24 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1907
Page
1
Culpeper Virginia February 23 defense ready for trial as jury selection from Shenandoah county set for Monday in Strother Bywaters murder case. Witnesses including Viola Strother Bywaters expected. Strother brothers ready. Welch West Virginia supporters gathering for court.
Public opinion in Central America favors friendly intervention by President Roosevelt and President Diaz to end the Honduras Nicaragua war. President Bonilla of Honduras holds Choluteca against Nicaraguan advances, Choluteca the nearest Honduras town to the frontier, about seventy miles southwest of Tegucigalpa with a population of 5,000.
Fourty Midway lots remain unsold on the Bluefield side as sellers urge buyers to move toward the business district near the railroad. Prices at 325 and 375 dollars hold until March 1, with residential areas lagging behind commercial potential. Visitors are invited to see spring merchandise at the Bluefield Mercantile Company.
Washington Feb. 23 Senate spent four hours on debate with no concrete moves. An agricultural appropriation amendment to bolster forestry funding drew criticism and delays. Senators Aldrich Hale Heyburn Proctor Nelson Baldrich and Baldrich explained the currency proposal while eulogies for Alger and Hitt occupied the late afternoon.
Rain is expected in West Virginia with a gradual warming trend Sunday followed by a partly cloudy Monday. Temperatures rise modestly as the weekend progresses with skies clearing late Monday in some areas.
Washington reports the House, 279 to 0, amended its Lafollette 16 hour railroad employees bill by removing the word knowingly, relieving railroads of overwork liability without railroad management knowledge. In night session, the sundry civil bill advanced with a $1,000 allocation for map tests and a $400,000 boost to the geological survey, as the $105 million measure neared passage.
Lynchburg Virginia reports the sudden death of John H. Lewis 66 a senior member of Lewis and Lewis on a train home from Roanoke after falling ill. Survived by wife Mrs Langhorne Lewis two daughters Mrs Abbott and Elizabeth and son Langhorne Lewis. noted Confederate veteran with interests in Pocahontas coal operations. his death shocks the city.
The preliminary hearing for James Corwin and Corwin Gregory, linked to the death of Clerk T. E. George, opened in Tazewell Virginia amid crowding and bad weather. West Virginia officer E. H. Witten testified about conflicting statements from the defendants, with about a dozen more witnesses anticipated. the court adjourned until Monday morning.
Tazewell Virginia February 23 Reverend Stephen Davis pastor of the Christian Church here and known in Bluefield was believed to be dying at his home this afternoon from pneumonia but reports indicate he is better tonight
In Parkersburg West Virginia on February 23 a passenger wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Ohio River division fatally injured Baggage Master Charles McIntosh. An investigation found a broken flange caused the wreck.
In Parkersburg West Virginia Feb 23 three members of E S Boyce family of Elizabeth Wirt county died after drinking wood alcohol by mistake. The item follows a local notice style and references other ads and telegraph want ads.
An advertisement invites readers to have their piano tuned by H L Farmer at the Art Stationery Co station. Readers may leave orders with the shop. The notice guarantees all work and mentions a Mount Vernon location with dated line.
President Roosevelt visits Harvard, speaking informally to students in the Harvard Union. He argues for democratic athletic spirit, balanced study, and a focus on productive scholarship over mere play, urging graduates to engage seriously in life and defend a robust republican citizenry.
Congress will have a busy week ending March 4 with key hearings on Harriman railroad interests in New York and an impending appropriation bill. Highlights include the Longfellow centennial observances, Miss Fleming's wedding in Washington, the delivery of the Minnesota battleship, and the Thaw trial resumption in New York.
The notice urges Sunday readers to inspect Fairview Lots and consider buying when spring arrives. It promotes A B Booker & Co and Blu efield Mercantile Co with mentions of new embroideries and fabrics at a busy corner store. It also notes a stock offering of 15 shares in Bluefield Grocery Company at par value $100 with cash option via M B Postlethwaite, Trustee.
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