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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1903
Page
3
The festive day brought a drunken rush as about twenty inebriated revelers were seen in five and ten cent stores and gin palaces. Arrests were rare, as habit held that only the severely intoxicated faced arrest on Christmas Day.
Senator Elkins will distribute his quota of garden seeds, supplied by the Agricultural Department, to West Virginia residents who send him a personal card requesting the seeds.
Lee Finlay was tried at Tazewell for the killing of his brother in law in Pocahontas and was acquitted, ending the case.
The September contest for Paris clerks closed Thursday with Mise Rosa Campbell receiving a $10 lamp. Her cash sales totaled $100.50 percent more than any other clerk in the store.
J J Tice of this city has been ill since late November and remains confined to his room with no prediction for when he will be able to go out again.
Mrs. Minnie Ballard Hawkes travels to Charleston to visit friends and plans stops in Huntington and Chicago before returning. An unrelated health ad extols Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as gentle relief for constipation, offering a 25 cent bottle at White's Pharmacy.
Two cottages for rent, apply at office of Wm. Hicks located on Princeton Avenue 1222.
The Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company announces changes effective January first with offices moving to Roanoke. M. J. Caples becomes general manager, O. Lyon Bottomley becomes treasurer, remaining secretary, E W. Alden named assistant secretary in Philadelphia, superintendent office discontinued.
Grace Church hosts an all ages entertainment for youth and friends from 9 to 11 PM followed by a watch night. Bland Street Church also holds a watch meeting at 9 PM with preaching sacraments and talks on personal religious experiences inviting all. It urges self inventory of spiritual stock and calls for ready faith as the year ends.
William V. Honaker and Albert Webb allegedly raised one dollar bills to tens in a remote area where Boone Raleigh and Wyoming counties meet near Jarda's Valley. Deputy Dan Cunningham and special agent C K H Wright captured them after a forty mile trek. Webb posted bond, Honaker jailed in Huntington after a Charleston hearing. the schemes centered on crude hills circulated widely in the mountains.
The store says its goods give better return for the dollar and highlights two specials this week with $15.50 value suits and overcoats. Options include Scotch Cheviot Cassimere Worsteds in single or double breasted coats and various overcoat lengths and fabrics.
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