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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1908
Page
4
The fragment notes small price adjustments listed as advance figures such as one dollar two dollars and four dollars and a ten cent item. No additional context or entities are provided in readable text.
The document names Taft and Sherman for national roles, Glasscock as governor, Stuart Reed as secretary of state, J S Durst as auditor, E L Long as treasurer, W G Conley as attorney general, M P Shawkey as state superintendent, Jas A Hughes in Congress, and a full set of local officials including judges Ira E Robinson W N Miller L J Williams, state senate A W Holmes, sheriff I J Ellison, house delegates W P Hawley and R C Lilly, prosecutors A M Sutton, clerks W B Honaker and E L Bowman, county commissioner Davis Thorn, assessor Geo P Hylton, surveyor Forest Walker, justices K P Godbey J L Kersey, board of education G A Shirey, and constables W H Pennington F C Haley.
The text riffs on baseball pitchers, silent votes, and Bryan Taft contrasts, noting managers’ sleep disturbance from voting noise. It cautions against wedding promises from three Delaware men and urges straight party voting, claiming a sweeping Republican edge in West Virginia.
The text hints at campaign dynamics with business community reactions to Mr. Bryan and the role of electors. It mentions an organization in Marsfichurch naming electors and comments from a state committee about influence and potential outcomes.
A discussion traces Bryanite opposition within the party as factions back Taft and seek party control. John R. Dos Passos and Stuart P. Reed are highlighted amid debates on party sanity and leadership. The text shifts to a medical ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure, touting internal remedies and testimonials.
Ada L. Croom, owner of the Croom Hotel in Vaughn Mississippi, reports a long persistent cough and consumption fear but says Dr King’s New Discovery cured her after three bottles. The ad touts the remedy as a worldwide lung and throat healer sold in drug stores with trial bottles available. It also promotes Kodol for indigestion and nervous dyspepsia relief.
Notice is given that under a February 16 1907 contract W H Coffman assigned 3300 shares of Zenith Coal and Coke Company to Isaac T Mann trustee to secure debts. On October 21 1908 at Bank of Bramwell front door the 3300 shares will be sold at public auction for cash or other terms set by the majority debt holders.
Train schedule dated October 18 1908 lists departures from Roanoke including Pullman sleepers to New York Norfolk and Philadelphia with dining and parlor cars. It notes Bluefield to Kenova Columbus Cincinnati service and Clinch Valley division runs to Tazewell Norton Williamson Welch and Welch connections. W B Bevill G P A Roanoke Virginia signs the notice.
The records of the West Virginia Department of Labor summarize growth from 1897 to 1907 under Governor George W. Atkinson. In ten years, 2,103 new industries opened, employing 67,246 workers with a $28,039,416 payroll and $155,604,919 invested capital.
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