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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a 1879 postal rate notice with terms like Cash in Advance and daily rates. Mentions offices, places, and rates such as 2.00 daily six months and 1.00 for three months. Includes erratic spellings and partial dates.
A reader questions if the Board of Affairs will grant a saloon license that could hinder city progress. The city council refused to renew Doe Pudge's license, seen as cleaning up Raleigh street. An owner warns that keeping a negro saloon harms property values and local improvement, asking whether financial gain or moral welfare should prevail.
The chief advisor to the board asks for one more opportunity to guide the council on the license matter. Citizens wonder if a neighbor will offer counsel on this remaining knotty issue.
A county court move favors using prisoners to work county roads as a cost effective method. The plan recalls early Mercer county efforts led by C. R. McNutt, RH Baller and John Keatley, when prison labor improved roads but guards’ costs and public objection ended the program. Supporters argue prisoner labor saves taxpayer funds, while concern remains over location and logistics of workforce and guard expenses.
The text documents unclear references to a factional struggle within a political movement, mentioning an attempt to declare independence, contested elections, and a meeting or event under scrutiny. It hints at tensions, defacement claims, and ongoing political maneuvering within a party.
A 1908 platform debate centers on tariff policy with calls to uphold Jeffersonian Democratic doctrine. Proponents urge limiting sowers of labor disputes, guaranteeing bank deposits, and avoiding protectionism in favor of consumer interests.
Parkersburg Dispatch News reports Governor Swanson advocates scientific reforestation in Virginia. An expert studied conditions, urging landowners be encouraged to plant trees for commercial use while protecting forests from fires and insects. He plans a legislative message detailing methods, lands, and incentives, anticipating cross state lessons.
The State Journal questions when newspapers will show sense by dropping mother-in-law jokes. It notes every mother-in-law is someone’s mother and asks how her status changes when her child marries, criticizing the persistence of the gag.
A brief, fragmentary note from the Houston Post discusses early Boston word sharpness and a claim that five percent of English words are one syllable. The text laments a perceived deficiency and mentions a proposed nine collection of Russian and Japanese terms to textually illuminate emotions elicited by the telephone.
Fragmentary text mentions fare changes in West Virginia and references to figures like Uncle Andy and Carnegie, with scattered mentions of Europe and authorities. The garbled lines lack coherent events, dates, or identifiable entities to form a clear news item.
Fragmentary note reports Kester son of Bath county and Confederate veteran at home with kin nearby. Mentions June 17 and a Charleston connection. Readable details are sparse and some names appear garbled.
Complete soda fountain setup used two seasons includes a 10 syrup fountain Mexican Onyx draught stand electrolier refrig cabinet work board counter golden oak six foot front and right return marble slabs six foot back bar with mirror dry closets marble slab two steel tanks charging outfit. Selling by July 1 with easy terms if desired. Apply or address.
Between Flat Top National Bank and Grand Leader Store a ten dollar bill finder to return to Leader of Nee for reward. WANTED a small furnished house or flat address Hox 711 care Evening Leader. and price by W H Coffman Coxe Co Bluefield. WANTED 1 000 old feather beds drop postal and call price surprise. FOR SALE two letter copying presses cheap apply Manager Daily Leader 28-12.
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