FOR SALE OR RENT ITEMS IN BLUEFIELD AREA
Numerous classified notices list for sale or rent options in Bluefield and nearby towns. Items include a six room house near the passenger station, a house and lot of 2 1 8 acres in South Bluefield, two boilers and a skinner engine from Pearl Coal Mining Co., old papers, two draft horses, multiple lots and commercial properties in Graham and Princeton avenues, a confectionery store, an Edison moving picture machine outfit, and trade opportunities with real estate or securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Raleigh Terrace
South
Bluefield
E. E Carter
W. Va
Graham
Main Street
Princeton Avenue
East Radford
Gov. Tyler
Edison Moving Picture Machine Outfit
Notice of Lot for Sale in Miriam West Virginia
Lot for sale at Miriam between Crozer Lick Branch US No. 12 and new mine of West Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company now being opened. Apply at my store on the property or address M G Brown Anawalt WV. June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lota
Eale
Miriam
West Va
Crozer
Lick Branch
U. 8
West Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company
M. G. Brown
Anawalt
W. Va
Lost keys between White Pharmacy and postoffice
Miscellaneous notice lists lost keys between White Pharmacy and the post office with return to big office during 8 to 5 2. Also a help wanted line for business printing prices and a violin pupil ad by Prof. F B Schoenbeum at Duvall Music Co Bluefield W V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Pharmacy
Postoffice
Daily Telegraph
A Oy
F. B. Schoenbeum
Duvall Music Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Inlitt
Trustee's Sale of Valuable Coal Corporation in West Virginia
Notice of sale under bankruptcy authority for Big Creek Coal Company includes leasehold of about 800 acres with tipple, mining cars, commissary building and 26 miners houses. Located on Guyan Valley branch near Logan and 14 miles below Logan court house. Sale on August 25 1909 in Huntington West Virginia with cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek Coal Company
Frederick Building
Huntington
Cabell County
West Virginia
H. C. Jones
J. H. Meek
Big Creek Coal
Locating Evelyn Ends in Sunny East Coast Reunion
John Bennett pursues Evelyn Chester after seeing her in a moving panorama and in a New York visit learns Evelyn is alive and engaged to another. He tracks Evelyn to the Massachusetts coast where she mourns her father while awaiting a reunion with Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennett
Chicago
Bing
Evelyn Chester
Denver
Mr. Chester
Evelyn
New York
Bennett
the Chesters
Moving Picture
Piagza Claude Aylmer
Aylmer
Hudson
Euens
Claude
Miss Aylmer
Elffeen
Massachusetts
Mr. Bennett
Jack Bennett
Eileen
Liv
Jack
John L. Bennett
John J. Bennett
Bee and Wasp Stings Compared in Early Medical Advice
The article explains that bee stings are more virulent due to a barbed sting left in the wound, while wasp stings can occur repeatedly as their sting is only pointed. It advises immediate removal of a bee sting to limit deeper penetration and poison spread, noting the sting’s hollow form drives the toxin.
Foley's Urine Laxative Promises Constipation Cure
For indigestion and stomach trouble Foley's Urine Laxative stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels and will positively cure habitual constipation. Sold by all druggists.
