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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
2
Advertises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as fast relief for headaches rheumatism neuralgia and all pains with no bad after effects. Claims 25 dose 25 cents and that first package can be refunded if it fails to help, with testimonials from a station agent and two customers. Sold by druggists everywhere. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
Regular Litany services will be held at Christ Episcopal Church Wednesday at 8 pm. A marriage occurred Monday at the Harmen residence Lashmeet as J F Jones of Sprigg wed Miss Alice Hartman in a M B D Church South ceremony. The couple plan a Western city visit before settling in Spriggs.
W. W. Hughes of Welch expressed support for Judge Ritz's nomination to the supreme court. He said Ritz would please the southern legal fraternity and deserves backing from Norfolk and Western counties.
A surge of foreigners left for New York to board ships homeward while mills run and new workers fill coal region jobs in Gary. A train carried the migrants to Gary and coal output rises. Confederate Veterans to witness the play On Parole at the Elks Opera House with Mary Emerson in the lead. A station scene drew attention as a Kimball group arrived aboard the Elkhorn en route to Red Sulphur, including Stephen Green and his family. R E Bolling attends the funeral of Norman Galt, owner of Galt Bros jewelry, a St Thomas' vestryman and bank director who died after grip and peritonitis.
Confesses to the robbery and is taken by Jdagues O Conner and L C Felts of the Baldwin Detective Agency with Squire Belcher of Northfork. Albert Roberts, colored, fired at Watchmen Hall at Northfork Friday night during a break in at R K Roberts store. bullet punctured Hall’s coat sleeve and hat rim. Detectives tracked him from Northfork to Maybeury, found him at his hunter’s home, and soon after arrested him.
At the request of Mercer county Anti-Saloon members the executive committee and local league presidents are urged to meet at the Mercer county courthouse on Sunday in February 1908 at 1 PM. The aim is to form a more permanent organization and plan actions for the upcoming political campaign. Signed H. W. Straley, Chairman.
In 1783 the first gas balloon rose at the Tuileries as Marquis de Villeroy dismissed it as dangerous then witnessed its ascent and proclaimed a future secret of eternal life. Early dirigibles and flights followed by Renard Krebs and Tissandier, halted by engine weight, until explosive motors and automobiles accelerated air conquest.
The Indianapolis Star notes Disraeli valued small hands as badges of aristocracy proving he avoided labor. It argues that generations of well shod nobility fostered such signals of gentility, while later brainy commoners and athletes challenged these marks of superiority.
A Cleveland man recently back from New York observed many young men in Wall Street offices appeared to have gray hair. He noted the same along the street and wondered if years of this work hastened aging compared with other pursuits.
A fragment quotes Kate claiming Mary explained she would not accept a refusal. Sloman questions the honesty of Mary’s motive while Kate insists Mary could tell why she acted. The Philadelphia Press credit is noted.
A commentary notes Rome’s decline linked to gluttony as slaves were fed to eel pits to flavor dishes. The piece connects excess eating with national decay and uses vivid images of eels and tables to illustrate moral rot.
The quote notes that success tends to hide wrongs and mask vice, attributed to Demosthenes. It discusses how triumph can blind observers to unethical acts and moral failings behind achievements.
A stream of visitors arrives in the city from Gilliam McDowell Welch Maybeury Berwind Elkorn Hiawatha Williamson Vicars Roanoke Bramwell Kimball Huntington and Winnipeg among others. Notables include Dr W M York Vice President N D Maher and the Callaways as well as Misses Cora and Beulah Rader who plan to reside here with Rev. J A Rader’s family.
The article extols Carnation Day as a national observance started by the Coronation League of America to honor presidents like William McKinley. It urges continued patriotic reflection on the lives and service of great leaders, noting the day began January 29, 1903, and should grow in impact. An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and local merchants.
In Queen Victoria’s jubilee year a playful story recalls a pratfall at the castle. An aid-de-camp hid a music box under a chair to trigger God Save the Queen as the host sat and rose, creating amused suspense and a gentle anthem playback.
An anecdote about Gladstone and Disraeli over a remark on Hebrew statesmanship. a joke ends with Moses as the Hebrew statesman. Also local business notices for Bluefield barber services at Harry’s Shop and a Pure Food and Drug Law announcement. Includes ads for Foley’s Honey and Tar and Rocky Mountain Tea and local druggists.
To Keep Well the whole year through writes L A Bartlett of Guilford Maine and my family use Dr Kings New Life Pills. They tone the system and cure biliousness malaria and constipation. Guaranteed at all drug stores 215c.
East Otsfield Maine resident John Kemp notes relief from chilblains using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The salve is advertised as guaranteed for fever sores indolent ulcers piles burns wounds frost bites and skin diseases with a 25 cent price at drug stores.
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