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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1906
Page
5
In Moscow on December 15 terrorists attempted to kill Admiral Dubassoff, former Moscow Governor General, by throwing a bomb from a carriage. He was slightly injured and the would be assassins were captured. The incidents suggest renewed terrorist plans against government officials and the upper class.
The article recounts Sarah Siddons born 1755 at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn Brecon and raised in theater. Her father Roger Kemble opposed her marrying Henry Siddons an actor in his company. After opposition and a period apart the couple married in Coventry 1773 with Kemble claiming forgiveness if she had not married an actor. This account cites Lady Eleanor Butler.
A passage discusses Binzuru from Japanese religious imagery praised for humble devotion and healing despite falling from Buddhist ranks. It also recounts Grantley Berkeley’s Ludlow MP who, while bald, attempted a maiden speech and sparked laughter in the house.
A Bland Street Methodist Church organ recital will be conducted by an unnamed soloist on December 20 and 21. Tickets are on sale at Ford Music Company.
Roanoke resident J W James has returned home after visiting friends in the city. J E Overstreet resigns as air brake inspector on the east yard and returns to Staffordsville Va. Mr and Mrs Victor Light depart for Floyd county Va to spend Christmas with relatives. Miss Lucinda Brown moves from Bluefield to Summers County home. Mr and Mrs N Partee leave for Louisville Ky for two weeks with Partee's family. Partee's sister Myrtle attends Presbyterian College in Louisville. West End Bakery advertises Christmas cakes and confections with phone 367. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve offered by druggists.
Advertisement for Carter Furniture Co announces a 20 percent saving on all purchases. It promotes agents canvassers pedddlers and solicitors to buy Kramer's Book of Trade Secrets with a regular price of five dollars but only one twenty fifth of that price remaining for last edition at a dollar twenty five. Sioux Pub. Co. offers guaranteed order quick.
Key dates include 1658 Cromwell becomes Lord Protector, 1773 Boston tea destroyed, 1885 New York fire with 20 million loss, 1901 Isthmian Canal treaty ratified, and 1902 Pennsylvania Railroad franchise for tunnels under rivers. Other items note Burnside north of the Rappahannock, de Lessep arrest, and William Terriss murder.
English actor and manager William Hunter Kendal born December 16 1845 in London. He began on Glasgow stage in 1862 and later appeared at Haymarket In 1866 in A Dangerous Friend. Kendal partnered with John Hare in 1879 to lease and manage St James Theatre. Married Madge Robertson in 1869 the Kendals became leading English players with tours to the United States and Canada in the early 1900s.
The 1 and 10 Cent Stores and The Surprise Stores announce a broad Christmas stock up. Shoppers are invited to choose from over a million articles to ensure lowest prices and replenished shelves for the season.
A feature claims the modern man’s hat breeds parasitic germs that sap hair roots. It praises Newbro's Herpicide as the solution, claiming it kills germs and promotes healthy hair. Sample requests urged with 19 cent stamps to The Herpicide Co. Detroit MichJOAN L CROCKETT special agent.
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