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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
4
A Daily Telegraph column lampoons candidates and public life with remarks on March moods. The piece jokes about suppressed noises touring cars and a groundhog reveal, while noting the big tasks faced by scientists and the burden of government budgets and census data.
The Richmond Evening Journal reports March 6 that the Virginia senate resumed consideration of the appropriations bill for public free schools. Senator Chase proposed raising the $500,000 allocation to $600,000, with Senator Parsons supporting adding another $100,000. The senate rejected the larger total by a 24 to 8 vote. Senators Chase Lassiter Lincoln McAlexander Noel Parsons supported the amendment.
The Virginia Senate debated free text books for public school pupils with amendments to a $500,000 to $600,000 appropriation. Republicans Chase Lincoln Me Alexander Noel Parsons Strother supported the amendments. Democrats Lassiter Sale Strode and the body generally opposed. The party split tests the Democrats’ claim as friends of public schools.
The editor argues the North Collinwood school’s fireproof claim is a libel on the term as the building burned rapidly, killing many. The piece asserts genuine fireproof construction can slow internal fires and prevent such rapid destruction, noting higher costs but saving lives.
Dr Harvey W Wiley, chief of the U S Department of Agriculture, denounces chemical preservative use in foods arguing drugs belong to sickness not food and that preservatives kill fermentation signals, making food poisonous rather than healthy.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the eustachian tube and can be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any deafness cure that cannot be achieved by Hill's Catarrh Cure and promotes various remedies from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A testimonial touts Doan Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney and back pain with user J. Barrow of 102 Mercer Street and others citing relief. The notice warns of a trustee sale by G W Atkinson for H R Raudenbust notes, to be held March 28, 1908, at the Bluefield City Hall, Mercer County, West Virginia, cash due.
An ad promotes Hellister's Rocky Mountain Tea and tablets for a clear smile and happy demeanor. Bigin tow. 35¢. Tea or Tablets. Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co., West a Pde ie WMD Peeters Mirae nenry.
Ohio County candidate William H Hearne asks Northern Panhandle Republicans to inquire into his qualifications for the West Virginia governorship. The message urges voters to consider his fitness regardless of others’ politics. Also promotes Dr King’s New Discovery with testimonials and a sale price.
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