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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
3
Woodward & Co announces starting January 3 a special sale of muslin and Paris lingerie including infants wear corsets petticoats and gowns. Catalogue ready December 27 with imports and domestic pieces offered individually or in sets at special prices.
Pocahontas residents host a Christmas season of visits from students, teachers, and relatives. Notable arrivals include A D Heller from Grampton Sidney College and Max Goodman from VPI Blacksburg. A Christmas Eve party at Pocahontas Inn, with Miss Alice Dennen and Master Mack among attendees, highlights a season of reunions and dances.
Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin declines to represent West Virginia in the case pending before the U S Supreme Court. Virginia seeks to compel West Virginia to share in the state debt. First hearing planned for early March in Washington. Governor Dawson discussed the matter with Spooner in Washington while assisting Attorney General May.
The chamber of commerce sponsors a petition signed by Bluefield merchants and shippers to extend mail service to trains No 7 and 8 from Bluefield to Welch with mail clerks aboard. Current mail leaves Bluefield for Welch no earlier than No 15 causing delays. adopting No 7 would deliver by 7 30 a m aiding shipments and invoicing. The petition will be sent to the department today with expectations of improved facilities due to rising business and population.
The Pretentious Organization of Afro-American Performers brings the Dandy Dixie Minstrels to Elks Opera House next Wednesday night led by Innes Crosby. The show features the Cotton Pickers Band and a large company including Voelckel Nolan Spiller Musical Bumpers Toneys Williams Stevens Richard Barrett H Wootam Leach and others with a new act A Fowl Affair starring Charles Williams as Judge Yazoo.
Sunday marks the close of Rev. P. C. Clark's tenth year as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the city. Morning and evening services will feature special music as he reflects on the church's work and the changes of the decade.
The musical comedy success of the season My Wife's Family will be presented at the Elks Opera House Monday night and is expected to draw an overflow audience. Busy box office inquiries show high interest from local theatregoers.
Judge Joseph M. Sanders of the supreme court grants a writ of error in the case State vs Charles Brown of Mercer county. Brown was tried and convicted in the criminal court of Mercer county of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills quickly drive poisons from the system and provide relief. A week’s treatment costs 25 cents. Sold by all druggists. Carter Furniture Co offers twenty percent off on all purchases.
December 29 notice urges business readers to place orders for 1907 stationery as supplies run low and time is short for restocking. The message underscores urgency for merchants to act before stocks are exhausted.
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