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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
5
An ad from The Goodykoontz Drug Company of Bluefield West Virginia touts Rexall Orderlies as a safe pleasant remedy for constipation and bowel disorders. It claims doctors focus on regular bowels and warns against harsh laxatives while offering a money back guarantee.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a rapid cure for colds sore throat catarrh bronchitis and asthma. It describes medicated inhaled air delivered via a pocket inhaler and claims immediate relief with a complete outfit priced at one dollar and a money back guarantee from The White Pharmacy.
The store proclaims quality and quantity with low prices and fair treatment. New high grade goods arrive daily in groceries and fruit specialty items. Readily available items include lemons, peels, citrons, currants, prunes, pears, peaches, apricots, apples, oysters, greens, vegetables, and fresh produce.
Ih GITY AND GOALFIELD Navajo Tribe No. 102 and Improved Order of Red Men plan an open meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Old Masonic Hall Bland Street. West Virginia officials will attend as guests along with other speakers. All Red Men and the public invited.
Dr CC M Scott wed Miss Hazel Morton in Catlettsburg Kentucky with Bluefield guests and local attendants from the city. The paper also reports vote canvass progress, mining appointment chatter, theater by Latimore Leigh Company, dressmaker Nellie M Wall moving to new quarters, and a string of society notices and visits across Bluefield and nearby towns.
The city attends the funeral of Landon Borden who died on Sunday. N. W. Thomas, longtime assistant to the city engineer, has left for Pittsburg but will keep Bluefield as his legal residence. Also returning from Virginia funeral services are L L Harless, Mrs Meadow, Mrs R H Mey, Mr and Mrs R E Blandford, Miss Virginia Bell, Miss Sallie Reese, and Miss Bessie Reese.
Mrs H J Freach died yesterday morning at 5 30 after a long illness. Survived by husband seven children and a sister Mrs Larriet Lynch of Virginia. The Christian church member will be buried at Maple Part after funeral this afternoon conducted by Rev W S Bullard.
The article traces the two constellations known as the Great and Little Bear or Wain, noting Arab and Iroquois names and Homer’s bear and wagon references. It discusses Aryan roots for bear, Sanskrit riksha meanings, and the pole star as Ursa Minor' most famed feature, linking cynosure to the dog’s tail.
An Irish chamber maid named Nora helps an aged scrubwoman carry a heavy pall of water, drawing praise from hotel staff and onlookers. The hotel owner notes Nora earns more tips than two other workers and finances a winter in Ireland with summer earnings. The scene appears in a New York Tribune feature alongside a dental health note and a local ad.
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