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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
6
A parade of locals and visitors is listed as they passed through Bluefield or stayed in the area. Names include M. L. Carter of Princeton, J. H. Gadd and J. W. Cook in city roles, and many others from Raven Welch Williamson Graham Elliston and beyond. Relocations, visits, and brief business trips are noted along with two newborn mentions.
An advertisement notes Chase & Sanborn products and urges readers to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph. It mentions Sublette & Barnes handling orders with a B-1-31 reference.
A humorous quip plays on a stiff neck preventing search for work. The line features a speaker asking Carl if he has a stiff neck and Carl replying that his neck keeps him from looking for employment. The exchange illustrates lighthearted workplace humor.
The Maghaya are described as nomadic thieves driven by hunger and evading police. Even after attempts to reclaim them by Sir E Henry, most adults remain jailed, while agricultural settlements fail to civilize, women and children stay in settlements, and men wander encampments.
National Cash Register Company suspended operations at its Dayton plant today affecting about 3000 employees. Officials could not say when production would resume.
James Oliver died in South Bend Indiana after a long illness. He founded the world’s largest plow works and gained fame for inventing the chilled plow.
In Louis XIV's reign Louvois disputes the king over a Versailles window deemed out of shape. The royal quarrel escalates into an international conflict contributing to the War of the Grand Alliance and the later peace of Ryswick.
Thomas B Wanamaker of Philadelphia son of John Wanamaker died suddenly in Paris on March 2 The Philadelphia owner of extensive city interests was reported by the Washington Star to have divided opinions from friends and enemies as politics remained a trying profession with mixed judgments from peers.
The antiquary cites a Cincinnati Enquirer item about ancient church pews in Philadelphia Boston and New England villages rented on a basket free basis for centuries. Citizens once slept and played draughts in those houses of worship and collectors ignored their higher rent pews.
A line from Transatlantic Tales recalls Miss Elderly I painting a self portrait weeks earlier as a parent notes a vivid memory while viewing a photo of a young girl.
A misquoted line from the London Telegraph features an organist asking about the clergyman's memory and a witty reply about hands. It also cites a Shakespearean line on oaths and truth, illustrating humorous and literary snippets.
The business formerly run as G K Reese KE Bond and W EK Harry under G K Reese Co is bought by G Reese and E Bond and will operate as G S Reese Co. All debts will be paid by the new firm, to whom all accounts are due. G R REESE CO haw2w
Telegraph ad promotes DeWitt's Carbolized With Hage Salve for piles. It urges purchase from druggists and notes Telegraph daily newspaper subscription.
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