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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
4
The item notes advertising rates furnished on application by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co of Bluefield West Virginia. It also contains a stream of local curiosities, commentary on Hinton politics, Minnesota politics and a mix of editorial jokes about current events, figures and social life.
The Roanoke dispatch claiming Norfolk and Western keeps empty freight cars on sidings to pressure wage cuts is dismissed as uncredible by nearby observers. Officials denied the charge and newspapers avoided repeating it. The piece argues wage fairness ties to harvest results.
A historical argument links wage levels to consumption and dividend returns for the Norfolk and Western. High wages drive consumption and profits, while low wages reduce demand and risk bankruptcy. The piece argues U S workers are highly paid and that other nations thrive from wage growth.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promotes Dr. Cheney's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases. It claims nine of ten cases improve once inflammation is treated and urges readers to send for a free circular. The ad also hawks Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
The Beaver Pond Board of Education in Mercer County West Virginia will auction forty cash coupon bonds of 100 each, in multiples, totaling 150000, at 2 pm March 21 1808 at the secretary’s office Bluefield. Bids sealed and accompanied by a 1 percent certified check.
An ad touts Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion and stomach distress. It promises rapid relief from gas sour tastes heartburn and nausea after meals. The product is claimed to digest 5000 grains of food and to purify stomach and intestines.
Notice states Bluestone Traction Company seeks council approval to amend its franchise to construct operate and route an electric street railway in Bluefield including Bland South Bland Jefferson Adams streets and to reroute from South to North Street. Ordinance on file. council to vote after 30 days. Also Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertising.
Sam Croy, a slow minded Yorkville resident, amuses and alarms locals by buying up houses and lots with windfall cash. A sharp local observer guides him, exposing the ploy as townspeople collapse into rumors, mobs, and a frantic real estate frenzy centering on his sudden fortune.
A read-through of a sensational oil basin rumor shows a site said to yield millions of gallons. Promoters rush capital, Crey touted in color, land prices surge wildly, and speculative loans flood the county before a collapse reveals the scheme.
Hon William H Hearne of Ohio County seeks Republican voters in the Northern Panhandle to inquire into his qualifications for the West Virginia governor's office ahead of the next state convention. He requests information from any citizen regardless of the party of the inquirer.
Mrs J P White of Ashboro Pa credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her life from lung disease. The ad touts the medicine as a reliable remedy for coughs colds laryngippes and bronchitis and hoarseness and notes it is sold with a guarantee at drug stores with trial bottles free.
Secret Society notes show Bluefield Lodge No 260 meets Tuesdays at 8 PM at Red Men's Hall. Bluefield Lodge No 85 A F and A M holds stated communications on the second Tuesday of each month at Masonic Hall third floor Lazarus Building Princeton Ave.
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