Lumber rates ruled excessive by Interstate Commerce Commission
The ICC, in Washington, ruled Norfolk and Western charges from West Virginia and southwestern Virginia to New York via Hagerstown Shenandoah Junction and connections are unreasonable and unlawful. It ordered an aggregate two and a half cent cut per hundred pounds on through rates, citing higher rates per mile than competing lines and longer distance. The decision impacts shippers in Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia.
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The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Kodop
Ths
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
West Virginia
Virginia
New York City
Norfolk and Western Railway
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Railway
Norfolk and Western
Shenandoah Junction
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Staunton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Philadelphia
Gas and Oil Well Reaches One Hundred Feet at Swan Pond Creek
Telegrams from Barboursville and Cumberland Valley Oil Co report a 100 foot oil gusher near Richlands Creek with output stated at 1000 barrels per day in one message and a 75 barrel per day estimate for the 100 feet well No 1. Field superintendent James A. Tiller notes best local location. Company owns over 700 acres on Richlands Creek.
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Tiller
Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company
Richlands Creek
Barbouraville and
Cumberland Valley Gas and Oil Company
Barboursville and Cumberland Valley Gas and Oil Company
Swan Pond Creek
Tug River Land Company Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is given that a general meeting of Tug River Land Company stockholders will be at the Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company office in Cooper West Virginia on January 10 1902 at 11 oclock am for electing a Board of Directors and transacting other business. J P Bowen Jenkin Jones stockholders representing more than one tenth of subscribed capital stock.
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Tug River Land Company
West Virginia
Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company
Cooper
J. P. Bowen
Jenkin Jones
Ridge Land Company Annual Meeting Notice
The Ridge Land Company will hold its annual meeting at its Freeman West Virginia office on Thursday January 9 1902 at 3 o clock p m. The meeting will elect officers and address other business. J P Bowen president Jenkin Jones secretary.
Foley's Honey and Tar credited for boy's relief
A Winchester reader credits Foley's Honey and Tar with saving his boy from membranous croup after the first dose gave quick relief. The message notes the product's life-saving effect and urges others to seek similar relief.
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C. W. Lyne
Winchester
Ind
Foley
G. H. Wade
Fire Restored Man's Reason After Seminary Blaze
A blaze at Lewisburg Female Seminary restored Rev. John Brown's long standing derangement. Once a leading Virginia Presbyterian minister, he believed himself predestined for damnation. Intense fire-related excitement reportedly broke the hypnotic spell, and at over 80 he appears mentally restored and cured.
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Lewisburg
John Brown
Brown
Virginias
Where to Get Em J M cigar among five cent smokes
Judges praise the J M cigar as one of the best five cent smokes on earth. Jeffrey Matthews & Co and listed wholesalers sell it retail through dealers including N White M Rosenberg Bluefield Son R H Crockett Co L Kaufman J L Corvin S N Williams H BR Hunter Bond Payne Trent A Meador Co A L Hawkins Bolin Bruce and Fiat Top Grocery Co sole distributors.
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J. M
Fiat Top Grocery Co
Pioneer Wholesale Grocers
Bluefield
W. Va
Buckien's Africa Salve Ad in Soldier Letters
Wartime readers describe Buckien's Africa Salve as effective for scratches bruises burns and skin ailments. The ad promises relief in heat and offers the product for 25 cents at all drug stores.
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Buckien
Africa
Wants More Light. Correspondent Calls Sewer Plan Vague
A Daily Telegraph correspondent argues that proposals to issue bonds for a new sewerage system lack clear benefits for all citizens. Voters favoring the plan seek concrete, substantial reasons, warning against indebting the town without broad public advantage. The letter ends with a signoff from X.
Senator Scott aims to push Bluefield public building bill
Washington December 26 Senator Scott plans to urge action on a bill to authorize a government building at Bluefield after Congress reconvenes He expects a favorable committee report from public buildings and grounds and will call the measure up at the first opportunity to push it through The bill previously passed the Senate last session aiding its prospects
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Washington
Soott
Congress
Bluefield
Committee On
Foley's Hover and Tar Advertisement Claim
A dated medical ad claims Foley's Hover and Tar prevents a cold if used when exposure is felt. The snippet attributes the claim to G. A. Wade and presents it as a guaranteed remedy.
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Foley
G. A. Wade
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Advertised Cure
An old advertisement promises to stop the cough and cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It adds No Cure No Pay and mentions prices such as 25 cents for Poice and 5 cents for Tid Bit cigars branded Fitz-You.
Pay Your Taxes and Call to Settle with Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff D. G. Liung notes 6,000 tax-tickets remain uncollected and urges all owing taxpayers to visit him for settlements to meet urgent municipal demands.
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D. G. Liung
J M Cigars Endorse Homer A West Point Hero
A man from West Point, Homer A, credits a cough and lung illness to consumption but reports a full recovery after using Dr King s New Discovery. He claims the remedy cured him despite physicians doubting the prognosis. The ad touts a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and free trial bottles at drug stores.
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Homer
West Point
Dr. King
M. M. Aus‘ip
Winchester
Ind
Kidney Cure Restores Man to Work After Illness
A testimonial from Scte Cha. Repogie of Atwater Ohio reports severe kidney pain improved by Foley's Kidney Cure. He states after four days he could return to work and is now entirely well, as recorded by G. H. Wade.
