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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
6
A string of brief notices records W. D. Ord of Landgraff, Rev. P. H. Gilenson of Gary, and others visiting Bluefield yesterday. Medical updates report Dr. Morgan P. Micou ill with typhoid. Several locals travel for family matters, business, or hosting guests in nearby towns and states.
Republican congress candidate C B Slemp clashed with Democrat J Lloyd Byars in a lively Wise Virginia joint debate. Byars spoke forty five minutes, Slemp answered with sharp, crushing retorts to the crowd mostly Republican. Slemp then hurried to catch a train toward East Radford for further campaigning with Leslie M Shaw.
The Democrats and Mr Summers the Republicans share a lively exchange and both parties express satisfaction with the work of their candidates. The heated discussion underscores competitive political dynamics and partisan engagement.
In Buffalo at a Democratic Mass meeting Samuel Gompers demanded Taft name a single false statement he attributed to the AFL leader. Gompers said Taft claimed he was lied about and called for an apology if no point is proven. The piece also advertises a Bluefield tailors event on Oct 14.
Ex tracts offered at best price with claims of pure flavor in SAUER brand. Real Rose Hats Pings advertised as genuine rose make. Jewelry by C. J. Kinzer priced from $1.50 to $4.50. DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills promoted as famous remedy sold by all druggists.
Kinzer, your jeweler, announces closing this line with reduced prices on cut glass items.
The McDowell County committee changes itineraries for Glasscock and Vinson. They will speak in Gary at 6 p.m. and then in Welch tonight after a special train runs from Northfork. The event aims to showcase strong speakers and follows speeches in Welch later.
Congressman James A. Hughes announced at a Princeton rally his plan to introduce a bill in the next session seeking a 2 million dollar federal appropriation to aid state and county road construction and improvement. The proposal calls for US cooperation with states that also appropriate funds, with county courts required to appropriate for the same work.
The death of W. W. Goodykoontz of Mason City Iowa is reported. He was brother to C H Goodykoontz of this city and former train master on the oan Northern Railway. C H Goodykoontz and wife had been summoned to his bedside and plan to return home in a few days.
Kinzer your Jeweler promotes Parker's Lucky Curve Fountain Pen priced from $1.50 offering satisfaction and a value appeal.
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