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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
2
In a brief item the paper notes cash in advance terms and weekly payments for a local service. It mentions per week amounts and a cautious approach to credit terms. No specific names or places are fully clear in the fragmented text.
The notice lists liberal rates for three months or longer contracts and run-of-paper ads. Rates include column and staff ads, varying by inch size and insertion count, with 5 cents per inch for changes to copy. Shorter ads billed at higher rates. transient ads and front page placements priced per inch.
Various editions of the Bluefield Daily and Weekly Telegraph are entered at the Bluefield West Virginia post office as second class mail matter.
The Indianapolis Journal reports the state treasurer finds a strong fiscal position. Receipts for the past year reached 3,333,555.49 with disbursements of 2,225,50.13 and a year end balance of 1,108,046.36 distributed across state general school and school funds. By February first the balance stood at 1,351,272.72 with funds allocated as state 603,969.85, general school 311,529.62, and school 435,773.25. The article notes expected tax receipts from license taxes on corporations and mentions Dawson law payments. An independent source adds a political barb about Democrats and education policy toward Filipinos.
A Philadelphia judge ruled there is no warrant under modern law for a statute punishing suicide attempts. The defendant admitted intent but demurred to the indictment, arguing the offense lacks basis in current statutes. The court traced suicide laws to monarchic notions that a subject may not end his life.
The Atlanta Journal notes that several states retain criminal penalties for attempted suicide but judges often discharge offenders with warnings. It argues failed attempts may curb suicidal tendency, urging treatment over punitive confinement, and contrasts approaches for different motives within a troubled mind.
A historical ad copy warns against products containing mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from K. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It urges buyers to ensure genuineness, notes the remedy is taken internally and sold by Druggists for 75 cents, and mentions related items like Hall's Family Pills and 5 cent cigars.
A twenty five cent package promises to ex terminate rats mice and roaches with guaranteed results. Available from Porter & Ritter Graham A J Samuels G H Wade se Treat J L Crockett M W Smith A L Hawkins R E Lilly G E Bowman W P Hawley Moise Co C T Baker M D Robinett J A Lowder Co W T Seagie Mercer Moise Co Fiat Top Grocery Company wholesale distributors.
Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana says four weeks in bed with la grippe were cured by Foley's Honey and Tar after trying many remedies and paying for physicians. He reports the medicine as a long time household favorite for throat and lung troubles and warns against substitutes. The Blue Front offers out of town orders.
The ad describes grip as a debilitating illness causing weakness nervousness loss of appetite and organ strain. It praises Electric Bitters as a tonic blood purifier and regulator for the stomach liver and kidneys claiming to lengthen the nerves and restore health and spirits after grip. It offers the product for 50 cents with a satisfaction guarantee through druggists.
An article warns mothers that girls face illness during school years including headaches, vertigo, and fatigue and asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps. It urges proper care and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Pinkaam receives a testimonial from Musc. E. Wilson of Attica Indiana praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from painful menstruation after months of suffering and multiple doctors. Wilson reports six bottles eased symptoms and improved health for both her and her sister. The letter is dated October 13 1900.
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