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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1903
Page
4
A humorous Western themed advertisement describes Belt Coats with dramatic frontier imagery. It touts the coats as artistically designed with shoulder high concave lines and a detachable belt, inviting customers to shop for overcoats.
Mirc. E A Blake visits Roanoke to see friends. T C Preston returns to Salem Va. George P Damewood of Princeton visits the city. E Sloan returns from Philadelphia. Miss Sarah Fairchild of Bramwell visits. Fr R Wadleigh tours Mexico for Pocahontas coal interests. Mr and Mrs L H Phetteplace return from Lynchburg. Rumor: B A Heller married in New Jersey. no confirmation. Hi B Perham passes through en route to St Louis after telegraphers dispute. L W Quick and L A Sanquary in city addressing local telegraphers at Masonic ball. many outsiders present. they depart for Roanoke in the morning. Blue Ribbon vanilla ad.
Roanoke Virginia November 30 Special A B Douthat Norfolk and Western engineer and Minnie B Floyd of Bluefield daughter of William Floyd were married in the St James Methodist Episcopal parsonage with Rev AH M Hoyt officiating A new barber shop The Climax will open today in Roanoke in Kinzer’s former room with three chairs and prompt service at 12 1 St Harry Holt
Newspaper item notes a special sale on wool blankets at W. A. Swan & Co with address 121. It also lists a rental ad for a seven room dwelling in the east end, asks for inquiries via Lock Box 678, and includes several patent remedy lines for coughs, croup, burns and wounds citing Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup and Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
Supreme Court hear rehearing in Forest Coal Co v. Doolittle as writ of prohibition limits judge from presiding in King land dispute over hundreds of thousands of acres across Logan Wyoming and Mingo counties with transfers between Wyoming Logan and Cabell counties.
Washington officials respond to a sweeping postal frauds report. Prominent Republicans decline to comment beyond endorsing Roosevelt’s call to bring offenders to trial. Names like Tyner Machen Beavers and Perry S Heath appear in discussion as the affair shocks allies and rivals alike.
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