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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
The act broadens nuisance powers to shut down any building or private place where intoxicating liquors are stored sold or dispensed including clubs and drug stores. Courts may issue injunctions to abate the nuisance for up to one year or perpetually if earlier licenses were not in effect. It also revokes existing licenses and takes effect May 25.
Charles Fisher declares he is divorced from his first wife with a Charleston West Virginia circuit court decree dated March 22, 1906 and a Huntington West Virginia marriage in January 1907. He warns that persistent vicious rumors will prompt stricter measures to protect his wife and himself.
The text notes fevers at high elevations and malaria at lower levels by altitude. It promotes Electric Bitters as the remedy for lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness fever ague and general debility. Sold under guarantee at all drug stores price 50c.
The Democratic state delegate and judicial convention meets in Wheeling at noon with instruction to vote for William Jennings Bryan. Nine men are named as potential members of the “big four,” and five candidates seek three supreme court nominations. Wyndham H. Stokes declines a potential judicial bid.
The Democratic ticket generates a thunderous crowd as supporters rally for former Governor Louis Bennett amid a heated contest. Anxious factions press for McCorkle’s leadership, signaling shifting party loyalties and upcoming election battles.
The article outlines a scheme to push former Governor MacCorkle as the Democratic nominee. Col Chilton backs MacCorkle while Sen. Littlepage faces lukewarm support from key backers. Weston and Kanawha delegates influence the state nominating convention as Bennett pursues the race, with plans to trigger a stampede toward MacCorkle if needed.
Bristol Tennessee Virginia dispatch reports Ryan syndicate gains in the DetroitToledo and Ironton Railroad and a plan to build the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio as a trunk line from the Great Lakes to the South Atlantic. The project would run from Seaboard Air Line at Bostic North Carolina to Elkhorn Kentucky and through Southwest Virginia coal fields, with operation expected in three to four years. Construction had slowed but is now ramping up again as workers return.
An old gentleman asks if someone can support his daughter who has expensive tastes. A prospective husband suggests marriage to share the burden, noting that marrying her would allow them to split costs.
Madam questions the nursemaid about the four children brought home from a walk. She expresses concern over their altered appearance and asks if they are the right ones.
A bride lies unconscious in the kitchen after a cake toppled onto her. She awakens briefly gasping that the cake fell on her before fainting again.
Transplanted tomato plants ship the day an order is received at 75e per 100. Fallon Florist in Roanoke, Virginia offers delivery and subscription to the Daily Telegraph.
A staged leap year scheme among five eligible women backfires as Mr Guy D. Harrison subtly delays, prompting a newspaper society column reveal. The twist comes when Harrison's engagement to Miss Margaret Boyd, a thirtyish city belle, is announced, surprising the would be matchmakers.
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia advertises tomato plants in ten varieties packed in baskets for fall delivery. Prices listed as 75e per basket with ptr 100. Date shown June 12, 1920.
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