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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
5
Calomel is blamed for illness and lost work while Dodson's Liver Tone is promoted as a safe, vegetable alternative. Local druggists report strong sales of the product and guarantee refunds if not satisfied. A small bottle costs a few cents and promises relief from liver sluggishness and constipation without gripping the bowels or causing next day faintness.
A letter in the Clinch Valley News urged party leaders in Tazewell County to field a full slate of nominees for all county offices. The piece blames the local Republican organization for not nominating and suggests action or a split party, referencing Senator Borah. The column also includes classified ads for land, a farm, a car line dwelling, and a cleaning shop in Graham Virginia with contact details.
The statement urges the county to fulfill obligations to the individual holder of the office and to the party, stressing responsibility beyond personal or official duties. It frames the call as a matter of party loyalty and political duty within the local context.
A local Republican message urges unity and nominations for all county offices in the November election. The note suggests some Republicans helped Democrats win and calls for a strong party convention to prove loyalty. Also reports groundhog hunting, a teacher attending UVA for six weeks, and lumber trade activity in Graham and West Graham.
The Graham Red Sox prepare for a big game against the Bluefield Moose at the fair ground, with possible pitching by Yost or Sexton amid crowd expectations. Nearby, a cherry picker shortage in Monroe county slows harvests as women volunteer to help. Other items note a wedding attendance, a bail grant for George Evans, a serious illness, Independence Day travel, and local business consolidations with Johnson Printing Co. and upcoming post office plans.
Neighbors organized a surprise birthday party Friday evening for Mrs J M Turner with games contests and a salad course A birthday cake displayed yearly candies and warm wishes marked the event Guests included several local women and Misses Ruth Herzbrun Mae Klein Johnston and Lillian Bingham Took Over Newspaper Plant Welch Publishing Company stockholders met Friday and bought the plant and all the assets.
A vintage ad touts a cheap freckle remover by mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint lotion. It promises daily use on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes for clear soft rosy skin, claiming the mixture is harmless and non irritating.
An old o f f ice promotional line claims Cham Leriain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy has endured for over forty years. It asserts widespread use and reliability with millions of units sold and relied upon by families.
Miss Gladys Hickman, soon to wed, has received multiple honors. A luncheon hosted by Mrs. J. C. Pack and Miss Glenna Pack celebrated her with a yellow and violet table. A HUB Shower for Miss Tuckman followed at Mrs. Burke’s Freeman home with music and refreshments.
The account of Charles Stump as administrator of the estate of N Q Reid, deceased, is before the commissioner for actisement. Dated June 1, 191%. By order of Commissioner of Accounts, St Clair.
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