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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
4
A large number of Bluefield residents have received summonses to appear before the grand jury amid accusations of illegal voting and election corruption tied to the municipal polls. The editorial urges thorough investigations and urges citizens to testify to root out ballot abuse.
The column urges personal courage to admit mistakes and stand by actions. It notes Bluefield’s street paving extension bidding and invites investors and home seekers to engage with a growing city. It also mentions state press focus on the next Republican governor candidate and endorses the Sanders idea: do things and use your head.
The department of commerce and labor issues a bulletin affirming peanuts as a significant international trade item with Virginia and North Carolina peanuts seen as top quality. The discussion notes peanut politics and statesmanship, Republican and Democratic maneuvering, and questions of corporate ties amid a change in perception of the peanut’s economic role.
The piece notes a sudden rise to summer temperatures after a cool spell. Heat waves bring discomfort and occasional heat prostrations, but the warm spell is welcomed as crop-friendly and may lift delayed harvests toward a normal average, sustaining economic prospects.
The doctor asserts smoking is the worst habit, posing grave health risks. The remark echoes warnings about tobacco use, underscoring the dangers of cigarettes and the need for cessation efforts.
Advertisement urges men to avoid hats while warning dandruff germs may cause baldness. It promotes Herpicide as a dandruff cure and hair growth stimulant, described as a pleasant hair dressing with no injurious substance. Sold by druggists. samples offered by mail from The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. special agent John L. Crockett.
Entries on June 26 recount events from 1541 Pizarro’s death to 1905 riots in Warsaw and Lord Kelvin born in Glasgow. The notes include political shifts, scientific advances, and the launch of Shamrock, with brief biographical details of Kelvin and his work in ocean telegraphy and geologic time.
A 35 cent Rocky Mountain Tea sale note promotes health aids from West End Drug Company Bluefield George S Landon Pocahontas Va listing locations and contact details for the product.
The Daily Telegraph highlights Spring sales in Bluefield with advertised bargains from progressive stores. It positions the paper as a trusted link between businesses and the community and urges readers to mention the newspaper ads when purchasing.
A Cedar Grove man endorses Electric Bitters after suffering liver and kidney trouble. He says one bottle helped and three bottles completed the cure, noting relief and improved health. Guaranteed best on earth for stomach liver and kidney troubles, available from all druggists for 50 cents.
Advertises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as quick relief. Sells at West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A local customer reports a two to three year tetter on the hands cured by one box of Chamberlains Salve. The note says Chamberlains medicines satisfy the community and lists local药stores selling them. It also promotes Kodol as relief for indigestion, claiming it contains the same stomach juices and complies with the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
The New York Tribune notes a New York club chairwoman stating liquor licenses matter little since women avoid drinking for appearance. A Scottish farmer’s joke about whisky not keeping underscores prudence in drink.
A New York Sun quote on fish mortality in captivity contrasts with natural life and predation. The Dundee Advertiser lists April birthdays of great writers Shakespeare Wordsworth Swinburne and others while noting notable passes in April.
McClusky, long-time warehouse manager in Glasgow, announced a handsome offer from an English firm and planned to quit. His coworkers presented a purse of sovereigns in farewell. He joked that the show of sorrow would keep him in Glasgow, deciding to stay.
Forest and Stream warns of a sickness in boats passed down by custom likened to hereditary disease as racing rules distort hulls. A Georgia coroner's jury returns a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree in a railroad death caused by a carrier in receivership, cited by the Atlanta Constitution.
A colorful exchange from the Chicago News notes a pedestrian complaining for help and a tramp seeking money for a voice irrigation, highlighting a quirky urban vignette of street life and language.
An old subscriber asks what a married couple can live comfortably on. The stenographer quotes Life saying to tell her a thousand dollars a year more than they have, as the guidance from the correspondence editor.
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