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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
3
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph offers home news features society items sporting news trade indications market reports state happenings and foreign occurrences. Subscriptions priced at 4 per year 2 for six months or 1 for three months with delivery by city carriers or mail within 100 miles.
Tea of Tablets marketed to millions as a health aid. West End Drug Co. and G. H. Wade druggist advertise Hollister Tea of Tablets with claims it cures coughs and expels colds, mildly laxative, guaranteed, genuine in yellow package.
In a sunlit garden Alicia argues that platonic love excludes romance yet confesses to liking Dick Corrigan more than mere friendship. He teases and probes as the dachshund Pretzel watches, until she admits she prefers him and longs for more than a platonic bond.
The article explains how metal warrants let buyers bet on future prices. Warrants for pig iron cover 500 tons and are paid monthly. If prices rise, traders profit without laying down cash. if they fall, they incur losses by covering the price gap.
In a small cafe a one armed man eats lunch while a sympathetic neighbor in the rural district watches his missing arm. The curious man finally blurts out a remark about the arm, prompting a humorous reply as the one armed man checks the empty sleeve and admits the observation.
Native Afghan chroniclers assert Afghans are the last ten tribes of Israel tracing lineage to Afghana son of Jeremiah grandson of King Saul. They attribute eastward dispersal of the Afghans to Nebuchadnezzar.
Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly and Miss Maud M. Rockwell promote a phil anthropic league in Boston to shield lodging housekeepers and tenants from repossession and false representation by unscrupulous buyers. They seek lease inspections and housing sanitation to condemn unsanitary houses.
A widow of a famed scientist and a Madeira born gentlewoman share a vivid courtship tale. He, William Thompson later known as Lord Kelvin, proves steadfast as she proves quick to grasp signaling. They marry after a yacht encounter and Thompson is later raised to peerage in 1812.
Benjamin Bennett and Miss Mevine Morrs of Roanoke Va married in Columbus after eloping from Roanoke Friday. The groom fled in fear from his brother in law James Morris at the Morris home on Hast Eleventh street Portsmouth, then returned to his bride and left for Roanoke Sunday morning after parental forgiveness arrived by telegram.
The fashionably inclined readers in New York and Chicago now seek artistic or professional careers. Wealthy women like Mrs. Harry Whitney and Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt gain prestige as they command commissions and public regard for talents in art sociology interior design and writing.
Miss May Irwin known as comedienne and Mrs Kurt Heisdeidt shares her best recipes in a cookbook titled Containing the tower of her collection Mary Dale. She says cooking is her true excelling line and she enjoys pleasing guests at her New York home and summer retreat on the St Lawrence.
Manager Jolliffe presents a merry entertainment with a witty wandering hero and two sisters amid staged mystery. A likable spunky character interrupts the plot, aided by musical and specialty features. Scene includes a box car entrance and a final courtly-proposal moment.
Advertisement notes grippe coughs can lead to pneumonia and claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughing and heals lungs. Warns the genuine product has no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package, sold by G. W. Wade.
Special notice states Voley’s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults for sale by G H Wade druggist.
An advertisement fragment promises wonderful results from Helliater's Rocky Mountain Tea and Teacy Tablets. The note notes credibility doubts and urges readers to try the product via Drug Co., W. J. Peters, Freeman.
In the Southern District of West Virginia Mrs G W Warner is adjudicated bankrupt on February 10 1908. The first meeting of creditors is set for February 24 1908 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the referee in bankruptcy G J Holbrook office Bluefield Mercer County to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business.
Fragmentary timetable data shows Virginian Railway times 13:47 and 12:20 with marked minutes and odd series 24 4 6:15 7:48 and 0:28 4:48. No clear train names or destinations given in the readable text.
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