News Service Delivery and Pricing Details
The paper is carried by city carriers or mailed to any address for four dollars yearly, two dollars for six months, or one dollar for three months. It is sold on trains, at hotel news stands, and by newsboys within a hundred mile radius of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Chas. H. Wright
North Fork Realty Co
North Fork
W. Va
Aaron Catzen
Box 16
Jos. S. Shaw
Algoma
Wen
Pretty Lass, Free Heart, Rock Mountain Tea Mentioned
A fragment notes a pretty young woman with a light step and free heart. It references Rock Mountain Tea and lists Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co., West End Drug Co., W. J. Peters, and Freeman in a local context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Mountain Tea
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Coughs and Pneumonia Risk
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar to stop coughs and strengthen lungs and warns against substitutes. It notes genuine product in a yellow package and lists sale by G. H Wade. Also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with money back guarantee and price 35c for tea or tablets from End Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H Wade
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J.eters
Freeman
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Endorsed Under Law
The preparation Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and is for sale by G. H. Wade, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
G. H. Wade
The Catch of the Season
Wint Miller, clumsy but loyal, visits a fishing trip that turns to illness at Aunt Fanny Beal’s. Nurse Isabelle Beal, Jack’s cousin, cares for him as he recovers then confesses love. Jack returns from a train ride to find Wint proposing, claiming Isabelle as the season’s best catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wint
Wint Millers
Jack Barnes
Jack
Sean
Jacek
Wil
Fanny
Tie
Fanny Ber
Winthrop Miller
Belle
Aunt Fanny
Mrs. Beal
Hight
Isabelle Beal
Isabelle
Auree
Wint Miller
Miss Nightingale
Wes
Fishing Tales Of Eels From Scotland Strand Magazine
A man recounts catching the largest string of eels in Scotland. He describes tandem eels marching single file with six inches between, each eel grabbing the tail of the one ahead to restore order as the line moves. The narrator pulls a mass of slippery eels from the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotand
Strand Magazine
First US Navy Ships Ordered in 1775
Congress began building a navy during the Revolutionary War with two cruisers and expanded to thirty two gun, twenty eight gun, and twenty four gun ships. Thirteen vessels received names Boston Congress Effingham Delaware Hancock Montgomery Providence Raleigh Trumbull Virginia Warren Washington Randolph. Ezekiel Hopkins of Rhode Island became the first commander in chief on December 22 177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Confess
Boston
Effingham
Delaware
Hancock
Montgomery
Providence
Raleigh
Trumbull
Virginia
Warren
Washington
Randolph
United States
Ezekiel Hopkins
Rhode Island
Stephen Hopkins
Thackeray Grammar Debates Move Through London
The London Chronicle contrasts Thackeray as a shaky grammarian with Dickens as a near infallible one. Shirley Brooks notes Thackeray’s prose flaws while Mr Layard’s book praises Dickens as a great grammarian and moral writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layard
Punch
Shirley Brooks
Thackeray
Dickens
The
London Chronicle
Dicken
Elkhorn News Notes Mixed Local Travels
Weston of Philadelphia visits Elkhorn on business. Nowlin of Lynchburg Va returns after Elkhorn trip. Mead Hewitt of Bramwell returns from visit to Miss Tierney. Rev W H Minter of Pocahontas preaches at Crozer Baptist. Mrs J W Bingham back from Bluefield. Franklin back from Roanoke trip. Ida Edwards of Welch in town. Mrs Benjamin Lewis shops in Northfork. Ruth and Clara Pile visit over weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. EK. Weston
Philadelphia
Elkhorn
G. H. Nowlin
LynchLhore
Mead Hewitt
Bramwell
Mary Tierney
Pocahontas
Crozer Baptist Church
J. W. Bingham
Bluefield
Franklin
Roanoke
Ida Edwards
Welch
Benjamin Lewis
Northfork
Ruth
Clara Pile
Norfolk & Western to Handle Southern Mail Through Roanoke
Roanoke residents welcome a postal service shift as Mississippi and southern mail will be hauled by Norfolk & Western trains 41 and 42, the Washington and Chattanooga Limited, passing Roanoke around midnight and early morning. The change follows Southern Railway cutbacks, with the post office citing better efficiency from the N and W routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Times
