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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
2
The Clansman season draws packed crowds with thousands turned away each night. Fans camp out hours before showtime as the epic Ku Klux saga electrifies regional theater audiences alongside Simple Simon Simple at the Elks Opera House.
The program entertains all classes with a collection of pranks by Smitn and Mose, songs by Tony, jokes of Spiegelberger, the Frog and the lilies, a beautiful chorus, and bumble tunes, delivering jolly fun and lively entertainment.
City council work on March 5 1908 to amend Bluestone Traction franchise for street railway on Bland South Bland South Jefferson and Adams streets Bluefield West Virginia and move route to North Street after 30 days. Also contains Chamberlain's Cough Remedy testimonial and local druggists sale notice.
Surgeon General Walter Wyman and experts report that milk from healthy cows can carry bacteria and epidemics like typhoid scarlet fever and diphtheria. They endorse pasteurization under health authority supervision and promote clean milk depots for infants in the United States and abroad.
A notice notes St Patrick day celebrated by Irish and Purim by Jews both on March 17. It recalls Purim’s deliverance of Persia's Jews from Haman under Xerxes and Mordecai, with readings at temples and festive maskings by youth.
As warm days return, people seek fresh air and activity. Colds flare with spring winds and pneumonia danger rises. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as safe, pleasant to take, and said to prevent pneumonia when used, with local drugstores selling it.
Prominent architect Norman R Coulter of the Delbert Building in San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. He says it treats stomach liver and kidney disorders promptly and strengthens the system. The tonic is advertised as the best spring medicine and an effective blood purifier available at druggists for five cents.
Quotations reported by the Bluefield Brokerage Company dealers in stocks bonds and securities. Located on the third floor of the Beyne Moyet Building at Bluefield West Virginia.
The page lists visiting cards engraved or print led ads for sale on easy terms and inquiries for land folders and St Patrick's Day items. It also shows notices for bids on additions to Altamont Hotel and a brick sale request with address placeholders, dates, and bidding terms.
Capt BR Hedsley formerly of Roanoke now a Goabr operator in the Mat Top fields searched Roanoke for laborers paying 1.25 per diem finding only one man willing to work. He planned to recruit fifty more in Bluefield and doubted Roanoke’s crisis as he could not find hungry workers.
Ad promises Hollister's Mountain makes sick people strong and healthy after many sufferers failed to improve. The notice cites Mill Creek Coal Coke Co West End Drug Co and others and touts Kodol as the top remedy for stomach disorders including dyspepsia heartburn sour stomach and belching of gas available from druggists.
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