25 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1905
Page
1
In Ellis' Building Studio RB Brian Owen pianist J Allen McPhail violinist perform with tenor O L Alexander and an orchestra of 12. The event listing notes 423 4t.
Sunday evening at North Fork Noah Hill a railroad camp cook was shot fatally by a Black assailant who fled. By four a.m. Monday police detained a man named John Spencer matching the description, with Officer Harman making the arrest.
Doc Wilson shot and killed Cora Lucky at Vivian on Saturday night after an argument at her home. He fled to his shack on Bottom Creek works, retrieved a double-barrel shotgun, returned and fired both barrels at the door, then escaped and remains at large.
G A Shirey formally withdraws as candidate for city council from the 3rd ward. He thanks supporters and cites personal circumstances as the reason for not running.
The ladies of Calvary Baptist Church will serve ice cream cake and other refreshments in a room of the Partee Block on Bluefield avenue Thursday evening the 27th from 6 to 11 oclock. The event aims to provide innocent amusement for attendees.
The secretary of state issued a charter to Interstate Fuel and Supply Company of Bluefield to deal in coal lumber and building materials. Capital stock is 10000 dollars. Incorporators are Jairon Collins of Bramwell Felix O Keefe B F Lindsey W Akers and F H Akers all of Bluefield.
Be Sure to Visit the Bazaar at 67 Bland Street during Brisentine's Bland Street Market room sale. Refreshments will be served and the event runs Wednesday through Friday with spring cleaning themed dainty room items.
Roanoke Virginia April 4. W. 8&8. Battle has been made general claim agent for the Norfolk and Western Railway. For two years Battle served as freight claim agent and his office has been consolidated with A. F. Ravenell.
A large shipment of Griffon blouses and shirt-waist suits arrived too late for Pedigo's Special Sale. Call and see the beauties. 4 23 2.
Two men described as bad Tarheels were arrested in Gary on Thursday and Sunday nights and confined in Welch jail until Monday morning. Deputies moved them to Mitchell County NC. One suspect boasted of killing a man in Cuba and being wanted for robbery and jail breaking. Authorities, including Detective Haofford and Constable Powell, captured the pair and arranged transport to the crime scene without requisition papers.
Report claims European press and German papers report a treasury burglary by gangs backed by millionaires with five steamers in the Chesapeake Bay fleeing with the treasure. Officials seek more information from German legation as the story circulates in Berlin press.
Only two days remain for a Baldwin latest style self playing piano and an Estey Organ nearly new at sacrifice prices. The Baldwin Player and the instrument are offered to clear stock with factory discounts, easy payments, and no return freights. Located at 221 Princeton Avenue.
A snake oil style ad urging readers with stomach distress to take Mi-O-Na before meals. Claims include relief from acidity heartburn nausea and nervousness with a 50 cent box and a guarantee from White's Pharmacy.
Poem promising prosperity in Mercer valleys detailing livestock crops and comforts. Encourages buyers and sellers to contact D. B. Baldwin, Pioneer Real Estate Agent, with a note of seventeen years in Bluefield and prompt inquiries.
W A Swan and Co asks all debtors to call this week and settle or arrange satisfactory payment. If ignored, accounts will be placed with a collection agency.
The notice lists cash coal prices effective May 1 1905 from Standard Fuel & Supply Co Bluefield Ave and a phone number 20 with varying rates for forked lamp, straight lamp and mine coal. It warns no credit unless arranged in advance and mentions carload and five ton lots on application. A separate advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Care promising digestion relief and claims from L Babcock of Amherst Minnesota with Crockett & Goodykoonts selling the product.
American games show Washington 4 New York 3 Philadelphia 1 Boston 3 Chicago 1 St. Louis 6 Cleveland 0 Detroit 2. National results list New York 4 Philadelphia 4 Boston 4 Brooklyn 38 Pittsburg 1 Chicago 7 St. Louis 0 Cincinnati 6.
The quiet wedding of ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff and Miss Isabel Morrison was held today at the bride’s mother's home in New York. Maid of honor Eugenie Gray Watson is to marry J E Woodsiff next month. The two couples plan an automobile tour of Europe next month.
Harpers Ferry West Virginia April 24 James Cummins son of Edward Cummins of Harpers Ferry was killed when struck by a yard engine at Brunswick Maryland. His body was taken to Keep Trust Maryland. He leaves a widow and six children.
New York reports a wild market opening with Northern Securities trading on the curb at 106.44, down 4.44 points since Thursday. Three minutes later the stock fell another 5 points, totaling a 9 point drop.
Milwaukee April 24 Frank G Bigelow charged with embezzling one and a half million dollars from the First National Bank was arrested this evening.
Saigon April 24. The cruiser fleet under Admiral Rojestvensky was reported fifteen miles off the Annam Coast and continuing a northward course. In other news the Bluefield Pant and Overall Factory seeks eight girls.
James Anderson announces the dissolution of the firm known as Anderson and Tines or Tinea and Anderson and states he will not be responsible for any goods bought by the firm after April 24, 1905. 425 4t.
Suffering frightfully from the virulent poisons of undigested food O G Grayson of Lola Missouri took Dr King's New Life Pills with the result that I was cured All stomach and bowel disorders give way to their tonic laxative properties 25c at all drug stores guaranteed
Theodore Schuele of Columbus, Ohio writes that a deep foot wound from an accident caused great pain but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed it. The product is said to soothe burns as well and is sold at drag stores for 250.
Just before adjournment in the Nan Patterson trial J Morgan Smith and his wife were led from the Tombs to the courtroom causing a sensation. Their presence drew attention away from the main testimony as Detective E J Quinn linked Smith to the moment Nan stated Caesar Young is dead. Nan fainted after leaving the courtroom and may miss the next session.
In Montgomery W T Sheets age forty five shot and killed his son Claude Sheets a foreman of a labor gang after being discharged from work. He claimed the pistol was not loaded and expresses remorse while a preliminary hearing is set for May. This marks the third murder in the city within two days.
eminent actor Joseph Jefferson died at his Palm Beach residence The Reefs at 6 15 in the evening after a period of unconsciousness and a long struggle His wife sons Charles B and Frank Jefferson nurse Mabel Bingham Dr R B Potter and servant Carl Kettler were present A special train carried his remains to Buzzard Bay later expected to reach New York Wednesday morning and Buzzard's Bay that evening
James T. Woodward of Hanover National Bank and James B. Smith visit Birmingham for the Tennessee Iron Company annual meeting on May 22 and review Tennessee Iron properties in Alabama. They decline to discuss a merger but hold a controlling stake in Tennessee stock.
A telegram from Chengtu reports that the Tibetan chief who signed the Anglo Tibetan treaty with Col Younghusband was massacred at Baong along with his retinue by Tibetan natives.
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