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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
5
A courtroom scene features a judge and lawyer debating a petty theft charge. The judge dismisses the case noting the prisoner will suffer enough by paying $50 plus additional costs through labor. The exchange ends with the judge’s grim comment on the inmate’s future consequences.
The scene features a judge asking the prisoner to speak before sentencing. The prisoner implores the court to consider the youth of his attorney, highlighting a striking moment about age and representation in the legal process.
An advertisement extols Blue Ribbon lemon extract as full strength and absolutely pure, claiming it is delightful to taste while noting weaker competing brands. The copy contrasts weak extracts with Blue Ribbon’s superior quality.
Rock news notes report Deepwater workers securing track and bridge work to begin within days. Social tidbits include Miss Annabel Bailey visiting Bluefield, Mrs. Bird visiting Giotto, Lowery G. Bowling in Jamestown for the exposition, Mrs. John B. Neal returning from Hot Springs for health, and Miss Kate Knuckles visiting Mora with sister Mrs. Hughes as Deepwater contractors Garland & Itz and McAilhuy Bros. advance their projects.
The text outlines one cent per word charges for want ads and similar notices with advance cash payment required. It explains counting signatures as part of ads and invites applications for a position as a viceer, directing readers to apply at the office.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt presents a vaudeville style exchange with dialect humor. The skit includes puns about a watermelon named in spring and a father who dies in fall after falling into a spring. The piece ends with a melodramatic ballad cue by Vio Lett.
A San Francisco Argonaut item notes a comic definition calling a box car part of the fowl family. It explains seasonal behavior, capture methods, and the caution needed to avoid scaring the “quarry” with noises like a waybill.
A Columbus Dispatch item notes a Turkish bath venture promising weight loss. A German client, claiming obesity, jokes about losing two pounds per bath, quipping that a hundred baths would not suffice. The exchange includes humorous German phrases and a skeptic tone.
A Branchton Pennsylvania man in frail health reports being unable to work until six bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure transformed him into a new man. He praises the remedy and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure, sold by G H Wade.
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