Talk for Bond Issue in Bluefield Educations Fight
The Bluefield district teachers institute resumed at the Wis Opera House despite bad weather to rally support for the bond issue on February 11. Speakers argued the need for better school buildings, outlining tax effects and the role of citizens in education.
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Teachers’ Institute
Wis Opera House
Bluefield
G. M. Ford
W. J. Newenham
Board
Educarion
Beaver Pond
Thompson
Tines
Daily Telegraph
Adder
C. J. Bemis
Concord Stae Normal School
Athens
Rewerks Meining
Thmas C. Miller
Maury A. Easley
Fire Loss Estimates in Friday Blaze
The Friday fire left serious losses but merchants expect to reopen at new stands soon. Insurance will partially cover stock and building losses. Notable losses include Y M C A building ($20,000) with $12,000 insured, Whitlow stock ($1,800) and building ($2,500) with $2,266 insured, and Coates & Steptoe ($1,750 insured). Losses on Bedford street buildings total about $1,000, fully insured.
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E. R. Whitlow
Krush Installment Company
Charles B. Fisher
Cc. W. Akers
Mary Lowder
Charles HH. Smith
O. V. Heffner
E. Rh. Whitlow
Coates & Steptoe
A.C. Bailey
Dr. N. L. Coiner
J. R. Winter
John L. Hughes
Klueh Installment Company
Union Bank and Trust Company
Bedford Street
Coal executive backs quartennial celebration for Bluefield area
MINE MALE WILL BE HERE endorses the coming summer celebration planned by local leaders. West Virginia coal interests and residents welcome the Order KoKen initiative as a boost for Bluefield, its coal fields, and the broader southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia region. The plan aims to attract buyers, miners, and merchants, with hoped for stable business and longer stays.
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Iso
D. H. Jenks
Bb. A. Jenks
Producers’ Coal Company
West Virginaty
Orer Kokoal
West Virginia
KoKen
Bluefeld
Virginia
Watermelon Roots Traced to Africa
Detroit News Tribune argues watermelons originated in Africa with long cultivation there. It notes wild and cultivated varieties across Africa and Asia and cites Nile region melons and ancient Egyptian depictions as evidence. The piece frames African preference as hereditary after millennia of exposure.
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Africa
Egypt
Nile
Missour
Asia
South Africa
Centre Africa
Detroit News-Tribune
Hornet Sentinels Guarding the Nests, Dr McCook Notes
Dr A C McCook describes hornets in Harpers Magazine as vigilant sentinels guarding their nests. Workers ignore loud noises yet defend the hive at the slightest disturbance, a nightly watchman presence near the gate and walls, with calm, deliberate movements and ready aggression when alarms arise.
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Observer
A. C. McCook
Harpers Magazine
Fragments From a Busy Shop and Art Critique
A damaged clipping blends a shop scene where a clerk struggles to match a muff with a fur and a patron’s complaint with a patronizing reply. It shifts to praise of Michelangelo’s artistry, citing the Sistine fresco and sculptural works as supreme examples of artistic prowess.
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Fido
New York
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Ino Sculptere
New York American
Ghost in the Roundhousehaunts a one armed fireman
A railroad ghost tale follows Jim the night watchman at Butler who sees his dead engineer’s specter in the cab. The ghost pushes him to test nerve by taking old 990 onto the line during a storm, leading to a deadly collision that claims three lives and reveals the haunting was self inflicted by fear and fate.
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C. H. Sutcliffe
Stimpson
Firemmn Davis
Mountain Division
Butler
Davis
Jim
Grand Bluff
Express
Tom
Tom Stimpson
Mr. White
Old 990
Pard
Tom Vu
Hendon
Bhu
M. Quad
Newsprint Notice of Bluefield Circulation Rates
Advertisement states Bluefield newspaper delivered by city carriers or mailed for 4 dollars yearly 2 dollars half year or 1 dollar quarter. Also sold on trains hotel newsstands and by vendors within 100 miles of Bluefield.
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Thos. E. Cofer
W. VA
R. S. Oglesby Company
Oglesby, D. Witt & Co
Lynchburg
THE
Bluefield Trust GO
Barkers and Brokers
K. & M. Bulkling
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer Building
WM. T. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
A. L. Hawkins
Ano
Bland
Bluefield Transfer Co
Kiks Opera House
Wadlnestay
Floen & Davis
Elliott Dexter
Victor Saldou
Express O. P.O
Richmond
Planters Nations Bank
W. H. Cunningham
Crockett and Gramam
Bluefield Merchandise
Bland Street
HEARN
David &. Johnston, Pres
Roc. McClaugherty
F. M. Peters
W. M. Cornett
Cashier
Asst. Cashier
State Bank of
Felenmeier Brew
West Vaginia Brewing Company
W. E. Stewart
Keystone
West Va
Kokoal
Hornet Sentinels
Midelangelo
Pocahontas Flat-Top Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ferdinand Westheimer & Sons
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Joseph
Merth Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Soha
Steinway
Stieff
Male Street
W. Whitmore
Lynchsura
Dinefield
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
First National Pank
Ifice
Notary Public
Thomas EB. Peery
Windsor Hotel
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
Roanoke
Hagertown
Pullman Sleeper
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Tiuefield
Kenova
Colubus
Loleto
Tazewell
North
Clinch Valle
Clinch Valley Division
Wayne
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Ippaane
DeWitt
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