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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
4
The piece reflects on the approach of Christmas and warns against late shopping and empty ritual. It contrasts editorial voices that urge thoughtful celebration with pleas to keep focus on the birth of Jesus and practical, meaningful gifting.
The piece recalls holiday gifts as families exchange small tokens while stressing the poor, and introduces a New York surgeon Dr Jonnesco presenting a new anaesthetic combining volatile oil and strychnine. It discusses potential uses in surgery, hints at limited testing, and notes a separate jewel theft at a New York hotel worth $800,000.
Wanted to purchase or rent a dairy-appropriate farm in the Bluefield vicinity. State terms in reply. Send inquiries to Monroe, care Evening Leader, 117-000.
The Telegraph notes tensions over jury composition and race in McDowell County and Kentucky trials. It questions if white juries can ever be fair to defendants who advocate disenfranchisement while exposing possible prejudices in cases from Henry Kitts to Caleb Powens.
A garbled report recalls a man missing near Con River with friends digging up clues before burial. Whispers of a suspect and a chase surface in disjointed lines, mentioning names, locations, and a claimed wake. The fragment hints at a dramatic quest for the missing person.
Have you arranged for your Christmas flowers? I can furnish promptly any size for church or family use. Prices reasonable. Phone or write J JL Hutchinson Jr Rich Creek Virginia Place your order now for Christmas flowers with East End Pharmacy.
A variety of bisque and celluloid dolls offered at 1¢ to $1.50, including jointed bisque heads and a wide range of dressed dolls in many styles. Fire engines, automobiles, trains, motor cars, and steam engines also listed with prices from 25¢ to $159. Numerous named doll types and fashion lines featured.
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