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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
2
Boston readers report tapeworm expulsions after using L T Cooper's New Discovery. Stories describe dramatic health improvements and a 63 foot tapeworm expelled by Frank D Cardell as evidence of the medicine's effectiveness in combating parasitic illness.
A mass convention of Mercer county Republican voters is called to meet in Bramwell West Virginia on April 4 at 2 p m to select delegates for district and county conventions. Delegates allocated by district include Rock 10 Beaver Pond 9 East River 3 Plymouth 1 Jianping Branch 1 and others for state and national conventions to be held later in Parkersburg Chicago Huntington and related dates.
Virginia legislators debate Folkes bill No. 229 to impose a 1 percent tax on all mine output. Senator Chase argues the tax would halt coal-field growth in Buchanan, Dickenson, Wise, Lee, Russell and Tazewell counties and worsen transportation plans by the South and Western Railroad. He notes Virginia coal areas are in early stages, face competition from Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and that most costs are labor, meaning 90 percent of the tax would fall on workers.
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin says four doses of Kidney and Bladder Pills have worked better than any other medicine. He notes the pills are sold by all druggists and endorses their effect.
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports Robert Gott shot Dr. Leo Danziger while Gott’s niece Miss Anna Spangler was present. An unnamed man, familiar with Spangler and her family, disputes her age and accuses Gott of premeditation linked to family secrets.
State wide food inspections show few saloons pass perfectly. One outlet earned a flawless rating but was not in Bluefield. No legal action planned, yet many samples across saloons contain minor impurities in liquors cherries and other items not fully compliant with the law.
The new federal hours law for railroad telegraph operators takes effect March 4. West Virginia lines plan to add workers and comply, with nine hour shifts and emergency extensions during wrecks. Sublette Barnes advertise a coffee mill with a dedicated pulverizing compartment.
George Moore of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a severe cough and lung weakness. He reports rapid improvement after one dozen bottles and recommends the remedy for coughs colds and pneumonia. The ad lists prices and trial offer.
Immense conical cisterns rise three miles from Heber City on a Denver and Rio Grande branch line. The largest pots reach fifty feet high with a hundred foot top diameter, containing superheated mineral waters used for bath and drink. Geology suggests long deposition of silica and soda from waters once overflowing the rims, amid cultivated fields and orchards. A hollow rumble from distant roads prompts questions of a vast underground cavern and possible collapse.
A quoted note traces sugar cane from biblical reference through ancient writers like Strabo to Nearchus. It attributes the plant’s spread via Saracens to Rhodes and other Mediterranean lands, then to the Iberian peninsula and eventually the Americas with Columbus era exploration.
The passage argues that the Declaration of Independence exposes hereditary privilege and inequality in society. It contrasts artificial elevations of the few with the justice of merit and declares that true democracy and true aristocracy converge in allowing the best to win.
An angry patron confronts a barber over a 25 cent charge despite a 15 cent sign. The small French barber shrugs and apologizes, saying not all customers who come deserve first class hair.
A numismatist boasts a $10,000 collection of genuine coins while a minister laments a Sunday income of about 8763, risking the coins’ authenticity. The exchange in the Leader reflects contrasting fortunes and trust in precious metals.
A terse exchange unfolds with a rich man denying funds to a poor applicant who asks the rich man to pretend a grudge. The text ends abruptly with a stray word and unclear closing.
A dainty appetizing economical dessert prepared by adding boiling water. Ready when cool, it flavors well and sweetens just right. A 10c package serves a large family with seven flavors including LemonOrange Raspberry Strawberry Chocolate Cherry Peach.
Testimonial note touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the most effective remedy for restoration of health. Mentions tea or tablets and lists Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co West End Drug Co W J Peters Freeman as distributors.
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