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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
3
A Chicago authority argues that modern business letters should cut preambles and frills. Eliminating phrases like I beg to acknowledge receipt speeds communication and saves time for both sender and stenographer.
The crescent has long symbolized Byzantium and Constantinople and decorates its walls and coins. A tale credits Philip of Macedon with shaping the city’s emblem after a moonlit siege in 8340 B C, linking it to crescents of power and change.
The 1862 homestead act, now in the United States Revised Statutes, grants up to 100 acres of public land to heads of families or adults who are citizens or declare intent, require settlement and cultivation, continuous occupancy for five years, and payment of modest fees. Lands won’t be liable for debts contracted before patent issuance.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Flat Top National Bank will be held in the directors' room on Tuesday January 10 1911 at 11 o'clock a m for electing directors for the ensuing year and other business as needed Ee T Tyree Cashier 2-7-1 d m Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph
In December 1864 a Federal prisoner of war escaped from a box car near Richmond aided by a rusted file and case knife making a hole. Tom Atherton wandered into a North Carolina plantation and was sheltered by a Confederate girl who fed him and helped him hide. She planned to turn him in after Christmas, while he endured a warm, hopeful holiday. The tale ends with Petersburg’s fall and a Christmas gift anchor at home, retold by the girl to her grandchildren.
Auditor J S Darsi reports December data covering November fire losses amounting to 160 763 dollars with property value at 306 299 dollars across seventy four claims. Largest loss was Concord Normal School Athens 44094 dollars with 14000 dollars insurance. Baxton Cushwa store in Martinsburg Berkeley county shows 17000 value, 14500 loss and 8000 insurance. Proposals to amend fire insurance law discussed with insurer representatives and the insurance commissioner.
The biennial report ending September 30 1910 details funds and appropriations. The total balances across all funds reach 2 415 126 94 with 999 800 00 invested, the largest in state history. Past years show 1908 total 1 615 857 48 and 1909 total 2 240 918 66 in treasury and invested assets.
Marshall College marks its seventy fifth anniversary with plans for a week long alumni reunion at Huntington. Hon Champ Clark may deliver an address. The grounds will feature an alumni gate funded by already collected subscriptions. President Corbly and the faculty push the three quarter centennial celebration.
Fay L. Hamilton a N. and W. railway timekeeper married Miss Wsther L. Meyers cashier at Sun theatre at 5 o'clock in the bride's Dam arin block home. Rev J W Atkinson officiated with only nearest relatives present. The couple will reside at the bride's home initially.
Henry B. Harris sends Charles Klein's The Lion and the Mouse to the Wiks' opera house for next Thursday night. The production emphasizes wholsomeness and distinct drawing of the story's characters, with no villain or frivolous matron.
Mr. Klein presents a stage drama praised for its clean treatment of money world themes. The production targets modern audiences with sympathetic dramatization and strong public appeal.
This piece reviews Standing Bear’s humor and character through anecdotes from Omaha lore. It notes his wit at a dinner table during a trial over whether an Indian is a person, his mirror tale with a prairie lover, a joke about eating fast with the attorney, and a misrendered interpretive moment by Bright Eyes.
A Southern workman recalls being labeled by churchmen and by papers as an officer in the village church. He muses on religious labels from Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers to city judges, concluding the Omaha judge calls him a person.
A Washington Heights man explains that his campaign expenses were offset by genealogical research. He notes he incurred about $1,600 in costs but came out $400 ahead because opponents did the family history work for him. The remark illustrates a frugal, humorous take on political campaigns.
The London Graphic notes eight famed lions including St Mark's lion of Venice and the Nelson monument lions in Trafalgar Square. Ruskin praised St Mark's lion for its fierce expression unattainable by artists and mentions the winged bronze beast as a distinctive feature.
A Chicago News item notes a boarder leaves the house after the landlady repeatedly asks about when the board bill would be paid. The exchange reflects a clash over privacy and lodging duties in a domestic setting.
In a domestic vignette the mother notes Dora is invited to a swell party while the father asks how much the gown will cost, illustrating a simple household debate over expenses.
Dialogue reveals surprise about a student’s college status with Mrs Benderby noting the son is a sycamore in a Boston Transcript excerpt reflecting family views on higher education.
Stephen Waite of Lansing tests MI-O-NA as a cure for digestion ills after three boxes restore appetite and digestive harmony. The pills promise five minute relief from sour stomach and gas, with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price.
A Fayetteville North Carolina writer recalls his sister nearly consumed by consumption. Dr King’s New Discovery cured her cough and restored her health, praised as the best medicine he has seen. It treats coughs colds lagrippe asthma and bronchial troubles with trial bottles free and a guarantee by druggists.
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