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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
4
Address and contact details for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co of Bluefield West Virginia outline mail remittance and communications routing. No individuals connected with the paper are expected to receive notices about establishment matters.
War President Taft with James Sherman for VP leads slate. Swisher for Governor, Reed for Secretary of State, Durst for Auditor, Long for Treasurer, Comley for Attorney General, Shawkey for Superintendent, Hughes for Congress, several judges and legislators named, and local offices including sheriff, delegates, prosecuting attorney, clerk, assessor, surveyor, justices and education board member. Constables Pennington Haley also listed.
A Chicago Post remark leads with a Grand Army veteran’s marriage while noting Timpson Texas mayor’s appendicitis. Carrie Nation’s rumored wealth sparks Barnum like jest. silver dollars scarcity with half-dollar demand oddly tied to Bryan. New Jersey reports a female burglar as waves lash Atlantic City hoardwalk chairs roll cautiously.
The passage notes nearly fifty years of protective tariffs in the United States under Republican rule, with a break from 1894 to 1897 under the Wilson Gorman tariff. It contrasts this with Britain's uninterrupted free trade policy since 1846.
The piece cites B F Yoakum arguing US and Britain rail wages and freight rates diverge. US wages far higher while freight rates per mile are lower. hypothetical English rates would raise US freight costs by about four billion in 1907. It weighs tariff policy against Britain’s liberal approach amid automotive era.
A fragmented OCR passage includes a Hall's Catarrh Cure advert from Toledo Ohio dated December 6 1886 with sworn affirmation by Prank J Cheney and notary A W Gleason. It also contains miscellaneous snatches about alcohol near beer auto crashes Dutch interference and a humorously odd lobster reference.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 7 officials note many large users such as electric Hecht breweries and iron and steel works have piled coal for several months. They say private industries were told to build their own reserves in case of a spring suspension when the miners union contract expires in April. Mines may see busier activity before a possible halt.
Governor Dawson proclaims two amendments to be placed on the November ballot. The first reform targets section four of article four to set age and residency requirements for state offices. The second amends section twenty-three of article eight to modify county commissioners’ terms and election rules with salary provisions.
In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia the matter of W. W. McNeil, bankrupt, No. 5 in bankruptcy, presents before the Hon. Benjamin F. Kel. The petition seeks discharge of debtor under applicable bankruptcy laws.
An 1900s style classified ad offering first mortgage gold bonds secured by a coal operation with electric plant in Virginia. It argues the high safety of the security and invites inquiries by mail at Telegraph. Also a wanted notice seeks a store manager with 18 years experience and six as a manager at B. Stack P.O. Va.
Judge W W McNeil of Princeton Mercer County West Virginia reports he was adjudged bankrupt on March 9 and has surrendered all property and complied with bankruptcy laws and orders seeking a full discharge from debts provable against his estate except those not discharged by law dated August 29 A D 18 LBOK
The court orders a hearing on September 30, 1908 in Bluefield West Virginia on the petition. Known creditors will receive copies by mail and may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted. The order is signed by Judge Benjamin F. Keller with Clerk Edwin M. Keatley.
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