Point to Remember on Diphtheria Transmission
A brief note explains how cats, suffering diphtheria, can spread the disease. It warns that diphtheria transfers from one person to another in many different ways at Way 6.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
4
A brief note explains how cats, suffering diphtheria, can spread the disease. It warns that diphtheria transfers from one person to another in many different ways at Way 6.
Incoherent scraps discuss presidents ex and current, ideal terms and independence. Dated references imply support for reform or simple political purification, without clear events, dates, or concrete actions.
Diptheria germs enter the body by mouth or nose and spread by coughs and sneezes. They attach to handkerchiefs doors knobs books and furniture and can contaminate public drinking cups pencils chewing gum and toys. Milk can carry germs and children may spread them through shared objects and contact with animals.
The Norfolk and Western telegraphers general committee meets at Stratford hotel to draft a new labor agreement. They discuss wage increases working hours and working conditions while remaining noncommittal on major changes. Attending are C. E. Layman Crewe C B Lane H C Calloway Graham VA W A T Overstreet Vick ers W N Jaynes Portmouth OH FE BL Seddon Shepherdstown WV.
J C Tilson and family returned from Holston Mill after the funeral of Kk. Tilson the Bristol trainman killed near Easton Va on the Norfolk and Western line. Services at E M Lewis home on Tremont Ave were led by Rev J L Prater and the body later buried at Holston Mill. The victim had five years of service with no demerits and lived in Bristol with his father in law Ed Lewis.
The funeral for E. F. Tilson Jr of Bristol was held at South Fork church with pallbearers from Bristol firemen and family members present. Born 1884 in Smyth County Virginia, Tilson married Hallie Lewis in 1910 and died leaving a wife, baby boy, three sisters, and a brother, J C Tilson, a Bluefield railroad conductor. Reverend C T Taylor conducted the services and baptisms in 1901.
An old advertisement claims Begg's Mustarine relieves sore muscles sprains rheumatism and headaches in five minutes and lists common uses plus a 25 cent price at White Pharmacy. A separate legal notice records July 1912 depositions in a Mercer County West Virginia chancery suit, with Ritz & Ritz as attorneys and Kessa Ewald representing the plaintiff.
OCR shows financial statements and bank reports from Bluefield and Flat Top National Banks in West Virginia with assets, liabilities, deposits and cashier attestations dated June 1912. Includes figures for loans discounts, bonds, reserves, deposits, and notes, plus signatures of bank officials and notary.
In Bluefield people use Adieri ka a buckthorn bark and glycerine mix touted as a German appendicitis remedy. A single dose claims instant relief from constipation sour stomach or gas and it antiseptizes digestive organs by drawing out impurities. Mastin's Pharmacy Elks Building advertises Daily Telegraph subscription.
In the Southern District of West Virginia the B F Baker bankruptcy trustee will sell on June 25 1912 at the Idle Hour store on Princeton Avenue Bluefield tobacco cigars cigarettes and fixtures including a soda fountain. Terms include split cash and credit options with private bids considered before the public sale.
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