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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1908
Page
1
A 19th century article argues filters are ineffective and dangerous, asserting only distilled water is pure. It cites scientists like Prof Edward Warman and Prof Loeffler, condemning domestic filters and praising distillation for safety and clarity in water.
Advertisement touts Blue Ribbon Vanilla as absolutely pure with strong flavor, claiming it goes twice as far and offers superior quality for best baking results.
Try nut salad for your Sunde supper two parts of chopped celery to one part of nuts. Cover with salad dressing. Sublette and Barnes can furnish shelled walnuts pecans and almonds also fine salad dressings or materials if you prefer to make your own.
President Roosevelt outlines a legislative program to be urged in a special message next week. The measures include tariff revision, an amended Sherman act, curbs on injunctions in labor disputes, employers liability, and the Aldrich financial bill. Leaders from both parties pledged support after meetings at the White House and in the president’s offices.
The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin to the Italian king, reportedly engaged to Miss Katherine Elkins, sails for Europe aboard a liner under the name Luigi Sarto. He declines interview requests saying everything is all right and notes the Elkins family has made no public statement.
United States Senators W E Borah of Idaho and Norris Brown of Nebraska and Representative Henry Sherman Boutell were guests of honor at a Theta Pi club dinner at the Hotel Astor. Optimistic tones said prosperity would return and recent legislation would have lasting effects on the nation’s food supply.
John D. Rockefeller will leave Augusta Monday for Richmond where he will stay a week to ten days. From Richmond he travels to Hot Springs and then to New York, returning to Augusta next season. His secretary notes he has been treated as a human being and gentleman.
New York reports a volatile week on the stock market with principal stocks fluctuating as bulls and bears clash. Factors like steel copper and lead demand export gains bank strength and crop prices fail to dispel unease as politics hinder business and utilities.
Washington March 21. The fortifications appropriation bill passed the house without material amendments. In closing debate critics charged the war department overspent on Subig Bay defenses, questioned Cavite strengthening, and frowned on estimates for a 30 million dollar allocation unlikely to be spent in ten years. The bill as passed carries 32,945,631 dollars, with 642,718 added by the senate.
Washington reports a midnight conference with Festus J. Wade and J. B. Smith of the western board of trade. Both men are tied to the waterways project and the talk centers on judging their suitability for service on the waterways commission and possible legislative support to initiate the program.
General Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff serve sentences for surrendering Port Arthur and the Sea of Japan. They occupy adjoining twenty foot square rooms in the fortress overlooking a garden where officers may promenade.
The house committee on public lands authorized a favorable report on a senate resolution allowing the attorney general to sue to recover two million acres from the California and Oregon Railroad Company controlled by the Southern Pacific. The land is said to have been acquired from the government on the condition it be sold at 2.40 per acre, and is alleged to have been refused by the railway.
Washington report states Senator Bryan of Florida is in improved condition after a good night, his temperature at 101.9 degrees, with some hopes of recovery.
In Carlisle Kentucky on March 21 a bang of night riders killed Halen Hedges an Independent tobacco farmer. The incident marks the first night rider action in the Blue Grass region.
Washington reports Democrats discuss ex Governor William L Douglas of Massachusetts as a possible vice presidential pick for William Jennings Bryan. His rise from poverty to wealth, factory owner and labor ally, colors the appeal and plausibility of a ticket featuring his name.
March 21 marked the 102nd anniversary of Benito Juarez birth with nationwide fetes. Juarez, rising from humble Indian origins, led Mexico through a crucial era and is revered as a savior of independence.
Lexington March 21 The Rhodes scholarship committee of Kentucky selected Winchester Stuart of Owensboro as Kentucky's representative to Oxford University England for this year Stuart represented Central University at Danville and was studying to be a missionary to China.
Paducah reports Circuit Judge William Reed empaneled a special grand jury in Marshall County to probe night riding. He and Commonwealth's Attorney John D. Lovett lead the investigation after receiving a long distance warning from Benton Ky. last night. Lisbon marks Crown Prince Luiz Philippe's would be twenty one with flags at half mast and tributes to his memory.
New Orleans March 21 Angelus Chapul won the Park Derby with Teence second and Meelick third in a time of 2 06 8 5.
In Denver on March 21, Guiseppe Alla, killer of Father Leo Henrichs, was moved from the Denver jail to the state prison at Canyon City to be hanged the week of July 12. He appeared gaunt and scratched in court, supported by officers as Judge Greely W. Whitford pronounced doom.
United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman is seriously ill at his Tren ton home with a nervous attack. Physicians say the present symptoms resemble a relapse of the illness he faced three years ago, with numbness and left side tightness easing slightly in the last day.
The Rhode Island Democratic state convention in Music Hall decided not to adopt Bryan resolutions and referred the matter to delegates at large. Eight delegates at large were chosen to attend the national convention unpledged, with Bryan supporters expressing satisfaction with the outcome.
Washington March 21. While the supreme court and other institutions may retard the growth and action of our movement we boldly assert that no power on earth can destroy outlaw or disrupt the trade union movement. An address issued to organized labor and farmers associations by labor workers in session in this city.
The Agriculture Department announces an annual quarantine against interstate cattle shipments from 14 states with splenetic fever effective April 1. Regions affected include California Oklahoma Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida. In St Louis a fire at Forest Park University caused a general alarm. the campus hosts about 300 students from across the country.
The Mayflower yacht sails from New Orleans for Vicksburg where Mrs. Roosevelt will board for a Mississippi river voyage. Sublette & Barnes offer shelled English walnuts pecans and almonds for sale. Kodol marketed as remedy for digestive issues by druggists.
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