This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
6
A collage of gossip and political buzz references Senator Bailey Roger Sullivan and Swisher. It notes Marion county denial of political rings and hints at February leaving impressions. The piece surveys bills at Charleston and touches on snow, garden work, and a London meeting between nobility.
Justice Brewer warned that nations may fail to value the future. He argued size alone does not define a nation and criticized America’s drift toward extravagance and debt. He cited debt rising to about one billion dollars and discussed a pending claim involving $1,600,000.
The article notes that despite Mr. Bryan's optimistic forecast, trouble may arise in paying tailors with liver as payment. It also observes steamship managers growing confident about the automobile route reducing the need to cut rates to keep traffic.
The German prisoner sentenced to 1461 years in jail declares he will not live to serve the time, stating he would die first.
An excerpt argues that the 1906 1907 labor market woes stem less from prices and hours than from worker inefficiency. It links extravagance and poor spending to reduced investment and national hard times, stressing limited annual human energy and the impact of wasteful labor.
The passage argues that nationwide demands on time and extravagant work habits erode long term improvements. It notes engineers and executives must solve how to secure continuous efficient labor, maximize output quality, and reward workers to sustain decent living standards and ongoing improvement.
Professor Richard T. Ely argues that modern labor theory supports regulatory limits on work hours and conditions beyond child and female labor. He contends adults benefit from collective action and that state intervention stems from cooperative effort, not external control, urging merit-based, efficiency-driven judgments on cases.
The Mercer County circuit court on November 26, 1908, in chancery, hears the bill of James M. Milkiff et al. after process and publication against unknown land owners. The judge rules that before a final decree can be rendered, further action is required.
J E Ritz, commissioner in a West Virginia chancery case, will take and state the account on taxes interest and costs charged against land tracts, determine redeemability, and address other pertinent matters. A public notice will be published as required by law. The hearing starts April 17 1908 at Ritz’s Bluefield office Mercer county.
Hon William H Hearne of Ohio county asks Republican voters to consider his qualifications for West Virginia governor and invites inquiries from any citizen of the Northern Panhandle regardless of their political ties. Bluefield lodges announce routine meeting dates at Red Men's Hall and Masonic Hall with Knights of Pythias inviting visiting members.
Mrs E D Charles of Harbor Maine calls Electric Bitters a neighborhood favorite. It provides quick relief for dyspepsia liver trouble kidney derangement malnutrition nervousness weakness and debility. A thorough blood purifier and spring medicine sold with guarantee at all drug stores for 50 cents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.