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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
4
A collage of observations and wry notes on finance weather and politics. Jests about leap year New York World tobacco woes prohibition and a case of a New York woman exhuming her husband’s body. Notes on a Seaboard receiver and tenement owners facing new repair laws.
A New York woman saved two men trapped by a live wire using rubber overshoes as gloves. She acted alone amid a crowd, then vanished without giving her name. The piece praises practical, quick thinking and courage, calling her a model American citizen.
The Chicago Record-Herald argues Max Nordau errs by moralizing about American restlessness. It notes Herbert Spencer urged rest and meditation, and says American generosity is widely admired while Nordau overstates panic and danger in chasing speed.
An 1886 affidavit from Frank J. Cheney of F Cheney & Co. of Toledo promises one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document notes internal use, blood and mucous action, with testimonials and product packaging details.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of The Consumers Mercantile and Supply Company will be held at the office in Bluefield West Virginia on January 11 1908 at 3 oclock p m for electing directors for the ensuing year and other lawful business. Co M Winfrey Secretary dee 31 tdm
Government Forest Service bulletin notes pulpwood consumption grew from 2,000,000 to 3,500,000 cords since 1899 with 1906 imports up 93,000 cords. Spruce remains dominant though share near 70 percent. New York consumes over a million cords annually, while Canada supplies most imports. Total pulp wood value for 1906 reached $26.4 million with pulp price rising.
Bluefield merchants, after a robust 1907, anticipate continued growth as they complete year end stocktaking. Interviews note widespread optimism, with many stores reporting record gains and belief that those who prepared for Christmas saw better results.
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co announces that from January 1 1908 all water takers on metered services will be billed at meter rates. Property owners not yet supplied with a meter may request one by phone or letter.
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