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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
2
Report of a dawn post office robbery in Coeburn with $850 in cash and stamps taken. Explosives shattered the safe, leaving no clear clues. Police from Coeburn, nearby towns, and secret service agents chased leads across the region, with eight suspected gang members and two at large.
A man described as Brown, about five foot five or six, was arrested on main street in Tazewell on Sunday night as a suspected member of the post office burglar gang. He claimed to be traveling from Columbus to Huntington and said he got lost. His partner escaped earlier, and investigators believe the Brown duo and the wife of Harry Miller visited the jail to spy and plot a possible escape. Authorities warned extra guards remain at the jail.
Next Saturday the Elks Opera House hosts a matinee and evening show featuring Buster Brown with Tige and the Brown family. Master Rice plays Buster while Jack Bell portrays the dog, and a large cast of youngsters and chorus girls assist in the comedy designed to delight families and older fans alike.
Leo F. Zelinski of 68 Gibson Street Buffalo says he cured a severe cold sore with Bucklen’s Amica Salve. He applied it once daily for two days and reports no trace of the sore remains. Sold at drug stores with a 25 cent guarantee.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Flat Top National Bank in Bluefield West Virginia will be held in the directors room Tuesday morning January 12 1909 at eleven o'clock for electing directors for the ensuing year and other business as may be deemed necessary. R B Bolling Cashier December 12 1908.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for constipation headache biliousness and malaria. It claims the medicine works quietly with no frightful ordeal and costs 25 cents at all drug stores.
Executors report all debts and claims against the estate of Mrs Nannie M. Crockett to Thos Peery as executor. December 14, 1998.
The advertisement claims Chamberlain's Salve instantly soothes intense itching from eczema tetter and salt rheum. It asserts many cases cured and lists West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy as sellers.
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds may develop into pneumonia overnight but Foley's Honey and Tar soothes inflamed membranes heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. Sold by all druggists.
Graham bowling team defeated Bluefield on Graham alleys last night by fifty-two points. Individual scores list Graham players TOR fous seeeeeee 127 172 180 479 Burton 158 146 127 431 Bail y 0 see 128 124 180 432 H Matthews 154 154 184 492 M Matthews 187 128 110 426. Bluefield totals 260 8259 with Sheppard 135 163 187 435 Baber 132 128 188 448 Stone 147 164 185 496. Also notes social scenes at Mrs J E Baylor’s home and church events.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy says a graveyard cough nearly killed her until Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. She gained 58 pounds and regained health. the medicine claims to heal coughs colds lung and throat diseases and prevent pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at drug stores 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
W. A. Bodell will move his Plumbing and Heating business to the Hearn building on Higginbotham avenue. The new site is more than twice the size of the old stand and will allow faster order filling. He opens December 26 and invites customers to visit.
Advertising copy states Orina Laxative from Foley promises relief of chronic constipation and liver stimulation. It claims regular bowel action without ongoing purgatives and notes sales at all druggists.
The Roanoke Norfolk division trains announce October 18 1908 departures from Roanoke Norfolk and Bluefield with Pullman sleepers to New York Philadelphia Columbus Cincinnati and Cincinnati via Hagertown and other routes. Regional service includes trains to Lynchburg Richmond and Welch with connections for Tazewell Norton Westminster and the Clinch Valley division.
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