Mines Reopen After Constitution Challenge to Locomotive Rules
The Buckeye and Turkey Gap mines resumed operation after Judge Herndon ruled Sections 16 and 24 of the mining laws unconstitutional. Inspectors had closed the mines for steam locomotive use, but the ruling voided those closing authorities and allowed reopening. The Turkey Gap case influenced Buckeye’s dismissal, affirming the reopening order.
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Turkey Gap
Buckeye
Herndon
Inspection Department
New Opera House To Cost Eighty Thousand Dollars
Local businessmen plan a three story opera house on the Red Lot near Prince ton avenue extending to Raleigh street at about $80,000. The building will host refined vaudeville with shows at least three times weekly and is tied to a local manager. Construction hinges on a lot option expiring today. remodeling Ellis opera house is also planned this summer.
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Red Lot
Princeton Avenue
Raleigh Street
Ellis Opera House
Daily Telegraph
Times
Bluefield
Dozens of Landslides Disrupt Norfolk and Western Service
Heavy rains trigger no fewer than a dozen landslides along the Norfolk and Western west of the city. Trains run at reduced speed while workers clear slides near Merrimac Hatfield Dry Fork War Eagle Lindsay Wilmore Thacker Matewan and Wilsondale. Gen Sup Geo P Johnson and Division Sup E B S ecker accompany crews to supervise efforts as passenger trains Nos. 15 and 7 remain cut off.
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Norfolk and Western
Merrimac
Hatfield
Dry Fork
War Eagie
Lindsay
Wilmore
Thacker
Matewan
Wilsondale
Geo. P. Johnson
Ecker
Bluefield
Divine Touch Sermon Guides Springtime Contemplation
Hallsville residents attended the quarterly conference at Big Sandy led by Rev. J. W. Rader who preached on the Divine Touch linking nature and spring renewal. Local news notes include social visits, travel for dental work, and a brief town altercation between A C Pettis and Charles Pettis with three African American men who left town after a scuffle.
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Hallsville
W. Va
Big Sandy
J. W. Rader
Weaver Cline
Bluefield
W. B. Honaker
Welch
Miss Wingo
J. R. White
Virginia
Daisy Marrs
Graham
Pondo
A. C. Pettis
Charles Pettis
Train Delays Reported As Tug River Rises
Late report notes Nos 8 and 16 trains delayed while Tug river is on a rampage and rising rapidly threatening travel and nearby areas.
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Tug River
Ayes Have It Despite Warned Denial
In a Congressional anecdote a young secretary charms a cabinet official with praise of her eyes. He initially refuses a favor for a constituent, but she quips that the ayes have it and secures the concession she sought.
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Congress
Young Mr Sapley Calls On Miss Evans After Piano Recital
Young Mr Sapley visits Miss Evans a pianist of notable ability and, after her Bach recital lasting twenty five minutes, declares he could die listening to her playing. Miss Evans asks if he would like more music.
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Mr. Sapley
Miss Evans
Talking Machines Echo Quiet Home Life
Phrase from the Nashville Banner notes a playful exchange about a phonograph used by a couple to enjoy music after supper, illustrating a simple, quiet domestic scene. The anecdote highlights everyday technology shaping home leisure in a lighthearted tone.
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Nashville
Slow Waiter Reflects on Country Life
A humorous fragment from Harper's Weekly contemplates a tired customer asking if the waiter has ever been in the country. The dialogue wittily contrasts siting on the fence with tortoises whizzing by, reflecting light satire.
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Harper's Weekly
Stung Mr Jawback Spars with Sharps at Home
A brief quarrel between Mr Jawback and Mrs Jawback erupts in a sharp exchange over brains and ancestry. The Cleveland Leader notes the clash as a pointed domestic moment.
Telegraph Want Ad for Bulbs and Medicines
Bulk tube rose bulbs nasturtiums and sweet peas offered at East End Pharmacy. DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills sold by all druggists. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
East End
DeWitt
All Druugista
A Witty Irish Judge of the Irish Court
The article recalls Mr. Doherty chief justice of the Irish court of common pleas from 1830 to 1846 famed for wit. Gossip claims a judge was wine excited at a Dublin castle ball. Doherty quips he saw him reel and notes the wind had the worst of it on the quay.
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Doherty
Irish Court of Common Pleas
Dublin Castle
London Law Notes
War galleys on Lake Geneva fleets of Savoy and Geneva
The Westminster Gazette notes that the Lake Geneva waters once hosted naval forces from the Duke of Savoy and Geneva. Savoy built war galleys with rams and turrets, crewed by 40 to 72 oarsmen, while Geneva and later Bernese forces also maintained flotillas. The Great Bear was Geneva’s largest vessel with 64 oarsmen, 8 guns, and 150 fighters.
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Savoy
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Chilon
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Vaud
Westminster Gazette
Office Boy Sets Odd Schedule on Wall
A downtown office displays a quirky day plan by its office boy listing hours labeled for book agents, insurance agents, long stories, church solicitors, sporting news chats, and social visitors with a note that the firm handles its own business at night.
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N. B
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Financier Defined By Washington Star Quote
A father explains to his son that a financier differs from ordinary businessmen by the power to make the government sit up and worry when his affairs go wrong. The Washington Star quotation illustrates the tension between finance and state authority.
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Washington Star
Delight Corn Snack Sparks Lighthearted Inquiry
A reader asks about trying a can labeled Delight Corn marked with a cryptic Date 3-26 ff. The note hints at a nostalgic snack curiosity and possible postwar culinary reference.
Republican State Delegate Convention Planned for Parkersburg
West Virginia Republican leaders announce a state convention to select four delegates at large and four alternates for the Chicago national convention on June 16 1908. The Parkersburg gathering on April 29 will allocate delegates by county, with detailed apportionment and notice requirements, and call for primaries or meetings 30 days prior under H C Woodyard and Virgil L Highland.
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West Virginia
State Central Committee
Wood
Chicago
United States
Supreme Court
Appeals
Laos
Theodore Roosevelt
Deleg. Barbour
Berkeley
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Jefferson
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Republican State Committee
Clarksburg
Republican County
H. C. Woodyard
Postoffice
Spencer
W. Va
Virgil L. Highland
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for Piles
Druggists sell DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve noted for pile relief. Advert reads as a general sales pitch highlighting its effectiveness and availability.
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DeWitt
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