Ladies Fur Caracal and Plush Goats
An item listing notes Ladies Fur alongside Caracal and Plush Goats with a price tag of 86.00. The short line suggests a catalog or sale entry for animal or fur products.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
6
An item listing notes Ladies Fur alongside Caracal and Plush Goats with a price tag of 86.00. The short line suggests a catalog or sale entry for animal or fur products.
Richmond, Feb 4 Captain George D Wise veteran lawyer and statesman died at Willian Byrd Hospital after a long illness. Wise served in Congress fourteen years and chaired the interstate and foreign commerce committee. He was a prominent criminal lawyer and a participant in Virginia politics from the Civil War era through the readjuster campaigns. He leaves two brothers and one nephew. He was born in 1835 in Accomac county and educated at the University of Indiana and William and Mary College.
The annual Nursery and Child's Hospital charity ball at the Morf Astoria drew a grand crowd and notable figures led by Maj. Gen. Firck Grant and Mrs. Great. Now in its fifty year, the event remains a premier social function with strong family traditions and broad support for the hospital's work.
Albany reports the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons opens its annual convocation with delegates from across New York. A large treasury surplus prompts expectations that the body will approve cutting the per capita tax charged to chapters.
Washington February 4 A house resolution of sorrow was adopted over the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince of Portugal. The item notes a formal expression of mourning from the chamber.
New York Feb 4. If counsel and Martin W. Littleton prevail it seems unlikely an early move to free Harry Thaw from Mattewan Asylum on habeas corpus will be pursued.
Report notes a new black powder recommended by state mine inspectors as safer than the old formulation. Authorities expect continued efforts to prevent trouble from spreading to other districts.
George Stewart a negro was electrocuted in the state prison for the murder of John Snell at the Camden county jail several months ago. The item also notes a chamber of commerce annual meeting scheduled for February 6 1908 in the Thornton Building and includes local ads for insurance flour butter coffee and a cough remedy.
New councilman-elect William Able and recorder-elect A W May were barred from taking office at Kollanshee Follansbeg on February 4 amid alleged tax delinquencies. Both will seek to establish their rights in court.
Pittsburg Pa February 4 Eight or ten mines in this district are closed and more than 1000 miners idle while the coal operators insist on actions.
James Whitcomb Riley began in a Indiana newspaper office writing humorous verses later failing to publish them. He forged poems in imitation of Poe as a prank to prove editors wanted imitation over originality, gaining nationwide acclaim for "Leonainie" before catching trouble over forgery. He lost his job but found a better post at the Indianapolis Journal.
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