Tug River Clear Fork and related streams. Purchases require cash with credit terms for remaining balance, bonds secured by personal security, and interest from sale date. Also notes about county records, Derd Book 4 page 26 exhibit, and clerk certification in Mercer County. Holiday excursion tickets and a cigar shaped train note appear in the same column.
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