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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
3
A mother remarks she will "go to roost with the chickens" due to fatigue. Edith, left alone, sits by the chicken house watching the birds come in. The girl patiently explains she is waiting to see how Mrs. roosts with the chickens that night.
A Philadelphia Ledger tale reports ten unemployed cooks waiting for a job when a well dressed woman seeks help. She interviews each cook and says none shares her family’s tastes in cooking. She decides to do the work herself until she finds a cook whose tastes match theirs.
The barnacle demonstrates a life shift from an eye guided roaming youth to a fixed adult stage. In youth it swims and feeds with eyes, but as it ages it attaches to ships or marine fauna and no longer moves. Its eyes become superfluous and vanish as it becomes a stationary fixture.
The young Frederick the Great panics during the Molwitz fight as his forces falter. He spurs his horse into a wild retreat and hides in an old mill awaiting capture. He later learns his army won, and he resumes combat bravely in future wars.
In a Chicago Tribune piece Cholly browses a bill of fare and asks for temptations. The waitress offers hot biscuits and Cholly orders a hot biscuit stew as a meal.
A courtroom scene focuses on Mrs Blum responding to a child witness. The boy nervously explains his discomfort with visitors overstaying, prompting a tense exchange that reveals family and social strain.
In Grant-Duff's Notes From a Diary the artist Landseer meets the king of Portugal. The monarch reportedly quips I always like beasts as a greeting. The anecdote captures a witty royal remark about animals and art.
In a bookstore scene a customer asks for Antony and Cleopatra by title. the clerk offers a copy for one dollar, and the customer can only pay fifty cents, prompting a request to simply get Antony. The dialogue mirrors Harper’s Weekly publishing context.
A Jackson era tornado wreaked havoc on a frontier settlement as barns and trees were toppled. A father protected his five children by placing them between two fence rails, while he searched for other property, leaving the kids unharmed in the wind.
A friend visits Rudyard Kipling in London and finds a mirror above his fire shattered after his shoe toe touched the leather tongue. Kipling recalls a snake memory from India and jokes how a simple kick sent the mirror breaking and reminded him he is in London not India.
A London Mail item recounts a brickyard brawl where an injured worker faced calls for warrants. A burly bystander counseled him to apply two large plaster pieces to his head and mouth instead, a plain spoken remedy underscoring calm humor after a quarrel.
Westminster Gazette describes a Dutch auction in Cape Town where the auctioneer starts with 5000 pounds in gold sovereigns for the first bid of five thousand. No bid follows then successive higher bonuses invite bids down to four thousand. If no higher bid emerges the lowest bidder bears the loss or wins a bonus depending on bids.
Uncalled letters listed for week ending July 12 1908 at Bluefield WV post office include numerous ladies and gentlemen names. Recipients must state they were advertised to avoid being overlooked.
The Governor orders a statewide election to fill the unexpired term of Attorney General and to elect two Supreme Court of Appeals judges. The writ directs voters to ballots on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1908, with notices published in each county weekly for four weeks.
DeWitt's Little Harely Risers are pleasant small tablets said to be easy to swallow. Available through all druggists.
A New York Globe humorous quote compares a pocket to a musician’s case, noting that when a wife dives into pockets she finds only coins and pens, yet there is music in the metaphor.
Hert Barber of Kiton Wisconsin reports he has only taken two doses of Deitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pill and says they have done more than any other medicine, according to his statement.
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