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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1912
Page
7
Court House social and general notices from Princeton County seat feature minor personal updates and industrial items. Town happenings include local engagements and routine business.
G H Crumpecker left Friday for Pittsburg to take over an iron foundry plant on which he has an option. The dismantled plant will be shipped to Princeton to be erected near the east end of the overhead bridge and put in operation soon. The size and capacity are not yet known, but it will cost thousands of dollars and employ many people. Also, Rev EK Halleck receives a call from Culpeper Virginia Episcopal church and may remain with Princeton if his own congregation desires.
The circuit court will reconvene tomorrow after adjournment. chancery orders show numerous divorce petitions with decrees already issued or pending. The Brown Holt Saunders Construction Co seeks dissolution after completing about fifty miles of county macadam roads. News from A T Caperton in Greensboro hospital reports slow but steady improvement. Licenses issued for marriages include Thomas Haywood and Jennie Lurber. Samuel Buchanan and Mary Lilly. Bailey Lambert moved to the Masonic building from Shumate, and Mayor Pennington handles disorderly conduct cases to bolster city revenue. Judges Sanders and Maynard of Bluefield are noted in the personals.
Murrell G. Cook of Hinton is in Princeton attending to property interests. B. C. Snidow relocated his family from Beckley and will reside in town. Don’t miss reading the Want Column.
An advertisement promises superior washing by using more water, hotter water, purer soap, and six water changes. It claims constant agitation ensures thorough cleaning and quick ironed linen ready for use, offered at six cents per pound.
Bluefield Dry Goods Nation Company will auction its corner Scott Raleigh and Stuart streets property in Bluefield West Virginia on December 7 1912 at 2 30 p m The four story brick wholesale house 50 by 135 feet fronts 80 feet on Scott with a 30 foot vacant front The sale offers one third cash and balance in six and twelve months with deeds of trust securing the notes The firm is closing out and reserves right to reject any bid Information available from H D Wells secretary treasurer
Congress opens Monday at noon with expected rulings from the supreme court on the Union Pacific merger and coal cases. Rome hosts a public consistory with five red hat officials to be elevated. Taft opens the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington Wednesday, as other major national gatherings convene across the country.
A partial OCR shows a string of personal and place names including McLaughlin Bellefoacsins Orris Cumberland Md Culleney Sowder Dailey Heffner Rodeford Wiles Wil oe Bently Harris Bailey and Blue eld.
D R Dunn of Maben visits his parents in Peterstown. Local residents greet relatives and friends as they travel to Welch Bluefield Bluefield visits. Several households host travelers including the Clark family, Ballard, Killey and Catron crews. The note ends with arrivals from Huntington and Keystone.
Mrs. Charles J. Shoffner hosted a Wednesday five hundred party on Mercer street with Leona Shoffner assisting. Guests enjoyed a decorated drawing room, a five course supper, and prizes with Miss Sadler and Mr. Sowder winning first, while Miss Collins and Mr. Beastly took booby prizes.
Miss Ballard's parents host guests including Mrs. Ballard and Mr. W. H. Ballard. P. A. Dunn of Bluefield visited Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dunn. Rev. Richard Evans and wife and son, longtime Africa missionaries, arrived replacing Rev. J. H. Watkins at the local M. E. Church. Welcoming message hopes for a fruitful year.
Robert Wilson, a machinist at the local railway shops, narrowly escaped being crushed after a foot got caught in a switch. A fellow worker dragged him from the tracks just as an engine bore down within three feet, saving his life despite severe facial injuries.
If you have something to sell it is easy to find a buyer through the Want Column. The short classified notice offers a simple way to reach local shoppers seeking items for sale and interested buyers in one convenient listing.
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