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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
3
Bluefield Lodge No 250 holds a meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Rea Zen's Hall. Members gather for lodge business and fraternal activities in a community venue.
The Roanoke Elks host Bluefield Elks at the Fair Grounds on September 5, with earlier matches and social events including a needlework club gathering at Miss Fanny Wright’s Tazewell street home. Weddings, picnics, dances, and church services fill the community calendar alongside a Pulaski Bluefield game schedule and a city levy update.
Advice on avoiding mail order temptation by checking local newspaper advertising columns. Encourages readers to compare home advertisers with foreign ones and to trade locally when possible in a period tone.
A humorous Scottish tale shows Dr Norman McLeod and a burly elder visiting Mrs MacLaren after a long journey She serves a lavish supper as the preacher and elder discuss the miracle of loaves and fishes Mrs MacLaren quips that had they been at the kirk there would not have been twelve baskets of fragments to gather up.
In a Brooks' club incident Fox faced Adam, the Prince of Wales's attorney general, after a disparaging remark about government powder. Fox refused to fire, claiming no quarrel, and the duel proceeded to the handshake with Fox quipping that would have been killed by bad powder.
Joe Paul a Hungarian passenger on No 6 was identified by a Tom's Creek description and held overnight in Graham on larceny charges. Wise county authorities will arrive to verify if he is the wanted man while he had about $8 and no baggage at arrest.
The Graham College basepail team plans a restructuring after the season. Management will select new uniforms and assign positions for next season as players are rotated for better lineup depth.
Graham College will maintain its noted food reputation as Cory Menoon accepts a bookkeeper position at Longworth Tre Co. Miss Long of Burke's Garden visits her cousin Miss Angie Gillespie. Beverly rTitz and son left for Giles county to visit friends. Mr RR Poindexter and sons travel to Pearisburg to visit Mrs Poindexter's mother Mrs Woolwine. J P Williams visits Graham. Misses Ward of Tazewell visit Mrs William Frazier. Tuey Smart of Tazewell visits Mrs Spracher. Walter King and guest Mrs Snell visit Pocahoutse to tour the Pornsentis Collieries plant. Charlie McGraw, recently with his state, and Mrs R W H m srey return to Pounding Mills.
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