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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
6
Nashville report says Andrew Metall aged thirteen, son of J C R McCall assistant United States district attorney, was accidentally killed this afternoon while hunting after crossing a wire fence his gun discharged as he tried to drag it through.
United States Senator A S Clay entered a local sanatorium in Atlanta Georgia for several days of treatment and rest. His condition is not serious.
Henry Bell a Black man was hanged in Dawson Georgia jail for the murder of another Black man. On the way from the cell to the gallows he patted the coffin he would be buried in.
Frank B. Smith, president of the Crucible Steel Company and a leading figure in the U S steel industry, collapsed and died in Pittsburgh on December 30. The firm is among the nation’s largest independent steel concerns.
A Chicago News piece traces the Christmas tree back to pagan solstice rites and Norse myths. It connects the tree to the seven candle menorah themes, Tul or Yule feasts, and Thor’s Thunder Oak, noting Winifred of Sussex’s Christian intervention and the Tree of the Christ Child message.
The market is flooded with substitutes and Saver's stands as the pure kind and largest selling brand in the United States offering 10 and 25e sizes.
Notice to taxpayers in Beaver Pond District Mercer County West Virginia warns that all taxes unpaid by January 1 1910 incur a 10 percent penalty. EK Ek CARTER deputy for I J Edison 8 M C Foley’s. Also contains ads for Laxative and pile remedies Man Zan sold by Goodykoontz.
Washington reports census bulletin 106 analyzes assessed valuation, indebtedness, and taxes in 158 U.S. cities above 30,000 in 1907. It notes valuation bases vary, personal property share ranges widely, and debt per capita differs. Boston leads in valuation, New York in debt, with uneven tax levies due to special assessments in some cities.
An advertisement claims Hexamethyleneteramine in Woley's Kidney Remedy acts as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine. It urges taking the remedy at first signs of irregularities and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama says in pneumonia treatment the only remedy for the lungs is Chamberlains Cough Remedy He reports using it in many cases with success and recommends it as superior to other cough remedies Also sold by East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
Chicago officials announce a strict one o’clock liquor close and reduced celebrations for New Year’s Eve. Police will guard hotels restaurants and cafes to enforce the order and curb disorder at festive gatherings.
A Nausicus night policeman, J. N. Peterson, recalls suffering a winter chest illness and trying several cough medicines and doctors before Foley's Money and Tar, which he credits with curing him. He calls it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world. Sold at all druggists.
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