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Atwater
Foley
G. H. Wade
Christmas Court Iterations Highlight Local Drunks And Delinquents
Police court records recount a rowdy Christmas at the city lockup with multiple defendants. B Newman paid 680, Adams 11.80, Honaker and Spicer 480 each, Brown 11.80, Whitlock 1189 cannot pay, Overstreet 380, Cora Franklin 5, Glasco 6.80, and Thompson 96.80, all facing fines or penalties for liquor related misbehavior.
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B. Newman
Italy
Thia
Adams
Jim Fudge
Coals Yard Alley
Bud Overstreet
Cora Franklin
Vocahontas
Asiriend
Alex. Glasco
Harry Flop Thompson
Col Ed. Davis
Moon
Harry
West Virginia ruling on wife dower after separation in Neely v Neely
West Virginia Supreme Court holds a wife living apart from a habitual drunkard husband may claim dower. Judge Dent states a wife need not endure danger to health and life and may leave until the husband proves reform. First such decision on this right arising from separation and divorce.
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West Virginia
Sobolde
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Dent
Neely
Doddridge County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Coal and Wood by T. H. Becker Ad
Local ad urging calls to T. H. Becker for coal and wood delivery. Promises prompt service and delivery by phone line 126.
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T. H. Becker
Fairmont pair buys two coal tracts in Maryland and West Virginia
Joan A. Clark and A. J. Rockman closed a deal to own 675 acres of six foot coal at Manndeville and a 4.5 foot seam at the Pearl Company plant in Dingess with daily capacities of 600 and 300 tons. They also leased 600 acres from Judge Nathan Goff at Wilsonburg and plan to double output with new machinery at Howard Coal and Coke and Goff plants for a combined 1000 tons daily.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Joan A. Clark
A. J. Rockman
Baltimore
Manndeville
Pearl Company
Dingess
W Va
Nathan Goff
Wilsonburg
Howard Coal and Coke Company
Howard
Goff
Annual meeting of Bluefield Building and Loan men
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bluefield Building and Loan Association will be held at Citizens Bank in Bluefield West Virginia on January 16 1902 at 3 oclock p m for electing officers and transacting all other lawful business. Davin E J Nston President GQ M McCULLOCH Secretary and Treasurer G A SHIREY
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Bluefield Building and Loan Association
Citizens’ Bank
Bluefield
W Va
Davin E. J Nston
M. McCulloch
Treas
G. A. Shirey
Opium and whiskey folk urged to read medical book
Advertisements promise free medical books on opium and whiskey diseases from Bd M Woolley in Atlanta. Editor Lynch of Daily Pest touts Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds as the best similar remedy. Also promoted are Rumors Nerve and Bone Oil cures rheumatism and other ailments and Long John Saloon offers High Balls with cigars at White's drug store.
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United States
Woolley
Atlanta
Lynch
Daily Pest
Phillipsburg
N.J
Foley
G. H. Wade
Tragic shooting at Spring Hill depot injures Mrs Riddel
A shot struck Mrs Fleet Riddel, wife of the Black Band mine boss, at the Spring Hill Chesapeake and Ohio depot near Charleston. She remained unconscious as doctors fear for her recovery. The assailant’s identity remains unknown amid a large crowd and confusing reports.
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Spring Hill
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charleston
Fleet Riddel
Spring Hille
Biddel
Frst
Rehearsed Hanging in Trenton Prepares for Henson
Sheriff Atchley staged a rehearsal of the upcoming hanging of Robert Henson to ensure a clean death without mishap by using a dummy scaffold. The event was witnessed by officials as a test run. Hettrick, the confessed killer of John Kraus, viewed the scene and showed strong emotion and remorse.
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Trenton
Atchley
Robert Henson
Hensons
Hettrick
John Kraus
Lia
Barboursville & Cumberland Gas & Oil offers stock sale
A damaged notice announces a limited stock offer for Barboursville and Cumberland Gas & Oil Company. It warns the initial stock price will rise after January 6, 1901, with 10,000 shares involved and urges payment to the secretary and treasurer to secure purchases.
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Gale
Ealk
Asd
Amn
Barboursville & Cumberland Gas & Oil Company
ET. OrtvEery - See
Ty & Treasé
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Interstate Commerce
First National Bank
Swan Lake
Oil Company Incorporated
Dollar&s
Companiha
Kentucky
Cumberland River
Swan Lake Oil Company
W. S. Fouts
Princeton Avenue
Gasher
Richlands
E T. Oliver
Barboursville
E. T. Oliver
Barvoursville, Ky
Ke, T. Oliver
Juncee
James A. Tiller
Ridge Land Company
Freeman
Geo. R. Whitworth & Sons
Anderson & Easley
J. M. Anderson
Man
Daily Telegraph
Scott
West Va
Lazeros
J. E. Martin
Mrs. Butler
Cooplertown
Charles Honaker
Jobin Spicer
J.C. Brown
C. W. Whitlock
Saeger
John Harper
White
Snake John Harper
J. M.” Cigars
Coopertown
D.G. Lilly
Messrs Clark and
Rockman
Nollue
Blue
Long John
White's Drug Store
Walting
Trenton Sherif
Henson
J M
J. Baker
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