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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
5
Ada's James Hearn and Giles county figures like Ex Senator Peyton St Clair were among arrivals. Norfolk’s L G Toney, Pocahontas guests, and Pearisburg officials were noted, with several residents en route to Lynchburg, Bramwell, Bedford City, and Newport News.
A brief Yonkers Statesman quip notes a speaker who talks rarely and only once when attempting to open a car window, illustrating a sharp, humorous contrast in dialogue.
A light exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald pivots on misfortune and chance. One speaker laments a dropped spectacles, the other quips that stepping on them would have been lucky, framing a humorous moral about luck and mishap.
A quotation notes a poet born the same day as Ralph Waldo Emerson died, calling the coincidence a cruel misfortune to literature. The exchange suggests tension between literary figures and a harsh view of restraint.
Dink Beverley, a Jaeger merchant, was killed when a freight train ran over him near Willmore, four miles east of Jaeger. He was 25 to 30, leaving a delicate wife and three children. The incident is believed to involve him riding the train and losing balance between cars.
Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and sold by G. H. Wade, druggist.
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