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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
3
R L Morris offers art and frame work plus repair services with 15 years of experience. Willing to visit customers for quotes. References available and all work guaranteed. Call 456-1 for prices and arrangements.
The newspaper is delivered by city carriers or mailed to any address for 4 per year 2 for six months or 1 for three months. It is also sold on trains hotel news stands and by newsboys within 100 miles of Bluefield.
Digestive health claim for Dr King’s New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so one feels good. 25c at all drug stores.
Suffering and dollars saved. E S Lopez of Manilla, New York says the salve healed severe cuts and saved him pain and money. It heals burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles and is sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
The article describes tailored suits with short jackets and circular skirts in rough English tweed and brown interwoven shades. It notes new side openings for skirts, dainty fabrics, and a wave of ribbon accents for summer wear, highlighting pale blues pinks lilacs and hand painted floral effects.
A Millgate Monthly description of Glasgow’s Cowciddens portrays overcrowded unsanitary living for the poor. It notes two tier sleeping, concealed occupants, penny pawns and penny owns proliferating in the slum area.
Cromwell, marching on Tenby after failing to take Pembroke Castle, rewards a shoemaker who betrays a water pipe to the defender. The informant is hanged, the pipe cut, and the castle surrenders to Cromwell.
Colonel Edmund Rice organized a mounted scouts company from the Twenty-sixth Infantry in the Philippines. When a quartermaster questioned needing eighty nosebags for a unit with sixty men, Rice replied that the excess bags were for the eighty horses, not the men.
The piece traces early inoculation history from Turkey to England. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduced the practice. her son was inoculated in 1718, seven condemned criminals tested it in 1721, and royal family members in 1722. Clerical opposition lasted until 1760. Dr. Mead and Dr. Dinsdale led early trials, Catherine II was inoculated in 1768, and Jenner introduced vaccination in 1700.
The article notes that today’s Moors descend from those who conquered Spain and held the south for two centuries. It remarks on remnants of their remarkable buildings still found in Spain and suggests their inability to adapt to modern conditions explains present contrasts.
A Kansas City Independent quips about Bradder Jones noting that smoking did not build a brick house. The text mocks a speaker who borrows the newspaper and clothes to eat, calling them a dy financier without license to copy.
A London Telegraph excerpt shows a rich uncle explaining capital to his impecunious nephew. He offers £5 as capital, provoking the nephew to request the money, illustrating the concept through a simple dialogue.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals at Charleston reversed the McDowell county circuit court in Bank et al. v. Catzen et al. and remanded. Judge Poffenbarger notes that deeds and contracts may assign nonstandard meanings when intent is clear and that latent ambiguities allow limited parol evidence about subject matter and parties’ intent.
Bluefield postal workers often hear requests for residents' names to locate missing lovers or relatives. They face limits on sharing private information, though they can assist postal inspectors and aid crime investigations when needed.
Intersta te Commerce Commission demands two tariff copies at stations, shifting rate error risk to shippers. Opinion says shippers bear quoted rate risk even when errors occur on waybills, as railroads cannot correct them without seeming discriminatory. The piece notes potential need for expert clerks by large shippers. The fragment ends with an ad-like closing.
Special notice states Folay's Honey and Tartar coughs and lung remedies are not regulated under the Pure Food and Drug Law as they contain no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended for children and adults and offered for sale by G. H. Wade, druggist.
An old advertisement advises taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse the stomach regulate the liver and bowels. It notes price 25e and lists free samples at local druggists and shops. Bert Barber of Elton Wis. recommends DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by all druggists.
Chamberlains Pain Balm offers quick relief from rheumatic and muscular pains including lumbago and backache. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A historical drug advertorial states Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently on the bowels to soothe throat and lung irritations and stops cough promptly. It notes the product sold by all druggists.
Washington man J P Swords, aged 70, writes of relief from lung and throat trouble after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. He praises it as a tonic and credits the product with rebuilding his health over two years. Rochester based Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. advertises bottles at $1 with a medical booklet and physician advice.
Norfolk and Western Railway announces January 12 1908 schedules from Roanoke Bluefield and Kenova with Pullman sleepers and parlor cars to New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Columbus. Limited services to Lynchburg Richmond Welch Tazewell and Norton plus Clinch Valley and Wayne routes. agent W B Bevill in Roanoke provides tickets and maps.
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