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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
6
Excerpts describe a private family space as sacred for a mother's rest and prayers, with tokens of children and respect for boundaries. The piece also critiques frivolity, praising genuine humor and warmth while warning against loud, insincere vanity in public settings.
Ordinary burlap from potato sacks and cotton bales makes attractive home curtains. It costs eight cents a yard and comes in pleasing colors. Use hem stitching along top and bottom and add simple needlework. Openwork about an inch wide on a four to three inch hem enhances the look, best at top and bottom or around the bottom edge.
A Chicago News collection notes on practical truths from theater managers to workers. It wittily observes balance sheets, social mores, prohibitionist debates, and the buzz of industry with brisk, pointed lines.
A cleaning method uses a cloth moistened with ammonia and strong vinegar, dipped in pumice to scour articles. Weak muriatic acid with pumice can clean knife handles and organ keys. Ivory yellows with age and dark storage. it cannot be revived once damaged. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised as gentle, effective liver pills sold by all druggists.
T R Gwynne accepted a position at the Daily Telegraph. A veteran newspaper man, he has written for leading western papers and will aid the Telegraph in maintaining one of the state’s best publications.
Charles Barnitz, agent for P. M. Bohannon of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, announced in the city yesterday that Bohannon’s firm has completed a new factory that nearly doubles its production capacity.
The Graham College Dramatic Club brings the comedy drama Because I Love You to Elks Opera House Bluefield on Thursday night. Cast includes Bluefield and Graham students, drawing local interest and expected large patronage. Tickets go on sale at White Pharmacy starting Wednesday at 10. Flowers offered by local firms with short notice service.
Train crews from the east Bay report extensive damage from Tuesday's hailstorm across the Alleghenies. Trees stripped and infrastructure impacted as crews assess the aftermath.
Telegraph reports a Norfolk and Western passenger train paused near Shawsville for about thirty minutes due to a storm. Trees were stripped of foliage and acres of young wheat were laid waste, while the corn crop suffered little damage.
Preparations for the Confederate Fair could not be finished by June 17 so the United Daughters of the Confederacy set a new date for June 24. An enthusiastic staff of helpers is listed with roles including general manager Mrs. R. V. Campbell and treasurer Mrs. P. W. Poff along with committees for souvenirs, music, decorations, refreshments, and more.
A two headed chick born on August 20 at Wilow Brook Road Port Richmond astonishes Staten Island neighbors. The chick limps along with two heads guiding its legs in opposite directions, while the mother hen tries to corral it. The owner Woenecker planned a farm tour but says his cousin on Long Island took the bird to raise more such curiosities.
Professor Frederick W. Mots lectured at the Royal Institution on The Brain noting that 88 percent of great men's brains weighed more than average but weight did not guarantee quality. He cited nourishing tissue, brain scaffolding, and congenital idiocy as factors behind large heavy brains.
The London Globe notes a dispute over brain weights with estimates for European men and women. It claims a male brain averages about 2 pounds 15 ounces to 2 pounds 16 ounces nine drams, and a female brain about 2 pounds 10 ounces to 2 pounds 10 ounces 14 drams, while asserting savages show no such difference due to equal needs in survival.
The Atchison Globe humor column ponders fools and pride with lines about sneezes, excuses for town trips, money for bad buys, and that men rarely fool their wives. It muses on Sunday acts that feel tough Monday and lampoons self-styled world saviors.
In Froissy France nearly all important posts are held by women. A stationmaster is a woman while her husband serves as guard. A barber notices Mile Jeanne will share customers on Tuesday and Friday due to other work. The postman is Mme Lesobre who walks about twenty miles daily. The municipal drummer is a woman in her nineties.
The report notes a drastic decline from 18 hummingbirds in 1866 to about five currently. This change highlights a significant reduction in local avian diversity and prompts concern for species survival in the area.
Last year Germany shipped 553 large locomotives 895 small ones up to ten tons each 71 locomotive tenders and 8604 tons of locomotive parts totaling about 8568000 dollars. Wireless telegraphy will link the Marseille expo with Eiffel Tower and a Mediterranean government station during proceedings. The dolcetta is a piano keyboard harp hybrid and Long lists famous waifs once homeless including Stanley Catharine Hamilton Bonheur Poe Rachel Leonardo da Vinci Moses.
The report notes that Swiss authorities allocate a larger share of education funds to commercial schools compared with all other educational purposes combined, highlighting a distinctive funding pattern.
Claim touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as the perfect remedy for cuts burns bruises sores boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes sore chapped hands and piles. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
Patent medicine claim that Ring's Little Liver Pills regulate bowels and cure sick headache. Easy to take and sold by Goodykoontz Drug Co.
The first application of ManZan, a great pile remedy, will almost instantly relieve pain. continued use for a few days is claimed to cure. The tube has a small nozzle for easy use and is sold locally by The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
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