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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
4
The notice lists publication facts for the Bluefield Evening Leader with pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions, classified mailing details, and contact information. It notes the paper is published every evening except Sunday and gives office addresses and telephones. The issue date shown is Friday afternoon December 10.
Fragmented editorial notes condemn adulteration and fake imports in a broad critique of food labeling and consumer protection. It references Mocha and Java coffee, fake dairy substitutes, and branded products shaped by laws, citing Ballinger and Pinchot in a broader conservation debate.
OCR reads a confused, era shown political text criticizing timber policy and President Taft. The fragment references Washington remarks, public duty, and fear among children, with garbled names and phrases.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a street scene and distress in a cafe with reference to a foreword and a photographer. It ends with an order pitch for Christmas flowers from East End Pharmacy. The readable items imply a local page with mixed dialogue and a florist advertisement.
WANTED To purchase or rent a suitable farm for dairy or trucking near Ilneteld in Jasper County. Advertiser Care Evening Leader lists railroad proximity as a factor with Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railway under Cheney.
A fragment from London Lines retells a seventeenth century tale of Captain Booty famed for drinking and mutiny. The ghost haunts Stromboli while a widow in Lower Thames Street fears brimstone scents and fiery tongues. The passage blends legend with sailor lore and a later hunting anecdote from St Nicholas.
The posthumous sale of the ward robe of King George IV of England realized 75000 dollars. Greville, who tended the site, noted the king seldom donated items except linen, and described a vast collection including coats, 200 whips, canes, uniforms, orders, furs, pelisses, hunting coats, and breeches. A page recalled the king’s precise memory of every item.
A sale lists undressed dolls including bisque and celluloid from 5c to 75c and Columbia dolls up to 1.60. Dressed dolls boast over 200 styles with named characters such as Mary Lane and Buster Brown at 25c to 2.00. Also offered are separate bisque heads and boys toys like fire engines trains and motor cars up to 159.
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