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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1900
Page
3
The Bluefield Post Office released a weekly list naming individuals who did not cash or retrieve undelivered items. The notice covers items held over the week ending Saturday, with standard deadlines for pickup at the main office.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a druggist refund offer if ineffective. It claims RE. W. Grove’s signature on each box and notes a testimonial from W. J. Baxter of North Brooks, N.C., who reports relief from piles after two boxes of D. Wit's Witch Hazel Salve. Cautions about counterfeits accompany the promo.
Mrs G B Stevenson relocates her millinery shop to the second story of the Horton building on Bland street. A full line of millinery and fancy goods remains in stock.
The post office decision brings rural free mail to the entire Fayette County area. Congress provided over one and a half million dollars to establish rural delivery in eligible counties, with Fayette chosen for full implementation. Loup Creek post offices will close and mail will be carried to residents at least twice daily, a move welcomed for convenience in a densely settled region.
In the spring the poem notes birds singing and grass growing while warning of a tired feeling and disease germs. It then touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the exact remedy to restore health and vigor and curb listlessness and reluctance to work.
An unreliable ad markets a so called cure for colds and sore titsvat with Kermott's Chocol es Laxative Quinine claiming easy candy like usage and a quick cure.
M G Whitlow relocated his stock of stoves hardware tin ware sporting goods and plumbers supplies to the building across from the post office. He promises the best price obtainable. A note mentions dye product and a drugstore advert appears with claims about pain relief and rheumatism cures.
Mrs Michael Curtain of Plainfield reports catching cod and battling lung disease until a family doctor labeled her a hopeless consumption victim. A druggist suggested Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, and after six bottles she recovered. She now does housework and is “sound and well.” Bottles sold at drug stores 50 cents and 1.00, guaranteed.
An epidemic of whooping cough last winter affected the Oxir family. They used Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for croup and found it relieved the cough and cured it. The Ford proprietor notes availability at H N White Druggist.
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