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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
4
Communications and remittances should be sent to DAILY TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO Box 721 Blacfield W Va All mail for the Daily Graph goes to Y TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO No individuals connected with this paper are expected to receive mail about establishment matters No 14 J No 14 L
Citizens urged broad support for city improvements to lower insurance rates and fund equipment. Proponents claim debt of twenty five thousand dollars is justified as an investment with tax relief and lasting benefit. Senatorial race features A. W. Holmes M C Cook and M F Matheney with Matheney highlighted as a strong former representative.
Governor Dawson and State Superintendent Miler back a statewide Arbor Day plan urging Bluefield to designate a day for cleaning up. Citizens would join city teams to haul trash to the dump, with a push for thorough, concentrated action as soda fountain trends rise.
The piece argues for maintaining subsidies to support commercial shipping, contrasting domestic opposition with England's use of subsidies for Lusitania and Mauretania. It contends that without subsidies such ships would not exist and England, master of the seas, recognizes this.
A rhetoric urging the United States to emulate Britain’s naval strength. It extols an auxiliary navy ready for emergencies and a fleet that sustains trade while carrying British fame worldwide, urging the U S to take the lesson.
Obituary notes J H Farley died at home near Hinton after tuberculosis illness. He lived in Bluefield two years, survived by wife Miss Molic Fowler, father, mother, three sisters and three brothers. Burial was in the family cemetery near Hinton. Service includes a religious tribute and verses about immortality.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and offers a $100 reward for any catarrh caused deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It urges readers to send for free circulars and notes products including Dr. Cheney family pills.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a natural remedy for catarrh reaching nose throat and lungs. It claims quick relief and broad cures with a $1 outfit refund offer from The White Pharmacy in Bluefield. Also promotes DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for piles from druggists.
The notice asks Mercer county Republican voters to nominate G P Hylton for assessor in the party convention. It states his pledge to run the office to the best of his ability and to serve if chosen.
Committees from the Retail Clerks Union are pressing for 1908 early closing contracts. Bluefield merchants listed include Metropolitan Men’s Furnishings, Shumate Clothing, Paris, Eureka Hardware, Campbell Grocery, City Grocery, Phelps Furniture, Bluefield Mercantile, Thornton Clothing, Home Furniture, East End Merchandise, Bluefield Feed, Ford Music, and more. Stores will close March 16 at 7 pm except paydays, Labor Day all day, and July 4 at noon. Contracts run to September 30, 1908.
Alex Fleming advertises prompt analyses of coal coke limestone fire brick fire clay boiler water oils and paints plus assays of gold and silver from a Uniontown Pennsylvania office in the 618 First National Bank Building with first class work and contract rates.
The schedule shows from 4 to 7 pm shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, mathematics, rhetoric and commercial law with all related subjects, from 7 to 10 pm arithmetic, grammar and spelling with Mr. Norman R. Coulter at the Delbert Building. Sam Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic, for stomach, liver and kidney issues and as a blood purifier.
Rev. F. Starbird of East Raymond Maine endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best healer for an old army wound and other obstinate sores. He also reports success using it in his veterinary practice. Price 25 cents at all drug stores.
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