16 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
1
Madeline Cowan leads votes in the Elks picture contest for The Manhater s with final results awaited. Candidates must submit ballots and coupons by February 17 as the Milks and Elks venues prepare for casting in Riverview West Virginia.
Rail conductor J. J. Mangus of 360 Bluefeld avenue Bluefield reports kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says secretions became normal and he has had no trouble since, price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells the remedy.
Notice is given for the annual meeting of Pocahontas Coke Company Incorporated stockholders to elect a board of directors and transact other business. The meeting will be at the company's office in Pocahontas Virginia in Tazewell County on Thursday January 4 1916 at 10 o'clock a m Paterson secretary.
The article promotes Vitalac at White and Central Pharmacies with testimonials from readers including a railroad worker praising relief from gas, smothering sensations, nervousness, and sleeplessness. It advertises a money back guarantee and notes local visits and a mix of townspeople and officials in Coeburn Virginia and nearby areas.
R. L. Bilis of Whitewood Virginia and Mrs. N A Moon of Pearlsburg shopped and visited in the city. Frank Peters left for Charleston and Huntington on business. H M Ensign of Huntington is in the city for a few days. Mrs Charles K Miller and her son from Berwind are visiting. Dr and Mrs T C McNeer of Dante and Mr and Mrs N Bond are mentioned among those in the city.
An ad touts Q Ban Hair Color Restorer promising to darken gray hair with a few applications. It claims scalp benefits and a soft lustrous look, with a money back guarantee if gray hair remains. Available for 50e in a 7 0 bottle at Goodykoontz Drug Stores Bluefield West Virginia and by mail.
A Delaware man credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing a severe cough after his brother provided a small bottle. He later bought more but used only one, and the cough did not return. The remedy is obtainable everywhere.
City engineer H O Wiles released a report outlining Sluefield’s roadways showing fourteen miles of paved streets. The breakdown includes four miles of vitrified brick five miles of bituminous macadam and three and a half miles of asphalt binder on concrete or rolled stone bases. The study also notes twelve miles of sewer mains and eighteen miles of granolithic sidewalks.
James Stacy forty three formerly mine foreman for Stone Mountain Coal Corporation fell thirty feet from a fast freight train on a bridge at the east end of Matewan West Virginia late last night. He suffered injuries expected to be fatal.
The United States produced more than twice the value of quicksilver last year compared to the previous year, indicating a sharp rise in output.
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