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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
4
Publication page from Bluefield West Virginia announces the Daily Telegraph mailing address Box 721 and rates for print subscriptions. It notes no individuals are connected with the paper for mail regarding establishment matters. Edition is No. 14-J 14-L dated Thursday June 4 1908.
A slate of candidates for various offices including Congress James A Hughes of Cabell. Court of Appeals Ira B E Robinson W N Miller L J Williams. State Senate L W Holmes Summers. Sheriff I J Ellison. House of Delegates W P Hawley R C Lilly. Prosecuting Attorney A M Sutton. Clerk Circuit Court W B Honaker. Clerk County Court E L Bowman. Commissioner County Court Davis Thorn. Assessor Geo P Hyton. Surveyor Forest Walker. Justices of the Peace K P Godrey J L Kersey. Board of Education G A Shirey. Constables W H Pennington F C Haley.
The passage muses on political and social jests from a bustling year. It comments on confidence, fashion quirks, and public figures like Mr Cannon and Hetty Green. It wanders through convention schedules, Yaqui treaty hopes, and Denver’s church funding in a brisk, satirical tone.
Oregon voters face a wide affecting initiative questions with a “try out” of I and R. The measure nears a Henry George style tax plan taxing dwellings and farm property including buildings machinery barns and farm improvements as proposed.
The piece outlines Oregon ballot measures tapping into recall direct election of U S Senators woman suffrage and tax changes excluding public service corporations while noting legislatures’ referendums and voter education materials. It questions the system’s usefulness in dense versus sparse communities.
A roundup of brief items from June 3 including Judge L R Wilfley sailing for England en route to Shanghai. 250000 Presbyterian Canadian delegates opening their general assembly in Winnipeg. Missouri University diplomas awarded to 300 graduates. King Frederick VIII anniversary observed in Copenhagen. a naval wedding in Philadelphia between Gladys Turnbull and Lt Nelson Palmer Walte. Bryan-led delegates at the Louisiana Democratic convention. Gretchen Hoyt and Henry Ladd Corbett wedding at St Bartholomew's in New York.
Atlanta Georgia June 3 in almost every city and town final rallies are held before tomorrow's state primary to select delegates to the Democratic national convention and nominate state officers and a U S senator. The Idaho convention in session decides delegation leadership amid Mormon issues with ex Senator Dubois and Bryan endorsement awaited. Knoxville plans for Owl convention with national reach as a young fraternity expands nationwide. Michigan pioneers in Lansing marked by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society event.
M B Postlewaite announces candidacy for Justice of the Peace subject to Democratic convention. He respectfully requests support from party friends.
A candidate announces self for county clerk of Mercer County subject to Democratic convention and asks friends in convention and at the polls for support.
The group began its thirty four annual meet with good attendance and an attractive program of papers and addresses. The meeting continues tomorrow with sessions planned.
The North Carolina retail merchants association met in Charlotte for its annual convention and will stay in session through Saturday. Delegates attend from Asheville Wilmington Winston Salem and other cities. The presiding officer is N L G Crawford of Wereton Salon New Orleans. A wedding in town linked Mrs Frances McKee Cordell and O Colby Dodge US Army. The couple will travel to San Francisco where the groom will rejoin his fleet on the Pacific coast.
An 1880s advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo druggists, claim the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad notes internal use and testimonials, lists price one dollar per bottle, and also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mercer County seeks sealed bids for complete grading and macadamizing a 24.4 mile road from Princeton Avenue eastern limit in Bluefield toward Stoney Ridge. Bids open June 6 1908. $100 certified check required. $25 000 bond if awarded. Plans at committee offices. Coffman chairman.
Naples Maine resident Lester M Nelson says King’s New Discovery saved his life and praises its throat and lung remedy a Grand Family Medicine. Frank Conlan of New York endorses Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia weak kidneys and overall vitality. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup is described as tasty to children and effective for gentle bowel movement and cold relief.
Patient G J Sterera from Crown City Ohio reports a complete cure after using Hyomei two bottles to treat chronic catarrh. The White Pharmacy guarantees Hyomei cures catarrh and asthma bronchitis hay fever coughs and colds with a one dollar outfit and sixty cent refills.
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia reports a bad instep sore healed after using Bucklen Arnica Salve. He says less than half of a 25 cent box produced a perfect cure and the product is guaranteed and sold at all druggists.
Three tidy rooms available for rent at 39 Princeton Ave suitable for light housekeeping. Modern conveniences provided. Contact 52Y-tf for details.
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