Local coroner rules Booth death a stroke of apoplexy
In Brush Fork coroner Squire E P Godby presided over an inquest into the death of J W Booth aged about eighty five found dead in bed. The jury returned a verdict that Booth died from a stroke of apoplexy. He lived alone in a cabin and was a well known local character. Seat sale underway at White Pharmacy for Montaville Flowers. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets at Bland Street Methodist Church at 3 PM.
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Squire E. P. Godby
Brush Fork
J. W. Booth
Booth
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Bland Street Methodist Church
T. J. Brewster
Big Sandy
Brewster
Flour brands sold at mill prices for Christmas baking
Advertises Monitor Pulverized flour and other mill brands sold at car lot and local merchant prices. Promises superior quality and pound for pound value for fine bread and pastry baking this Christmas.
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Carlot
One Change in West Virginia State Politics Noted
Washington Post reports Maryland style shifts in West Virginia politics with Elkins and Scott seeking names not in Washington recently. John Marshall wins a speakership plum, Bliss McCrum loses U.S. attorney chance as Ogden backs Doyle for U.S. marshal post amid hearings.
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Washington Post
West Virginia
Washington
Elkins
Scott
Waterways Congress
Bliss McCrum
Kingwood
United States
John Marshall
Parkersburg
McCrum
House
Charleston
Senate
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
James Doyle
Marshall County
United States Marshalship
Ogden
Doyle
West Virginia patronage scramble reshapes senate prospects
The article outlines a heated fight over federal appointments in West Virginia with Major Charles Elliott favored for marshal in the northern district and Frank Tyree for the southern post challenged by E G Pierson and allies. It notes implications for Roy C. Waugh, district attorney, and Senator Scott's future amid jockeying to placate or replace key figures.
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Charles Elliott
Doyle
Elliott
United States
Roy C. Waugh
Charleston
Charles D. Elliott
Parkersburg
Frank Tyree
Huntington
John Marshall
E. G. Pierson
Fayette County
C. W. Dillon
W. R. Bennett
M. J. Simms
George Love
Tyree
Pierson
Waugh
Glasscock
Scott
Dawson
Reese Blizzard
Mr. Blizzard
Blizzard
Representative Hubbard
Wheeling
Christmas tree offer and tax notices in Rock District
J L Hutchinson Jr of Rich Creek offers to supply Christmas trees to churches and families in Bluefield with ample notice for shipment from Lurich. Taxpayers in Rock District are reminded of upcoming polling dates across Spanishburg Rock Montcalm Matoaka Hiawatha Mammering Bramwell Roseville Cooper with a January 1 deadline for delinquent payments. Medicines and remedies including Kennedy laxative cough syrup and Pine salve are advertised by local drug firms.
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J. L. Hutchinson, Jr
Rich Creek
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Lurich
J. Ll. Hutchinson
I. 4
Fillison
M. C
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Ohio
Hawley
Whitlow Paint & Paper Co
Pulaski Street
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Missionary Meeting
Caleb Powers
Elks Opera House
Opera
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Norfolk and Western
Vine
Mamie Anderson
Miss Anderson
C. W. Ewald
C. H. Brown
Bluefield Sanszcorium
Northfork
JP. A. Grady
Christian Church
Wyrick Mineral Water
Bluefield Tea & Coffee Co
Musicale
Gertrude Watts
Bland Street
Ethelbert Nevin
Huff, Andrews
Thomas
Fan
Pat Ahr
Marv Iyenasst Ee. Ae
State House
J. L. Hutchinson
Rock District
Spanishburg
Goodykoontz Co
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White
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Columbia
Mary Jane
Buster Brown
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