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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
4
Advance payment instructions list rates for categories with cents and dollars. Communications and remittances should be addressed to party at Telegraph Printing Co Box 721 Bluefield West Virginia.
A fragmented OCR list names state and county officials including Taft Sherman Glasscock Reed Darst Long Conley Shawkey Hughes Robinson Miller Williams Ellison Hawley Lilly Sutton Honaker Bowman Davis Thorn Hylton Forest Walker Godbey Kersey Shirey Pennington Haley. The document catalogs governors secretary of state treasurer attorney general and other county roles.
Editorial critiques Democrats in Virginia and Republicans over the ongoing suit of Virginia against West Virginia. It argues WV owes nothing or little to Virginia and denounces claims that the state has been improperly treated by the current administration.
The State defends its claims with a high profile legal team including John G. Carlisle and John C Spooner. Hearings begin November 9 1908 in Richmond as the case seeks a final settlement of Virginia debts deemed owed to West Virginia.
A Democratic press campaign is accused of misrepresenting capitation tax reforms. The Charleston Gazette is cited for biased editorials claiming the new plan fails to raise revenue, while figures from 1904 to 1907 show fluctuations and alleged under or over collection.
The advertisement touts William Tell Flour as crafted for the particular housewife. It emphasizes six times cleaned grain and a remarkable machinery process that yields flour with natural richness. Packaging is fully automated, with bags and barrels filled and sealed by machines.
A historical note on temperance norms showing church wards levying malt during Whitsuntide to fund church maintenance. It cites alcohol’s social role, the merger of church and tavern in Deepdale until 1927, and includes a Wayward verse from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about seafaring deaths and humor.
In London, high society strolls in short jackets and chimney pot hats without shame. The piece comments on vanity and public display, cites La Rochefoucauld, notes Odd Fellows seeking pins or charm at the Grand Lodge in November, and promotes Kinzer Your Jeweler’s stock.
On October 7 1908 the court ordered a hearing on November 14 1908 at 10 a.m. in Bluefield to consider the petition. Known creditors and interested parties are to appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The clerk must mail copies of the petition and order to all known creditors at their residences. Witnesses: Judge Benjamin F. Keller. Clerk Edwin M. Keatley. Deputy Clerk B. Be. Bowman.
The Roanoke division timetable lists morning and evening departures to Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg and Philadelphia with Pullman sleepers dining cars and parlor cars. It covers Hagertown Shenandoah Valley routes to New York and Philadelphia, Bluefield westward to Kentucky and Ohio, and Clinch Valley service to Tazewell Welch and Williamson. W. B. Bevill, G. P. A., Roanoke, Virginia.
Notice of public auction by Isaac T. Mann trustee to sell 3,300 shares of Zenith Coal and Coke Company stock in Bramwell West Virginia to settle debts secured by the 1907 agreement. Sale set for October 21, 1908 at 3 p.m. at the Bank of Bramwell front door. Cash or majority-debt terms may apply.
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