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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
5
To every customer who buys $5 or more worth of groceries outside of flour on Wednesday to Saturday June 24 27 we will deliver to their home within the 25e drayage limit one barrel of Ideal or William Tel of Monitor Flour for $5.25. The deal ends after Saturday June 27 and outside town orders will be delivered at the freight depot.
An old style grocery advertisement from Steptoe's touts string beans canned goods and lard with low prices and bulk sacks. It invites out-of-town trade and guarantees satisfaction in quality and service.
The benefit concert for the new church headlines a repeat performance at the First Baptist Church last Thursday night. Mrs Moorman the elocutionist will reprise readings including Civil War stories and humorous pieces with new numbers and added talents. Admission is 25 cents at the door and the public is invited.
The Logan Democrat argues for a United States Coal and Oil Company line from Logan through the Guyan Valley to Huntington and into Ohio. It cites congestion on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway and claims the field will need two rail routes as output grows, with the new line offering a vital outlet for Logans's coal and improved service.
At Princeton the Democratic county convention met to nominate a slate headed by D. H. Barge and J. A. B. Bruce for House of Delegates with Bert Caffee for Circuit Clerk and R. N. Vermilion as County Clerk. Prosecution and surveyor posts were noted, with Bluefield in line if no other district seeks the post.
Lincoln county chose her fourteen teen delegates to the Republican state nominating convention with no clear instructions. Reports from Hamill indicate Swisher and Scherr each presented fourteen delegates, with Scherr holding the majority for an uninstructed auditor named slate. DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pill advertised as strengthening kidneys.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces exams on September 2 in Bluefield for storekeeper gauger, deputy collector, and clerk. Applications must be filed by August 5, 1908, with Form 1371 and Instructions to Applicants, detailing exam scope, vacancies, and qualifications.
Dissolve one package of JELL-O in boiling water and beat with whipped cream and crushed macaroons until light. Pour into a mold, chill until set, and serve with whipped cream or pudding sauce. JELL-O costs 10c a package at grocers.
Board of Education of Beaver and District will receive bids by noon Saturday June 27 for labor material and completion of three sector buildings in Bluefield. Plans and specs on file with architects L Shuflebar. Bids must be by each house. bond required. 3 percent certified check deposit. bids to the Secretary Bluefield WV. June 13 1908.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, a noted patent medicine, is advertised as sold by all druggists. The item is marketed as a widely available remedy in the era's druggist networks.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a price ten cents and a scene reference, with unreadable surrounding context. The legible bits show a 10¢ price indicator and the word scene, offering no clear event or names.
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