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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
3
The text notes linen fabrics gaining favor with plain greens and swaggering striped linens for skirts and coats. Flowered materials show up as dress fabrics while afternoon dresses feature pale dimities with flower outlines and silk meshes with large wavy motifs.
A cheerful crowd of breakfast ideas includes coatmeal with sugar and cream, poached eggs, bacon and corn cakes with maple syrup. The page also features endorsements for Electric Bitters and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea, plus local ads for Mill Creek Coat and Coke Co and DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills from Vining Iowa.
A Graham letter to the Daily Telegram defends the Graham Land and Improvement Company against claims of hindering progress. It details donations and land sales to spur town growth, cites investments in furnaces, electric light, rail, and water works, and lists subscriptions totaling about 200 605 dollars. The note highlights Philadelphia ties and regional development contributions.
Reports from various regions claim railroads plan to use telephones to manage train movements but local rail men doubt feasibility. They say long distance telephone orders risk miscommunication and would be unsafe compared with Morse code telegraphy, even if workable in yards or light traffic lines.
A recipe for a large family friendly dessert using English walnut meats figs and JELL O with Whippee Cream. Dissolve JELL O, cool slightly, fold in figs and nuts, serve when thickening begins. Walnuts figs and JELL O noted as buyable at any good grocery. Also advertises DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills.
Trustee announces sale by power of sale under a deed of trust. Property details and exact terms to be provided by the undersigned trustee at a later date. Interested parties advised to review the notice for date, time, and location of the sale.
Mozelle C Partee defaulted on two $8000 notes dated May 1 1906 secured by a trust deed in Mercer County West Virginia. The trustee William H Foard will sell the Bluefield real estate described in the deed on March 5 1908 at 10am at Harold A Ritz law office Bluefield to satisfy interest and principal due. The sale was postponed to April 2 1908 at the same time and place.
The postal service limits free mailing of papers to renewals after term ends. Dailies must renew within three months, semi weekly within one year, and other period limits apply. Publishers risk mailing at lower rates if renewals are not secured, with fines for violations. Readers urged to check receipts and pay up.
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