Bluefield Considers 50 Year Water Works Franchise
The Bluefield common council will be asked to adopt an ordinance granting W D Roberts and C T Martin a fifty year franchise to construct and operate a water works within the city limits. The boundary runs west of the Norfolk and Western switch tower to the western city edge with rights to lay mains pipes fittings and appliances for steam and hot and cold water along streets alleys and future openings. Original ordinance filed in the city recorder office. December 3 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. D. Roberts
C. T. Martin
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
W. D. Roberts Wd C. T. Martin
Roberts
Martin
Common Council
City of
Recorder
W .D. Roberts, Co
T. Martin
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful Says Mrs Crowell
Mrs. D N Crowell of 48 Rogers Street reports severe kidney pain and back ache improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at John L Crockett's drug store. She attributes her relief to the remedy and notes it is sold by dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U.S. sale agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
D. N. Crowell
Rogers Street
Boroy
Don
John L. Crockett
Doan
Foster-Miburn Go
Buffalo
New York
United
Royal Medicine CO
Marine Bidg
Chicago
Lil
JOWS
Barpssist
Vitality Booster Promoted By Local Tea Ad
Are your bones aching and energy low? Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised to restore vitality. The ad lists price 85 cents and selling outlets Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co Cooper West End Drug Co W Peters Freeman and Carter Furniture Co for furniture purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmey
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company
Coopers
West End Drug Company
W. & Peters
Freeman
Tall Talker Leads Dandy Dixie Minstrels
James Crosby known as The Tall Talker heads a large troupe of comedians singers and dancers within the Dandy Dixie Minstrels. The company includes the Cotton Picker's Band Campbell Bros Toney Bros Williams Stevens and more with acts from Europe and new numbers like My Old Kentucky Home and A Fowl Affair. The Dandy Dixie Mastress appears at the Elks Opera House next Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crosby
Dixie Minstrels
Cotton Picker
Europe
New York Theatre
Campbell Bros
Toney Bros
Williams & Stevens
Old Kentucky Home
Elks’ Opera House
Lewis Spangler Struck by Train and Killed
Jasper Spangler of near Glen Lyn was killed in a train accident yesterday morning. He and a companion walked to the Glen Lyn depot when a playful scuffle led him to dash across the track just as No 15 approached. The running passenger collided with him, mangling his body. He was 32 and a son of Lewis Spangler nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Spangler
Glen Lyn
Spangler
Lewis Spangler
Spend Thirty Millions Before Earning a Cent
The South and Western Railway Co. has let contracts to the Pennsylvania Steel Company for 6,900 tons and to the King Bridge Company for 600 tons of fabricated steel for bridges on the Southwest Virginia coalfields railroad project crossing Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to a deepwater outlet. General Manager Caples estimates nearly 30 million dollars will be spent before any earnings, marking one of the south’s largest construction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South and Western Railway Co
Southwest Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Steel Company
King Bridge Company
Caples
South
Bland Street Methodist Sunday School Invitation
Bland Street Methodist Episcopal invites all members and guests to Sunday services at 9 30 a m in the Sunday school room. Bring a new scholar and invite young people not yet members to join. Supt Bruner asks regular attendees to return and help start the new year with a full school.
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WMC
Bruner
Supt
Miss Mattie Dyson Bride of W. W. Vaughn
W. S. Vaughan, a popular young man of this city, married Miss Mattie Dyson of Crewe Virginia in Bristol Tennessee on Wednesday. The couple arrived in Linefield yesterday and reside on Carroll Street. They were joined by Samut Dickerson and Miss Bessie Angel who accompanied them to Bristol and returned to Bluefield.
