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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1918
Page
2
Fragments advertise jewelry from Dilger's at 10 Bland Street and a photo of Christmas trees in home. Notices urge December 22 or 24 deadlines and share local business promos, prices, and influenza impacts.
Store advertises a wide range of pianos from moderate to fine quality and promises written guarantees on every instrument.
A blend of local items reports lost wrist watch and reward, death notices for influenza victims including a ten year old boy named Perkins, Virginia Munsey and Marshall Butler, and military updates. Also notes on school recalls, private tutoring, medical corps commission, naval training, and a post office staffing crisis during an influenza epidemic.
Rethel AME Church informs members that services are suspended indefinitely by order of health officials. It requests regular weekly contributions to two treasurers, J C Kingston of Kingston Drug Co and J E Clarkson, or to the pastor at 142 Jones Street. Contributions will be credited in cabinet.
The Four Minute Men will tour the week discussing America's war aims and how they shaped postwar world peace. They cite the fourteen points and Monroe Doctrine as guiding principles and note demonstrations of democracy advancing under the consent of the governed. Public meetings may be closed, limiting discussions in some areas.
A county notice from Athens West Virginia touts Dr J C Mirst of Roanoke as providing marvelous treatment for rectal diseases. The letter urges sufferers to visit his Roanoke office or his Graham Virginia weekly visits and claims signatures from local residents endorsing his care.
The Binefield library closed on influenza precautions and will warn about book returns. November activity was down due to scare, with 1,585 total circulation, 76 new books, 23 new members, 3,057 total members, and 5,042 books in the collection.
A Bluefield based group forms the Charleston Grocery Co to enter wholesale groceries in Charleston after the new year. G A Matthews becomes president and manager with R K Lazenby as vice president and B H A Andrews as secretary treasurer. Directors include G A Matthews R K Lazenby H W Andrews I M Archer R W Lacy J W Ruft O W Frazier.
Leon Ry Mead first lieutenant of the eighth machine gun brigade is reported killed in France. A Gettysburg College alumnus, he and Edwin A. Marly sold aluminum in Bluefield in 1916. Marly survives a 4000 foot airplane crash, with a companion killed. Mead's family lives in Williamport, Pennsylvania.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Holland would yield to international court demand for Kaiser Wilhelm II and crown prince but prefers internment for life in Dutch colonies. Proposal suggests island custody in East or West Indies under Dutch guard and possible territorial compensation along the Belgian frontier, including Limburg, to offset neutrality violations.
Lieut Rally Hi Collier of Battle Creek Michigan died at Love Field base hospital after a midair crash in a tail spin. Passenger Alvah Woodward of Attawandan Connecticut was not seriously hurt in the incident earlier today.
In his official report, Field Marshal Haig says Cologne was entered last night by British advanced troops as the Allied movement in Germany continues.
The National Romanian Council of Transylvania proclaimed union with the kingdom of Roumania on December 7 in Borne. Roumanian flags fly and public enthusiasm runs high as celebrations spread.
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