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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
6
A brief notice announces special lots of dress trimmings offered in Pe a ce. The item highlights a sale event with limited quantities and a call to shoppers to view available trims. No further names or dates are provided in the readable text.
The June 18 1917 proceeding before the county court in Hast River district debated Overseer J W Stinsons aid to eight beneficiaries. Witnesses described indigence and limited means, with evidence of varied disabilities from tuberculosis to asthma. The court will consider each contested case separately, delaying final decision to the next term.
Two men and their wives with a babe in arms for each, scattered down a mountainside after Belcher’s Overland left the highway near Matoaka. Belcher and Lusk escaped with minor injuries. Lusk and his family returned home with rib injuries and a chest wound. The wreck followed a gear shift error on a grade. Also notes marriage licenses granted and a Mrs. Lida Taliaferro tossed from a vehicle with minor injuries.
An old-fashioned health ad claims acids contaminate blood and cause rheumatic and skin diseases, malaise, and nerve trouble. It urges readers to take a purportedly purifying tonic from Swift Specific Co to cleanse the blood and restore health, offering medical advice by mail.
The article argues West Virginia must push coal output to the maximum as coal becomes essential to all Allied needs. It warns of fuel shortages affecting Italy France and Britain, and notes the government is vigorously addressing fuel and food controls, with a key bill pending Congress passage.
The article explains Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound uses over 60000 pounds of herbs gathered at peak season. It notes strict cleanliness, perfect percolation, sterilized utensils, pasteurization and filtration before bottling to ensure safety and effectiveness for female illness treatment.
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