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W. S. Vaughan
Bristol
Tenn
Mattie Dyson
Crewe
Linefield
Carroll Street
Samut Dickerson
Bessie Angel
Bluefield
South Bluefield Social Notes Include Family Moves
Mrs Kate Stewart and family of Bane Virginia visit brothers J B Jolene and Mrs Peach Ashworths home. Mrs Peach Ashworths baby has pneumonia. Frank Johnston of Trigg Virginia visits friends in the city. Clarence Johnston returns from Virginia for a winter visit. Mr and Mrs Ewall and Miss Mamie Anderson in Roanoke this week. Mrs A H Monroe and family and Miss Florence Monroe go to Roanoke to visit Mrs Monroes mother and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnston
Trigg, Va
City
Clarence
M. & Johnston
Virginia
Ewall
Mamie Anderson
Roanoke
A. H. Monroe
Florence Monroe
Mrs. Monroe
December 28 in History Highlights Key Events
Highlights include 1882 John C. Calhoun resigning the vice presidency, 1835 Dade massacre by Seminoles, 1862 second attack on Vicksburg, 1889 Charles I proclaimed King of Portugal, 1890 Sioux kill Captain Wallace and soldiers, and the death of actress Mrs. Stirling. Also notes Woodrow Wilson born December 28, 1856 and his academic rise through Davidson, Princeton, Virginia, Johns Hopkins and Princeton presidency.
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John C. Calhoun
United States
Dade
Perry Belmont
New York
Vicksburg
Charles I
Portugal
Wallace
South Dakota
Stirling
Lady Gregory
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Staunton
Davidson College
Princeton
University of Virginia
Atlanta
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
Bryn Mawr
Wake College
Wesleyan University
University
Wilson
Coal Production in America 1905 and 1906 Output Rise
The United States coal production surpassed 300 million tons for the fourth time, totaling 392,919,341 tons in 1906 valued at $476,756,963. Anthracite output reached 77,659,850 short tons, up 6 percent from 1904, with mines producing $141,879,000 worth. Bituminous coal rose to 334,877,968 dollars in value from 305,397,001 in 1904, with a 36,599,802 ton increase in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ten days clearance sale at Mount Vernon Flour store
The W. P. Hawley Mdse. Co and E. C. DeWitt & Co of Chicago certify the product is a compliant stomach digestant and corrective under the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Hawley Mdse. Co
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
C. de Witt & Co
Dillard Dillard & Brown Dissolved by Mutual Consent
Notice states the partnership under the firm name Dillard, Dillard & Brown is dissolved by mutual consent as of December 5 1906. Signatories are J. R. Dillard Geo L. Dillard and F. J. Brown with dates and details of dissolution. Related items mention Hawley drug ad and tax collection notices for Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard, Dillard & Brown
J. R. Dillard
Geo
L. Dillard
F. J. Brown
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W. H. Harry & Company
Kione
Our Toy Department
Banks & Rosenheim
Princeton Avenue
Red Lot
T. W. Kire
Ride
W. H. Cunningham
Crockett and Graham Block
Rooney S
Ide Histt
Straus Hay
Council
Carter Furniture Co
Tall Talker
Bland Street Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Miss Mattie Dyson Bride of $. W. Vaughn
South Bluefield
Oles
America
Mount Vernon Flour
Mt. Vernon
Nothor
Bland Street
W. Va
W P. Hawley
Babcock Press
Babcock
Daily Telegraph
Booker& Co
Princeton Ave
Wittifolke
Wester
Lynehbure
Norfolk
Pullman Slesves
Inter
Lynchburga
Shenandoeh Valley
Peenepata
Philadelphia
Lynchburg
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Radford
Pullman
Columbus
Macinnati
Ohio
Kenova
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
St. Louis
Fullman Sleeper
Lesewell, Norton
Norton
Jhneb
Interme
Wayne
Ioave
Welch
Pocahontas
Bremwell
Binsfeld
Cali
Norfolk and Western
Ellway
Sinkets
Mapa
Bsvillg. &. A and Virwinie
D. G. Lilly
Windsor Hotel
Pure Family Liquors
Corvin Bros
Secret Society
Bluefield Lodge
Masonic Hall
Blandstre
Knights of Pything
Modern Woodmen OF America
Bluefield Camp
Hunter's Hall
Oley
Berth Dennison Hve
Solumbus
Kodak
Geo. S. Landon & Co
Kodak Headquarters
Pocahontas, VA
Grrram
Levering & Waddell
Bramwell
T. T. Carter
Lazares
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