Republican Ticket for State Officials and Local Posts
The ticket lists Taft and Sherman for president and vice president. It names C W Swisher for governor, Stuart Reed for secretary of state, J S Durst for auditor, E L Long for treasurer, W G Conley for attorney general, M P Shawkey for state superintendent, J A Hughes for congress, I B Robinson and others for Court of Appeals, A W Holmes for state senate, I J Ellison for sheriff, W P Hawley and R C Lilly for House, A M Sutton for prosecuting attorney, W B Honaker for clerk, E L Bowman for county court clerk, Davis Thorn for county commissioner, Geo P Hylton for assessor, Forest Walker for surveyor, E P Godby and J L Kersey as justices, G A Shirey for board of education, and W H Pennington and F C Haley as constables.
Summer in Bluefield and civic pride in state politics
The Bluefield community enjoys mild summers while neighboring regions face heat. The piece highlights civic progress, welcoming political figures such as Kern and Fairbanks, and calls for decency in American politics amid regional fires in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chicago
Kern
Denver
Pairbanks
Maine
Returning Prosperity in American Industries July Outlook
James W. Van Cleve of the NAMCO cites early signs of prosperity in the nation with narrowing gaps in bank clearings and railroad earnings. July dividends in New York total $177 million vs $184 million in 1907, gold exports rise, and re employment days spread from St Louis to the Pittsburgh district with United States Steel resuming full operations by August. Agricultural forecasts project farm output above $8 billion for 1908, surpassing decades past records and signaling strong times ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Chairman Stays Silent Amid County Row and Committee Shuffle
In a Dallas edition, Wheelsing Intel ligencer notes Congressman Woodyard opposed county robbery and left the state committee after the event but rejoined deliberations next morning. Woodward remained with the regular convention and argued the delegation was entitled. Elks gather in Dallas while Colonel Guffey is ill and the Denver convention reportedly disagreed with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheelsing Intelligencer
Swisher
Woodyard
Ohio County
Woodward
Hearne
Guffey
Denver
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised For Lung Healing
Mrs E R Pierson of Auburn Center Pa says Dr King’s New Discovery cures her long standing threaten and lung trouble when other treatments failed. The remedy is sold by all druggists 5c and 1 00 with trial bottle free.
Bluefield Daily Program and Cure Advertisement
Daily program hours listed for shorthand grammar spelling penmanship and music lessons. An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with claims to cure deafness caused by catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for a cured case, promoting products by J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Hall
I J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Curious Liver Pills Ad From Local Pharmacies
An OCR fragment advertises Chamberlain's Liver Saclets as a pleasant laxative. It notes a 25 cent price and free samples, with listings for West End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy and Last Bud Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
West End
Bluefield
Last Bud
Lark Netting and Graft Tale from New York Streets
A London Standard piece describes how larks are even caught by netting habits. The New York Post recounts a graft incident where a woman claiming charity had $90 stolen after crying robbery while seeking free medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Post
The Quinsy, Laryngitis And Caterpillar Hazards
A historical note on George Washington dying from quinsy now known as acute laryngitis and the evolving medical view toward treatment. It discusses tracheotomy and laryngoscope use, then describes poisonous caterpillar hairs and reactions, followed by reflections on social attitudes toward pie consumption and a call for warming the hearts of disagreeable people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Reaumwur
Providence Journal
The Cat Wad Chickens
The old housekeeper tells the master the rat has had chickens. He denies, thinking kittens were brought home. Mary teasingly clarifies the cats ate them, turning a kitchen mishap into a pun about chickens and kittens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Duel Challenge Revealed By Married Man’s Cunning Plan
Two Silesians argued over Wagner and a duel was proposed. The younger, a bachelor, married and started a family to level the odds. Three years later he returned with a nursemaid and three children, but the older man, now with five children, refused to duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
A Simple Exercise Schedule For Busy Men
A practical plan for healthy living urges businessmen to perform five minutes daily of simple in-room muscle work, add short daily bouts of brisk walking and deep breathing, and reserve one day weekly for rest and outdoor recreation. It emphasizes benefits to heart, lungs, and digestion and notes the need for regular vacation time.
