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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
7
A terse prompt suggests placing a Tele graph classified advertisement to hire a domestic helper or cook. The note implies the quickest route to secure a house girl or cook through newspaper classifieds.
An appeal to give clothing as a practical Christmas present. The piece urges readers to consider useful wearables over faddish items and promises a range of value-filled suggestions available at the store.
Local notes report W E Ferrell visiting Mora on business and Miss Annie Bennett returning home from Hollins. Numerous residents including Mr and Mrs Monroe Mrs Knowls Mrs Lee and son Lonnie and others were in Bluefield or visiting nearby towns. Advertisements promote Dilger leading jewelers and a Christmas fruit cake assortment with daily made candies in Partee Block Bluefield.
Wholesale whiskey firms violate Judge Dayton’s ban on C O D sales by sending lengthy letters to farmers and citizens in the southern district. The letters tempt big purchases with low prices and minimum orders of fifteen to twenty dollars, hoping to recoup time spent. Judge Dayton vows to keep a close watch and punish violators if they resume C O D or related sales.
Bluefield Amusement Company plans a Phantom Party next Tuesday night at the rink. Guests may wear sheets or white dominoes with masks. A ghost will carry a five dollar gold piece prize hidden in a pocket. Admission is twenty five cents. Skating 8 p m to 9 (19). Dancing 10 to 1. Music, ginger cakes, and red apples provided.
The West Virginia Hotel Keepers Association in Huntington approved a resolution naming measures against fraud. It requires sharing name and identifying details of anyone issuing fraudulent checks or drafts with police and members. Prosecution may be handled by a lawyer appointed by the association. debtors who do not settle will have their delinquencies publi cized and may be denied credit by members.
The Southerland Coal and Coke Co is constructing a railroad from Dorchester Wise county Va to a land tract it owns with development underway. The project includes coal mines 200 coke ovens and 300 miners houses nearing completion and aims to start shipments in January. The Dorchester line will connect with a Louisville and Nashville branch.
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