Development of Goal in Merger County
Ten new coal and timber leases have been secured in Merger County near Widemouth. A new railroad branch is planned and a boom town may form at the junction. Options on lands are sought by unknown agents amid speculation. The Bluefield Colored Institute board met in Charleston to prepare a report for the Governor, noting solid school conditions but lower attendance due to demand for skilled colored workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Widemouth
Bluestone
Board of Regents
The
Bluefield Colored Institute
State Superintendent of Free Schools
Charleston
J. R. Jefferson
N. C
Liell
Merchant's Cape Lunch Special at Sam's Station
Merchant's lunch served from eleven to two with clan chowder turkey ham or pork roast Boston baked beans cold slaw and bread and butter 15c Short orders available all hours with steak chops Hamburger steak chicken and oysters in any style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam's
Stani
Rival Churches Plan Joint Hymnal Meeting
For the first time since the Civil War Church North and Church South commissions will meet on May 10 in Nashville Tennessee. Eleven members from each side will discuss adopting a common hymnal and potentially include the best hymns from both branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church North
Church South
Nashville
Tenn
Wade
Calling for harsher laws to curb pistol use
A reader laments the spread of deadly weapons and calls for stronger penalties and a new pistol tax. He urges whipping posts as fines fail and praises Mercy County’s prospective legislators to enact stricter gun-control measures. Pottery ad promotes antique hand decorated mantle ornaments at Mebane's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mebane’s
Local News Highlights From Charleston City
Baltimore visitor R A Palmer and C M Spangler Jr of Peterstown arrive. Six shootings in a week alarm neighbors. Miss Roberta McNutt returns home for holidays. Neomi Lindsey visits her brother. A Elks Hall dance ends in a fight. Miss E P Cecil’s daughter buried at Radford. John Clark recovering from a severe gunshot wound. Bluefield Building and Loan buys Noble lot for residences. Charities seek donations. S E Morris and Minnie Rucker wed in Amherst. Smiths plan national building fund for St Louis Exposition. Hungarians bound for Eckman pass through town. Conductor Bob Calloway injured in switch accident. Martin House hotel nearing completion in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Palmer
Baltimore
Charleston Mail
C. M. Spangler Jr
Peterstown
Monroe County
Col. L. E. Tierney
Powahatan
Roberta McNutt
Charleston
Princeton
Neomi Lindsey
Aral
Carrol County
J. W. Lindsey
Giles Street
Elks Hall
E. P. Cecil
Radford
Ripplemead
John Clark
Bland and
Ramsey Streets
Bluefield Building and Loan Association
S. E. Morris
Minnie Rucker
Amherst
Morris
Bluefield
Old Country
Eckman
Bob Calloway
North Fork
Martin
Fortune Telling Free At Chinese Opium Smokers Program
Attendees at the Chinese Opium Smokers event are promised a free fortune tell and a gift. The promotion also urges using Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets for constipation and biliousness, endorsed by G. C. McClure & Son of Gallup Kentucky as highly popular and satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon
G. C. McClure & Son
Gallup
Confessions of a Priest Praises Electric Bitters Cure
Wake Ark Reverend Jno S Cox reports suffering yellow jaundice for 12 years eased by Electric Bitters. He claims the tonic cured a long liver and kidney trouble and general debility after trying doctors and medicines. Sold by druggists for 50 cents with guarantee.
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Jno. S. Cox
Wake, Ark
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Opera
China
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
W. VA
John Harper
Sterne’s
Bland Street
Princeton Ave
F. M. Greenough & CO
Bluefield, W. VA
Rosenberg
Bavner
M. Rosenberg
Merchant's Cape
Methodists
Owen Wistar
Holday
Glengarry
Raph Connor
Lew Wallace
Bluefield Book & Stationery Co
Bland St
L. GC. Smith’s
Syracuse
Peiffer
Wiseneter
Berlin
Rogers
Winchester
M. G. Whitlow
America
Fortune
Free
J. M
Ours
Schloss
Shelton & Jordan
Dunlap Hats
W. P. Hawley I'ldie Co
South Bland St
the Star Thornton Clothing Co
Sids
Bluefield [Mercantile Co
ODAY
Bluefield Mercantile Co
Hancock and Jamerson
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