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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
2
Fred Bourne aged 24, son of Steve Bourne, killed at High Falls Station New York while on railroad duties. His body to be sent to Graham for burial. Bourne, once a local baseball player, recently married a woman from Fayette county.
Parkersburg dispatch reports from Washington correspondent Francis B. Gessner on Taft rally in Parkersburg. It notes Bennett’s campaign woes, GOP infighting and cash tapping, Glasscock’s nomination, and Senator Scott’s tireless campaigning through the Panhandle.
The ad urges readers to treat indigestion by taking Diapepsin after meals. It argues weak stomachs lack digestive power and that a natural reinforcement of enzymes helps the stomach work, ending the feeling of a leaden lump after meals.
A 1908 Bluefield notice touts Pape's Diapepsin as curing sour stomach dyspepsia within five minutes per triangle dose. A separate merchant agreement from Bluefield outlines credit restrictions, requiring full payment by payday or the 10th of the next month and barring further credit to delinquent accounts.
An old advertisement promotes Kodo as a universal digestive aid. It describes the product as a combination of natural digestive juices that digests all classes of food, claiming it will do the work the stomach normally performs. Sold by all druggists.
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