Depot stairs widened and church meetings in city
A plan to build wide steps at the east doors of the passenger depot is proposed, with a minimum width of twenty feet to handle crowds. An evening at Calvary Baptist Church featured Rev. W C Roof leading to several conversions, followed by a finance committee meeting that set future church governance.
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Calvary Baptist Church
W. C. Roof
CC. W. Kelley
Tazewell
Kelley
Holston
Abingdon
Unique international match as Miss Anna Fink to wed Henry Columbine
Litany and address Wednesday at 8 p m. Meeting of Women's Auxiliary Thursday at 3 30 p m. Vestry Thursday at 8 8 p m. A marriage at Christ Episcopal Church Thursday 7 30 p m unites Miss Anna M Fink of Ireland with Henry Columbine native of Belgium. Columbine works for T H Becker. They faced church approval delays due to his Catholic faith. The bride has lived in New York and arrived in Bluefield Sunday to finalize plans.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Christ's Episcopal Church
Anna M. Fink
Ireland
Henry Columbine
Belgium
Columbine
T. H. Becker
New York
Anna Fink
Bluefield
Demonstration of a new fire extinguisher at Bland street
About seventy five citizens attended a Phoenix Fire Appliance Company demonstration on Bland Street government property. A wooden box burned with tar gasoline and oil, then extinguished by a fresh powder extinguisher producing carbon dioxide, which temporarily smothers flames by displacing oxygen. A second demonstration was scheduled for 8:30 this evening.
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Phoenix Fire Appliance Company
Bland Street
Golden 50th Anniversary for Capt. and Mrs. Baldwin
Captain Baldwin aged 76 and Mrs. Baldwin 71 celebrate their golden wedding after 50 years of marriage. The couple, who arrived in Bluefield in 1888, have ten children and eighteen grandchildren. The celebration was postponed due to Capt. Baldwin’s illness from a sleigh accident. new date set for March 17.
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D. Tk. Baldwin
Baldwin
United States
Dennison Butler Baldwin
Sallie Ward Barns
Capt. Baldwin
Bluefield
Coyt
City Visitors List From Personal Paragraphs
Davy, Wise, Gary, Hiawatha, Princeton, Interior Virginia, Richlands, Floyd County and other places are represented by residents and relatives visiting Bluefield area and returning from trips. The report notes numerous individuals in the city yesterday for business, illness, or family reasons, plus several official meetings and upcoming conferences.
Burke's Garden Political Turmoil Reaches Supreme Court
In Burke's Garden a January election left the mayor and councilmen chosen but the old officers refuse to surrender control. They retain the town’s books assets and records while the new officials seek a mandamus to compel transfer. The case proceeds today in Charleston’s Supreme Court.
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Burke's Garden
Supreme Court
Charleston
Japanese Gift of Beauty in Folded Blankets
A fragment notes how a Japanese boy on a steamer adds beauty by arrangement to plain objects. He folds blankets into lotus leaves chrysanthemums and fans, even shaping one blanket into a patriotic motif with red tines on white. The passage reflects on craft, work, and a childlike moment amid travel.
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Edwards
Steamship Company
Fragmentary Medical Note From Bolemian Clinic
A garbled patient note mentions a vaccine germ and a doctor scratching into a cuticle at a Bolemian clinic. The text is incoherent with unclear actions and names, offering little verifiable detail for a full report.
Milk Delivery Details From Ricky Mountain Dairy Farm
Vresh Milk is received daily from the Ricky Mountain Dairy Farm by Kahle and Kahle and St Clair and Goodson, as noted by Sulmscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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Ricky Mountain
Kahle & Kahle
St. Clair & Goodson
Daily Telegraph
Arnica Balm Heals Cuts Says Manilla Carpenter
Suffering and dollars saved, a Manilla New York carpenter reports Bucklen's Arnica Balm healed severe cuts and saved him money. The salve relieves burns sores ulcers fever sores scalp conditions and piles, 25 cents, at all druggists. Also advertised are Standard Breakfast Foods at Sublette & Haines and DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for piles.
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Manilla
N. Y
P Bucklen
Sublette & Haines
Public Auction On Real Estate Under Deed Of Trust
Mercer County West Virginia public sale to highest bidder for two parcels in Bluefield area, set for March 1908. Trust in favor of William H. Foard, trustee, securing notes of Mozelle C. Partee. Sale follows legal notice of default on interest and requires cash on day of sale.
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Mozelle C
William Hl. Foard
Wight
Mercer County
West Virginia
American National
Harold A. Ritz
Binefield
Tyler Street
Wilnefield Avenue
J. K. Wilburn
P. W. Poff
D. W. McClougherty
Rogers Street
Bluefield Avenue
H. A. Ritz
Luxurious hotel near Union Station and The White House
A refined hotel offers complete comfort with remodeling and new furnishings. Centrally located directly on Earling, twenty minutes from Union Station, two minutes to the Capital, and steps from shops theatres and the Metropolitan Club across from the White House and Executive Buildings.
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Earling
Union Station
Capital
White House
Metropolitan Club
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