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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
The 1908 fashion favors a very small waist with corsets two sizes smaller as women seek a round silhouette. Jet trimming replaces dull black, and patterns for sheath skirts with nine gores and hips fit are offered. a sample pattern requires 10 cents and number 3265.
A mass meeting in Town Hall with about fifty leaders voiced support for hosting the state Summer Normal School in July. A voluntary committee will survey families for housing and aim for larger attendance, building a permanent program for southwest counties. A fire-safety push for local schools follows a deadly Ohio blaze, with new fire plugs, hoses, escapes, and drills planned.
Market quotations from the Bluefield Brokerage Company report on stocks bonds and securities. The notice lists prices and trends from dealers operating on the third floor of the Kelly and Moyer Building in Bluefield West Virginia.
The Bluefield Merchandise Exchange offers a ten dollar prize for the best new business name for Mr. Catzen's store. Open to city students and Daily Telegraph readers, entries must be short easy to spell and memorable. Send to Furniture care of The Daily Telegraph before March 17 noon. names will be published.
Kodel is presented as today’s best known treatment for stomach disorders including dyspepsia heartburn sour stomach and belching. The product is advertised as available at all druggists.
An advertisement urges readers to use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to regulate bowels and aid digestion, promising relief from stomach trouble. It notes a free sample and lists multiple local drugstores including The West and Drug Co and East End Pharmacy. The snippet also mentions cosmetic appeals and travel wishes tied to a product line.
For sale eggs from pure bred to lay chick lens including Brown Leghorns White Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks at 1.25 per setting of 15. Shipped in improved packages. Send orders to Rhine Poultry Farm Keystone W Va Manager G C Metzger. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for beauty with claims of safe use and a 35 cent price. Ind Drug Co Freeman.
L B F Crocker aging 84 in Martinsburg Iowa testifies sematic rheumatism in his left arm and right hip eased after using three bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm. Sold by The West and Drue Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy.
The Post Office adopts Order No. 907 effective January 1 1908 requiring publishers to renew or drop subscribers who are in arrears. Dailies have three months tri weekly six months semi weekly one year to renew before second class mailing restrictions. Publishers may not extend credit freely and may face fines for noncompliance. The Daily Telegraph urges subscribers to pay up and publishers to cut off nonpayers, with notices and ads encouraging renewal, including help wanted and other local listings.
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