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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement touts Kodol as a digestant that mimics a healthy stomach and lets users eat freely without fullness heartburn or repetition. It claims the product digests all foods, never tires, and guarantees refunds if unsatisfied with a bottle purchased at drugstores.
The Graham Daily News reports Dr. N K Conner will move from Graham to Raleigh to make his home. Local excitement remains as residents discuss baseball between the Red Sox and a college team. Also noted are family emergencies, business activity at the foundry, and travel mentions of residents visiting Bluefield and Charleston.
A reflective note imagines life as a journey along a path of life with hope that the road ahead will be filled with roses and positive outcomes. The speaker invokes optimism for the future and the beauty of growth along the way.
Word reached the city that in Athens county Ohio the local option election produced a Black candidate as prosecuting attorney, defeating incumbent Foster. Foster was renominated by Republicans, Democrats backed the Black candidate, and a large defection occurred amid accusations of failing to prosecute corrupt county officials.
Florence Davis brings her new comedy Under the Greenwood Tree to the Elks Opera House on Saturday November 3. The tour follows London and New York success with Maxine Elliott and features Elliott Dexter as her leading man and a lavish Garrick Theatre production. The actress is well known across the South for her refined comedy.
Robert H Harris supported by the Harris Parkinson Stock Company opens a week at Elis Opera House with a Monday night start and a matinee on Wednesday The young actor rose from relative obscurity to much praise earning the nickname magnetism for his natural acting Bluefield friends send best wishes for his engagement.
The season’s vaudeville features with Mr Harris are outstanding and include Bell and Doris, society sketch artists LeCompe and Lessler, Marie Miller, and "Fred" famed for the calliope voice, all delivering splendid success.
The Medical Record cites Dr Brandreth Symonds noting life expectancy rises for those under normal weight past age thirty. He finds heart disease and Brights disease are rarer among underweights, with pneumonia and tuberculosis as exceptions. no fat man reached eighty, while forty four underweights did.
A titled Englishman in New Port entertained a group of ladies with thoughts on ancestral pride. He noted better things exist than pride in birth and recalled a duchess who ridiculed a boastful young marquis whose family far surpasses his conduct. The duchess asked how his ancestry would feel about him.
A London Answers note recalls an eleven year old class pupil named Thomas Jones asking what Half a league means. The boy, described as a football captain and indomitable fullback, quips that it means they couldn’t get enough clubs to make up the full league.
A humorous exchange recounts a buyer arguing over a dog price. Charlie asks for details while Arthur retrieves context. The line features a bull terrier and a remark about paying 4.50, highlighting a witty misread of value in a casual chat.
Comic exchange from Kansas City Independent features a flirtatious line about a night at the theater. The dialogue plays on a bone pun with the wishbone serving as a humorous motif.
In a dialogue from Irustrated Bits Count de Broke questions if he is mistaking identity while the heiress longs to be loved for herself. Suspicion haunts the guilty mind as the exchange unfolds.
Mind Your Business ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills claiming relief from biliousness malaria and jaundice with a 25 cent price at all drug stores Also mentions Kinzer Your Jeweler offering bracelets in varied styles taut and promotional in tone
A revolution in Merger County highlights Bluefield Brewing Company unveiling Pocahontas Malt a non alcoholic malt and hop tonic. It blends choicest malt extract with bitter hops offering a refreshing nourishing beverage for strong or weak alike. Call your grocer or druggist Bluefield W Va. Phone 210.
Goodykoontz Drug Company in Bluefield West Virginia touts Vinol as superior to cod liver oil. It claims Vinol restores appetite, builds strength, and aids delicate children and the ill, with a money back guarantee if no benefit. It cites endorsements from over 5,000 leading US druggists.
An advertisement extols the healthiness and versatility of Sealshipt Oysters, touting freshness from sealed airtight packs with ice, no water contact, and a pure natural oyster. It notes need for freshness to enjoy flavor, and mentions display in a white porcelain case with the blue Sealshipt trademark.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed five minute cold remedy. It describes medicated air inhaled via a pocket inhaler to stop discharge and inflammation, curing colds, coughs, sore throat, catarrh, bronchitis and asthma, with a $1.00 outfit and refund if it fails.
W V Henry of Panama Missouri touts seven years proof that Dr King's New Discovery cures coughs colds throat and chest ailments. The public already has thirty eight years proof that it treats la grippe asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption. Prevents pneumonia when used timely. Sold at drug stores 50 cents to 1.00 with trial bottle free.
A Maine resident praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve after fifteen years of use for sore boils ulcers and burns saying it saved many doctor bills. The ad notes the product costs 26 cents at all drug stores.
Stieff pianos advertised at Frederick and Windsor sparking bargain sales with prices starting at 150 dollars. The listing promotes limited stock and urges quick purchase to avoid missing the deal.
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