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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1910
Page
4
The notice lists cash in advance rates for daily three months daily six months and one year terms. It notes second class matter status at the Bluefield West Virginia post office.
In a June 14, 1910 issue, the article argues that the county committee manipulated the ticket to favor factions, denying fair representation to some candidates. It contends the ticket is acceptable and that voters will approve it, noting the Raleigh Messenger praised Scott and Baker despite its anti Scott and Baker stance.
Graham, adjacent to Bluefield, faces a heated city race with Insurgents challenging the present regime. A bond issue looms over plans for new schoolhouses and sewage disposition amid the campaign's contentious issues.
The campaign has sped up with help from The Lighter as voters prepare to cast ballots today in a lively municipal questions contest. The lively pace and public interest mark a heated clash between competing figures shaping local policy.
The Mer cer County Republican split centers on insurrection talk against a so called machine not the party. Critics note many pie eaters have held office or run repeatedly. Voters seek to avoid being influenced by bosses while multiple factions share similar traits.
Voters are urged to support renomination for Senator Scott and Congressman Hughes and to place their supporters in positions to vote for Scott’s successor. The piece argues experienced legislators should be kept in office and praises a district and county approach endorsed by leaders. It emphasizes careful candidate selection at the primary and links it to Republican success in the fall.
The Parkersburg Dispatch News praises Grant Hall as a fine fellow while noting he does not wear a halo in their view.
Voter support in Raleigh reflects strong backing for a seasoned public official. The contest in the county showed the broad push for steady leadership amid stiff opposition from rivals.
The excerpt shows strong support for Baker I and his leadership, with the people attesting their confidence and the esteem in which he is held. It highlights a declared mandate and public backing for his administration and policies.
The Wetzel Republican rejects Kanawha as a state name and defends West Virginia while The St Marys Oracle backs Kanawha as a lighter option. The paper argues Virginians remain the preferred designation and urges Mercer county voters to back Hughes in the tariff on coal at the upcoming primary.
Lem Jackson in Greeneville Tennessee leads a lazy life with his wife and many children. He serves in the Confederate army enduring repeated wounds and returns home after Lee's surrender. He jests that war had its dull days and he simply rested through the fighting.
Ellis Parker Butler argues in Success Magazine that baseball as the national sport shapes foreign views of America. A curious observer would see 30,000 fans on hot grandstands, a player striking a hard white ball, and another with a deadly club, all signaling the sport’s mystique.
In a crowded scene a bowler hurls a hard white ball at a batsman whose spikes anger the bowler. The ball dodges around the bat and buries itself in a leather chair cushion held by a man behind the batsman as thirty thousand cheer. Who wins remains unclear and the crowd roars.
The London Mail notes the Avant pawnshop on Freet Street Grub Street as a legendary haunt dating back to Shakespearean times. It’s described as the poor writer’s uncle through centuries with a motto Old Literary Friends Never Forgotten and renowned for patrons who went broke.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Trustee will sell at public auction June 25, 1910 at ten o'clock a.m. to satisfy a deed of trust securing $7,500 on two lots in Bluefield Mercer county West Virginia Lot No 2 and Lot No 3 described in the 1906 deed. Terms are cash. The sale is recorded in Mercer county clerk's office.
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