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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
6
Contractors have 2000 to 2500 workers on a Virginian railway project between Mulling and Pandleton. The 24 mile route includes three tunnels and a $1.6 million cost with September 1905 finish target. Work proceeds from both ends barring severe weather.
G. C. Newman was arrested by O. C. Newkirk at Pando on Tuesday charged with criminally assaulting 14 year old Bessie Smith. The act is alleged to have occurred last October 24. Newman, about 26, a miner, was held for the grand jury at Welch. The girl says she did not consent. Both parties are white.
A Taft conference at Taft Cottage in Springs Virginia discussed New York politics and administration plans. The group including Taft, Sherman and William Ward agreed that Secretary Root will succeed Thomas C. Platt in the New York Senate if Root desires the post.
Governor Edwin E Stuart called on governors of sixteen states to attend the American Mining Congress annual convention in Pittsburg on December 4. The governors will be guests as the conference aims to promote uniform state mining safety laws, protect investors, reduce waste, and harmonize state and federal legislation.
In Harper’s Weekly a boy complains his mother is trying to rub him out while she scrubs him in suds. The exchange captures playful domestic humor through a child’s stammer and a mother’s patient response.
Advertising copy touts DeWitt's Carborized Witch Hazel Salve as healing cooling and cleansing. Claims special usefulness for piles and notes availability from all druggists.
Notice served by H A Melvin stating Bertie Melvin has left his bed and board and will not be responsible for any bills after November 18, 1908. This 2t notice declares separation and financial responsibility ends with that date.
The label claims Sauer's flavoring extract is pure. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is described as bowel gently with no opiates and a maple sugar taste, marketed as pleasant for children and sold by all druggists.
Governor W M O Dawson proclaims Thursday November 26 as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer in West Virginia. The message lauds the year’s blessings, moral awakening, and calls citizens to gratitude in homes and churches with prayers for guidance. Charleston capitol, November 13, 1908, seal affixed. C. W. Swisher serves as secretary.
On November 18 1883 the United States and Canada synchronized to four one hour apart time zones. The shift ended the era of fifty local standards and multiple railroad times and was spearheaded by W F Allen of the American Railway Association. The reform influenced many nations to adopt the same system.
Kinzer issues an invitation to members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs to visit his store. The notice appears in the Daily Telegraph with a subscription reminder.
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