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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1908
Page
2
Old stomach limits blamed as ache, fullness, and dislike push you to detest certain foods. Kodol promises to digest all foods like a strong stomach, never tiring, and supports a resting stomach with a guaranteed refund if unsatisfied. Available at drug stores in large bottle, two and a half times a fifty cent bottle. Prepared by E C DeWitt Co Chicago.
Dowager Empress Tsze An and Emperor Kwang Sen died alone revealing old court rituals and long discarded customs. Prince Chun, regent to the young Pu Yi, is trusted to drive reforms including abolishing eunuchs and modernizing palace governance.
Circuit Court magistrate hears pretrial motions in the Ray Lamphere murder case involving Mrs Belle Gunness. The defendant faces charges in the Bluebeard case as the Gunness saga extends through court proceedings.
In Laporte Indiana three children testify to an alibi while attorney H W Worden plans to prove Mrs Gunness was seen at her farm two months after the alleged killing and house fire. Judge J C Richter will decide the punishment if a verdict goes against the defendant.
See Kinzer's Monday Sale ad in this issue and act now. Pleasant and safe DeWitt's Little Early Risers are recommended for easy relief and sold by all druggists.
The ladies of St Marys Guild plan a bazaar in the window of the Chicago Furnishing Company on December 38 with a mix of fancy and useful articles, candy and cake, plus a lively window display and bazaar.
An advertisement promises safety and reliability in fashion with up-to-date styles. It touts weekly salary payments and cash-store prices to keep buyers on the right financial track.
Dr. R. McNutt of Princeton favored a Princeton Bluefield street car line as a profitable link between two rail networks. He argued it would benefit both towns with easier connections and potential savings, while noting objections about harming the smaller town. He predicted strong patronage and high profits if properly funded and managed. The piece also includes colorful locals critiques and hints of street crime slang amid a broader tense mood.
The New York Press notes how fast sid ers repurpose baby carriages for market carts and hauling groceries, bundles of laundry, garments, and even coal. Children use the worn frames for play while demolished buildings provide wood and leftover items.
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes heredity shapes sons toward parental trades. Parents, weary of leather scent or smithy grime, often push sons into genteelly dull paths, stifling the spark for manufacturing, engineering, or entrepreneurship.
A fragment describes Bluefield's Coney Island with yew stands on the Red Lot a novelty dark gallery a percentage wheel a squeeze game and a fortune telling joint. Vendors offer rummie money and balls throwing racks and a large unopened trunk fueling speculation of a race track with eight French made horses.
Mrs Mary Dowling of San Francisco testifies to Electric Bitters aiding acute indigestion and stomach and liver troubles. She praises the tonic as a great alterative that purifies the blood and supports recovery, stating it is the best remedy on the market. 50c at all drug stores.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claiming fifteen years of reliable cure for sores boils ulcers and burns and says it saved many doctor bills. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
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