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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
2
The First Baptist church Sunday school plans its annual picnic next Tuesday with all members urged to be ready for a fun day. Also notes rising local activity with a Norfork & Western merger plan and community notices from Knoxville and Bluefield Eagle events.
Outing next Tuesday leaves Bluefield at 7:30 a.m. for a picnic in St Clair with families returning by 6 p.m. An evening dance follows at Union Park Pavillion. Out of town attendees buy Bluefield tickets. a special train is chartered at the airline’s expense.
Visitors report a large black bear weighing about 300 pounds killed four miles from Burke's Garden near Beartown after a spree of sheep depredations. The beast was tracked into laurel thickets, chased by hounds, and finally brought down by hunter Joe Kelly.
News from Bluefield reports the death of Major H M Pulser at his home in Kzalythton Tennessee. A prominent eastern Tennessee attorney and Civil War Confederate veteran, he had been ill after a fall. Funeral and interment were held in Elizabethton at 10 o clock this morning.
Authority reports resumed work soon on both ends of the Clinchfield and Ohio railway formerly the South and Western. Bids for construction have been called and grading will begin once bids are awarded. The line from Dante Virginia to Marion North Carolina is nearly done with remaining work extending south to Spartanburg and northwest to Elkhorn City Kentucky.
A Columbus Dispatch reader laments sending a watch to be cleaned and repaired monthly, insisting hairs inexplicably invade the works and backs of the timepiece, even while kept in his pocket during barbering. He notes repeated disassembly reveals hairs behind the hands and in printer’s minting areas, puzzling him.
In a grammar lesson a pupil claims a word ending with ous means full of. After a pause a front row student volunteers pleus as a joke meaning full of ple, provoking quiet and a teacher's reaction.
The Rock district board of education in Mercer County WV met August 1908 to estimate levies for the current year. They authorize building fund levy of 15 cents and 25 cents for teachers, totaling needed amounts after credits. Secretary J C Newaker certified the order on August 12 1908.
Tuition figures listed for Primary 1.90 per month Intermediate 1.50 per month Collegiate 2.50 per month Normal 1.00 per month Music-Extra 0.30 per month Board with furnished room 2.50 per week Special family rates apply. Location Norfolk and Western Station Delorme W Va five miles from town in mountain setting.
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