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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
3
Madison Heights Virginia resident Chas A Ragland endorses Thedford's Black Draught for indigestion and stomach troubles. The ad touts 75 years of success, claims quick relief, gentle action, and wide availability at 25 cents, noting benefits for young and old.
Bluefield Normal and Business College operates since 1900 with day and evening sessions year round. It offers Commercial, Stenographic, Academic and Music departments at the Crockett and Graham Block under W. H. Conningham as president. Phone 474.
Notice sets July 5 1915 at Mercer County Courthouse for the Board of Equalization and Review to review 1915 assessments. Taxpayers able to appear and present grievances to seek redress as clerk Lowhery G Bowling signs the notice dated June 5 1915.
Sheriff W. W. Hamilton of Mercer County warns delinquent taxpayers that a list will be compiled if taxes are not paid by June 30. All efforts have been made to collect voluntarily before levies. This is his final request.
Pittsburg defeats Philadelphia 4 to 3 in thirteen innings. Collins RBI single drives winning run after late exchanges and misplays. Cravath and Luderus double. Wag ner homered for Philadelphia. Pitchers Mayer Rixey Chalmers Mamaux Adams McQuillan Gibson Murphy.
The Quality Shop advertises a June sale on white goods. Also notes advice on rheumatism relief with Chamberlain's Liniment and emphasizes that chronic rheumatism requires no internal treatment.
The game between Bluefield and Williamson ended in a 7 7 tie after rain halted play in the ninth. Whitehead started for Williamson and Osborne relieved. Garber pitched for Bluefield with Turner knocked out by a line drive. Powhatan and Big Sandy played a doubleheader with Powhatan winning the first 9 0 and the second 6 2 aided by a balloon-like scoring seventh.
President Wilson pressed a button at the White House to open Lexington’s pageant marking a century of peace between the United States and Great Britain. The program traces nature, early settlers, liberty, Paul Revere, the battle of Lexington, and concludes with a tableau of the stars and stripes.
An old medicine advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It warns that calomel salivates the liver and causes cramps and nausea while promoting Dodson's as a harmless vegetable substitute that cleanses the liver without side effects.
A survivor recounts a decade long morphine habit that began for pain relief. After ten years of struggle he entered the Greensboro Keeley Institute and credits his recovery to the program. He says the unbearable craving vanished and he became a new man.
In Toledo on June 21 the Nationals edged the Tigers 4 to 3 in an exhibition game. Ty Cobb starred for Detroit with two of three at bats and scored the tying run while stealing second and advancing to third on a single. Mathewson opposed Cobb for the first time in his career.
The piece reviews multiple state actions in 1916 including Utah vetoes and new penalties modeled on Webb Kenyon laws. It notes Vermont voting on a liquor ban, Kansas passing two measures on liability for liquor damage and key parties, North Carolina banning large shipments, and Tennessee enacting an officer removal law for lax enforcement.
The report surveys state moves on liquor laws as 1916 sessions close. Oklahoma and Colorado tightened prohibitions, while Oregon and Washington enacted or enforced measures with limited imports and prescriptions. Indiana Michigan New Mexico New York and Wyoming debated statewide bans, with many attempts failing.
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