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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1900

Page

4

News of City and Coal Field Topics

Edward Appleton of Ashland Kentucky is in the city and W F Brumble has returned from Roanoke.

Edward Appleton Ashland W. EF. Brumble Roanoke

Laws and order notes from Bluefield editorials and notices

A Bluefield column mixes civic admonition with social notes from Charleston, Pocahontas, Keystone and other towns. It calls for enforcement of law, cautions about race tensions in railroad work, and condemns a Thanksgiving shooting while urging justice and orderly government. It praises reading the Gold Medal Spring Wheat Flour ad and lists visiting residents and travelers.

Inhuman Fiend Captured Near Rush Kentucky

Telegraphic dispatches report John Gibson of Cattlesburg captured four miles from Rush Kentucky after torturing his three year old stepdaughter to death by burning with a red hot poker. Guards say he will not be surrendered until reward money is turned over and he is kept in a coal mine.

Telegraphic Dispatches John Gibson Cattlesburg Kenova Way Rush

New Copy of Astec Painting Offered Free Next Sunday

A newly discovered press claims to perfectly replicate Astec's Persian Beauty and will be given free to readers of the Philadelphia Sunday Press next Sunday December. The note urges readers to order in advance due to limited supply and mentions sample art and dealer distribution. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers as a liver pill product by H.N. Whit.

Astec Philadelphia Sunday Press

Pearl found by traveler at lunch counter turns profit

A traveling man found a pearl in an oyster stew at the N. and W. lunch counter. A local jeweler offered $25. He declined and sold the pearl to a New York jeweler for $50. The story praises the counter for value in every purchase.

New York

Brothers Graham Die In Pocahontas Mine Disaster

Thomas and John Graham two young men aged about 20 and 23 were killed in the mines of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company at Pocahontas. Their home was White House Kentucky and their bodies were shipped there on the 8 o’clock train last night.

Thomas and John Graham Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Pocahontas White House

Patent tonics and wares advertised in local column

The column promotes Hood's Sar Saparilla to purify blood, a new two horse wagon for sale at $85 by W. D. Croy, and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets with 25 cent price at H. N. White's drug store. It also touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it digests all foods to aid digestion, from H. N. White.

Thos. Whitfield & Co Wabash Avenue Chicago Hood Chamberlain H. N. White

Tax Notice At Patton House This Week

Tax notice to call and pay taxes on time to avoid costs. W A Brown signs the notice. Putnam Fadeless Dye is advertised with simple boiling dyeing instructions. Sold by Flatlop Grocery Co.

Patton House Putnam Flatlop Grocery Co

Lumber accident kills J. M. Honaker near Hinton

J. M. Honaker, 30, was crushed by a heavy lumber pile at Sandstone, west of Hinton. One leg was severed and the other broken in three places, with additional injuries. he died within hours.

J. M. Honaker Hinton

Fragmentary Note at Blue Finot Saloons

A short, fragmented line mentions a Blue Finot and first class saloons offering draught and bottled beer, hinting at a casual drinking scene or local stroll about. The text is sparse with no clear event or person.

Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Cough in Philadelphia

Annie K Springer of 1125 Howard St Philadelphia credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing a long backing cough. She reports it freed her chest and allowed restful sleep after other remedies failed. Trial bottles offered free at drug stores with a 50 cent to dollar price per bottle.

Annie K. Springer Howard St Philadelphia Dr. King St All Drug

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Telegraph LAW and Order W. C. Rierson Charleston Bluefield C. E. Harman Keystone Col. Jamess. Browning L. Ritter Pede Kroll Panther Tazewell Col J. W. Hartwell M. B. Postlethwaite Norwood R. K Sutherland M.A. Miller H. W. Shields Bramwell City West Virginia W. D. Kroll Columbus Mr. Wrsong The Brotherhood of Norfolk W. E Oliver Powsatan Ad IX. M. Tarter Whuefield Webb Walter O'Malley Poccahontas C. B. Houston J. F. Bhlick Chester Elkhorn Col. T. E. Houston Col. Houston Nannie Biggs Covington Altoa Rose Jessie Gordon Buefield Coeburn U. S. Amstur Bluffton Ohio Buckingham County Mr. Am- Stutz Bluffio Mtan Jones Thomas Hatch Hester Maide Samuel Turk Bland Street W. VA N. B America Florsheim Florshim Princeton Yours Truly S. Aaron Bluefield, W. Va Bostonian Shor Kippy Oves Parrorn Dollar Thornton Clothing Co PI Iceton Enue West Va Solutely Pune Tal Pe Ey W. D. Croy W.A Brown Blue Ucn Stetson Meyer United Keystone Union bUmac E. S. Pedigo Summit City Fuel and Supply Company W. H. Campbell & CO West End K. Whitworth Son Railroad Avenue Edwin Mann Pollock First National Bank of Capital Kent
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