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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
6
Eien Maury Slayden recalls Spanish hospitality in Century, noting crowded cafes, long nights, and temperate drinking habits. The writer describes how water and chocolate, peaches, and modest tea rituals prompt thirst and a ceremonial ending to meals in country houses.
The article explains how seniority governs power in Congress. Long-serving members gain influence through committee roles and established work, while newcomers struggle to advance despite enthusiasm. Sustained service yields key committee placements and influence.
T A Gregg general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors for the Norfolk and Western system was unanimously nominated for a grand officer post at a Birmingham Alabama meeting on October 25. A Roanoke resident and former Bluefield figure, Gregg leads southern and eastern conductor committees and holds Civic Federation and West Virginia railroad positions.
The organization is among America’s top labor unions with over fifty thousand members and Cedar Rapids Iowa headquarters. It maintains working agreements on major railroads across the United States Canada and Mexico and has experienced only one strike in the past fourteen years.
The Boston Herald recounts a tale of Rodin and a wealthy American woman who commissioned a full length portrait statue. After ten posing sessions, Rodin declares completion at his own pace and later swaps the head to Mme de R. to avoid offending the client and to gain payment, highlighting artistic autonomy and wit.
Quiet day at Reelfoot Lake Tennessee as no detachments went out in search of night rider suspects or witnesses. One prisoner was brought in by civil officers and thirty five who could give satisfactory accounts were released.
Eight battleships of the second squadron under Rear Admiral William H. H. Emory reached Amoy this morning after a lively voyage from Yokohama.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Savers Pure Flavoring Extracts with the slogan You Pay the Price Then have the best and lists prices of 10 and 25 cents at all grocery stores.
A survey reports a new trolley line between Floyd Court House and Roanoke as a feeder to the Virginian Railway. Virginian officials deny plans for a steam feeder, but Coles Terry leads the trolley project with former Virginian surveyor Thornberry now on his side. The line aims to connect Floyd County to Roanoke, boosting freight and express trade, with completion not set and may take a year or more.
In Gadsden Alabama last night eight cars of dynamite exploded after a fire in the Hammond Mining Company shop. The blast caused three thousand dollars in plate glass damage and six thousand dollars in property loss. One man is dead and Arthur Hood, reported missing, has been found.
The Smithsonian astrophysical observatory director states a man on the moon would glimpse only faint outlines of Earth's continents. The true radiating surface is water vapor above 4,000 meters, making the planet appear dim in the atmospheric glare.
A joke from the New York Times contrasts Irish and Scottish views on prohibition. The Irishman cites a camel’s eight days without water, while the Scotchman counters that Campbells cannot go eight hours without a drink, ending the discussion.
A fragment from a 1900s classified page mentions Golfthalmia a poetical disease description and a motto about sincerity. Dr Bradshaw advertises children's teeth care at 15 Princeton Avenue with phone 507. Also a Kodol digestive aid and DeWitt's Little Liver Pills are advertised as remedies sold by druggists.
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