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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
5
Princeton plans to ask the coming legislature to remodel its city charter including a special levy to meet bonded indebtedness. The city faces 1921 principal installments and long arrears on interest with a five cent levy proving inadequate. A charter sink fund is proposed to cover principal payments, with debates on mayor and council salaries.
Local dealers warn coal at nine dollars a ton may be unlikely to arrive before year end. They say supplying the town will be difficult even at that price as winter demand grows. One large dealer has no coal but expects a carload today or tomorrow. The piece attributes shortages to neglect during summer and fall when prices were low.
The body of A W Ury, son in law of Lewis Hale of Fast Princeton, was delayed returning from Newville Pa due to routing confusion via Bluefield. He worked in railroad construction and married Cleo Hale. Funeral plans were unsettled with Rev Priddy to conduct rites. Also noted were a rising Christmas mail volume at Princeton postoffice and local office remodeling plus a mining accident injuring Jake Gillespie with possible leg amputations.
Bowling admitted yesterday a list of licenses including Lewis K Hubbard 38 to Iva Williams 20 both of Camp Creek. William R Gilla 23 of Mont Calm to Ethel Davis 16 of Crystal. Wilder Mills 19 to Delphie Delp 18 both of Lashmeet.
John Means leaves Crotty Livery after four and a half years to join Norfolk and Western as a brakeman based at Eckman. Mr and Mrs H W Straley arrive in Princeton to spend holidays. their son H W Jr attends school in Washington. A countess of Carlisle cleanses Castle Howard grounds by discarding wine. Red Cross shoes priced at 5 50 in Summit City. In Cuba tobacco is planted, grown and gathered in ninety days.
Special Christmas dinner offered December 25 from 12 30 to 3 30 lists soups turkey and beef roasts choices of two meats two desserts and assorted snacks priced at seventy five cents. Menu includes oyster soup oyster cocktail cheese patties tenderloin roast veal saddle of lamb and vegetables with plums puddings pies ice cream crackers and almonds.
Private Harry Wallace recounts daily life with General Pershing’s Punitive Expedition in Mexico. Troops crossed the border March 16 and fought near San Geronimo, Parral, and Santa Ysabel. Camps at Casas Grandes and El Valle housed the Sixth Infantry with nightly film shows and hunting in free-range terrain.
The article notes doubt about Virginia and Tennessee becoming the first southern states to enfranchise women. It argues states with the largest white populations may lead, making the southern states slower to adopt full female suffrage.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat recalls a sixteenth century episode where William Collingborne faced a court and execution for a satirical rhyme about Richard III. Though his poetic attack drew royal ire, there is no evidence of punishment specifically for writing the verse.
Suffragists in the South gain activity after the recent presidential election with women voters. Louisiana is described as leading the way in organizing for equal suffrage, as internal groups grow stronger and momentum builds in the region south of the Mason-Dixon line.
The Wisconsin Historical Library in Madison notes a small cohort of experts skilled in preserving ancient papers. The Vatican in Rome originated the method, involving flattening with weights, board drying, and careful repairs with parchment and cloth to stabilize letters before mounting for binding. Also mentioned are a Malay peninsula coal mine in operation and Germans using wage fat in soap making.
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