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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
4
Tealing offers holiday goods including novelty items priced at 25 50 75 cents and up. Fancy boxes toilet sets manicure sets opera glasses bronze figures gilt frames mirrors vases albums select fancy china.
Advertises silk umbrellas with imported handles for holiday trade. Lists dolls, air rifles, toys, furniture sets, doll carriages, trains, wagons, mechanical boats, drama items, toy banks, tops, sleighs and more for sale at the toy store.
Complete stock of handkerchiefs plain and fancy with extra values at 5 10 15 and 25 cents. We offer muffins also at all prices. We claim no better value elsewhere at these prices.
An advertisement promotes Boys Ingersoll watches with a one year guarantee. Prices listed include 95 cents for nickel finish, one dollar for gold and gun metal finishes, and 1.50 dollars for stem winding.
Col A F Winchester of Wheeling says sectional opposition to Senator Scott has faded and predicts Scott will win the West Virginia senate seat with near unanimous party support. Winchester notes Scott’s growth, bipartisanship, and argues he will succeed Nathan B. Scott.
The Bluefield Jewelry Company announces a monster sale with an enormous stock of silver and gold novelties suitable for gifts. The display will include all kinds of jewelry and ad highlights a neatly furnished front room for rent at 18 Bland Street with reasonable rates.
Born to Dr and Mrs J H Hare a son. H B Brown of Bramwell and W A Chambers of Rocky Mount were in the city yesterday. E Strom visits his mother and sister Mrs Tucker and Mrs Phelps. Mrs W G Baldwin returns from Baltimore. Minnie Mann home for holidays after Lewisburg school. Mr and Mrs E W Atkinson return to Bramwell after visiting relatives. Geo W Lambert of Roanoke passes through en route home from coal-field trip. Capt D B Baldwin writes on Bluefield changes since his arrival fifteen years ago. Baldwin, a pioneer real estate agent, remains active and trusted. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts advised for Christmas desserts.
Rufus Howard of Culpeper County Virginia dies Saturday morning at Welch Hospital from typhoid fever. The body was taken to his home for interment. Two cottages for rent offered at 1222 Linwood Avenue, apply at the office of Wm Hicks Princeton Avenue.
A white man Archer Peters suffered a severe hip wound and left leg paralysis after a drunken street incident on Raleigh street. Police investigated conflicting accounts, with Peters and Ike Sneads denying clear cause and suggesting a possible assault by a colored man. further inquiry scheduled.
W. O. Perry an insurance agent at Welch was struck by a Norfolk and Western train Saturday night and badly injured though his condition is not considered serious.
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