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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
3
Miss Roylston describes severe stomach trouble and indigestion that prevented eating. She credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, prescribed by her doctor, with a rapid recovery enabling her to eat anything and regain strength. She invites inquiries from readers seeking similar relief.
A long list of visitors and travelers passes through the city with many departing for Roanoke, Salem, or distant towns. Residents from Princeton Bramwell Welch Norton and other towns are noted on business, visits, fairs, and upcoming events.
J C Wright shot A J Crawford at Toms Creek after a dispute over a trunk and hauling duties. Crawford confronted Wright with an iron rod and Wright fired hitting Crawford in the heart, killing him instantly. Wright, a transfer man and Norfolk and Western Railway employee, was arrested and may be released after magistrate’s trial.
Dr Quaim, noted for Irish humor, anecdotes from his medical practice surface in Sir Algernon Weat's One City and Many Men. A miser in Mayfair, dying, requests the bedside carpet be stored away so undertakers will not tread it with dirty boots.
A humorous exchange features Mr Henley and Miss Fairley with vivid remarks on appearance and tact. Healey expresses surprise at Miss Fairley view of Mr Fairley as lacking taste. New fall suits debut at Pedigo's opening today.
Kodo will soon enable the stomach to digest all the food you eat and make digestion pleasant. It is sold here by all druggists. Pedigo's opening today.
Princeton celebrated its first real train on a real railroad line with engine No. 391 and work cars. Excitement spread quickly as residents flocked to the depot, decorated the engine, and praised the visiting railroad men while Virginian officials plan a Sunday passenger run with real coaches.
In a humorous look back the author contrasts past remedies like hot foot baths and pork neck wraps with modern medicine such as quinine surgeries and hospital stays. The piece notes shifts in clothing, dining spots, injury terms, and political graft from cash payments to government seed programs.
The piece notes that pumpkins can lift weights up to two and a half tons during growth. It recounts a paving stone of eighty three pounds raised by a soft fungal mat. It also tells of sweet wine trapped in a cellar rising to the ceiling years later, carried upward by vine growth and fungus.
A young village curate, told to match the parish’s tone, delivers a graceless grace at a mansion dinner. He thanks the Lord with awkward slang and a request for approval, illustrating misread social cues in a fashionable circle.
The document recounts James Campbell of Pittsburgh declaring under oath in 1908 that as a former President of the International Association of Window Glass Workers and William Bryan remarks at tariff hearings, including calls calling workers beggars, and details an oath before Notary John B. Drew. It notes a Charles Bryant reply and references coal operators and labor positions on tariffs and protections.
Mr John White of 88 Highland Avenue Houston Maine reports enduring a winter cough until using Dr King’s New Discovery. After a few doses the cough vanished again this season. The remedy is sold with a guarantee at all drug stores in 50 cents and 1 dollar sizes, trial bottle free.
The Maefield board of supervisors invites sealed bids for constructing plank sidewalks. Bids due by October 4, 1908 at ot o'clock p m. in the city. Specifications available in the city engineer office. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids by order of the board. AKPRS Auditor.
P J Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago shares a testimony about Electric Bitters helping his elderly feeble mother gain flesh overcome insomnia and grow stronger. The tonic is claimed to quickly remedy stomach liver and kidney complaints and is sold at all drug stores with a 50 cent price and guarantee.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills target weak kidneys causing backache rheumatic and bladder inflammation. Sold by all druggists and advertised as relief for related pains and urinary issues.
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