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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
3
A testimonial from R. M. of Graham Va dated June 8 1909 extols Dr J J McKanna s 3 Day Liquor Cure claiming a son cured of long standing drunkenness after three days with no urge to drink and reports others agreeing with the cure s efficacy urging addicted individuals to try it to escape the demon that drags thousands to untimely graves.
Public invites Mercer County residents to a June 19 meeting at Princeton court house to buy stock in the Mercer Electric Railway Co. at 20 000 per share. Company plans survey grading between Princeton and Athens and urges local citizens to participate, with speakers detailing holdings and public benefit.
The piece surveys old theories on why some horses pace rather than trot, debunking neck-and-shoulder conformation ideas and citing John H. Wallace on gait rhythm. It notes pacers like Jay Eye Lee and Duplex and argues pacing blood improves saddle horses while trotters suit harness work.
Harper's Weekly presents a whimsical list of proposed devices. A padded card table for whist commuters reduces table noise when winning cards are played. A cab meter extension with a phonographic alert records fare discrepancies on night trips. A floor foot holder for trains prevents foot overhang. A meonless cat and resilient rubber bootjack offer playful daily utility. An ash sifter worn at the collar avoids coal-heaver stereotypes.
Prof Percival Lowell outlines four possible fates for Earth in his Evolution of Worlds lectures. A catastrophic strike, sun collision, tidal locking, or complete drying could annihilate life. He says Mercury and Venus already show drying, while the sun’s decay would end all radiance and warmth.
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed as the only positive cure for catarrh. The remedy is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces to attack the disease's foundation, with a $100 reward offered for any failure to cure. Fr. Cheney & Co. Toledo is listed as the address.
Those attractive women who are lovely in face form and temper are the envy of many. Constipation of kidney poisons causes pimples and skin eruptions. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood or nerves and skin. 50 cents at all druggists.
An advertisement claims Dr King's New Life Pills relieve stomach trouble and dyspepsia, improve appetite, nerves, and vigor as stomach liver and kidneys function better. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
In the annual report by James W. Paul, former chief and now head of the Pittsburg government experiment station, he criticizes court actions in mining law prosecutions. The document cites 1901–1918 mining fatalities and injuries totaling 8,482, with non American miners bearing a large share of risk and fatalities concentrated among Italian and Negro workers. It details production declines in 1908 and breakdowns by district, noting Fairmont Coil Company and New River Company as top producers and machine mining rising to 39.9 percent.
Coal operators of southern West Virginia appeal to the U S circuit court from Judge Keller’s April injunction against the Kanawha and Michigan railroad and related lines over filing increased tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The injunction was dissolved last month but remains in force pending the appeal.
The article argues most charges against patent medicines lack fact and fairness. It cites Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy used in thousands of American homes, saving families money and serving the same purpose as physician consultations.
An advertisement asserts Hyomei air inhaler cures catarrh asthma croup and bronchitis by killing germs with antiseptic eucalyptus fluid from inland Australia. It claims instant relief and a money back guarantee. Outfit costs 41.00 with additional bottles at 50 cents each and is sold by leading druggists.
Stomach trouble claims include a man who spent over two thousand dollars on medicines and was cured by a few boxes. Price two cents. Free samples at West End Pharmacy East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
Early notice urged names for attendance at the seventeenth annual Helston Epworth League Conference to be held in Morristown Tennessee June 15 to 17. The program promises noteworthy addresses by Christian workers with officers listed and district secretaries named across multiple towns and states.
A Spokane doctor and a California visit failed to help Hert ht Lean of Cheng Waash. He finally recovered after using Dr King’s New Discovery, a remedy for lung trouble including bronchitis coughs and asthma. Trial bottle free. 50 cents to 1.00. Guaranteed by druggists.
An old-time medicine notice promotes Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy priced at 26 cents. It targets men of moderate means unable to hire a physician and claims reliability from years of use. Sold by West End and Field pharmacies and others.
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