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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement touts Kodol as a digestive aid that lets users eat any food without discomfort. It claims the product digests like a healthy stomach and promises refunds if not satisfactory, available at drug stores with a money back guarantee.
Lawyers travel to Charles Town for Supreme Court of Appeals session over mandamus seats for Schoen and Kahle. Bluefield schools set to open September 14 with building allocations for grades. Mrs. W T Francis recovering from typhoid fever as Norfolk & Western stockholders plan a major expansion and transfer books close. Fats and Leans play ball for Keystone Gun Club funds with a 21 to 17 score. New demolition work on Princeton avenue follows a recent fire.
A long list of residents and visitors appear in the city and surrounding areas. Names include C. S. Witt Peterstown Mies Tiall Tazewell Jairus Collins Bramwell George Main Beckton Dudley Williems Glen alun and many others visiting relatives or on business. Several travel to Beckley Shawnee Key stone and Richmond for family events and holidays.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the year ending June 30 1908 show 142 deaths and injuries in West Virginia from trespassing on Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Nineteen killed and twenty eight injured by jumping on and off freight trains while twenty seven killed and forty four injured by walking or sleeping on tracks and bridges. One fatality and four minor injuries occurred at highway crossings. The piece argues that trespassers could avoid harm by obeying the law, noting highway dangers are less preventable.
A narrator argues for supporting local commerce over roaming trade. The piece praises home merchants and urges readers to keep dollars in town by advertising in the home paper, claiming roam trade would end if home trade matched that effort. A rhetorical prompt about observers and savings concludes with a question about recognition.
An old time ad from 20 Higginbotham Avenue offers dyeing and garment cleaning services. It promises reasonable prices and will trade you out of worn clothes, including hats and shoes, with polite service.
A local division order states the Telegraph office at Vine has been discontinued following actions at Sands and Thacker.
The order keeps offices open 24 hours and extends the double track from Vine to Sands. New tunnels pushed to completion improve rail flow with several miles saved. Ten miles may be saved between the city and Columbus as tunnels and track straightening proceed at Twin Branch and Welch.
Stonega Coke and Coal Co resumes full operations at several large plants and seeks many coal miners and coke pullers. Railroad station for Stonega is Appalachia Virginia on the V. and SW and U. and N. rail lines. For further particulars write A i Reeder General Manager Stonega Wise Co. Va. 8 30 1imn.
I J Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago describes a method to gain strength. He claims his elderly feeble mother improved with Electric Hitters, citing better flesh, sleep, and continued vigor. The remedy targets stomach, liver and kidney complaints and is sold with a guarantee at drug stores for 50 cents.
An advertisement promotes Normal and Business College Bluefield offering office training in shorthand bookkeeping mathematics and literature plus a musical department with voice piano organ cornet flute and other band instruments. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as gentler on the bowels and throat with no constipation side effects. Fold by all druggists.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a quick stomach aid that enables digestion of all food and makes the stomach feel sweet and pleasant to take. It notes availability from all druggists.
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