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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
2
Advertises Kodol as a perfect digester that rests the stomach to cure indigestion. Claims ordinary pepsin and digestives are ineffective, promises money back if not helped, and notes the bottle guarantees with a Druggist payoff. Mentions Chicago labs and a family limit on the offer.
Editor A. F. Hendricks of the Graham Banner receives a Thanksgiving feast aid as Norfolk and Western No. 4 ends the life of his prized rooster in a single, swift encounter. The incident accompanies a week of railway recovery and local business revival across Graham and Williamson.
Agitation for stronger game laws grows as wholesale deer slaughter threatens extinction. West Virginia deer are restricted to Greenbrier Pocahontas and Randolph counties along the Greenbrier river. Deputy wardens quit after a court ruling bar on fines pay. hunters chase deer with hounds and kill at watering places, fires destroy cover, leaving poachers with open field. If no action is taken, deer may soon be exterminated.
The body of Crozier store manager C E Miller died of pneumonia was sent by train No 16 to Troutville Virginia for burial. Mrs J M Phelps was taken to St Luke's hospital for treatment and is the wife of police officer Phelps. Alfrey Brown and Ellen Hicks, colored, wed at Scott Street Methodist Church as about 100 friends saw them off. Bluefield’s Coney Island bustled with vendors and an active Midway as Crieg performed Hurry Hurry. Dr R F Williams of Riner planned to locate in Bluefield and open an office after returning from Kenova.
On the main avenue between the Stag Hotel and the Summit hotel the Red Lot drew a dense crowd last night. Spectators noted makeshift stands on the best site, while odd details about a man with twenty four babies on a rack suggested a carnival atmosphere and risky antics amid the throng.
Cohen Bros from New York and Chicago advertises a limited run sale of Persian and Turkish rugs with prices as low as 25 dollars and reductions on embroidery linens lace and French trench items. The sale stresses cash clearance and runs for three more days.
A druggist note describes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as opiate free and easy to take. It is pleasant in taste, likened to maple sugar, and marketed for general use including children.
A list of Bramwell and Bluefield residents and visitors details multiple trips and gatherings around Thanksgiving. Notables include Ernest Freeman and William E. Rose traveling to Richmond and Richmond-bound groups from Princeton and Bramwell visiting the city for holiday events.
A Mercer County notice touts a revolution in brewing with Pocahontas Malt a non alcoholic tonic from Bluefield Brewing Company claiming malt and hop extracts without alcohol. Also ads Mary Emerson in The Making of Maddalena at the Elks Opera House with seats at The White Pharmacy and Sauer's Lemon Extract promotes terpeneless claim prices 10 and 24 cents.
Advertises LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. Promises druggist refunds if failure. Tagged with Dr W Grove signature on each box. Also promotes ManZan Pile Remedy claiming immediate relief for all forms of piles and a Goodykoontz Drug Co. endorsement.
An old advertisement touts DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as unequaled for weak back backache bladder inflammation and rheumatic pains with prompt antiseptic action and wide druggist distribution.
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