Bullet Near Heart But May Not Kill
John Knuckles attempted suicide in Williamson last night around 10. He shot himself with a revolver, the bullet entering about an inch above the heart. He remained unconscious at 2 AM, was drinking prior, and worked as a brakeman for Norfolk and Western. A doctor said the wound might not be fatal. The act shocked locals near the Williamson telephone exchange building.
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John Knuckles
Williamson
Telephone Exchange
Knuckles
Daily Telegraph
Norfolk & Western
J. C. Knuckles
Rogers Street
Minstrel Show at Elks Opera House Highlights Local Jesters
The Elks annual minstrel show Friday night at the Elks Theater promises a up-to-date scenic set and a program packed with local humor. Prominent local residents and well known jesters provide funny tales about peers, with new tambourines and bone artists enhancing the act.
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Elks Opera House
Bluefield
Elks
Daily Telegraph
Kiks
Georgia
Fliegende Blatter Promotes Kodolf Diet Digestive Remedy
In a humorous exchange Sepp jokes about writing an insulting letter while the old woman laments not knowing how to spell scoundrel. The item then advertises Kodolf as a scientific vegetable acid preparation with natural digestants that claims to digest over 3,000 grains of food per dose and is sold by all druggists.
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Sepp
West Virginia Set for Broad Labor Organizing Drive
A wave of AFL organizers will sweep through West Virginia in days to thoroughly organize all trades. About forty national unions will be represented, with miners rail workers and other groups planned as targets. AFL leader Thomas Flynn says conditions are ripe for an extensive union drive despite employer resistance and injunctions. The push follows the state federation's reorganization completed last week in Huntington.
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West Virginia
Thomas H. Flynn
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor and Affiliated Labor Bodies
Grand Jury Bound Over Perse Carter in Camp Burglary Case
Percy Carter, a colored man, was sent to the grand jury after breaking into Fletcher Gwynn’s shanty at the Vaughan camp in the east end and looting provisions. James Carmel faced arrest as an accomplice but was not convicted. Evidence shows Carter tore up the floor and assaulted Gwynn’s family during the theft, with Carmel later handed to city authorities.
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Percy Carter
Fletcher Gwynn
Vaughan
East End
Squire Godbey
James Carmel
Carter
Gwynn
Charles Johnson
Carmel
Erson
Richmond
Noteworthy Cathedral Pavement Stones From Old Jewish Cemetery
Dr Sundermann in Mayence writes to Wochenschrift about the cathedral pavement made from gravestones from the Jewish cemetery. He notes Hebrew letters remain readable on stones used when building material was scarce. The inscriptions show historic reuse and preservation despite centuries.
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Dr. Sundermann
Mayence
Fresh produce prices at Bublette Barnes market
Fresh tomatoes celery radishes carrots parsnips salsify beets egg plant kale listed for sale at Bublette and Barnes with reasonable prices noted by Daily Telegraph business office dated 11 14 11 highlighting tally card designs and market offerings.
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Daily Telegraph Business Office
Bublette & Barnes
Tragic Python Fear Cure Ends in Death
In England a husband lures his wife into a room with a dead python and its mate to cure her fear of snakes. She screams and dies, the room containing the two serpents after the ruse. The story appeared in the St James Gazette.
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England
India
St. James
The Turret Battery and Early Ironclad Design
In 1812 Colonel John Stevens proposed an iron plated war vessel with a saucer hull and screw propulsion to rotate around a central mooring chain. The design aimed for harbor defense with heavy ordnance and rotating fire, foreshadowing the Timby turret and later Russian ironclads built about fifty years afterward.
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John Stevens
Stevens
Cassier
Rhubarb Tonic Availability Promoted by Sublette & Barnes
A local ad touts rhubarb tonic as a spring tonic with canned equal to fresh and cheaper. Sublette and Barnes advertise ordering a can, dated 2 28 31, indicating a vintage period sale.
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Sublette & Barnes
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E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
the Enterprise Co
Bluefield Ave
W. VA
Belmont
D. B
Masyn
Cafe
MVCE
J. F. Thompson
Mgr
Slobe-Wernicke
Meenteke
Blasiléld Book & Stationery
Elks’ Building
Mafia
Black Hand
Salvation Army
Army of Labor
Stetson
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
MT Sleers
M. G. Windlow Hardware Co
Bluefield, W. VA
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Follansbee
Bland Street
Manhattan
Edwin Glapp
Alfred Benjamin Clothes
New York
Schloss Bros. & Co
Baltimore
Sam Peck
Shumate Clothing Co
Princeton Avenue
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