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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
5
In Bland county the prominent citizen J. M. Updyke and his bride traveled via our city en route to Richmond Baltimore and Washington. The bride is a daughter of E. A. Davis of Clear Fork. The couple receive best wishes from local residents.
Roanoke and nearby towns are represented by many visitors and locals in the city. Names include A M Smith Coopers Blondin Goodwill Bramwell Dr Carr Norton and Clarence Burns Lebanon among others visiting or on business. Local residents return from travels in Staunton Waynesboro Bristol Salem and Huntington.
Indian River Oranges praised as the finest flavored by connoisseurs arrive by express from Florida groves. Also available are Cal Naval oranges Florida grape fruit tangerines lemons bananas Malaga Concord Catawba and New York King and Baldwin apples.
Assistant Grand Chief Hurley of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Cleveland says long trains over 100 cars are not unusual. Engineers Mastin and Weaver cite Norfolk and Western practice with 100 car loads on Pocahontas division while Virginian Railway may run long trains if safety and engine performance allow.
The West Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company plans to open Mine No 2 at Little Creek on Tug Fork next year. The new site will expose the Pocahontas No 3 seam and feature a run-of-mine tipple.
The two mines aim to reach 700 to 800 tons per day within a year. Fifteen houses are finished for miners and the plant will add thirty to forty houses. No. 1 mine will have a tipple for coal grading. William Leckie serves as general manager and also runs Jed Coal and Coke Company which operates a successful shaft mine. Nos. 1 and 2 in West Virginia will be drift mines.
The Board of Affairs will meet at city hall this evening to consider a gas franchise application. Also on the agenda are an Indian Refining Company building permit for a new oil and gasoline line plant, jail facility concerns, and updates on recent jail escapes and a knife attack incident.
James G. Smith aged thirty eight died at 6 40 p m at his Fourth street home after a brief illness with pneumonia He was a well known coalfield traveling man who had represented several houses including one in this city He had lately been in Wise county and returned home on Christmas Eve He was a son of Captain Joe Smith of Big Stone Gap survived by his parents a brother and a sister His widow and four children reside here with the eldest Ethel at the Altamont hotel telephone exchange and Joe at the hotel soda fountain Burial is expected in Virginia He was related to Congressman Gav comb Slemp of Virginia.
Advertisement advises using Chamberlain's Liniment twice daily with five minute palm massages. A dampened flannel bound over the seat of pain is said to hasten relief. Sold at The Mast End Pharmacy and The Bluefield Pharmacy.
B F Ryscue of Ingleside North Carolina says he suffered indigestion for fifteen years and tried many doctors and $200 worth of medicine without relief. After using Dr King’s New Life Pills he was wholly cured. The pills ease constipation biliousness sick headache stomach and liver troubles.
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