09 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
1
A brief shop blurb presents a Christmas gift idea and a special occasion bag item. The store promises service to customers with a fine assortment of jewelry aimed at those who discriminate between excellent and merely good.
A lodge funeral service featured an eloquent tribute and a quartet performance of OneSweetly Solemn Thought. The audience joined in singing the Doxology as the lodge of sorrow adjourned.
Judge Robert C. Jackson of the Circuit Court in Tazewell county overruled Maiden Spring magistrate district reg istrars who refused to register Deputy United States Marshal George Harrison. The court ruled residence is by intention and ordered Harrison placed on the registration books.
Two hundred guests were awakened by revolver fire as robbers struck the Navarre Hotel. The attackers fled after a firefight, causing panic. William Jones, 19, reportedly a gang member, was captured in the cellar and confessed to prior attacks at the neighboring Leayington Hotel.
New York reports John H Hege man Jr son of Metropolitan Life president hosted a large dinner in Mamaronees to celebrate the completion of the Union Hook and Ladder house. Guests include C Oliver Islen A C Bostwick Alfred Marshall J N MacDonough all noted as millionaires. Members wore red shirts during the meal.
Short classified note seeking a young man to assist in a Vivian West Virginia store near Bottom Creek Coal and Coke Co with stray lines about milk stew fries and Pearson’s Princeton Avenue ad spots. Also mentions a Stella Baldwin column and a stolen letter dog found by G A Matthews near Lutheran Church.
Burglars blew open the Graham Supply Company safe early yesterday morning at Graham, stealing over two thousand dollars in cash, checks, stock certificates, insurance deeds, and private papers. They used dynamite or lycerine, pried doors, and left behind tools. a later count noted stock and some goods missing while much of the cash was in envelopes and a money drawer. The theft was discovered by mail carrier William Rhea around six o'clock. local residents reported hearing an explosion.
Wanted ad seeks a first class bookkeeper stenographer and general office man with thorough experience in coal lumber and mercantile trades. No objection to location and highly endorsed. P. A lwk.
Oyster dishes available all day and night at Pearson's Restaurant with fruit offerings. Sterne's at 13 Princeton Ave and 23 Bland St promote assorted produce and meals.
A recruitment notice offers free information on opium and whiskey habits. It directs readers to write to B M Wooley in Atlanta Georgia box 887 to receive material.
Du Pont Georgia candidate J F Hughes expected to die within six months from a lung ailment. After trying Dr King s New Discovery for consumption he recovered, overturning predictions. The drug, guaranteed for cough and lung trouble, is sold by druggists at 50 cents and $1.00 with a free trial bottle.
Benjamin W. Gist of Falls City Nebraska inherited forty thousand dollars from an uncle. He distributed fifty thousand in gold to crowds, schoolchildren, and the general public before court guardians intervened. He refused loans and later returned to farm life sane and content.
The Civic Federation held its annual meeting in the board of trade room in New York with Senator Hanna presiding. The session runs through Wednesday and will tackle employer worker issues. Delegates aim to chart paths to shorter working days and address industrial arbitration and conciliation.
The Baldwin column notes a letter from President Kimball and discusses its implications. It cites specific points raised by the president and connects them to ongoing debates reflected in the paper’s coverage.
An old style ad explains that good health depends on sound kidneys and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as the remedy. It notes summer irregularities from excess drinking or overheating and urges prompt use, with sale by G. H. Wade.
A farm supply list offers items suitable for horses cows and mules. Choices include flour bread middlings and hay with country buckwheat flour in 25 pound lots country sorghum extracted honey 15 cents per pound sauerkraut 5 cents per pound and country apple butter 12.50 cents per pound.
An artist is preparing a monument to replace the small grave marker of Ensign Worth Bagley in Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh NC. A statue is planned for Capitol Square and a fund totaling 3000 dollars has grown slowly with a city gift hoped for. Quick orders. Everything the market affords. Pearson's Restaurant open day and night. Let us have your order for fruit cake own make Sterne's 15 Prince ton ave 23 Bland st.
R. A. Gray of Oakville Indiana describes ten years bedridden with kidney disease. He sought top medical care but found no relief until Foley’s Kidney Care was recommended, calling it a Godsend. Used by G. H. Wade druggist.
If you have kidney or bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure you will have only yourself to blame for results as it positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. For sale by G. H. Wade druggist.
President Mitchell avoids strike talks at Civic Federation meeting in New York. MP Harry McCalmont, a Conservative, dies at his doorstep in London. The yacht Eagle rumored to defend the American Cup. Reed’s funeral and archbishop enthronement noted in Washington and Portland. Premier Balfour mentions an ultimatum to Venezuela. Cornelius Vanderbilt ill with typhoid in New York. Charles Yerkes comments on London Tube progress and Morgan conflicts.
Readable text notes cake design ornamentation offered by Sterne’s with locations at 1 Princeton Ave and 25 Bland St.
Lost check on the Norfolk and Western line payable to Marty Vlark for 6.35 dollars. Reward offered if returned to the office.
A bakery note highlights daily fresh cakes from Sterne's at 13 Princeton Ave and from 25 Bland St. The line emphasizes a steady supply of cakes baked each day.
An ad notes shoes priced at 2.50 available for men with emphasis on comfort and pride, located near blocks from Princeton Ave.
Henderson Grimett of this place suffered partial paralysis and loss of use of an arm and side. After failed treatment by a physician, his wife recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm and two bottles cured him. The tonic has aided many partial paralysis cases and is famed for rheumatism sprains and bruises. Sold by U N White.
Mothers fear winter as croup threatens children and One Minute Cough Cure is advertised as safe and immediate relief. It claims to liquify mucus, ease inflammation, and cure coughs colds bronchitis and lung trouble with endorsements from F B McMahon of Hampton Ga and J L Crockett.
Reconstruction era reform school named Rufsians Reform opens amid local rail funding and school district support. Officials cite improved literacy and discipline aimed at guiding youths away from mischief. Residents watchdog group questions cost and oversight.
A garbled 19th century clipping describes a dispute ending without settlement while mentioning affects on health and a salve claim. The text references individuals and a medical remedy praised for curing long standing wounds and debility with uncertain certainty.
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