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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
4
Advertising rates furnished on application. Rates shown: daily cash, three months, six months, and one year options. Remittances and communications to Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia. Publisher notes inclusion in Associated Press and addresses listing 56 Bland Street Bluefield.
A large group of Chilean citizens charter a ship to meet Admiral Evans in Patagonian waters and escort him ashore. The plan aims to showcase Chilean hospitality and bolster ties as the Pacific region positions itself around the United States. The piece presents the cruise as a significant national moment amid regional tensions and interest in U S influence.
The piece argues that Bryan cannot be forced on the Democratic Party by a single figure or outsider. It asserts the party’s mass base controls nominations, not any individual. It notes 31,000 Pennsylvania coal miners idle a week have returned to work, linking prosperity with brief stoppages.
A Norfolk Virginian Pilot commentary contrasts a Tennessee Populist's demand that no lawyer hold a judge ship or commonwealth attorney post with other radical echoes. The piece argues such views echo the era's harsh challenges to professional qualifications in public office.
The passage questions whether courts should heed public will in liability cases and ponder if non lawyers would better follow popular currents. It notes the Tennessee suggestion and muses on who should compose the judiciary. The text also references a fleet route choice and urges continuing the digging.
The piece critiques municipal administration in Boston New York Chicago Philadelphia and Philadelphia noting Galveston plan adoption in Boston and Des Moines Iowa, lost city records and parks, cost questions, a malfunctioning hose at a skyscraper fire, and a general call to reform government with a wary view of self rule and rising public expense.
Public health notice cautions against catarrh remedies containing mercury and urges using Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The internally taken remedy is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sales pitched through druggists at 75 cents a bottle with testimonials available.
The Portland Oregonian notes a recent financial flurry reducing farm product prices before retail marking. It also observes that Hon. Roger Sullivan is occupying a front seat.
A health ad urges longevity through digestion and tissue maintenance using Vinci cod liver iron, a non oil extractive formula. Mr Joseph Banks of Decatur praises its strength boost at age 78, with a money back offer from West End Drug, East End Pharmacy, and Bluefield Pharmacy in the local area.
A White Pharmacy advert promotes Mi-ona as a quick effective stomach remedy. It claims the product strengthens the stomach, improves health, and offers a money back guarantee if it does not cure.
From the Antilles Mr W O Reilly Fogerty of Kingston Jamaica writes that one bottle of Cham berlain s Cough Remedy helped a troublesome cough and he plans to obtain another bottle. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A brief column mixes forecasts of a mild four month horizon with political chatter. It notes Mr. Bryan's probable bid for president and jokes about vacations, grip, and a prophet predicting Bill Have Your Way while urging readers to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph.
An ad extols Mi-o-na stomach tablets for curing nervous debility sleeplessness and melancholy caused by weak digestion. It claims improved stomach muscular action regulated bowels and better nutrient delivery improving tired sluggish conditions.
C O Floyd of Kershaw recounts a decade ago nearly fatal lung trouble from consumption. After six months on Dr King s New Discovery his cough vanished and weight returned from 185 to 170 pounds. The ad claims thousands cured yearly with guaranteed relief at drug stores, trial bottles free. Fresh fish at Sublette Barnes. 3t
Hon William H Hearne of Ohio County asks Republican voters in the Northern Panhandle to inquire into his qualifications for the West Virginia governorship ahead of the next state convention. He requests inquiries from any citizen regardless of the person who may be soliciting them.
The regular annual meeting of Pocahontas Company stockholders will be at Masonic Hall Bramwell West Virginia on Tuesday February 11 1908 at 10 o clock a m to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business as may properly come before the meeting. Philip Goodwill president and W J Beury secretary.
SECRET SOCIETY NEWS 70. Bluefield Lodge No 260 meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Red Men's Hall. Stated Communications of Bluefield Lodge No 86 A F & A M meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at Masonic Hall on Bland Street. Bluefield Lodge No 153 Knights of Pythias meets every Monday night in Castle Hall Red Men's Building at 7:00 p.m. Visiting Knights invited to each convocation.
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