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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
3
The council remains split over a cow ordinance with a near tie and no quorum. Without meetings, licenses cannot be processed and the spring council election may be delayed until June 1st. Five members back one candidate and four another, tied to the cow issue, risking further delays.
Exhibition and sale of home made cakes in the Bluefield Furniture Company's old store on Princeton Avenue runs for one week starting Friday February 21 daily from 2 to 6 pm. Also includes Kodol scientific preparation of vegetable enzymes with natural digestants and juices found in a healthy stomach. Each dose digests more than 3 000 grains of good food. Sold by all druggists.
Two white men from Simmons drank heavily and raided a colored woman, her coal sack torn. A colored man fired at them, wounding Conductor Jennings in the hip as the train left Pocahontas. A posse pursues the shooter, with Capt. C. M. Jennings famed for his nerve and service.
Sergeant O D Amburn is recalled from Roanoke and to be sent to Staunton Va. Private Tiola of Roanoke arrives to head the Winefield office and is linked to a Roanoke shooting where he clashed with Sergeant Burton. Burton is jailed as the investigation proceeds.
Mark Hammond an American artist in Paris investigates an advertisement and a faded envelope that lead him to Marcelline Cutter, her daughter Mabel, and a long lost inheritance. Recovers a family tie between the Cutters and Seymours, ending in marriage to Mabel and a move to Colorado for the claim.
A Cleveland judge, Keeler, declares women are cats and orders the courtroom cleared of curious women during a divorce trial. He asserts women would betray friends, while noting not all men are faithful, and that treachery is not exclusive to women. The piece also covers J M Morgan funding the New York School of Applied Design for Women and women’s college suffrage organizing across several states led by Frances McLean.
A fashion note highlights silk binding on tailored coats and a cameo bracelet as a return to old time style. It discusses a gold belt buckle in the form of a coat head, rhinestone eyes, silk braids, coin shaped trimmings, and pressing tips for home dressmakers. It promotes linen waists with embroidery and a pattern offered by mail, plus colored embroidery on white waists and washable cottons.
Ellen Crotty of Church Street Binc eld W Vue shares seven years of kidney trouble and back pain. She found relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills bought at John L. Crockett's drug store and recommends the remedy to others. For sale by all dealers price 25c Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents United States Remember the name Doan’s Take no other.
Mrs Fannie Griffen of Troy Alabama reports facial skin disease cured after twenty years by Chamberlain's Salve. She tried several physicians with no improvement before using two boxes. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy.
George Moore of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life. He reports rapid relief after one bottle and full recovery after twelve bottles. The remedy targets coughs colds and weak lungs and claims to prevent pneumonia. Available at druggists for one dollar with a free trial bottle.
Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Taylor coughs colds and lung troubles contain no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and offered for sale by G. A. Wade, druggist.
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