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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
9
The Rucker Bakery was sold at auction to W. J. Osborne who forms The Star Baking Corporation with stockholders becoming directors. Officers include Osborne as president Sexton as vice president and Bailey as secretary treasurer. The firm is incorporated for $10 000.
The Masonic banquet hall hosted a brilliant Yuletide affair with about two hundred attendees including Masons and families. An Italian orchestra provided music, a full program featured choirs, readings, and five minute addresses, followed by a substantial menu.
Mrs Sallie Hart of 632 National Road Wheeling West Virginia reports indigestion stomach trouble and nervousness relief after about two and a half bottles of Tanlac. She says gas pain sleep nerves and overall health improved and urges others to try the medicine sold at Bluefield Pharmacy and Northfork Drug Co in Northfork West Virginia.
Local police arrested six individuals on Christmas day for intoxication. Chief Havens comments that the situation is worse than last year and notes rising trouble with public drinking.
Frederick L. Small, once a Boston broker, stands indicted for murdering his wife on September 28 at their lake shore cottage near Mountainview. The crime involved strangulation, shooting, and arson attempts to destroy evidence, with the burned cottage revealing the victim’s head and rope in a water-filled basement. Insurance on the wife’s life and prior suspicious acts are cited in the case.
In the days leading to the cottage fire the defense plans to show Mrs. Small was alive when Small departed the cottage early the morning of the tragedy. They contend Small was in Hoston at the time the murder was carried out.
An 25c guarantee medicine claims to combat constipation indigestion and headaches and improve complexion and overall women’s ailments. If unsatisfied customers can get a refund, and pharmacists are advised to stock the product for its guaranteed results.
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