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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1908
Page
4
Advertising rates are listed for daily subscriptions and renewals with options for one week, one month, six months, and one year. Communications and remittances should be sent to Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia. No individuals connected with the paper are to receive mail regarding establishment matters.
The ticket lists Taft for President and Sherman for Vice President with Hughes for Congress from Cabell. It names Ira B Robinson and W N Miller and L J Williams for Court of Appeals, L W Holmes for State Senate, I J Ellison for Sheriff, W P Hawley and R C Lilly for House of Delegates, A M Sutton for Prosecuting Attorney, W B Honaker for Clerk Circuit Court, E L Bowman for Clerk County Court, Davis Thorn for Commissioner County Court, Geo P Hylton for Assessor, Forest Walker for Surveyor, E P God bey and J L Kersey as Justices, G A Shirey for Board of Education, and W H Pennington and F C Haley as Constables.
The piece notes visible eclipse at Princeton convention yesterday, electric lights in town, and several smooth politicians. It mentions 30 000 freight cars entering service as proof of GOP mood, a push for a new model hotel for Bluefield, and an info bureau for delegates reaching Charleston. It also discusses city hall improvements and Taft Bryan exchanges, Republican county lead, and agricultural labor issues while recalling Yale alumni remarks on what a Democrat is.
Norman J. Mack, Democratic National Committeeman from New York, says he has visited Bryan and asserts there will be no government ownership plank in the Republican platform. The remark follows criticism by the so called oy Orator who claimed the Republicans are in full retreat.
The piece notes Mr. Bryan's world tour comments on government ownership, questions whether he will retreat on issues like free silver, and references Republicans and Democrats facing events in Denver and WV convention timing. It mentions The Daily Telegraph compiling gubernatorial standings to publish a forecast soon.
Essay extols Christianity moving into social action and public life. It cites improvements in public health, housing, and workers’ rights as evidence of faith aligning with modern needs. The piece argues the gospel inspires practical reform and a more humane society.
One man is killed and eight or ten passengers injured when a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train wrecks at Lofty near Hazleton on June 27. Authorities believe the derailment was caused by track spiking and deliberate obstruction.
A tornado struck Clinton Minnesota at 5 30 this afternoon killing six people and injuring scores the town is described as completely destroyed. Other dispatches report from Washington that a federal court granted a temporary injunction to restrain distillers packages from marking in line with treasury rules. In Sylvan North Carolina Charles Jones 18 was stabbed to death by Basil Watson 28 in a lovers quarrel and fled to South Carolina. Secretary Taft returned to Washington after a trip to Cincinnati New York New Haven New London and Oyster Bay arriving at Union Station at 10 55 P M.
Marper's Weekly reports a proposed Berlin scheme to link the general post office with branch offices via an underground electric railway. The tiny tunnel would carry a dwarf locomotive and up to four mail trucks at about 25 mph with no driver.
A New York Sun account recounts Robert Louis Stevenson playing with his grandson Austin Strong. The boy led a pretend voyage using chair ships as decks while Stevenson watched in quiet focus. The moment escalated when the captain wandered, prompting Stevenson to shout Swim you swim from his sickbed.
An ad touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for a gentle laxative effect and clearer head by tomorrow. Priced at 25 cents with free samples at West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
A terse OCR fragment shows numbers and symbols, including times and codes, with unclear context. The readable portion lists figures such as 5 46 ar 738 28 43 10 145, lacking identifiable names, places, or events.
Notices list Bluefield Lodge No. 250 1.0.0.P meeting Tuesday at 8 pm in Rea Aen's Hall, Bluefield Lodge No.85 AF and AM meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Masonic Hall, Bluefield Lodge No.153 Knights of Pythias meeting Monday at 8 pm in Castle Hall, Carpenters and Joiners Union No.976 meets Saturdays in Hearn Building hall. Hall for rent five nights weekly. trustees J. Gibson J. Willis J. Nunelly seek renters.
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