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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
Published every morning except Monday the Daily Telegraph Printing Co lists subscription rates and advertising terms. It details daily and prepaid options, with three to twelve month plans and a weekly rate, plus a note that advertising rates are furnished on application.
The Tuesday election results prove Bluefield is solidly Republican with every ticket winner gaining majorities around 200. Taft attracts some support from local Democrats, while 1,000 Westinghouse jobs are promised soon. broader national commentary follows on leadership and history.
The text cites quotes about presidential desire and reluctance, noting fears of fame and load of office. It then reports Roanoke and Bluefield voting totals for Bryan and Taft, census figures, and local sentiment, concluding with a note that Holmes wins state senate seat.
The Cincinnati Times-Star extols William Howard Taft praising his campaign prowess and victory over Bryan with rousing lines of pride and gratitude. The verse celebrates public support and calls Taft’s success a grand achievement for the nation.
A sanitarium patient sleeps on the roof to escape a squeaky bed disturb her. The doctor uses imagination to calm her, noting the patient in No 22 had slept on the roof for weeks. Also quips about a mustached horse and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertisement with testimonials and prices.
An advertisement argues William Tell Flour is the absolutely clean flour. It claims wholesome bread requires clean flour with no impurities, asserting microscopic and chemical tests show only pure flour in the bag.
The article surveys Monroe and Madison era views on expansion and population growth, noting Madison’s 6,000,000 guess and early U.S. cities' sizes in 1789 to 1817. It contrasts Washington’s opposition to Mississippi ownership with Monroe’s later reach and the Monroe Doctrine, plus a tangential anecdote about remnant sales and a courtroom joke.
A musician praises verse that outlives great writers and recalls Guarnerius the pauper violin maker. The tale explains why his thick violins failed, while unpared instruments fetch high prices, a cautionary note on pride and valued craft.
A Philadelphia Record quote notes the lure of old bookstores where patrons linger, read entire volumes in an afternoon, forget surroundings, and often request out of print titles. The proprietors describe the store as a free library in a business that is both interesting and fairly profitable.
A country storekeeper with long bright shears calmly cuts a roll of silk into remnants as he explains to a woman in the city about its fate and use.
Dialogue pair scenes a bride and groom and a joke about being run down after a chase. A reader’s exchange includes a plant joke and a proverb about pride, ending with light humorous quips from multiple sources.
Goldsmith mocks M. in a party tale from the Memoirs of the Earl of Nugent. He contrastively labels the performer as Goose M Bull M and Frog M for waddling bellowing croaking while conceding he is a good actor aside from the faults.
A woman describes plans to return to England with savings to buy a gypsy wagon. She touts wide bunks a kitchen and sitting room, enabling ants nights under stars or in the wagon. She notes artists and actors using such wagons and compares them favorably to houseboats or bungalows.
The Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company informs water takers that from January 1 1909 all flat rate rents are due in advance. Metered service rents are due by the first of the month following service. Bluefield W Va November 2 1908.
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