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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
2
A London writer recounts how ten pounds could buy a man’s life through dark deeds and a whisker of luck. He describes a melodrama style plan involving a yacht and a missing financier to be disposed of for forty eight hours. The idea prompts a wary response about a fatal overboard outcome.
In the Saalfield Brittany era tale a white robed woman haunts Schloss Schwarzburg Rudolstadt. Prince Louis of Prussia and Count Nostitz witness her presence on the eve of battle with both sides reporting sightings. The legend links the spectral figure to deaths of royal and military figures in Prussia.
Dr. Eccles presented extracts from elementary school essays on alcohol at a Society For the Study of Inebriety lecture. Quoted lines warn that death by own action occurs under drink’s influence and that alcohol can affect medical conclusions and shorten life.
W. R. Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testifies to Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a thorough practical remedy for chronic constipation. He offers a conscientious reference. For sale by G. H. Wade.
Mr B A Marks denies press reports attributing to him a claim that the city finances are in bad shape. He explains his talk to the Good Government Club echoed his chamber of commerce report noting $86,000 in drafts and $15,000 floating debt, with assets $20k to $30k, urging updated book-keeping and support for a $100,000 bond issue under proper conditions.
William T. Hearne of Independence Missouri visits his kinsman A. J. Hearne of South Bluefield and gathers more data for the Hearne family history. He attended the Southern Baptist convention in Richmond as Missouri’s delegate and has served as a delegate for twenty years. He notes the Janvres town exposition and plans to stay several days to visit Hearne families in Mercer.
Eugene Luther Palmer son of a Bluefield man wed Miss Sara Farrior Tompkins in a quiet home ceremony at the bride’s Bristol residence. The couple departed for Richmond Washington and Norfolk on the 8 05 vestibule train and will reside at 617 Church Street Lynchburg Virginia where Palmer works in the railway mail service. The bride recently graduated from St Andrews Home training school and is highly regarded by friends and family.
Ballard P Watts longtime Giles county circuit court clerk died yesterday at Pearisburg. He was sixty, never married, and a thirty second degree Mason. The Masonic fraternity will conduct his funeral this afternoon at 3 o clock. Sublette & Barnes. 6 15 31
The Norfolk and Western Railway issues circulars detailing July 1 reorganizations. Eastern Division covers lines east of Bluefield with A C Needles at Roanoke, Western Division covers lines west with George P Johnson at Bluefield. Blake to Scioto division and Carey to Shenandoah division, Roanoke offices.
Dr J A Reese of Norton Virginia married Miss Mollie Witten of Wittens Mills at her father Alex Witten's home. The ceremony was by Rev G A Maiden. A sumptuous dinner followed and the couple departed on No 11 for Norton amid rice showers.
A young man teases a woman examining her new waist in a room with a large mirror. She protests she cannot see anything pretty, but then he claims to see something lovely and she blushes, replying that the waist is too lovely for anything.
A reflective quote from James Freeman Clarke contrasts progress as acquiring power with progress as becoming. It argues growth in height, depth, and breadth over years, conquering difficulties, and truth entering the soul makes life worth living.
A fragment from London Tit Bits recalls a sharp retort about a debutante from years past. The exchange mentions Mrs Havitten and Mrs Tuglere with a playful, gossiping tone about social circle recollections and a chaperon role.
A brief quoted exchange appears from the New Orleans Times-Democrat contrasting marital relations and cigars. The man remarks a cigar goes out, while the wife quips a cigar mirrors a man, highlighting humorous observations on domestic life.
A humorous exchange from the Detroit News shows two Scotsmen debating a quick trip to the club. One asks where they are headed and the other replies they will go to contract a wee bit.
A survey of global sayings shows many forms of the adage that saving money is valuable. The collection includes German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Italian, French, and English renderings, each emphasizing that thrift leads to greater future wealth.
An excerpt cites Sir Samuel Baker praising crocodile jaw power and recounts events of jaw force bending a metal hook and severing fish. It notes M. Paul Bert’s experiments showing a 120 pound crocodile exerting 108 pounds closing force. It also mentions a lion’s immense bite and an African traveler cracking a gun butt in a lion’s mouth.
A Devonshire woman bought bronchial troches from a chemist claiming they cured her cough. After paying, she left with a box of troches and glycerin soap. She later returned to return two items saying one troche was hard to chew yet cured the cough, leaving the shop puzzled.
The Chicago News notes multiple historical births and events linked to Friday, including Gladstone Bea consfield and Washington figures born on Fridays and the discovery of North America by Cabot commissioned by Henry VIII. It highlights the London Times first steam printed newspaper and the stamp duty repeal occurring on a Friday, and mentions Dickens’s fondness for the day.
The superstition holds that nailing a horseshoe over a door blocks witches. Belief spans Turks, Jews, Christians, and others, with the horseshoe linked to protection in Tunis, Constantinople, Spain, and Sicily. Images of crocodiles in Cairo also bear horseshoes on snouts and tails. Both rich and poor share faith in its charm.
The speaker asks whether an injury is deserved or undeserved, equating deserved harm with judicial sentence and undeserved harm with a blush from just actions. Insults are defined as jokes about visible flaws such as baldness eyes leg strength and height, arguing such remarks reveal obvious truths rather than genuine offense.
A comic exchange between Mrs Scraggs and Mr Blinks centers on a new helper who leaves after being paid in advance. The dialogue hints at a financial joke about balancing a family and money, attributed to the New York Press.
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