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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
2
Fragmentary text promotes winter suits and shopping at a local clothing store. It mentions service, style, price comparisons, trying on clothing, and customer satisfaction. The garbled passage lacks clear names, dates, or locations to specify.
A merchant promotes single and double breasted sack suits in new colors and patterns. A custom tailor would charge $25 for four suits, but the seller claims perfect fit and refined details at a lower price.
An unusually large selection of hand tailored sack suits offered at 15.00. Fabrics include plaids stripes mixtures and plain weaves with three or four button single breasted or three button double breasted styles. Comparable quality to costly custom work and better value than $20 garments. Also boys suits with free shirt waist sizes 6 to 18 priced 2.00 to 6.00.
Wise County resources spark plans for a maple chair and furniture industry in Norton. A new four-line rail system raises Southern manufacturing prospects, with a stock company to start two plants using millions of feet of maple timber to supply cheap chairs and mid grade furniture to local dealers. Local capital and coal operators back the move.
Samuel Thomas Williams aged 75 native of Bedford County died at his son W. O. Williams’s home off Moore Street. Remains were taken to Bedford City for burial, accompanied by his son. Several local residents and guests are noted visiting relatives and reports of town happenings including new building occupancy and staff changes.
Avondale German Club held an all night dance in their hall with a midnight supper. The event featured numerous couples listed from Avondale Grayley Tate-Pep a Choceld Bliss McCall and others. attendees included Mr and Mrs W F Kirby Pocahontas and Mr and Mrs P W Easley Roanoke.
Mr and Mrs W M Pryor of Avondale and Mr and Mrs R Frank Hor ner of Avondale listed as chaperones along with Mrs Withers of Panther Mrs Grawley of Jaeger and Mrs Lipford of Avondale in a local school outing notice.
A quirky note from Gary To visit his cousin Aunt Mary mentions a playful Keiser Cravats cat items line. The piece promotes visiting Ye Metropolitan to buy the charming Keiser Cat Fairy products for cat lovers and gift buyers.
Norton Virginia new city council sells the water franchise to Virginia Coal and Iron Company for $9,000 after years of dispute involving Colonial Dorchester company and John A Essar backed firms. The prior arrangement leaves the old company with a potential water haul and a looming lawsuit is hinted.
The partnership under the name Dillard Dillard & Brown is dissolved by mutual consent as of December 5, 1906. Signatories are J. R. Dillard George L. Dillard and F. J. Brown.
Satisfactory adjustment noted as Dilger's stock advertises the best selected line of Xmas goods shown in Bluefield. The Art Stationery Co announces a Kodak Christmas gift option for lasting enjoyment throughout the year.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Elks' Trust Association will be held at the Elks building in Bluefield West Virginia on December 12 1908 at 10 oclock a m for the election of directors and to transact any business that may properly come before the meeting A H Land Secretary Bluefield Book and Stationery Co advertising fine china and cut glass in the city
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