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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
2
Announce the wedding of Maude Beatrix Orr to William A Young on Wednesday October 21 in Cincinnati. Young, a former local businessman, has many friends here joining the Daily Telegraph in best wishes.
A Graham voter’s ballot incident shows a man who examined the ticket and believed it was correct without voting. The piece notes a Model Store front upgrade, a new restaurant on Malin Street, and local social and political mentions. Additional items cover residents’ travels, health updates, and visits between Graham and Bluefield.
A telephone report says Wyoming county gave Taft about 490 votes to Glasscock 350 and Meteger won the lower house seat over Thornhill. Roosevelt carried Wyoming by 902 as the four year old confirms the Roosevelt score.
Raleigh County voters backed the entire Republican slate. M. K. Matheny won a legislative seat. Daniels carried county clerk by 25, Hugh Dunn prosecutor by 230, Jeff McGinnis criminal court judge by 230, Cham bers clerk by 300, Milam assessor by 300, Philips sheriff by 63, while Holmes and Smith split the state senate vote.
The Springfield Union notes Gloucester as the nation’s leading fishing hub. It describes harbor activity with schooners bringing fish, crews cleaning and packing on the wharfs, and cod dried and salted before market. Boxes and packages are prepared for global shipment along the waterfront.
The Dundee Advertiser cites Frederic Harrison and others on Ruskin writing very long sentences and extending pages before a full stop. It highlights Wordsworths Character of the Happy Warrior as a prime example with two long compound sentences rich in adjectival clauses.
A poetic meditation contrasts two paths to fame one through heroic bronze and the other through a speechless marble face. It traces a war veteran seeking glory amid guns and orders, while a garret-dweller toils for recognition, each pursuing an epitaph that time cannot erase.
A Scientific American tip explains a method to mark umbrellas with the owner’s name. Brush cornstarch paste on the inner surface, apply the name in white lead paint, let dry, rub off excess paste, leaving white letters on the black cover for easy identification by finders or borrowers.
The New York Tribune notes Commodore Elliot blockaded the Russian fleet in Saghalin Gulf but misidentified Saghalin as a peninsula. The Russians slipped out via a northern channel into the sea of Okhotsk while British ships waited, revealing Saghalin as an island and a narrow northern channel.
The London Standard notes a yearly Old Neston church ritual for St Swithin's day in which the church is spread with hay. A donor once left a field to fund bread distributed quarterly. The field tenant provides the hay, rooted in a belief that new boots squeak, hence the hay to muffle the sound.
A quip from the editor of the Punkville Palladium notes no one to credit for certain jokes while contrasting Noah’s ark records with their publication. The Louisville Courier-Journal frames the exchange as a humorous aside about attribution.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt contrasts modern wealth measurement with historic money counting, featuring dialogue about what constitutes riches and how value is assessed across eras. An elderly philosopher remarks on the shift from old money counting to today’s metrics.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a wry remark on a bachelor’s button as a joke about absence, noting the item is “one that ain’t there.” The terse exchange plays on the idea of missing adornment and bachelorhood in a humorous teaser.
Classifieds in the Daily Telegraph promise fast responses for readers seeking items, services, or jobs. The page urges placing a want ad today to boost visibility and attract bidders or applicants.
A gentle laxative cough syrup without opiates is described as pleasant to take with a maple sugar-like taste. It is marketed by a local druggist for general use and especially liked by children.
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