Special skirt sale with novelty mixtures and solid colors
A local ad announces a special sale of skirts in heavy cloth with stitched panels. It notes novelty mixtures and solid color options priced at 3.85.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
5
A local ad announces a special sale of skirts in heavy cloth with stitched panels. It notes novelty mixtures and solid color options priced at 3.85.
The Deep water road or Tidewater extension is claimed to be controlled by the Wabash. A 100 mile contract by McArthur Bros. includes twenty one tunnels and must be finished in two years from a point in this county to near Roanoke. Frostburg residents expect Wabash progress via Georges Creek to Pittsburgh, through Cumberland and Connellsville.
The Coal and Coke railroad completes an unbroken line from Charleston to Elkins with the final spike driven at Walkeraville, Lewis county. Through service to Baltimore and eastern points expected in two weeks after ballast and surfacing. Construction praised as first class and crossings replaced by fills, culverts, and iron bridges. West End Drug Co. promotes Vinol with claims of health benefits and a guarantee.
An advertisement derides pale faces as a sign of anaemia and promotes a cod liver oil product Vinci claiming to restore rich red blood and strength. It urges broad reader use across ages to combat debility and general collapse.
Events include 1421 the birth of King Henry VI of England, 1527 Pope Clement VII escapes disguised, 1648 Pride's Purge banning 200 Presbyterians from Parliament, 1776 British seizure of Rhode Island, 1795 Rowland Hill born father of British postal service, 1864 Lincoln urges restriction of state banks, 1884 Washington Monument completed, 1897 assassination attempt on the Sultan of Turkey, 1903 four killed in a railroad wreck at Worcester.
The C W B M of the Bluefield Christian church adopts resolutions honoring pastor W G Walters, praising his service and expressing sympathy to his relatives. The group asks for records, publication in the paper, and forwarding copies to the bereaved families. Signed by Mrs G L Owens, Mrs S A Worley, Mrs V V Austin, and Mrs E P Godbey. Also includes an unrelated advertisement for Newbro's Herpicide with claims about dandruff germs and baldness prevention.
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