G Land Deal Seals Massive Virginia Coal Addition
N D Bachman Jr of Bristol and Paul Dulaney of Washington DC completed a deal bringing Black Mountain Corp of Alexandria VA ownership of seven thousand acres of coal lands in Lee County Virginia with parts in Harlan County Kentucky. The purchase, valued in hundreds of thousands, gives near total control of the Little Rock Mountain field, believed to hold over a billion tons of coal. Key financiers include Benjamin L Dulaney Charles Warren Charles H Zehnder and Representative C B Slemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Bachman, Jr
Bristol
Paul Dulaney
Washington, D. C
Black Mountain Corporation
Alexandria
Lee County
Virginia
Harlan County
Kentucky
Little Rock Mountain
Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway
Benjamin L. Dulaney
Charles Warren
Charles H. Zehnder
New York
C. B. Slemp
Cost To Duplicate the Great Pyramid Estimated At 50 Million
A New York Society of Engineers paper by E Wheeler cited by American Architect estimates the labor and material to duplicate the Great Pyramid of Gizeh would exceed 50 million dollars. Material alone could reach about 48 million with base area near fifteen acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid
Gizeh
Society of Engineers
New York City
E. Wheeler
Wheeler
Curious epitaphs on grave markers reveal grim fates
Old New England epitaphs are not alone in telling blunt fates. A Maine resident died under a falling tree as his headstone notes, while in Austria W A Bailllie-Grohman records Johann Lemberger aged fifty two and three quarters crushed by a falling tree and Michael Gerstner’s blunt demise “climbed up, fell down and was dead.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Austria
W. A. Bailllie-Grohman
Tyrol
Johann Lemberger
Michael Gerstner
Horse Sense and the Battle Between Instinct and Reason
A reflection quotes the Atchison Globe contrasting a horse’s instinctive self care with humans who repeatedly choose harmful acts. It notes that a horse avoids what hurts health while man, guided by reason, often does the opposite despite better judgment. The piece laments the imbalance and the value of instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Amusing exchange at emergency class prompts quick wit
A student answers a prompt on handling hysterical people with a joke about amputating the funny bone, showcasing a blend of surgical humor and classroom banter at a first aid training session.
The Invincible Britons Refer to Our Revolution
London Tatler notes that British rarely mention the Revolution, while acknowledging occasional references to a conflict in which colonists defeated Hessians. The exchange contrasts British view with American events and terminology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Jones
London Tatler
Making Good in a New Line of Work
Reported in the Detroit Free Press the subject is already finding fault with his boss’s handling of business, indicating early friction in a new career path. The exchange highlights questions of success and critique in a transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Éle
Detroit Free Press
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Endorsed
The ad promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as the best remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It warns buyers to insist on DeWitts and avoid imitations or substitutes offered by some dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Missouri Coal Production Falls in 1908 Amid Labor Strikes
The 1908 Missouri coal output reached 3,317,315 short tons valued at 5,444,997 dollars, down from a 1907 peak as petroleum and gas disrupt demand. The industry employed 1,988 workers, with 6,350 on strike for about two months, and 479,850 tons mined by machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
United States Geological Survey
H. A. Buehler
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mid-Continent
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Joplin
Atchison
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Arkansas City
Winfield
Wichita
Wellington
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Alena
Kans
Missouri River
Missouri Territory
Apri 1
J. W. Marsteller
Missouri Bureau of Mines and Mine Inspection
Iowa
Kansaa
Illinois
Kentuky
St. Louis
M. R. Campbell
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten deafness cases stem from catarrh and offers $100 for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Druggists sell the product. a related note advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold by Foley’s Honey and Tar
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports suffering through a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms. After doctor prescribed medicines failed, Foley’s Honey and Tar quickly cured him and his wife has since used it with the same success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Nusbaum
Atesville
Indiana
Foley
Athens to Princeton Railway Contract Bidding Window Opens
The Mercer Electric Railway Co invites seated bids from August 5 to 15, 1909 for grading 6 to 7 miles of track from Athens to Princeton West Virginia. Bidders must submit a $500 certified check and provide bond and security to begin and complete per specifications. the right to reject bids is reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. Va
Princeton
Engineers
Mercer Electric Railway Co
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C. H. Goodykoontz
Rexall
Scott Street
Tdeal Shoe
Boyne
M. H. Pedigo
Kelly & Moyer
Sublett & Barnes
Williamson
J. Walker Burns, Welch
E. B. Garnett
City
Fannie Medbury
Pendleton
Associated Literary Preac'r
Claude Aymer
Aymers
Eilec
Massachusett
Lorothe
Tacorn Pass
Tatna
L’eru
Andean Range
Cordillera
Bolivia
London Times
Lee
Great Pyramid
Fiske
Pinaud
Paris
Finaud
Pinaud Bldg
N. Y
Kelly & Moyers
Phelps Collegiate Institute
Nailroad
Delorme
Alll Communications
Alfred Erickson
Phelps
THE
Keeley Institute
N. Dennison Ave
Columbus
Monitor and Jefferson
Grand
Grinder
Grandest
Mercer Electric Railway
R. G. Meaacor
Ya Vee Ea
Christopher Tompkins
Randolph & Mittendorf Leading Jewelers
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