Thousand armed miners pursue fleeing highwaymen
A dramatic payroll robbery near Gary involved four men who held up a pay wagon. A thousand miners pursued up a steep mountain, exchanging heavy gunfire but failing to stop the robbers who vanished into the hills toward Big Four. Two suspects were identified by witness Payne as former co workers, with no solid leads on the other two. The money was retrieved in part, with about $500 in silver found among discarded envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Coal Company
BE. O'Toole
Quartette
Big Four
New York
Italy
Payne
Gary
Esser
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary National Bank
King
Welch Robbery Report Cites Bandits as Four Negroes and One White Man
Welch West Virginia April 28 Special report states five men robbed four men including Superintendent F P K King. The group comprised four African American suspects and one White male. Police pursue leads and await further details from investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WELCH
W. Va
FP. KE. King
War Declared Over Stomach Ailment Cure Mi O Na Tablets
Local druggists promote Mi O Na as a stomach and digestive tonic with a money back guarantee. Claims include relief from headache dizziness palpitations bad taste nervousness coated tongue and post meal distress. White Pharmacy offers the guaranteed refund. Cincinnati tailoring company note for orders of forty five dollars.
Cured of Rheumatism by Pain Balm Says Wm Henry
Mr Wm Henry of Chattanooga Tennessee reports relief from rheumatism in his left arm after using Chamberlains Pain Balm and wrapping the arm in flannel at night. He says the pain and weakness disappeared in three weeks and has not returned. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy. Canned mushrooms and canned peppers epicures commend them Sublette Barnes.
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Wm. Henry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Twenty Year Health Sentence Cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve
O S Woolever of Le Raysville New York claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles after twenty years and praises its quick healing of sores boils and wounds. Also advertised Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup offers prompt gentle bowel relief and inflammation reduction sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
New York
Kennedy
Electric Sitters Restored My Health Says Mill Creek Man
Nine years ago C Farthing of Mill Creek Indiana faced near death from illness. He credits Electric S itters with restoring his health after doctors and medicines failed. The remedy was bought at a drug store for 50 cents under a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. C. Farthing
Mill Creek
Ind
Fife
Divorce suit heard in Roanoke court over money and cruelty
Roanoke judge heard a Patrick County divorce case moved to Roanoke. Garet sues Jenny Garst for divorce on grounds of cruelty and neglect, with depositions revealing tensions over postage and finances. The wife resides in Bluefield with her brother Engineer Giles. decision pending.
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Roanoke
Garst
Giles
Engineer Giles
Bluefield
Heart as Chemical Machine Says Loeb
Professor Jacques Loeb argues in Dynamics of Living Matter that a heart ventricle strip placed in salt solution can beat for days after removal. He suggests muscle contraction may stem from sodium replacing calcium in muscle cells, but questions how this explains muscular control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Loeb
Motorcyclist in Fancy Costume Parades Toward Regent's Park Zoo
A rider in fashionable motorcycling attire rides toward Regent's Park, stops near a grubby boy, and asks if he is near the zoo. The boy narrates the odd scene, wondering if it is a new antiwa, and jokes about a spare cage or tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regent's Park
London
Unscrambled Testimony From Georgia Customer Letter
A dated 1906 consumer letter from C N Carnes of Roding Georgia describes a stomach and bowel illness and praises Kodol as beneficial. The note, sent to C DeWitt & Co of Chicago in 1897 and referenced with Georgia gold, ends with a cordial well wish.
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BE. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Ill
Georgia
C. N. Carnes
Roding, Ga
Wll
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Es. Ageney
Cincingati Tailoring Co
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Lucinda Johnson
Fish Cresk
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Dennie Garet
Sulu
Henry Irving
Ophelia
Birmingham
Elen Terry
McClure
Hamlet
Olivia
Eleanora Duse
Marguerite Gautier
Edward VII
Henry VIII
Leo X
England
London Standard
Cincinnati
Allén
Allenia
Allen
le Roy, I
Chas. M. Stieff
Stieff
Shaw and Stieff
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Lynchburg, VA. C
We Whitmore
Americas
Ferdinand Westarinerasons
Louisville
St. Joseph
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Wytheville, Virgini A
Wytheville, Va
the Home Furniture Co
R. L. Morris
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
First National Bank
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Toney
Edward Cooper
H.C. Donaldson
Sec
M. Smith
S.M. Smith Insurance Agency
Kelly & Mover -Bd
Bluefield Bottling Company
Kelley & Moyers Building
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