Mississippi
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western
Roanoke
Washington and Chattanooga
Drummer Boy of Shilo Earns West Point Commission
Colonel John L. Clem, famed as the drummer boy of Shilo, met with President Grant seeking admission to West Point. Grant, noting his war service, gave Clem a note to the Secretary of War, which instead commissioned him as a second lieutenant in the regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Clem
Shilo
West Point
Grant
Clem
Aditte
Secretary of War
Jim
Chicago News
Face in Illness and Hollister Tea Ad
The article links facial expressions to disease indicators such as eyelid closure and nostril movement. It notes brain and abdominal diseases alter facial regions. An ad pitches Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health booster, priced 36c, from Mill Creek Con and Coke Co.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Digestive Harmony
Keeping Open House invites all as this health ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims the pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so users feel good, available at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Cuscasweet Baby Remedy Promoted By Local Drugstore
Local druggists advertise Cuscasweet as a safe baby and child remedy. The bottle lists the ingredients and claims it calms infants quickly without opiates. Bold claim highlights quick relief and family use.
Right of Way Dispute Settled for County Rail Line
L W Leete a Huntington engineer hired by Wayne County Court will oversee a plan with Norfolk and Western Railway to relocate and grade roads along a sixty mile stretch from Kenova to the Mingo County line. Engineers will assess costs 14000 to 20000 dollars and present a plan for court approval and funding, paving the way for road rebuilding along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Leete
Huntington
Wayne County Court
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Failway Company
Kenova
Mingo County
Leete
Heavy Snow Deepens Mountain Regions Across West Virginia
Snow deepens across Cheat mountain four to five feet and the Pocahontas valley four feet. Elk and Cranberry mountains report four feet. A Chesapeake and Ohio train was stranded for 24 hours between Cass and Winterburn. Slaymaker lumber camp workers race to supply stock with three engines and a snow plow clearing the Greenbrier line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheat Mountain
Pocahontas Valley
Martlinton
Asow
Elk
Cranberry Mountains
Greenbrier
Chesapeake & Olio
Winterburg
Droop Mounain
Regular stockholders meeting of Blackberry Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Co
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders will be held at the Matewan office in West Virginia on Thursday February 13 1908 at 10 o clock a.m. for electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and other business as may come before the meeting. C W J Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackberry, Kentucky and
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Matewan
W. Va
C. W. J. Walker
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R. L. Morris
Bluefield Transfer Co
W. H. Cunningham
Iolin
Dally
Crockett and
Graham Block
Werth Dennison Avs
Columbus
Ohio
Telat Botik Free
Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Wents
Cate
Care Telegraph
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
Turk's
Red Lot
Keith
4Th Street
Graham
W. L. Nash
Highland Avenue
Spencer
Giles St
Brand Street
Fifth Street
Sublette & Barnes
St. Patrick's Day
Daly Telegraph
Kalein
E. Breckenridge Moun & Co
Asheville
N.C
Black Wolf Coal and Coke Co
Dearing
W Va
Gary
J. W. Rader
Virginian Railway
Deepwat
Eecles Maben Mullens Hern de
Deepwate
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoaks
Norfolk and Western Ry
ADSIT
Norfolk
Parcells
Dickens and Thackeray
Elkhorn News
Southwest
Shiloh
Rocky Mountain Tea
Mill Creek Con and Coke Co
Ene
S.S.S
S.S
Nature
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Wayne County
Cheat
Richmond
H Street
Washington, D.C
Union Station
White House
Metropolitan Club
Wayside Inn
Lake Luzerne
N. Y
Adirondacks
Switzerland of America
Saratoga
Clifford M. Lewis
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
Bluefield, W. VA
Wytheville, Virginia
Wytheville, Va
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