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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1905
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for Daily Telegraph shown with options for daily and multi month periods. The page surveys census, civic politics, labor, and international affairs including peace prospects, Norway royal questions, and locusts recalls from 1900 with editorial tone and varied regional concerns.
The piece disputes claims that Admiral Sigsbee’s squadron was postponed to France to fetch Paul Jones’s remains due to international complications. It argues the government would have warned the public if such naval mobilization were necessary and dismisses imminent foreign trouble as unlikely.
Authorities debate whether the discovered remains are Paul Jones, seeking confirmation before ordering a squadron. The delay reflects the need for a definite identification to avoid sending forces on a futile or misleading mission.
Experiments by Western railroad officials show wireless telegraphy aiding safety on trains and enabling passenger communication. The work suggests growing potential for railway practice and convenience in business travel.
An advertisement touts Bardock Blood Bitter as essential for perfect health through pure blood. The copy claims it tones and invigorates the entire system and mentions roses plants and bedding in a promotional context.
Fallon's Roanoke Virginia florist lists roses priced at one dollar a year old, coves at five hundred per dozen, various plants at sixty cents per dozen, and guarantees satisfaction. Shipped by express, with deliveries the day received. Also promotes Dean's Ointment and Early Risers pills and advertises Pedigo's trimming supplies.
A late bulletin notes sliced tomato prices from ten to twenty cents and a Michigan yield of up to twelve hundred bushels per acre. It traces the fruit’s Peru origin, its 50 year entrée to cuisine, and shifts from love apple to staple, with regional growing patterns and seasonal timing mentioned.
A household remedy claims nine epidemics of dysentery cured with perfect success and supports use for cramp colic cholera infantum and summer diarrhea. It suggests mixing with water and sugar and urges families to keep it on hand. Price 25 cents. Sold by White's Pharmacy.
Two properties offer 819 acres along the Roanoke River in Montgomery County near Alleghany Springs and Crockett Springs with river water power, two houses, barns, and multiple outbuildings. About 200 acres cleared, 176 upland, rest timber. sell as whole or in 2-3 tracts. Also 816 acres of mountain land 2 miles west of Shawsville with saw timber and chestnut poles. improvements include two log houses and a stable. price available on request from AkO Barnett.
A collage of portraits of Russian admirals and a comic aside on Enquist Schlely, followed by an ad for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and a health-essay promoting Green's August Flower. It touts cure claims for skin ailments and stomach trouble with named retailers Crockett & Goodykoontz.
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