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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
4
Property listing describes multiple lots in Center Graham, Morton and Harman Plat, including lots 5 6 18 19 25x130 feet and a 40 by 20 by 200 feet house lot. Features include a grape and fruit area, cisterns two springs one mineral, chicken house and yard, gardens, and a 821m address with reasonable prices.
Industrial Saving and Loan Co of New York plans to sell parcels of Bluefield real estate on August 18 with attorney Joel H. Cutchin present. Bargains offered for cash or monthly payments at six percent. readers urged to contact J H Cutchin in Roanoke for prices and descriptions.
An advertisement endorses DeWitt's Little Early Risers with a brief claim of promptness and pleasant effect, attributed to H. N White.
A local column lists visitors from Rocky Gap Roanoke and Welch including Honaker Needles Crockett and Lambert. It notes a four hour delay for passenger No 12 due to a freight wreck and recounts a dramatic 167 foot trestle fall tale with a near tragic escape.
The handsome residence of H. O. Spangier in the east end is nearing completion. The Baptist parsonage will be ready for occupancy in several months. A block of business buildings on Princeton avenue has been completed and is ready for occupancy.
The report notes twelve smallpox cases at McDonald in Fayette county with exposed individuals under guard. A candidate announces for Constable, seeking Republican Convention support to be held August 18.
Advert shows Hood's Sar saparilla as a permanent cure for scrofula and salt rheum. It claims to expel all impurities from the blood and offers a lasting remedy.
An antique ad notes phone orders filled promptly at the Blue Front with contact 110 for No-To-Bac for Wifty Ceata and a guaranteed tobacco habit cure. It promotes Hester Beer as the best on the market and mentions 50 cents.
At a council meeting 600000 was appropriated to buy equipment for a new fire company. The company was organized last night with J. E. Walton elected captain and T. E. Sullivan as assistant captain. Fifteen members total. The station is under construction at the north end of the overhead bridge. equipment arrives soon. Also: For SALE Cow and calf. Apply to E. P. Morris, Bluefield, W. Va.
Dr King announces New Life Pills as a gentle remedy replacing harsh calomel and croton oil. Claims include curing headaches and constipation for 25 cents at druggists. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure prevents consumption with proof from experience. For rent a five room flat with hot water and central heating on Princeton Avenue.
An old advertisement promotes Kermott's Choco lates Laxative Quinine as a candy like cold cure for colds and sore throat. It also touts Hester's famous Columbus Beer as suitable for family use and medical purposes.
An odd ad-like fragment touts Kermott's Chocolates as a laxative cure labeled Quininely for cold symptoms. It claims children enjoy the product like candy, suggesting a misleading health cure pitched to a family audience.
J. P. Williams the brakeman who killed John Meadows near Hinton was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary by Judge Sanders at Beckley. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast to sunlight washing and rubbing sold by Flat Top Grocery Co.
Jack Reed, thirteen, fatally shoots his cousin Matthew Reed in Gate City Virginia on Monday evening. The boy escapes arrest then surrenders and cites self defense with whiskey noted in the tragedy.
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