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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
4
Beav er Pond district reports forty four school buildings with mostly sturdy structures. Estimated district school value around $90 000, plus a new high school at $125 000. Authors note rapid educational growth since a century ago and compare naval vessels to emphasize speed over sheer size. Seattle claims its exposition surpasses Jamestown record.
Health boards urge action against flies seen as a modern plague from filth. The piece urges every household to protect, and notes the old fight by housewives, the screen door as defense, and a call for community unity to prevent breeding. An Alabama man’s search for a wife is oddly noted as a sign of industrious character.
Buffalo June 10. C C Carstens of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children urged that some families be broken up when parents foster moral degeneration in children. He argued removal of custody is sometimes necessary, not permanent, and can prompt parental reform.
In Big Stone Gap Virginia the June 10 town election re-elected Republican W H Horton by 28 votes of 237. G E B Gilly defeated Democrat R H Bryant for sergeant by three votes. Republican W W Bickley won treasurer with 35 compliments from 204. Democrats John W Chalkley L O Pettit and S P Fleenor and Republicans H L Moore J H Mathews J J Salia bury won council seats except Fleenor absent by eight.
The advertisement asserts flour must be clean to be wholesome and promotes William Tell Flour as absolutely clean. It emphasizes machine handling from milling to bagging and guarantees no contaminant would be found under microscopic or chemical testing conditions.
In Appalachia Mayor J. J. B. Stone defeated G. L. Bremner for mayor. Elsewhere Chalkley led the ticket with 179 votes. Fleenor 149. Moore 146. Salisbury 110. Councilmen P. C. Young, H R Crizer, 8. O. Green, John W. Gunter, N. D. Richmond, W. D. Fuller were elected, along with treasurer I. D. Collier and commissioner William Young.
New York stocks moved irregularly in opening trading with moderate activity. Buyers lifted several leaders early, then profit taking checked gains, while some sluggish issues recovered later. Bonds traded irregularly as market interest fluctuated.
The Spanish liner Antonio Lopez ran aground off Fire Island in fog. All 526 passengers were brought to New York, with 102 cabin passengers ashore and steerage passengers placed with immigration authorities as efforts to refloat the vessel continued.
Parkersburg West Virginia June 10 Miss Mattie Stephens a professional nurse is missing and her relatives fear she has taken her life. Her disappearance did not become publicly known until yesterday afternoon though she has been missing since
Police have continued work on the case since last Tuesday. A note left for sister Mrs. Eidoris Mc Coy indicates the woman feared she was losing balance and planned to go away, with assurances her relatives would never hear from her again.
William Randolph Hearst aims to convert 450000 acres in Campeche into a vast stock ranch at a multimillion cost. The project, supported by representative M Smith and cattle chief HH M Leech, will stock imported Holstein and Durham cows from Chihuahua holdings and develop dwellings, waterworks, a coast railway, and two rivers to be improved. The land, owned by Hearst and his mother, was originally granted to his father, then leased to chicory growers.
President Taft, after a conference with labor and business representatives, accepted an invitation to address a national conference in January. The meeting aims to promote uniform state legislation on pure ...
Governor Comer of Alabama conferred with President Taft on southern issues. Taft cited the impeachment of an Alabama sheriff for failing to defend a black man against a mob and Alabama troops protecting a black individual. He praised southern states for breaking up mob law and leading reforms.
A large Spanish steamer Antonio Lopez running Genoa to New York ran aground on a bar west of Woods life saving station on Long Island. It carried 526 passengers and 135 crew. Passengers were transferred to wrecking tugs by lifeboats as sea conditions prevent shore arrival until weather improves.
A college student at a state university created a standout scrapbook by saving top articles, trimming them evenly, and pasting them with photo paste. He adorned white pages with head and tail magazine cutouts, both black and white and color, plus graceful pictures. The volume includes many of his own poems and those of friends and favorite authors. Another, simpler book belongs to a music teacher, collecting topics for a music curriculum with biographical sketches, pictures, and a few musical bars.
The article advises minimal room decoration for a luncheon. A few flowers, a lace centerpiece, and a fine luncheon cloth suffice. Place a silver urn with cups, cream, and sugar at one table end, with bon bons and cakes on the table as ornamental. Elegance rests on neat, rich tableware not lavish display, and a show only appears in higher social strata.
A writer argues that few rooms stock emergency articles for accidents or illnesses and urges every building to maintain a plainly labeled emergency cabinet. The piece notes that simple remedies can prevent serious outcomes from cuts, fainting, and other incidents.
A sufferer with stomach trouble reports relief from Dyspepsia and Indigestion after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. He notes improved appetite nerves and vigor as stomach liver and kidneys function better. 25c at all druggists.
An advertisement extols Bucklen s Arnica Salve as the supreme healer for cuts burns bruises sores and many skin ailments. It claims infallibility for piles and notes the price of 25 cents at all druggists in the Daily Telegraph.
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