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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
6
The council divided on suspending work and regulating the health officer’s duties with a 3 to 4 vote. debate touched Harman’s livery stable case with petitions to discontinue or tear down the building. The mayor left, Brown served as acting president, and adjournment came after 11 PM.
Atlanta will host President elect Taft for a 1 PM Friday to 3 PM Saturday stay. A banquet Friday night will feature Taft as chief speaker with about 100 Southern attendees. Atlanta organizers aim to leverage his visit for a broad Southern message and celebration.
The Southern Educational Association gathers about 2000 visitors in Atlanta for a three day conference. President P P Caxton of Tennessee chairs the opening session. Key topics include industrial education, negro education, public health, sanitation, and education and citizenship.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a natural digestive aid that digests all foods and provides relief from stomach trouble. It claims pleasant use and guaranteed results for dyspepsia and indigestion. Sold by all druggists and featured in Daily Telegraph ads.
The Bluefield board of supervisors invites bids by December 29, 1908 at 10:00 a.m. for erecting and completing a brick fire station on lots 1 and 2, section 97, with all materials and work per plans on file in the city auditor's office. They reserve the right to reject any or all bids. J. T. Akers, Auditor.
Thirteen vessels foreign and coastwise cleared from the Norfolk custom house on Saturday. Most ships loaded only bunker coal at Norfolk while the German steamer Kathargo took on general cargo and sailed to Hamburg via Baltimore. Pocahontas coal valued at Lambert's Point was $19,880. Other clearances included the Corfu for Bremen, Eretria for Nantes and Bremen, Chipana for Valparaiso and Punta Arenas, Nordfarer for Tampico, Margherita for Genoa, Sicilia for Genoa, Ganges for Bremen, and Bonin for Rotterdam via Havre.
While extending a gas flue to connect a blast furnace with a boiler battery, a trench wall gave way. A mechanical carrier broke and a beam struck the cement wall, causing the wall and tons of loose earth to topple onto the men below.
At Santa Anita Chapultepec carried 112 pounds to win six furlongs in 1:11 setting a new mark. In the last race Lady Cima, a two-year-old filly at 85 pounds, finished five and a half furlongs in 1:04 4-5 to eclipse Colloquy’s prior best.
Great Falls Mont Dec 28 Nine railroad workers were killed and several injured when a freight train collided with a work train on the Great Northern line late today Details about the crash were not available at report time The New York Times notes the incident as a major rail disaster with casualties and ongoing inquiries.
The sudden illness of Arthur Clear, a defendant in the night rider cases in Union City Tennessee, caused a suspension after the state rested and defense witnesses testified. Bud Morris Sam Apple denied ties to the riders and offered alibi details while other witnesses recounted letters and raids around May 23 and Walnut Log. The court considered striking testimony about other raids.
In Birmingham on December 28 two workers died and eight are believed buried after a trench collapse at the Ensley blast furnace plant. Several laborers and two foremen were injured as gas hampered recovery in the eight foot deep excavation. Most of the dead are foreigners.
A vintage ad touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets promising cure in one day and offers a refund if it fails. The box bears K. w. GROVE'S signature and is priced at 25 cents.
An 19th century advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Barly Risers as the best small pleasant and sure liver pills. The copy notes these medicines are sold by all and advertised in the Daily Telegraph.
The American Historical Society and the American Political Science Association opened their joint annual meeting at the New Willard Hotel with British envoy James Bryce delivering an address on political science and history. The sessions continue in Washington and Richmond, with a Charlottesville and Monticello visit planned after adjournment.
Rome reports a serious fatal earthquake hitting southern Italy with center in Sicily. At Caltanissetta Mineo and Stefoconi houses collapsed, many injured, three dead, sixty wounded, and panic across the island. Agosta escaped fatalities despite church and home demolitions.
A tidal wave struck Catania port today following earthquake disturbances. Waterfront residents fled inward as the sea rose and receded, leaving confusion and damage. Several fishing boats were swamped and three steamers in port suffered varying damage. fatalities were not yet confirmed.
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