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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1908
Page
8
A parade of names and brief visits fills Bluefield as locals and guests travel from St Paul Richlands Oakvale and other towns. Several residents depart for Roanoke Pocahontas Ada Pearisburg and Knoxville while relatives visit Marytown and Bluefield avenues host gatherings.
Bluefield railway mail clerks glad about Senator Foraker’s proposed amendment to the post office bill. It would pay actual traveling expenses for clerks away from stations at up to two dollars daily. The change aims to cover long runs between Bluefield and Columbus and Bluefield and Norfolk. Sublette Barnes ad notes from 2 23 31.
Ex N and W mechanics at Roanoke machine shops apply for Panama Canal work due to scarce local jobs. Several have already forwarded applications and some have found Panama employment. Two brakemen, J B Fuller and Roy Sampson, sail from Philadelphia to Panama with $150 monthly pay and paid transport.
Detective W. G. Baldwin and his son W. D. Baldwin will escort prisoner Mose Ferris to Roanoke tomorrow after leaving on Friday night.
In New York City to meet Detective Baldwin's brother who pursues Mose Ferris a Roanoke murder suspect Ferris was captured in Argentina and must travel via Cherbourg France to reach the United States The steamer arrives in New York tomorrow morning with the prisoner and his escort arriving in Roanoke Monday Lawyers John L Lee of Lynchburg and Harry Smith of Richmond will defend and prosecute respectively marking a notable cross county legal clash.
The Tumbo or Tumboa bainesii is described as a desert plant with a subterranean trunk up to two feet deep and a visible crown rarely more than a few inches. Its stem can reach fourteen feet in circumference, with a bread crust like surface and elongated underground roots seeking scarce water. Leaves are few, straplike and palmately split, while flowers appear in sparse cones from the trunk crown. The plant, in the gnetaceae family, is known from Portuguese West Africa to Damaraland and thrives in extreme aridity with sea fogs.
Train No. 9 from New York to Pittsburg on the Baltimore and Ohio derailed at Salisbury Junction east of Connellsville. All cars jumped track except the engine mail and baggage cars. Passengers were shaken. one man injured lightly.
Lima hosts a magnificent banquet by President Pardo honoring Washington's Birthday for the American battleship fleet. About 250 officers and guests attend as fresh produce and other items are advertised nearby. Local ads promote various medicines and products from Sublette Barnes to Kennedy’s Laxative and Peirce's Golden Rio coffee.
A quip from Cael Peters in Deutsche Monatechrift imagines three travelers the Frenchman the Englishman and the German debating their national identities. Each says if not his own nation he would choose to be another or to remain a citizen of his homeland. The dialogue highlights national pride and cultural stereotypes in a concise joke format.
The American Box Co of Lynchburg Virginia lists as egg crate and wood box manufacturers and invites price inquiries for various sizes and types. The note appears in the Daily Telegraph with a 2 15 breed subscription reference.
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