Ninety Year Old Man Demonstrates Remarkable Needle Threading
Samuel Morris, nearing ninety, survived a ram attack on his farm with only minor injuries. His son J Morris traveled from nd county to learn the news, praising the elder Morris as a stout Confederate veteran famed for outdoor life and exceptional eyesight able to thread a needle by lamp light. The piece also notes coal industry updates and local holiday business openings, including bakeries and barbershops.
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J. Morris
Nd County
Samuel Morris
Mr. Morris
Geone Sand
Wes Fe
Maten
Mount Vernon Flour and Holiday Treats at West End Bakery
Mount Vernon Flour offers Christmas cakes and confections including fruit layer pound and kely fingers, macaroons and cream puffs at West End Bakery Partee Block Bluefield avenue phone 367. The 5 and 10 Cent Stores and The Surprise Stores advertise low prices and a large gift selection with Santa Claus headquarters urging early shopping to ensure pick.
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West Hnd
Brock
Bluefield Avenue
West End
Partee
Santa Cladus
Death of John T. Waal in Pulaski after illness
John T. Waal died at his Pulaski home on Thursday morning after weeks of rheumatism that threatened his heart. He leaves a wife and five children. Reared in Dublin, he lived in Pulaski about twenty years and was well known in Bluefield, often visiting his daughter Mrs. D. B. Seagle during residence there.
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John T. Waal
Pulaski
Dublin
Bluefield
D. B. Seagle
Big Sandy Company Moves to Open Two Pike County Mines
The Big Sandy Company of Boston has closed a lease with Rogers of Pikeville to open two new coal mines in Pike County Kentucky with a planned output of 1000 tons daily. Nearby firms Pike Coal and Coke Greenough Coal and Coke Edgewater Coal and Coke hold leases on the property and have contracted machinery installation for the project. The Marrowbone Coal and Coke, previously reported, is to open its mine as part of these developments.
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Big Sandy
Marrowbone Creek
United States
Greenough Coal and Coke Company
Big Sandy Company
Bikhernecking-coal
Pike County
Boston
Rogers
Pikeville
Pike Coal and Coke Company
Greenough Coal and Coke Co
Edgewater Coal and Coke Company
Micy Fachinery
Marrowbone Coal and Coke
Caseasweet for children promoted as safe no opiates
De Witt & Co of Chicago markets Caseasweet as ideal medicine for babies and young children. It claims full compatibility with the National Pure Food and Drug Law and is sold by all druggists under the Baby Book label.
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de Witt & Co
Chicago
Summer time in California canned fruit ad
An early Sublette and Barnes display promotes luscious California canned fruits under the caption The good old summer time dated December 14, 1921. The brief ad highlights fruit products and seasonal appeal for shoppers.
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Luscious
California
Sublette & Barnes
Little Early Risers recommended by all druggists
Open the bowels DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised as a recommended and sold remedy by druggists nationwide. The concise promotion emphasizes their use as a gentle laxative and digestive aid.
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DeWitt's
Wittenberg Mine Town Grows Fast With New Depots
A six month old mining town in West Virginia on the Chesapeake and Ohio and Deepwater Tidewater lines shows about 1000 residents and expects 5900 within a year. Directors from New River Collieries Company and partners from C and O Coal and Coke, American Smelting, Guggenheim Exploration, and others laid corner stones for two new depots and toured coal properties in the New River Field aboard a special train.
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Nevada
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Wittenberg
Chesapeake and Ohio
Deepwater-Tidewater
New River Collieries Company
C. J. Wittenders
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke Company
R. Guggenheim
American Smelting Company
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Raymond Dupuy
Deepwater-Tidewater Railroad
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Wm. Sproul
Kanawha Villey Traction Company
Southern Pacific Railway
New River
Box Rents Must Be Paid In Advance
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces changes to box rent collection requiring payment at the start of each quarter. Box holders must renew by the last day of the quarter or the box will be closed and offered for rent with mail sent to general delivery.
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F. H. Hitchcock
Christmas Gift Suit Featured at Pedigo's
A Christmas gift idea at Pedigo's highlights one of the ladies' suits on sale with a note that prices have been reduced. The item is framed as a desirable present for the season.
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Pedigo’s
Bluefield Council Sought Water Works Franchise 1906
A proposed ordinance seeks to grant W. D. Roberts and C. T. Martin a fifty year Water Works franchise in Bluefield West Virginia. The boundary runs west of the Norfolk and Western switch tower to the city limits and includes all streets alleys and grounds within. The ordinance requires council adoption after thirty days first publication and notes the original file is in the recorder’s office.
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City of
Bluefield
W. D. Roberts
T. Martin
West Virginia
C. T. Martin
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Roberts
Martin
Common Council
Mt Vernon Flour Sale Coup at Carter Furniture Co
Twenty percent savings offered on all purchases at Carter Furniture Co featuring Mt Vernon Flour as part of a special sale event for local shoppers.
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Carter Furniture Co
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Nede Morris
Climax
Princeton Avenue
Albert
Art
DeWitt
Mount Vernon Flour
W. P Hawley Mosse, Co
Dexter
Seagle
Chesapeake
Kie
Deenwater-Tidewater
Paris
West Virgina
Council
Mt. Vernon
Kinzer
Thornton
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