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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
5
In Pocahontas bluefield vicinity Lon Smith faced trial for cutting Hester Self at Mary Pinkard's Scott Street dance hall. Evidence found no provocation. Smith sent to grand jury for indictment and further trial.
A stream of short notes records visits and movements of people across Wytheville Bluefield and nearby towns. Names include W. Williams Charles B Taylor J Collins N C Davis George W St Clair Mrs 8 J Tabor Robert Sales F O Sandy Mrs M Radford Major James McDowell Miss India Price Miss Annie Johnson Mrs Clem Pane Mrs H S Garnet Mrs Harry Bowen E Lane Clark and others visiting in the city or on business. The report notes rapid Bluefield growth and local social calls with several residents traveling to attend family or court matters.
Lee Mays faced an arrest for allegedly robbing a man in a coal field of two ten dollar bills but was fully exonerated at trial. The accuser had no evidence beyond suspicion and Mays, with a solid reputation, bears the ordeal.
Bluefield will host a new Young Men's club at Bland Street Methodist Church Thursday evening directed by B A Jillson who arrived from Racine Wisconsin. The program will begin with social and literary activities then add gymnastics and athletics. all Bluefield young men may join regardless of church affiliation.
Five men answered the government summons at the Thornton building on Princeton avenue and left for Columbus Ohio to join infantry and ship to Cuba after three weeks at Columbus barracks. Names include Theo and J Daniel from the city, J W White of Tlardy, KR 8 Johnson of Norton, Robert Kiser of Coeburn, and Thomas Murray of Philadelphia. Elks Minstrel Show Friday at the Elks Opera House offers tickets at White Pharmacy. seating prices 50 75 and 1.
Lopez of Manilla New York testifies to Hucklen's Arnica Salve healing many cuts burns sores ulcers and eczema and piles. He says it saved him suffering and money and is the best healing salve he has found. Locally sold at druggists. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea touted as health itself and claimed unique effectiveness. 5¢ tea or tablets sold by Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co West nd Drug Co W J Peters Freeman.
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin says he has taken four doses of Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have done more than any other medicine. He credits DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, noting they are sold by all druggists.
The Folkes bill to tax mineral output at the mine mouth faced defeat in the Virginia state senate. After being set as a special order and called for passage, the measure fell 29 to 5. The bill was ordered to engrossment before the vote.
Two men in a large athletic club office scrutinize a painting above the clerk's desk. One notes the runner near the finish line has her left leg forward with the left arm extended, a balance mistake common among non specialists, highlighting a careless depiction in the artwork.
Quote from a New York Press item notes a wife lamenting her husband who, at 2 AM, wakes her politely to fix a collar button, calling him kind and considerate despite the interruption. The piece reflects a humorous aside on domestic quirks.
A Boston Transcript quote notes how marriage mellowed Mouster after his wife May Taintor, once a source of temptation, now sobering his late returns. The remark underscores how relationships alter behavior and perception.
A playful dialogue features Mrs Jones noting her husband has never worked, claiming he was always in a government job. Mrs Smith agrees, quipping that he has “never done any work” and is “completely fired out.”
A brief exchange ponders suitable wedding gifts with a humorous twist. One suggests gifting a bank book while another imagines a popular book as the ideal bride’s present, reflecting lighthearted attitudes toward marriage and gifts.
Cascasweet, a known remedy for babies and children, claims to quiet a crying child quickly. The bottle lists ingredients and states the product contains no opiates. Sold by all druggists.
An aged patent medicine notice touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for rheumatism and aches. The ad lists Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co and Wert Bud Drug Co among distributors, with W. J. Pelors and Freewan named in the circulation.
Market quotations from the Bluefield Broker age and Commission Company, dealers in stocks bonds securities and provisions, located on the third floor of the Kelly and Moyer Building in Bluefield West Virginia.
In the old one ring era riders were central to circus shows and the clown shared the stage when the rider paused. Noting salaries, Jim Robinson earned 8500 a week in gold in Australia, with rivals like Batley paid similarly high sums, a standard unmatched by any later rider.
The article notes Torbert Spencer arguing fasting originated from funeral feasts among savage peoples providing for the dead. It suggests lavish offerings led to temporary starvation for survivors and that such fasting became a lasting element of sacrifice even after the original motive faded. It references the New York American.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note relays a hatter’s quip that French and German hats wear out faster than American hats. He attributes twice the wear to the higher etiquette of bowing to both sexes, making courtesy costly for headpieces.
The Bluefield prints city coal field and state news and world summaries delivered by city carriers or mailed to subscribers. Subscription options are 4 dollars per year, 2 dollars for six months, or 1 dollar for three months, with sales at trains, hotels, newsstands, and by newsboys within 100 miles.
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