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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
4
Real estate dealer offers houses, lots, and farms for sale in Bluefield. Promises profitable returns of 15 to 20 percent per year for potential buyers. Prospective investors urged to visit or write for information.
Two store houses on Bluefield Avenue priced at 1600 and 2000 dollars with flats above. Property belongs to non residents and are among the best business stands in the city. Each will pay 20 percent on the investment.
Palmer Oliver and Luke Varden are charged after a night entry theft at the Mountain View Hotel. Oliver confessed some items stolen including jewelry cash watches pistols with Vaiden implicated. Watkins intercepted Oliver boarding a Radford train and Vaiden was arrested. both robbers jailed awaiting trial. Additional notes advertise local products and medicines.
Miss Eleanor Kahle of Wytheville, Miss Georgia Wall of Spanishburg, and Miss Maggie Durst of Pocahontas visit Bluefield friends. Others travel to Pearlsburg, North Fork, and Bristol. Local clergy and sports figures are mentioned with upcoming events and games. Captain John T. Smith dies in Tivoli Oklahoma at an advanced age.
Bluefield resident and Confederate veteran John Brown Pike owns a steel spear with an eight foot wooden handle once issued to Wythe county troops after Harper's Ferry. The relic served as a guidon staff in Civil War cavalry hardships and bears tacks near the spearhead. Attempts to donate to the Richmond Confederate Museum failed due to tied memories.
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as making the kidneys right. It notes summer irregularities from drinking or overheating and urges prompt attention to the kidneys. Sold by G. H. Wade.
A Kentucky wife tracked her husband J. F. Lewis to his affair. He was arrested on a wife sworn warrant and fined heavily. Unable to pay, he worked on the streets until his wife raised funds and paid the fine. Lewis returned home and promised to reform.
Drink ad copy touts Three Ribbon Rye 7 oo whiskey as a cure for tiredness. Mentions the brand as “god for that tired feeling” with numeric hints 7 23, suggesting a product slogan.
Henderson citizen J. A. Kelly recounts a summer bout with dysentery and attests Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy worked quickly when used as directed. He notes the relief was faster than previous remedies. For sale by H. N. White.
W. T. Sturdevant of Merry Oaks North Carolina reports fifteen years of dyspepsia improved after using Kodol. He says he can eat almost anything now and digestion is good. He advises against dieting and notes Kodol helps digestion without the stomach. Sold by John L. Crockett.
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