Personalities and Briefs from the Region
Irving Jennings returns from Roanoke. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Felts depart for Roanoke. Prof. H. L. Farmer, piano tuner from Lynchburg, stays at Hotel Central. Engineer G. P. Creger dies after Seven Mile Ford wreck. Albert Sidney Wilkes drowns skating on the Monongahela near Fairmont at 26. Oliver Lambert crushed by rail train near Harman. likely cold exposure. A black man fined 25 dollars for threats and menacing act, sent to jail. A rooster fight in Welch nets bets over a thousand. hawk kills rooster in minutes. Ada operator death by suicide rumor disproved. Ada Ohio death ruled self-inflicted. Ada, W. Va. operator alive and hopeful. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla ad concludes.
Princess Elizabeth Marie in Austrian Royal Circle Shooting Incident
Vienna reports Princess Elizabeth Marie, granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph, shot a Prague actress in her husband Prince Otto’s apartment and then aimed at her husband before he restrained her. The princess renounced her claim to the throne to marry the man she chose. The prince is noble but not royal. Efforts to keep the affair quiet failed.
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Vienna
Elizabeth Marie
Franz Joseph
Prague
Otto
Windisch-Gratetz
Austria
Council Protests Slot Machines in Bluefield Meeting
The Bluefield city council, in regular session, protested slot machines while approving permits for a Y M C A warehouse and a Davidson street stable. A walkway over the east end bridge was planned with rail help and a $100 city subsidy, plus snow removal rules and late night saloon screens. A bowling alley license was granted with a no-slot condition amid wider anti gambling sentiment.
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E. Fisher
Y. M
C. W. Phleps
Davidson Street
Churchill
Norfolk and Western
East End
City of
Bluefield
B. F. Lindsay
E. L. Bailey
Bluefield Avenue
Hhis Place
Guests Rescued From West Fifty third Street Hotel Fire
New York December 7 two hundred guests of the Wyanoke Hotel were rescued heroically from a blaze that nearly destroyed the building on West Fifty third street this morning.
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New York
Wyanoke Hotel
West Fifty-third Street
Raids on Peaceful Towns Must Cease
St Petersburg reports United States Ambassador McCormick has been officially notified of Russia recognizing Panama.
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St. Petersburg
United States
McCormick
Russia
Panama
Pianos Tuned by H L Farmer
Pestilence orders left with Moose Book Store and at Hotel Central. Mr H L Farmer offers piano tuning services with contact points at Moose Book Store and Hotel Central.
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H. L. Farmer
Moose Book Store
Hotel Central
For Rent Seven Room House on Bluefield Avenue
For rent a seven room house in good condition newly repaired and painted on Bluefield avenue. Apply to Wm Hicks. 128
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Bluefield Avenue
Wm. Hicks
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