Personal notices and briefs from Bluefield
W O Walton of Welch and W H Lilly of Flat Top are in the city with other visitors and locals. Smallpox cases rise with four new in Crane Creek area. 78 cases in C O coal field this fall. The teachers institute opens at 9:30 at the public school with evening session at the Christian Church. Rev D J Woods from Blacksburg assists at Presbyterian revival. Abe Miller buys J S Burnett liquor store, license transfers. S M Spedon, artist entertainer, at Y M C A Hall December 21 with tickets 50 cents.
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W. H. Lilly
Flat Top
J. D. Long
Lurich
C. A. Waugh
Orange
Bluefield
BP. Kefanver
Elkhorn
D. F. Hale
Giles County
W. B. Addison
Bristol
J. G. Thomas
George L. Karnes
R. W. Gott
T E. Roach
True
Crane Creek
Teachers’ Institute
Christian Church
D. J. Woods
Blacksburg
P. ©. Clark
Presbyterian Church
Abe Miller
J. S. Bursnett
Mr. Miller
Easy Divorce in West Virginia Quiet and Private
West Virginia allows relatively easy divorces without public exposure. Depositions are taken in attorney offices and reviewed by judges in chambers. Public access exists at the clerk’s office but such records rarely reach news audiences, yet many divorces are granted each term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Five Injured, One Missing After Hotel Fire
In Ford City Pennsylvania the Fifth Avenue Hotel burned this morning. A guest named Damoot is missing while six others were seriously injured by jumping from upper floors. In London a gale swept the channel, leaving four vessels distressed with aid unavailable.
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Ford City
Fifth Avenue
Damoot
London
Dover
Edison and the incandescent light's grand merit
The piece extols Thomas A Edison as the century’s greatest figure beyond mere politicians. It quotes his claim that the incandescent lighting system is his key contribution, noting the work to develop and distribute electric light. It contrasts lighting with rhetoric as a public good.
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Thoms A. Edison
Edison
Patent Office
Mr. Edison
Chicago Record-Herald
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Hunter
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
Bland Street
W. O. Walton
Welch
John Culliney
D. Junkin
Hickok
Ashland
Carl Gooch
Thurmond
T. B. Combs
W. P. Hawley
South Bland Street
Mount Hope
Fayette County
S. M. Spedon
Y. M.C. A. Hall
Dee
Spedon
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Harris Mose CO
Opp
Postoffice
Samuel Turk
W. Va
Barboursville
Cumberland Valley
Home Office
Bluefield, W. VA
David E. Johnston
A. C. Jones
E. T. Oliver
Sec
Treas
J. Francke Fox
F. L. Bisch
H. C. Jones
JE. Bond
A. 8. Meador
D. W.iva
K. T. Oliver
Mom Gilbert
Auustin Daly
John Gilbert
Mr. Daly
Jim Lewis
John Drew
Ada Reham
Tie
Kevey
Tom
New York Herald
John Harper
White’s Drug Store
Headquarters For Confectionaries
A.L. Hawkins
Voealens
Thornton Clothing CO
SICN
OF the Star
Bluefield Mercantile Company
Bargalin S&s
Schloss Bros
Melton
Shelton & Jordan
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