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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1905
Page
3
A Bluefield West Virginia newspaper item notes advertising rates and post office status. It blends random commentary on laws, labor scandals, and international affairs with a few monetary figures and a perennial jab at readers who steal papers. The text references the New York law on drinks and labor scandals in Chicago, alongside notices about subscriptions and delivery.
The article reports dancing masters calling for radical changes in dancing within a year. It notes Mrs Stuyvesant Fish and 306 New York society figures may perform new jigs and dances, while others doubt shifts away from wall two step and related forms. Prof Beaumont and others advocate new styles like the jig and buck and wing.
The fragment discusses soldiers deserting and questions about why soldiers desert while noting leadership and conditions under General Chaffee. It suggests ire at inadequate explanations for desertion and the need for better intelligence and reasoning among troops.
Descriptions of desertion among troops with mixed motives and a Civil War era view of aboriginal life in South Dakota. The piece notes post surroundings, alleged fishing in territory, and lists absurd claims about Sioux households using cars, hearses, and planes. It recounts divorce cases like Lizzie Fighting Bear Gun versus Bad Gun, highlighting court drama and newfound mobility.
Figures show a costs in blood and gold from the war begun February 1, 1904. About 455 days in, 62 Russian warships lost cost 150 million, Japanese losses one tenth. Casualties: Russia 420,000. Japan 170,000. Describes greed for Manchuria and desire to retain it, with war’s wider toll.
Haggard advocates municipal ownership with safeguards against violence and calls for workers to have space to work their own plots. He condemns misquotation and praises the United States as hospitable while urging a return to simple, self reliant living.
A ragbag of quirky lines notes rising heart trouble, June brides, a Boston language claim, a French airship remark, and a young Cole with a dentist joke. Also mentions the Famous Little Pille tonic and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with endorsements from Adolph Zickefoose and a West Virginia address.
The advertisement claims stomach troubles affect both wealthy and toilers and promotes Green's August Flower as a long standing remedy. It asserts the product rouses the liver, creates appetite, and improves digestion for all social stations with trial bottles available at Crockett & Goodykoontz.
A circuit court decree in Mercer County orders a public auction of a Roseville house and lot near Norfolk and Western Railway. Special Commissioner I. W. B. Honaker will sell July Mth 105 with cash costs and six to twelve month credit on balance. bond with security required.
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