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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1908
Page
5
Doss Luster was arrested near Princeton by Police Officer Peterman and M. S. Woolwine after a weeklong manhunt for stealing a buggy from Stowers and Woolwine livery in the city on August 8. He confessed and awaits grand jury action in Bluefield.
A planned two and a quarter mile road will connect the east end bridge to the ridge on the Princeton road, marking the first road in the southern region towards better infrastructure. Buchanan county reports anticipate a light corn crop this year, possibly reducing revenue officers’ winter work. Labor Day will close all Retail Clerks' Union shops and several businesses, while banks and the post office follow holiday hours. The Daughters of Confederacy hold their U D CG meeting at Mrs. J F Fox's Bland street home Monday evening.
Norfolk and Western orders immediate shipment of out of service hoppers to Pocahontas field for repair. Isaac T. Mann predicts improved prospects by mid October or early November depending on election results. County road contract awarded to A D Stone & Co for 24897 dollars with plans to start excavation now and macadamize in spring.
The item catalog showcases Genuine Rocky Ford Canteloupes, Virginia Watermelons, Bartlett Pears, Malaga and Concord Grapes, peaches, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, corn, string beans, cucumbers, eye plants, carrots, celery, sweet peppers. The list emphasizes a broad assortment of fruits and vegetables available.
An Auburn woman recalls in the Kennebec Journal a Maine tale of Aunt Betsy knitting in church on a Sabbath. The story, told by an elder about sin and time, endures as a humorous memory of churchgoing and propriety.
A reflective snippet contrasts Mrs. Carlyle’s patience with her husband’s fault finding and a dinner scene ends with his demand for a wedge to stop the window from rattling. A classroom vignette defines anthracite as hard coal and bituminous as soft coal in a witty exchange with Willie.
Elsie hides the origin of a silver mounted walking stick from her sister who asks her father to inquire. Elsie claims she found it floating like a schooner on waves while bathing, but the sister later reveals she tested the stick in the bath and it sank, prompting puzzled inquiries about its owner and name.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills praised by N H Brown of Pittsfield VT for easing stomach liver and bowel kinks without fuss or friction. Pills sold at drug stores for 25 cents with a DeWitt Little Early Risers variant noted as gentle and easy to take.
A Siberian bride chase ends with the groom tripping over obstacles laid by the bride’s friends. He is allowed to catch her only if he endures the playful, relentless pursuit. The scene ends with the bride’s startled remark at the sudden capture.
A New York Waiters' club president argues English diners prefer beef well done. He recalls an English duke who asked for the butcher after seeing a rare sirloin, noting the meat did not seem dead yet. The anecdote ends with a chuckle about rooting.
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