Republican Ticket and Campaign Anecdotes
The piece lists a slate for Congress and state offices led by Jas A Hughes with local names for judges sheriffs and delegates. It then notes remarks on campaign conservatism and a string of brief vignettes about weddings births and a river rescue, ending with a jab about the water wagon and a Charleston note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jas. A. Hughes
Cabell
Court of Appeals
Ira E. Robinson
W. N. Miller
L. J. Williams
State Senate
L. W. Holmes
Summers
I. J. Ellison
House of Delegates
W. P. Hawley
R. C. Lilly
A. M. Sutton
W. B. Honaker
E. L. Bowman
Benefits of Low Postage Opens Two Cent Letter Rate Pact
The United States and Great Britain reach a two cent per ounce letter postage agreement effective October 1, 1908. Postmaster General Meyer expects higher receipts and a boost to business and social correspondence, strengthening ties between the two English speaking nations under President Roosevelt’s administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Ireland
Roosevelt
England
Meyer
Circumventing the trusts and rising consumer resistance
The article argues that large trusts face limits as supply and demand laws take effect. It notes housewives cutting meat purchases by about twenty percent seeking lower prices, aided by substitutes and regional cattle growth. It suggests broader price controls across trusts are tempered by consumer action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Inheritance custom in Black Forest peasant farms
The piece explains a German Black Forest practice where estates pass to the youngest son under a system called vortel. No primogeniture exists, heads retire to the dower house in Leibgedinge. elders cannot press retirement without a sale, making the younger heir dominant and ensuring peace in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Forest
France
Leibgedingehaus
Jacob
Vortel
Esau
Candidates' Column for Justice of the Peace Nomination
A candidate announces for Justice of the Peace in Beaver Pond District subject to the Democratic convention. The notice also cites a Mercer County clerk race in Mercer county and requests party support at the convention. The text includes garbled spellings and repeated phrases but preserves the core nomination intent and party appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Beaver Pond
Geo. L. Dillapd
Mercer County
Hotel furniture sale as lease ends
J. L. Patton offers household and kitchen furniture from Altamont Hotel as he retires from the hotel business. Good bargains for quick buyers. Also seeking a cheap second-hand rock crusher in good working condition via Ingles and Shelburne, East Radford, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Patton
Altamont Hotel
Ingles & Shelburne
East Radford
Sewing Machine Task Becomes Love Test at Briggs Estate
Eugene Holmes Burt recounts courting Miss Evelyn Briggs after meeting her at church. He offers to repair a sewing machine, but sabotages it with a broken arm, hoping to remain in her favor and secure more work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Briggs
Briggs
Miss Briggs
Miss Driggs
Goodby
Mr. Briggs
Eugene Holmes Burt
Foula Gull Rearing Aims At Eagle Nuisance
In Foula Shetland locals rear kau gulls to curb marauding eagles that plague fishermen and farmers. The rugged northwest cliffs harbor the eagles whose numbers threaten the island, while the gulls prove fierce against eagles yet gentle with people. DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills are sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foula
Shetland Islands
DeWitt
Virginian Railway Train Schedule Details
The Virginian Railway lists weekday and weekend train times between Page Matoake and Deepwater with multiple departures in the morning and evening. Weekdays add trains at 4:45 am from Page to arrive Deepwater 5:15 am and 6:25 pm from Deepwater to Page. Sundays show 4:45 am departures and 4:30 pm arrivals at Page. Connections exist at Deepwater with Chesapeake and Ohio Ry and at Matoake with Norfolk and Western Ry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynchburg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Bluefield
Kenova
Columbus
Northwest
Cincinnati
Tazewell
Norto A
Clinch Valle
Norton
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Virginia
Ily
Deepwater
Eccles
Maben
Mullens
Herndem
Matloaka
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoake
Norfolk and Western Ry
ADSIT
Las Norfolk Virginie
Bluefield Masonic and Knights of Pythias Meet Weekly
Bluefield Lodge No. 250 1.0.0 P sets Tuesday evening at Reyden's Hall for Stated communications. Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Masonic Hall 3rd floor Lazarus Building Princeton Ave. Bluefield Lodge No. 153 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 PM in Castle Hall Old Masonic Hall All visiting Knights invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge
Reyden’s Hall
A.F &A.M
Masonic Hall
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Old Masonic Hall
Bluefield AL and Business College Evening Classes Ad
Advertisement for the Daily Telegraph Youth Program at Bluefield AL and Business College detailing schedules from 9 to 4 for shorthand typing bookkeeping mathematics rhetoric and commercial law then 4 to 7 for music lessons and 7 to 10 for arithmetic grammar spelling penmanship and letter writing. The note cites George Elliot on the tide of needs reciprocal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Ee AL & Business College
George Elliot
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Li Communications
Daily Telegraph
Chicago
Mississippi
Kahle
Wm. H. Teft
Republican Party
United Stans
Canada
San Francisco
Charleston News and Courier
The
Black Forest Customs
Southern
Ohio
Ansted & Burk CO
Springfield
Irjenas
M. B. Postlewaite
R. H. Bailey
Louise Steam Dye Works
Clifton Forge
Apply
Union News Co
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
Princeton Avenue
Apply Union News Co
Union Clothing Co
D W. Fulp
Summit Hotel
South Bland Street
W. H. Smith
Worth
West Va
W. H. Coffman Coke Co
South West Virginia Fuel Company of
Finley W. Nott
Parkersburg
W. Vatt
Waoer
Bride
C. Dewitt & CO
Ill
B. L. Speal
Fred
Inturio
Virginian Railway
Effe
Thalg
Secret Society News
C. C. B. Pocahontas
United States Geological Survey
Pocahontas
Germany
Austria
United States Navy
Curran & Bullitt
C.C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
Arcade
South 15Th Street
Ave
Broadway
New York City
N. Y
Citizens’ Bank
Old Colony Building
Hull, Blyth & Company
Fenchurch Gvense
Sve Pelle
Terry Ball
Kelly & Moyers
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Toney
Edward Cooper
H. C. Donaldson
Sec
M. Smith
Kelly & Moyer Bd’g
Lazarus Club
Bluefield Water Works
WM. McCarthy
Eng’r & Supt CO
G. Betelle
Cashier
General Insurance
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