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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
4
The piece argues the Model License League proposal will not improve conditions and questions who controls politics. It discusses licensing costs rising over years, transferability with an excise board consent, and the idea that strong, responsible leadership could target meat trust power.
A Roanoke man fined $2 for sidewalk snow remains questioned. The piece proposes a city ordinance to clear snow and bill the property owner, avoiding fines. It notes Kentucky’s dry counties and comments on reform efforts and reformers.
Gary Indiana begins operation of a 26 million dollar steel plant expected to employ 25 000 workers soon. Plans extend to a Wisconsin town near Lake Superior with 10 million pledged, aiming to rival Gary in scale and impact on the iron and steel industry. A rivers and harbors bill deficit looms as a notable concern.
Report notes human nature in Tennessee and Delaware Ohio with arrests linked to dry parades and a local option celebrity. contrasts with a mine rescue movement by the United States Geological Survey not meant to aid railroads.
Animal Husbandry week at the Morgantown college of agriculture features seven lectures by Prof. Thomas Shaw of Minnesota, five afternoon conferences, ten poultry industry lectures, and potential veterinary subjects. The West Virginia Poultry Association show runs January 11 to 15 at the University Armory with strong focus on poultry interest for all farmers. University welcomes women farmers as readily as men.
The notice hints at water wagon service expansion across North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi with transfers likely as passengers plan. It also notes weather memoirs for the oldest inhabitant and suggests government effort on new cent pieces and recalls past resolutions. The piece mentions booze arrests in Atlanta during festival days and promotes Daily Telegraph want ads.
An advertisement claims William Tell Flour is utterly clean as it only contacts bright machinery. It asserts the bags are filled and sealed by machines and guarantees no particle of impurity would be found under microscope or chemical test.
A playful catalog of quotes from Chicago Tribune Milwaukee Free Press and Atlanta Journal about weather. The exchanges note mild winters and sleighbells, with humor on praise and moderation.
An Exchange piece argues that humans retain sun worship influenced habits from ancient times. It notes motions like turning from left to right in sports, churning, batter mixing, and ships starting moves as evidence that this instinct persists in daily actions.
During a campaign stop in his home state Speaker Cannon toured a town school. A pupil’s recitation of Hyron’s Battle of Waterloo triggered successive sneezes from Cannon, eliciting peals of laughter as the boy cried out the cannon’s opening roar.
The advert claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh, a constitutional disease, by taking it internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio, priced 75 cents.
In Paris the court denied Count Boni de Castellane's petition for custody of his three sons, awarding custody to their mother Princess de Sagan, formerly Anna Gould of New York. The children will remain under court supervision and begin fall 1909 at a college within 100 miles of Paris.
The practice began with early Roman rulers as subjection and respect. Under the first Caesars it continued briefly. High rank officers received a special mark of deference by kissing the emperor's hand, while Roman fathers avoided kissing wives in front of daughters.
A left handed manicurist argues that handedness is inherited noting her father grandfather and great grandfather were left handed and claims family history explains her skill. She asserts this talent runs through ten cousins as well.
In a Yonkers Statesman club scene exchange a man and woman discuss marriage and searching for a husband. The dialogue hints at social expectations and courting in a social club setting.
A quoted response from a colored citizen recalls his marriage timing as vague and tied to a moment he describes as when his wife allowed it, implying uncertainty about the exact date or formal acknowledgment. The remark reflects contemporary social attitudes and language in the Atlanta Constitution excerpt.
An odd item from the New York Sun compares a fashionable woman's figure to a slut and notes a bizarre image with a mattress holster and pillows worn on the head. The piece reads as a satirical fashion blurb with provocative language.
A Lavater aphorism notes that the ability to conceal happiness surpasses the capacity to hide sorrow. It emphasizes inner restraint and measured emotion over overt display.
Advertisement for LAXATIVE BROMO quinine tablets claims a one day cure for a cold. Offers refund if it fails. Box bears E. W. Grove signature and price 26 cents.
Wanted notices show an experienced bookkeeper seeking a position with a wholesale firm or coal company with good references and current employment. Address U. P. Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia 12-30-61. A separate notice asks for the return of a found rubber overshoe at the post office. Another ad requests a position as bookkeeper or office assistant by a young married man with references, addressed to Bookkeeper care Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
A humorous excerpt shows a boy asking his father if Sunday school graduation is due. The piece reflects a light domestic scene from Chicago News. A German proverb notes riches serve a wise man but command a fool. An advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for minor injuries and piles.
Fresh cut flowers available for pickup on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at Crockett's Drug Store.
A promotional note touts DeWitts Little Barly Risers as the best small pleasant liver pills. Sold by all druggists, the ad urges readers to try one today.
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