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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
2
A salesman boasts eight years of uninterrupted piano production with no dissatisfied customers. The pitch extols high quality finish durability tone and perfection meeting exacting musicians. Buyers urged to purchase.
Advertisement policy states one cent per word for insertions. Signatures counted as part of the ad. CASI IN ADVANCE required. The cost of any ad can be easily determined by advertisers in advance.
Classified brief listing several job openings for coal industry positions including fifty miners at Smokeless West Virginia on the Wide Mouth branch of the N and W Railway, a charwoman in daily clerical work, a stenographer with tabulating experience at a coal company, and 500 experienced miners at Tomg Creek Virginia with steady daily work and good wages. The notices cite good schools and churches, and specify addresses for applications.
A special Bluefield to Princeton train is planned for the Democratic county convention on Saturday July 20. Representation is one vote per fifty Pennett ballots. district lodges will cast district strength. Rebekah Institute leader Mrs Elizabeth Curry arrives to lead the 14th West Virginia district session at Rebekah hall.
In a sunny afternoon match in Williamson Bluefield defeated the colored team 11 to 5. The same teams meet again this afternoon on the tower grounds as Keystone travels to face the Eagles.
After three days of sessions the A. F. & A. M. grand lodge closed. Elected officers include H. B. Homly as G M J. D. Taylor as D G M J. Redman as G Ss W J. E. Howard as G J W R. Hf. Trent as grand treasurer F. Dol. Cambridge as grand secretary A. P. Straughter as grand lecturer.
The first athletic event held by the Business Men's Athletic Club occurred last night at the gymnasium in the Hearn building on Higginbotham Avenue. Club members sparred, showing exercise as proper and that practicing the manly art greatly benefits physical vigor.
The recently formed club attracts many spectators with brisk bouts and lively bouts. It plans to host the Johnson Jeffries fight on July fourth via special wire in the gymnasium, a feature welcomed by members and friends.
Chicago Tribune reports experiments with gray perch examining memory and color differentiation. Perch initially reacts to red sardines, then to blue and silver, and finally avoids sea nettle spines, indicating recognition and learned avoidance.
A Popular Mechanics explanation outlines how warm breath loses heat when forced through a small mouth opening due to gas expansion. The piece links this to Lord Kelvin’s principle and notes artificial ice production via ammonia gas expanding and absorbing heat in a water-filled system.
In this whimsical New York Press item a Mexican spider named mosquero traps flies with nest webs hung in homes. Tiny beetles live in the web house and eat fly scraps, keeping the residence tidy while Mrs. Mosquero stays home but swifts into action when a fly appears.
The Nashville American notes that Anglo-Saxons worldwide show a strong love of sport, with Americans especially avid in horse racing, baseball, golf, football, and outdoor activities due to greater opportunities. It contrasts English sports culture with American enthusiasm.
A man follows a friend's advice and marries the prima donna of his company after he complains she only sings twice weekly. A year later she stops singing entirely, leaving the manager looking seedy and out of money.
At Sacred Heart Church rectory friends and congregation honored Rev. E Olivier with a purse gift exceeding 300 dollars. The longtime pastor departs Monday night for several months in Europe visiting France and other points.
The Bluefield Merchants Association forms a committee of J.8 Hall and C. H Goodykooniz to consult city officials on changing the wagon stand arrangement. The action aims to resolve a local doorway traffic issue and improve street usage.
A local committee proposes moving teamsters from the front street by the depot wall to a side street in the vicinity. They will also press for nightly street sweeping.
A student at a technical school in Boston sought leave of absence citing the funeral of a cousin. The instructor doubted the excuse and remarked that a nearer relative would have justified the absence.
A stingy young man questions joy in buying hosiery. The brisk haberdasher proposes a check as the preferred joy, reflecting a humorous tone from the Buffalo Express.
A witty exchange recalls a visitor describing seeing a husband in the crowd downtown as close enough to touch. The hostess counters that at home he is equally close, untouchable in practice. The quip juxtaposes perception and proximity in ordinary life.
Testimonials abound from users across the world praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing diarrhoea and bowel complaints. The text claims no other medicine has such general approval and notes it is sold by all dealers.
A compact notice urges readers to try a classified ad for small needs. It hints that even minimal listings can attract attention and help buyers or sellers find quick matches in the local market. The piece uses a brisk, promotional tone.
Mrs. Cas Barclay of Graniteville Vermont credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health during menopause and recommends it to other women. The ad extols the product's long history of claimed cures for female ailments and its low cost.
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