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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
4
A bluefield West Virginia notice lists bath pricing options for Daily Telegraph Printing Co editions. Rates include daily, three months, six months, one year and weekly subscriptions with a 10 cent per day figure noted.
The notice directs all communications and remittances to Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia and states there are no individuals connected with the paper expected to receive mail. It lists business and editorial office rooms and provides a Sunday date of May 17 1908.
The editorial praises the ticket as strong and predicts a 1500 vote majority in November. It urges all Republicans to work for success and notes satisfied Mercer Republicans avoided a bitter state official contest. It also mocks weather bureau sunshine forecasts when on the job.
An editorial notes the crowds at yesterday's convention show mass gatherings are failing to reflect voter will. It advocates adopting primaries or district conventions to send delegates to county bodies despite current confusion. It praises the outcome and hints at political reform amid resource concerns.
National musicians in convention assembled resolve to keep the Star Spangled Banner dignified amid jumbled and lesser tunes. They warn against degrading the grand air while noting its integral role in national musical color and early impressions on children. Some cautious steps may come, but care should prevail.
A fragment discusses avoiding a ruling that would reduce the medleys pleasing to youths and young adults, referencing The Star Spangled Banner and concerns over excluding it from musical selections.
Willington D C May 16 The coming week will feature political religious educational and industrial gatherings of national interest. Democratic state conventions lead the agenda with delegates chosen in multiple states and Bryan likely to be endorsed by most conventions. Navy fleet moves from San Francisco to Puget Sound ports precede other public events.
The paper promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces building constitution and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Includes request for testimonials and dealer location in Toledo Ohio.
A Bluefield reader shares relief from back pain kidney troubles and nerve strain using Doan’s Kidney Pills. The testimonial cites workers’ strain on the back and hips and lists local Bluefield sellers and price as fifty cents. Also advertised are Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets with free samples and Bluefield druggists as distributors.
J Keaton Walker announces his candidacy for Justice of the Peace in Rock District. He states the bid is subject to the Democratic convention and asks support from friends.
A candidate announces for Mercer county clerk subject to the Democratic convention and seeks support from party friends at the convention and in the polls.
A collection of humorous excerpts includes a traveling salesman letter seeking orders in New England, a Nelson Lancashire grocery tale about weighing jars of treacle, and a 1080 duel incident in New England. Also quoted are quips on apprenticeship and Herbert Spencer avoiding muddy shoes, ending with notice of Spring Coal Mining Co annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Classified notices advertise hotel furniture for sale due to lease ending and retirement, a corner lot for sale, a house and lot for sale, a buyer for draft horses and mules, pasture rent near Tazewell Virginia, and a nurses examination board meeting in Wheeling with address for applications.
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