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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
1
A list compiled by architect Carter details numerous brick and stone business houses, stores and residences erected within the year. Totals include city court house improvements 42000 and a planned opera house 50000 with other major projects. The page notes a grand total near 125000 with plans for a new hotel and Y M C A building among anticipated additions.
An old newspaper notice lists a sale of two herees and harness and two wagons offered by T. H. Becker and J. M. Elgars. The item includes harness and two wagons in the listing.
President Roosevelt hosted a dinner with high ranking Republicans at the White House. Guests included Senators Scott Elkins and Hanna. The gathering signals no rift with the party’s national committee and hints at social support for future convention battles.
In Nansemond circuit court, Ina Ann White, colored, seeks to break the will of her father Dempsey Hare. The contentious proceeding, advancing over a week, involves five lawyers and eighty four witnesses as the court begins hearings today.
A Virginia man named Toon hounded by bigotry leaves his fortune to a selected heir after severing ties with his daughter over race. Lawyer Sugent of Norfolk argues the testator’s deluded view of Black people impaired judgment, asserting the will written weeks before his death in Virginia. Washington dispatch notes tariff talks paused with no new ship subsidy bill. Columbus reports mixed reactions to President Roosevelt’s message on trusts.
A well known editor notes the presidents message was leaked before publication as copies circulated. The piece warns of pre delivery reads and mentions rare entertainment at M A hall on December 21 by S M Spedon. The page also lists varied local ads for jewelry taxes and merchants, with a deputy sheriff urging tax settlements.
A Leyte Journal excerpt reports coal from the Pocahontas region weighed at Bluefield using an automatic scale. The piece notes the railway’s push for automation to cut pay, recounting a former scheme to move cars by gravity and the ensuing delays and losses. Local operators express frustration with car shortages and the company’s policy emphasis over road operations.
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