Death and marriages mark busy Bluefield notes
Five month old son of Mr and Mrs Howard Dudley dies of pneumonia in North Powell street. Miss Magnita Hypes of Princeton quietly marries Asa Ward Nixon in Graham. A German event, city clerical notices, fire at ex mayor Whitaker home, and New Year festivities fill Bluefield society pages.
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Howard Dudley
North Powelltreet
Meumonia
Nixon Hypes
Magnita Hypes
Louis Hypes
Princeton
Graham
Carter
T. S. Hamilton
Grace Methodist Church
Asa Ward Nixon
Rhieheda
Park Street
Whitttaker
Norton
Er-Muvayor
E Town
Joas
Indian River Oranges Advertised as Finest Flavor
An advertisement touts Indian River Oranges as the finest flavored fruit, shipped direct from Florida groves by express. It lists Cal Navy oranges, Florida grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, bananas, Malaga grapes, Concord, Catawba grapes, and New York King and Baldwin apples.
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Express
Florida Groves
Naval
Malaga
Concord
New York King and Baldwin Apples
Buffalo Colliery Plans to Acquire Winifrede Mines
Buffalo Colliery Company seeks to raise capital to buy the Walton-Watson Coal Land Company Linge hocken Coal Company Chatteray Colliery Howard Colliery and Winifrede Consolidated Coal Company in Mingo county. The Winifrede seam yields high value steam and domestic coal with about 2000 tons per day capacity.
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Buffalo Colliery Company
Buffalo Creek
Mingo County
Daily Telegraph
Walton-Watson Coal Land Company
Lingehocken Coal Company
Chatteray
Howard
Winifrede Consolidated Coal Company
Logan
Hitle
Kanawha County
Fraley Case Sparks Probe Over Possible Suicide or Homicide
In Appalachia Virginia reports swirl about A J Fraley after blood found in his room near Jopling Grocery on Bluefield Avenue. Police weigh whether he attempted suicide or killed a chicken and scattered evidence across the area as letters from his wife describe his poor condition.
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A. J. Fraley
Bluefield Avenue
Fraley
Appalachia
Missing Man Returns Home From Appalachian Search
A man feared to be missing in the cold was traced by friends and eventually found safe back at his old home in Appalachia. The lengthy search included every possible trace until his return was confirmed.
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Hutton-Bailey Stock Company
Bluefield
Appalachia
Personal Paragraphs From Pocahontas and Nearby
Local items report visits and travel of residents including Joseph Kivass from Pocahontas and C Baer visiting in the city. Dr G T Epling of Keystone and J M Miller head to Baltimore for business and family. Rev B H Cassidy ill at home on Russell Street and Edward Mittendorf recovering from a cold. Miss Edna Brown of Salem is a guest of Mr and Mrs J Lacharne. Woolwine family travels to Pearisburg to see friends. Mrs W E Gilkerson and baby to return from Scranton. Arthur Lehmeyer of Lehmeyer Goshorn and Patterson Charleston visits local insurers.
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Tf Hurley
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order
Rev
B. H. Cassidy
Russell Street
Edna Brown
Salem, Va
Arthur Lehmeyer
Tariff Bill Passes Chamber 245 to 42 in Paris
The chamber of deputies approved the tariff bill by a vote of 245 to 42 after extended debate. Supporters of protectionist tariff policy claimed a victory, though the bill still faces Senate review and reconciliation of differences. Enactment is set for March 31 1910 but adoption likely later in the year.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Taft to Send Special Message on Conservation
President Taft plans a special message to Congress on natural resources if he does not delay until the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry ends. He will first complete a message on proposed amendments to interstate commerce and anti trust acts before drafting the conservation note.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Notable Atlanta Society Wedding at St Margaret's
In Atlanta on December 29 a prominent society wedding took place at St Margaret's Episcopal Church. Miss Mary Wallace Mason daughter of Mr. and Mrs Beverly Randolph Mason wed Philip Halsey Patchin with Bishop Neilson officiating, assisted by Rev Herbert Scott Smith.
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Atlanta
St. Margaret's Eipiscopiale
Mary Wallace Mason
Beverly Randolph Mason
Philip Halsey Patchin
Bishop Neilson
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Church
Reward rumor denied in Lincoln assassination case
The war department denies a report that $16,000 was offered for the capture of Senator elect Colonel James Gordon over alleged involvement in President Lincoln's assassination. No record of such a reward exists. Gordon succeeds the late Senator McLaurin of Mississippi.
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Washington
War Department
James Gordon
Lincoln
Gordon
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
PELLAGRA GER M ISOLATED IN DURHAM
Two local physicians isolated the pellagra germ from guinea pigs after inoculation experiments. Pigs poisoned with serum from other pigs died, and researchers will watch transmission from a patient afflicted with oeiogra to determine the plague's cause.
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Durham
Dee
King’s Little Liver Pills Advertised as Easiest and Safest
The Goodykoontz Drug Co. markets The best, most pleasant, easiest and Safest pill in King’s Little Liver Pills for Liver relief and general wellness.
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King's Little Liver
The
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Chichester S
Chichester's
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days With Faz o Ointment
Advertisement promises Faz o ointment cures for itching bleeding protruding piles within six to fourteen days. Claims guarantee a complete cure and relief from symptoms. Product targets readers with hemorrhoidal discomfort seeking fast results.
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Keeley Institute
N. Dennison Ave
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Bluefeld
Whitlow Paint & Paper Co
Pulaski Street
Hiuefield
W. Va
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Presbyterian
Daursdey Creng
Squire Godhey
Brothr Itatians
Sam Ross
Norfolk and Western
John Didido
Ross
Didido
Pross
Jidido
Secretary of State
St. Bernard
South Bluefield
Yraterday
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Perkview
W. Molahen
D.C
Mollahen
Virginia
W. B. Motley
John Mastin
Mr. Mastin
Turkey Gap
Upland
McDowell
Naugatuck
Fenn Tin Eons
Hawk Bishop
K. B. Hiddleton
Wolford
Santa Haus
Santa Claus
Christ Episcopal Church
Indian River
Sublet & Barnes
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Mingo
Joseph Kivass
Pocahontas
G. T. Epling
Keystone
City
B. M. Cohen
Baltimore
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J. Elphant
Whdward Mittendorf
Wych-OtRee
Pulasti
M. S. Woolwine
Pearteburg
JT. M. Miller
Tpaltimore
W. E. Gilkerson
Baby
Sraunton
France
Philip Halsey Patagin
Weingarten
ROS
Chamberlain
Mr. Gee, BE. Wright
New London
New York
Berlain
Binefeld
Roinand Westheimer & Sons
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Louisville, Ky
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John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
Wm. McCarthy
Cincinnati Dental
Silver Ang Cement
Gingcinnati Dentists
DR. Compton
Kelly & Moyers
Secret Society Rews
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Masonic Hall
Lazarng Vdg
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