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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
2
A long list of visitors and locals traveling through Bluefield and surrounding towns is reported. Names include Th. Warden and daughter, A. W. Reynolds of Princeton, Miss Mattie Branes of Minden, and many others visiting friends, shopping, or returning home from trips to Roanoke Bedford City Bramwell and Willowgrove.
A scanned menu lists chicken consommé with rice, roast goose and turkey with onion dressing and cranberry sauce, beef and mushroom dishes, veal cutlets and chops, fried hare and pork chops, breaded eggplant, mince pie, preserved strawberries with chocolate cake, concord grapes and bananas with cream, all priced in old currency formats. The text shows many OCR errors but confirms a broad inn menu featuring poultry, beef, veal, seafood not clearly identified, vegetables, desserts, and beverages.
The testimonial from Reese Street in Bluefield West Virginia praises Doan's Ointment as a positive cure for itchy and irritated skin and piles. The speaker details relief after trying numerous salves, purchasing from John L. Crockett's drug store, and endorses Doan's as the best option. Sold by all druggists for 10 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is the U.S. agent.
Fragment from an old advert claims the product ends painful symptoms quickly. It markets a liver and bone focus remedy with a money back guarantee at druggists.
Ned Bucklin and Alma Blodgett, once separated by parental pressure and divorce, are reunited at Christmas when Alma and their three children travel to Bucklin's Dakota farm. The widow's return leads to a wedding, with Alma selling her farm to support the new life.
A narrator recalls meeting Cecile after a mysterious theft in a hotel room. A mistaken belief she was a thief drives curiosity and later confession reveals she entered the wrong room. The tale ends with the narrator realizing love grew from misunderstanding and fate.
Advert says Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup eases bowels without opiates or narcotics. Product claims free trial and gentle action. marketed by druggists to families and children.
A garbled want ad from the Dally Telegraph promises a "weord-cash" and hints at hiring a girl, prompting readers to discuss the ethics and economics of labor and courtship in contemporary society.
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