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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement touts Bio-feren as a quick health boost for women, claiming two weeks to stronger nerves, clearer skin, and vigor. It urges daily tablets, promises refunds if goals aren’t met, and lists ingredients like lecithin and calcium glycerophosphate.
Graham Daily News reports Corporal Fred T. Nash of Co. I 101st Infantry in France dated November 10 writes of a knee wound from shrapnel on November 1 1918 and recovery in hospital with Red Cross nurses and good meals. Letter mentions armistice day celebrations in Paris and asks family to continue mail.
The Maybury Lyceum course opened last Saturday in the school auditorium with Roy K. Bendell, noted entertainer, drawing appreciation. Next on the program is the Amen entertainers in December. Birthday news includes a daughter born Nov 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Smith.
Colonel and Mrs. William Leckie hosted the Lathrop Coal Co office force for a festive Thanksgiving dinner. Guests praised the hospitality as influenza closures halt church services and public events. locals Anthony Kell and J W Blakely are noted for military service and return.
A war department message confirms Birch White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hance White, was killed in action in France. The note marks him as the neighborhood’s first casualty overseas and expresses sympathy to the family. Influenza in the area is nearly gone. Presiding Elder Hurley spoke in town Saturday night. J. R. Boyd improves slowly and Donnally sold farm produce in Bluefield. Waldron family moves to stay with Dr. Boyd.
Ad copy touts Fruit Hearts chewing gum as delicious and original. Mentions a package now available in all stores with emphasis on flavor and availability.
A special meeting of the stockholders of Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company will be held at the Virginian Hotel in Lynchburg Virginia on Saturday morning December 14 1918 at 10 oclock to vote on extending the corporation existence for thirty years from December 31 1918. Jas M Quail Secretary, 10-17-24-1
Rhoda Smith wed Bertha Wilson of Finney Virginia on Wednesday November 27. Fred Buckles visited River Viero Farm Thursday evening. Lucyd Steele enjoyed Thanksgiving at home. Gertrude Dickenson returned home for Thanksgiving. Aliss Sadie Wilson and Martha Boyd left for Lynchburg to work in an overall factory. Raven Red Cross met at Raven Theatre and planned forty comfort kits.
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