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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
2
Notices indicate the Blue Stone Publishing Company in Bluefield West Virginia with contact details and postal filing notes from 1909 including price marks and a March 3 1879 act reference. The fragment mentions a second class mail matter designation and a 503 telephone link.
A roundup of quotes from newspapers on politics and society. Topics include tariff timing with the Panama Canal, Roosevelt and Glyn, a beehive hat fine, equal pay vetoes, crime court outcomes in McDowell county, Cuba’s bankruptcy pressures, and West Virginia tax strains and government expenses.
The article argues that lowering transportation costs and faster highway travel increase property worth. It cites business opinions and urges swift, cheap roads to connect cities, claiming road improvements raise land values and economic vitality.
The article discusses publishing photographs and sketches of road building to illustrate how improved highways raise farming land values and stimulate business in nearby towns. It notes millions of dollars added to farm values along highways and cross roads as farmers use the routes to markets.
The Atlanta Georgian tribute praises Henry H Rogers noting his role in forming a vast oil trust and his care for his mother. It recalls Mark Twain's friendship and Dr Colyer's grief at Rogers funeral while urging balanced judgment and recognizing gentler qualities beneath his wealth.
Ad copy touts Monitor Pulverized as top quality and worth the price. It urges customers to demand the best and insists the product delivers value through superior performance.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the mucous membranes. It offers a $100 reward for any failing case and lists testimonials, with a Toledo Ohio address for the Cheney company and mentions Hall's Pills for constipation.
Mercer County Court Clerk publishes a list of 14 applicants seeking annual licenses to sell whiskey wine ale beer and similar drinks starting July 1 1909 in Bluefield and surrounding towns. Names include Cohen Baker Kelly Moyers Lazarus Goodman Heller Stinson Kaufman Matz Corvin etc with specified Bluefield addresses and hotel to be used for sales.
Several rental units on Powell Street Allen Street Park Street Princeton Avenue and Beasley Street Constables advertise one 7 room house two 6 room houses two 5 room flats two 3 room flats two store rooms and two 6 room flats plus a bluefield avenue store room in the Easley and West Pocahontas district. Also a small shepherd pup missing and a box ball bowling alley for sale at Box 97 Pocahontas Virginia. A coal company advertises affordable tires and tubes.
The program lists Wednesday matinee for Thursday to Saturday with The Lazetts Pet P erforming poodles and Australian Cockatoos plus other acts. Special matinees for ladies and children announce doors at 8:30 with 5 and 10 cent admission. Monday features a baby carriage act and Professor's love tonic. Tuesday shows The Old Curiosity Shop with illustrated song.
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