For Rent Fourth Rooms on Marshall Street
Classified ad listing offers rental space with signature counts and advance payment details. Includes two separate rental notices: four rooms on the first floor at 317 Marshall street with Shumate contact, and a seven room house on Giles street newly papered and painted at $20 per month via D. B Baldwin in the First National Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Shumate
Marshall Street
Boone St
Bath
New
D. B. Baldwin
First National Bank
Giles Street
D. B Baldwin
Train Schedule Notes for Deepwater and Page Routs
The notice lists weekday, Sunday, and weekday evening train times between Page Deepwater and Matoaka with arrivals and departures. It notes connections at Deepwater with Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and at Matoaka with Norfolk and Western Railway, under M. Adsit, Gen. Passenger Librarian Norfolk VA 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deepwa
Eccles
Maben
Mullens
Hernde
Matoaka
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoaks
Norfolk and Western
M. Adsit
Norfolk
Virginia
Secret Society Notices and Masonic Meetings
Blues 4 Lodge No 250 meets Tuesday at 8 p m at Res Men's Hall. Bluefield Lodge No 85 AF and AM holds stated communications on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Masonic Hall Lazarus Building Princeton Ave Princeton. Carpenters and Joiners Union No 976 Bluefield meets every Saturday night in Hearn Building Bland Street third floor. Hall for rent remaining five nights of week. Trustees J Gibson J Willis J Nunelly 6-16-1mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge No. 85
A.F &Am
Masonic Hall
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Old Masonic Hall
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Union No
Bluefield
W. Va
Hearn Building
Bland Street
J. Gibson
J. T. Willis
J. T. Nunelly
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Daily Telegraph
Hugh
Baily Telegraph
Bluefi
Bator
Associa
Baily Telegraph Printing CO
Ning
Wm. H. Taft
Ohio
Jamess. Sherman
C. W. Swisher
Marion
Stuart F. Reed
Harrison
J. 8. Durst
Jackson
E. L. Long
Dowell
W. G. Con
Mississippi
James W. van Cleve
National Association of Manufacturers
American Industries
Elks
Dallas
Old Town
Southern
Ansted & Burk CO
Springfield
London Standard
Wilcoe
G. Toney
Northfork
Kau
Princeton Avenue
J. le Patton
Wonderland
J. BE. Martin
Dr. Holland
Union Clothing Co
Apply Union News Co
Summit
Morris- Harlee
K. L. Harris
Dott, W. Va
Ideal Shoe Company
Todd
Care
Altamont Hotel
J. Partlow
Keretone
W Va
DeWitt
Serth Desniese Ave
Columbus
Roanoke
Shenandoah
Pullman
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynchburg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Kenova
Cincinnati
Cafe Cafe
Tazewell
North
Clinch Valle
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Ian
R. L
Kelly & Moyers
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Toney
Edward Cooper
H. C. Donaldson
Sec
8. M. Smith
Kelly & Moyer Bd’'G
Cream of All Whiskies Lazarus Club
L. Lazarus & Co
Wete
Érlle Field
Bluefield Water Works
WM. McCarthy
Eng’r & Sup. CO
G. Betelle
Cashier
Secret Society News
Lodge
Res
C. C. E. Pocahontas
United States Geological Survey
Pocahontas
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
BOLE
C.C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
Arcade
South 15Th Street
Palladelphia
Broadway
New York City
N. Y
Congress Street
Boston
Mags Citizens’ Bank
Neave Balldam Cneinany Ohio
Colony Building
Terry Building
Roaneke
Sall, Blyth & Company
Fenchurch Avenue
B. C
Y and Treas
General Insurance
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