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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
4
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The piece lampoons stage ambitions of Tod Sloan and Corbett as unqualified entrants in entertainment. It mocks their pasts as jockey and fighter and imagines other unlikely performers such as a longshoreman and Chauncey Depew for short engagements.
A fighter is reportedly performing stants on Coney Island amid unsettled crowds and local notices. The scene draws attention from bystanders and raises questions about safety and events planned in the area.
A satirical note on poets split between commercial success and art. The piece contrasts a famed New York poet selling his library and chasing money with the ideal of poetic inspiration, noting poets whose feet stay in America while hearts drift to France and other locales.
A letter argues against federal interference in selecting statues for the Capitol hall of fame. It defends Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis and Virginia’s Robert E Lee as legitimate historical figures and criticizes prior objections to Father Marquette, noting secession and Civil War eras.
The passage mentions choices between Vania May and Governors Pennypecker and Pinchbeck of Louisiana, dismissing any link to Jefferson Davis in this context.
An eclectic page features Fallon Florist advertising roses and bedding plants with varieties and prices, plus several medicinal products. It lists Dean's Ointment, Hall's Catarrh Care, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar, and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, each with brief claims and drugstore availability. The page also includes a legal-looking Hall's Catarrh claim claim statement dated 1886.
An old remedy claims to cure ordinary diarrhea and nine dysentery epidemics with perfect success. It is touted as effective for cramp colic cholera morbus summer diarrhea and cholera infantum in children and is sold for 25 cents. The ad urges every family to keep it at home and notes large size bottles. Also advertised are The Famous Little Pills Early Risers and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with testimonials and cautions about counterfeits.
The piece argues that indigestion affects workers more than rich men and promotes Green's Anguet Flower as a long trusted remedy for stomach and liver issues. It touts a trial bottle for 50 cents and a regular size for 75 cents, available at Crockett & Woodkoontz.
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