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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
A veteran boarder recalls a boarding house tale in which he used a saw knife to cut tough steak. The landlady interrupts as he saws, causing embarrassment and the loss of his room. He soon must find new lodging as punishment for making fun of the table.
A long list of people from Virginia, West Virginia, and beyond were noted in Bluefield yesterday. Names include E L Rhea Thacker T M Scott Elkhorn Conductor Wiley Reynolds Roanoke J Randolph Henry Princeton Charles Day Dublin J a G Cassidy Cincinnati and many others visiting for business or family reasons.
Opening trading sees heavy stock liquidation and broad declines. Southern Pacific trades in large blocks around 1.22 to 1.32 after closing higher Tuesday, with a brief rally then a slide again. Union Pacific rises to 192 but fails to stem Southern Pacific selling. overall market sinks into dullness as the day progresses.
A consignment of 100000 live Egyptian quails left Alexandria on March 25 and reached Manchester last Saturday. Quails are transported in six foot crates with six tiers, fed twice daily by six Arabs, and stored at a large Alexandria warehouse awaiting shipment.
The Nikolai railway reports 32 834 deadheads used the line in 1908 with many using irregular passes. 716 passes were confiscated and £1 849 recovered by legal action. Seventeen guards and officials were dismissed for collusion in the frauds.
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago discusses Easter myths and how different peoples extract truths from them. A Pendleton mother cuts children's hair with shears and a bowl, a tale recalled to illustrate cultural perspectives and a joke about Samson and Delilah from a Sunday school lesson.
Readable text notes S Pedigo Company offering Siven Torchon laces at 83 cents. Describes item sizes 27 by 54 inches with regular price 3.25 now 2.00. Mentions Sam's Turk's 610-2 and subscription for the Daily Telegraph.
A St. Louis gentleman asks the lecturer to define perspective fresco and Michelangelo after a lengthy talk. The lecturer sits down discouraged as the audience inquiry ends.
In several Parisian outskirts where heavy laundry work is done the area has become a hotbed of consumption with many laundry workers infected.
Pat Crowe of Cudahy kidnapping fame launches a Chicago backed sanitarium at a Highwood hotel remodeled into a twenty room facility with 6 acres grounds. Backers include James A. Patten Cyrus H. McCormick and prominent Chicago ministers and leaders. Crowe named manager and ads seek capable men harmed by drink or drugs for admission.
New York on June 9 Miss Caroline Hall daughter of Mrs David Prescott Hall of Boston and granddaughter of Mrs Julia Ward Howe married Rev Hugh Birckhead rector of St George’s Church Stuyvesant Square. The ceremony was performed by Rishon Greer with assistance from Rev William Mercer Grosvenor.
Washington June 9 A $5 000 position in the bureau of equipment of the navy awaits the wireless telegraph expert who tops today's civil service commission examination It marks the first wireless expert exam and the winner will head the laboratory testing wireless telegraphy instruments and developing signaling methods
Advertisement urging readers to prevent indigestion with Kodol a digestant. Claims chronic dyspepsia results from stomach abuse and that Kodol rests and digests all foods. Promises money back guarantee if the large bottle fails and notes availability at druggists.
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