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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
4
Daily Telegraph printing office box contact for mail and officials. No individuals connected expected to receive mail. March 17 1908. Business office and editorial rooms listed with telephone lines.
The article predicts a strong housing and commercial boom with paving under way, the Allen Street Bridge starting soon, and vigorous building trades activity. New school and federal buildings are highlighted as major projects, along with municipal improvements and a broader optimistic trend in Bluefield. It notes Judge Gray’s tempered expectations amid the overall boom.
The Kanawha scene weighs a law for a state primary policy as it plans a new primary to decide Hearne delegates to the state conventions. Four delegations would result two per gathering. Opponents urge restraint while noting the political friction this causes and the need for legal clarity.
The Mercer McDowell Minxo Wyoming Raleigh and Monroe counties advocate a combined effort to nominate a gubernatorial candidate this year. They express unity and enthusiasm for a convention that could produce a strong ticket.
The Municipal Journal reports 1907 street paving in about 250 cities, showing regional preferences among brick, stone block, asphalt, bitulithic and other materials. It notes brick predominance in certain regions, asphalt rising, and bitulithic gaining ground, with fire departments praising bitulithic for grip on horse surfaces.
An odd composite snippet notes spring signs and Australia’s future war manpower. It shifts to medical ad copy claiming deafness stems from Eustachian Tube inflammation and catarrh, promising cures via Hall's Catarrh Cure with offers of compensation for curing deafness, plus a Wall’s Family Pills recommendation.
The narrator predicts a large US fleet will sail via Suez to the east coast then circle the globe. He foresees a future war with Japan and territories in the Pacific, with ships visiting Manila and Gibraltar and returning home with a strong world impression of the United States. The voyage is costly and risky but deemed worthwhile.
Public notices detail an ordinance proposal by Bluestone Traction Co to modify street railway routes in Bluefield West Virginia including Bland Adams and North Streets. Also Beaver Pond district Board of Education plans to sell 150 000 in coupon bonds at 6 percent, bids sealed for sale on March 7, 1908.
Kodol is presented as the best known remedy for dyspepsia heartburn sour stomach and belching of gas and is sold by all druggists.
The notices announce two mass Republican meetings in West Virginia. One in Huntington on April 6 1908 to nominate a congress candidate and elect district committee members and delegates to the national convention in Chicago. The Mercer county mass meeting at Bramwell on April 4 1908 aims to select 24 delegates across districts to attend the state convention and to send delegates to the Chicago national convention while choosing judges of the supreme court and arranging a future senatorial convention.
Uniontown laboratory run by Alex Fleming offers analyses of coal coke limestone fire brick roiler water oils paints and assays of gold and silver with special contract rates. The notice also promotes Sublette Barnes chipped beef and Dr King s New Life Pills with a refund guarantee and DeWitts remedies sold by druggists.
Hon. William H. Hearne of Ohio County asks Republican voters to assess his qualifications for West Virginia governor at the next state convention. The message targets citizens of the Northern Panhandle, regardless of proposer's politics. In other news, Mrs. J P White of Rushboro Pa praises Dr King s New Discovery for lung trouble, promising relief and a cure for coughs colds bronchitis and hoarseness with a money back guarantee. Trial bottles free.
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