Local Boston Interest Grows Over Cooper Medicine
Boston reports show L T Cooper drawing crowds as his New Discovery remedies claim to cure stomach troubles. Testimonials from John S Keen of East Boston describe relief from indigestion and dizziness after one bottle, fueling ongoing Boston popularity and demand.
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Boston
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Chicago
Whorling
Discovery
Johns
Keen
Trenton Street
Mass
Mr. Cooper
Vinol touted as strength builder after grippe
After grippe convalescents need strength and the Minefield store promotes Vinol a cod liver based tonic with iron peptonate claiming rapid improvement. It offers money back if not satisfactory and cites case by Mrs G J Partridge of Franklin Mass as testimonial. Local druggists listed: West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy.
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G. J. Partridge
Franklin
Mass
Vinci
Minefield
Grippe
Wiitefield
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Man Jumps From Train Fatally Stranding on Norfolk Line
On the Norfolk and Western passenger train a man named Alex Dunson jumped from a moving carriage while hobos rode the blind baggage near the tender. He died from the fall and a letter to his dying mother in Washington Court House, Ohio, prompted the act. The coroner ruled no inquest necessary and the body was sent for burial. An advertisement notes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
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Kénova
Alex Dunson
Norfolk & Western
Dungan
Washington Court
House
Wayne County
Washington Court House
Letters and postal notices from Bluefield post office 1908
Long list of unclaimed letters including names of residents and foreign correspondents with a note that callers must say advertised. A legal dispute over 1872 land boundaries resolved in Raleigh County's favor after lawmakers failed to print the act, clarifying metes and bounds.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Josh Abley
W. F. Allen
John Alexander
Raleigh Bailey
T. E. Boder
H. N.creeke
Mr. Cordell
W. Doyle
Alexander Davis
R. M. Graham
John Cilvert
Sam Gibson
Judley Hutchinson
Jim Harston
Luher P. Loftis
T. M. Metrimaby
Arthur Newson
J. A. Pickett
Achard Phelps
ER. A. Parris
J. W. Jobingon
A. EB. Strickler
J. Stuart
D. Stone
John Shumate
Willie Aunberg
Otis Twitty
Augustus Thompson
T. LB. Thompson
J. W. Reckert
Bascom
Tabor
William Jaughn
Frank Walker
Dock Wood
David Woodard
L. A. Williamson
G. White
Charley White
Flora Waddle
G. B. Willams
Walker & Bros
Cishalo Cologera
Girlante
Michele di Nunzio Fu Jario
Guiseppe Favllo
Burgio Guiseppe di Cervatore
Onopio Ticari
Antonio
Nazzareno Ferretti
Vincenzo
Felica
Ferretti di Ranalle
Nagzareno Ferretti
Wrant Aloreti
Olsalvo Jaloxero Gi Gublanie
Frank Calodio
Roger Rendus
Bertha Austin
W. L. Akers
Bugenta’ Akis
Pearl Corans
Hennie Crews
R. Candill
Theresa Conroy
Bertha Davis
Lucinda Mppes
Wreamle Edwards
Hattie Easley
Myra Groseclose
Hile M. Walker
Brooksie L. Price
de. P. Pp. Edgell
H. H. Childress
Annie Falk
Annie Boon
Dossey Smith
Peter Paris
W. B. Singleton
D. H. Hancock
R. B. Jackson
J. BE. McCreery
C. A. Easley
F. L. A. Wilson
Norfolk and Western plans further reductions in force
President L E Johnson says the Norfolk and Western will continue trimming staff while expenses exceed income. The company aims to cut wages by renegotiating agreements with employees, with union committees reporting Roanoke officials are seeking further cuts. None yet reach a full scale deal, but reductions are not surprising to workers.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Prident L. E. Johnson
Roanoke
Murder at Keystone Ends in Gunfire
Meagre details reach Keystone of a fatal shooting involving Bob Hannah and Charley Hunt, both colored. Witnesses say groups gathered in Lords saloon as a quarrel escalated. Hunt allegedly fired first. A coroner's jury convened that night and ruled Hannah died from a pistol shot fired by Hunt.
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Keystone
Bob Hannah
Charley Hunt
Lord's Saloon
Hannah
Hunt
Raleigh Wins Clash Over County Line Saloon Property
The dispute centered on roughly twenty miles of the Wyoming Raleigh boundary over a saloon at Devil's Fork. A saloon license granted by Wyoming county led Raleigh, a dry county, to confiscate the property of the saloon operator.
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Wyoming
Raleigh
Devil's Fork
Wyoming County
Jim Crow City in West Virginia to test black self government
A planned experimental city near Charleston, owned and inhabited solely by Black residents, will include the State Colored High School, electric lights, sewers, and a park. The project aims to test Negro capacity for self government as the state watches progress.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Africa
State
Colored High School
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WM. McCarthy
Eng
Cc. G. Betelle
Cashier
Kateriment Electric Co
Asien
Columbus
Ohio
Little Detective
Elks Opera House
Alex Dunston
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
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R. L. Graham
Roger Street
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Larshall
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Willams, & Stewart
State Bank
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Goodwill
W. Vua
Windsor Hotel
J. L. Francisco Brush Fork
Daily Telegraph Business Office
N. A. Michaelson
Ng River W. Va
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Gale
P. O
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H. G. Hamper
Landgraff
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K. & M. Nutding
Virginian Railway
Mattie
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Maben Mullens
Hernde
Matoaka
Deepwater
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western Ry
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Jim Crow City
Ghas. M. Stieff
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Lynchburg
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Cort Luzerne
N. Y
Switzerland of America
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