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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
3
The article discusses exclusive fashion trends for affluent ladies, emphasizing rich materials like lace furs and embroidery to distinguish wearers. It notes delicate gowns for young girls with minimal trimming, clever velvet ribbon techniques, and a pattern for a six sizes waist pattern mailed on request.
Fragmented reminiscences describe temperance meetings where orderly crowd control broke down amid interruptions. The piece recounts a dramatic moment with a prize fighter and a warning to keep order, followed by stray notes on daily life and a chocolate industry statistic.
An old advertisement touts Cham berliin s Love as a remedy for itching and smarting with rapid relief and cure. Priced at 25 cents, sold by The West End Drug Co Mast End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
Reverend J Starbird of East Raymond Maine says four years of using Bucklen’s Aruba Salve on an old army wound and other sores proves it the best healer. He also uses it in his veterinary practice with great success. Price 25 cents at all drug stores.
In Bluefield the K of P lodge plans to vote on moving meeting place to the old Masonic Hall on Bland street while Lent services begin with Rev C R W Kegley preaching at the Presbyterian Church. A fourth victim's body from the Bailey freight wreck is found and a plan to relocate Y M C A near the depot is discussed.
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with worship at 11 led by Rev P L O Clark. The evening sermon at 7 30 p m titled The Right Way to Treat Discouragements follows an evangelistic service inviting all to attend.
Alexander Cruden, noted for the Bible Concordance, was appointed bookseller to Queen Caroline by Sir Robert Walpole. The 1737 dedication led to a royal reception before her death sixteen days later, and Cruden later earned £800 from editions dedicated to George II and his grandson. He was known as Alexander the Corrector and faced periods in private asylums.
A description recalls a man who enforced Sabbath observance in public and funded his tract distribution and Concordance project. The essay notes his laborious work may have unhinged his mind, leading to death at Camden Street Slington on November 1, 1770, and reflects on European labor costs.
I FY Crocker age 84 and longtime justice of the peace at Martinsburg Iowa suffers sciatic rheumatism in left arm and right hip He reports using three bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm and receiving much relief Available from The West End Drug Co Hast Bad Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy
The postal service announces effective January 1 1908 an amendment to Section 424 making renewals for unpaid subscriptions limited. Dailies must renew within three months tri weekly within six months semi weekly within one year. Unpaid renewals do not count toward second class mailing and publishers may adjust rates. The New York Sun notes penalties for arrears and urges publishers and subscribers to comply.
The notice urges subscribers to pay up to keep the Daily Telegraph and asks readers to renew now. It promotes the yellow name tab on papers for payment and announces a want ad column offering help wanted rentals and items for sale with penny a word slots for quick placement.
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