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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
2
A humorous column pens speculative notes on figures like Tillman Rockefeller Carnegie and Morgan. It jokes about resignations revelations and politics while noting an astronomer claiming snow on the moon and a wary Mars Moon Earth Interplanetary Communication venture.
The article argues against nullifying the United States Constitution and suggests the Virginia Constitutional Convention should instead directly address literacy. It contends that targeting the negro alone for disfranchisement is flawed and that social consequences will follow from broader literacy provisions.
The piece denounces discriminatory voting practices in North Carolina Louisiana and Mississippi. It condemns the grandfather clause that lets ignorant whites vote while excludes Black voters and the doctored literacy interrogations used to bar Black citizens from polling places. It argues Republican leaders seek a distant end but acknowledge it is inevitable.
The article speculates that sending dismissed West Point cadets to South America could yield positive results. It also suggests a corps of vigorous hazers might pressure President Castro to see what is deemed proper.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It promotes the remedy, Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for headaches, listing Toledo, Ohio manufacturers and local pharmacist sales.
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