Beaver Pond District Bond Issue Aims to Modernize Schools
A special election on February 11 seeks voter approval for bonds of 150000 to build and improve Bluefield Beaver Pond district schools. The board cites overcrowded facilities, unsafe heating and lighting, and the need for a new high school to attract families and reduce out-of-district tuition. The chamber of commerce backs the plan as sound education and community growth.
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Brege
Beaver Bond
Wien
Board of Educ
District of
Beaver P
Wehool
Bluefield
Cliff Town
West Virginia
Board of Education
Beaver Pond
Trenton
Ohio
Salisbury
N.C
Friends of Public Education
W. J. Newenham
Chamber of Commerce
Harold A. Ritz
E. H. Easley
WM. McCarthy
B. McClaugherty
H. I. Shott
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Advertised
An old promotional note extols Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild laxative for chronic constipation, claiming it stimulates liver and bowels without nausea or griping. The ad lists local druggists and outlets including Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea, and mentions related products and suppliers.
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Orino
G. H. Wade
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Mill Creek Coal,and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
Wapeters. Freeman
How to Cure Chilblains by John Kemp East Otfield
The article advises Chilblains relief and freedom from cilibiaine through Bucklen's Arnica Salve by John Kemp of East Otfield. It claims excellent results for salt rheum, fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites, and skin diseases. Sold for 25 cents at drug stores.
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John Kemp
East Otsfeld
Bucklen
New Year Celebration Grips New York Chinatown
Chinatown rings in the year 4605 at midnight with feasting music and fireworks. About 12 000 Chinese residents join a week of social festivities as Mott Dover and Pell streets glow with lights while temples theatres and homes host ceremonies offerings and prayers to appease gods and ancestors.
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New York
Chinatown
Mott
Dover
Pell
Dover Street
Te Lay
Railroad Helps Prohibition Spark in South
Louisville and Nashville announces it will stop receiving liquor shipments into Georgia and Alabama after recent prohibition acts. An official cites a federal suit in Indiana challenging rail shipments into prohibited territory, affecting interstate traffic to Kentucky areas that voted against liquor sales.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nahville
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Kentucky
Oriental Bank Fails to Open Amid Depositor Run
The Oriental Bank did not reopen in New York as a run on deposits continued. A state superintendent of banks order shut the bank, listing liabilities of 7.58 million to individuals and 3.48 million to banks and brokers, with a 912 thousand surplus fund and 303 thousand in undivided profits. The Bowery branch at 122 Bowery was also closed.
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New York
Oriental Bank
State Superintendent of Banks
The
Bowery
Savannah board of trade invites Roosevelt to banquet
A large delegation from Savannah Georgia presented an invitation to President Roosevelt for the Savannah board of trade annual banquet on April 1. Roosevelt declined due to inability to attend. Additional fragments mention local vendors and barbers in Bluefield and a humorous exchange about tea brands.
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Washington
Savannah
Deadhead on the Rails A Detective's Trick
Richard A. Andrews recalls a brutal confrontion with a fare dodger on a rural line. The confrontation drew onlookers, sparked town sympathy, and led to the robber gang’s capture weeks later after a police raid. The officer was later revealed as a company detective using the deadhead ruse to uncover the culprits.
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Altoether
Richard A, Andrews
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City of Bluefield
South Bluefield
Christie
Bedford Street
Colored Baptist Church
Fhefe
Oney Gap
Borfa
Metropolis
Louisville & Nashville
Roosevelt
John
Priscilla
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
Harry
Western Union Telegraph Office
Jake Hartwell
Jim Johnston
Warry
Boone and
Wyoming
Norwood Lumber Co
Kimball
W. Va
Louis Carr
Gen
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
H. E., Care Telegraph
Boone Street
Thornton Building
J. M. Echols
Fourth St
Rogers St
Holland
Morree St
Wilese
G. Teney
Northfork
W. Fulp
A. H. Abernathy
Carolina Ave
K. Davis, Welch
Russell Street
Red Men's
Bluefield Pant & Overall Factory
Turk’s
Red Lot
Bland St
Highland Avenue
HK. T. Spencer
Giles St
Bland Street
Care Telegraph
Fifth Street
Sublette & Barnes
South Bland Street
Ada
R. O. M. Coal
S P
Paul Coal Co
J. W. Rader
W. E. and
E. L. Shufflebarger's
Princeton Avenue
People’s Store Co
Art Stationery Co
W. H. Harry & CO
Woley
G H. Wade
W.E
el, Shufflebarger
Sohn
Whone
Richmond
Rae
Bath
Union Station
Capital
White House
Metropolitan Club
Wayside
Lake Luzerne
N. Y
Stondacks
Switzerland of America
Saratoga
Clifford M. ‘Lewis
Bluefield Normal & Business College, CO
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
Oliver, Underwood, Remington and Smith Machines
W. H. Cunningham
Bluefield, W. VA
Williams & Stewart
State’ Bank Building
Wytheville, Virginia
Wytheville, Va
Virginian Railway
Nalle
Deepwat
Eecles Mahben Mullens
Matoaka
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Oblo Ry
Norfolk and Western Ry
Adsit
Norfolk
Virgin
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