Revival of The Little Detective Charms Jamestown audience
The West Virginia coal column in front of the State building at the Jamestown exposition sold for five dollars. The Little Detective revival led by Mrs Dorrit Ashton draws big crowds at the Elks Opera House with a lifelike stage realism praised by critics. A Bluefield man with the same name as a local figure, Lee H. Mays, drew notoriety after an arrest. Southbound freight train No. 85 wrecked near Maxwell on the Clinch Valley division delaying traffic six hours. The windstorm damage to a colored schoolhouse has been repaired and classes resume as usual.
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West Virginia
Dorrit Ashton
Elks’ Opera House
Bluefield
Lee H. Mays
Maxwell
Clinch Valley Division
M. H. Pedigo
City visitors and local notes from Bluefield region
Personal mentions list residents and visitors across towns including Jaeger Glen Lyn and Welch in the Bluefield area. Notables include Capt Davis and Dr Fairfax with multiple trips, illnesses, funerals and family departures noted, plus several travelers stopping in Lynchburg Roanoke and Bristol.
Majesty of the Pyramids and Their Night Quiet
Robert Hichens reflects on Gizeh pyramids as human-made wonders that impress the observer with their calm and stark beauty. He contrasts them with Sakkara and notes their silhouette against the night sky invites deep imagination and reverent awe.
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Gizeh
Sakkara
Pyramids
Robert Hichens
Century Magazine
A Statesman's Confessions of Thomas B Reed
A Maine statesman known for caustic wit and tender heart admits he hunted little. He recalls shooting one sandpiper and lingering chase by a millstream. He says he hid the bird to hide his own pride and vows to avoid such cowardice again.
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Thomas B. Reed
Maine
A Convenient Possum from a Southern Preacher
The Atlanta Constitution recounts an old negro preacher using the line De tree is known by his fruit as a humorous Bible joke about shaking a possum from a tree. After the benediction, a brother jokes that such a text wasn’t in the Bible. The preacher concedes the line was tailored for his congregation’s understanding.
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Atlanta Constitution
A Great Man Quote on Leadership and Blame
A father explains that a great man gathers many assistants who bear the blame for his mistakes while he earns credit for their good ideas. The exchange frames leadership as credit without accountability within a family setting.
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Rollo
Glacial reference echoes in Boston girl remark
A Boston girl muses she may have lived in a remote era while a 100 laps man jokes about a glacial link. The Louisville Courier-Journal captures a whimsical exchange reflecting curiosity about past lives.
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Boston
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Relief
From rheumatism aches and pains your system will be free if you take a nightly drink of Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Advertisement credits Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co Wet End Drug Co W d Peters Freeman as sellers or distributors.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
Wet End Drug Co
W. d. Peters
Freeman
Fleet Animals Representations of the Greyhound
A Chicago News piece surveys greyhounds as one of the oldest fixed dog types found in ancient sculptures. It notes the breed’s global spread, sight-hunting speed, and debates over coursing versus racing, citing a breeder’s claim that a greyhound may be the fastest moving creature.
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India
Arabia
Persia
England
Afghanistan
Flying Childers
Chicago News
The New Cook's Way Serves Lettuce Core Confusion
A new cook faced a kitchen mishap as a New York Press line recalls a mistress pressed about lettuce quality after dinner. The cook says he washed the greens but discarded the white cores, sparking humorous dinner table banter about proper preparation.
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New York Press
The Mystery of Sleep Deeply Explored
The passage discusses sleep as a central mystery of existence Unlike death sleep inspires awe and a sense of a powerful conscious force guiding the sleeping body It urges self observation to grasp when consciousness fades and emphasizes the sleep state as a dynamic, commanding presence within flesh and mind
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Old Jones
A Japanese Dinner Described By A Young Baron
A young Japanese baron hosts a dinner for three girls then describes an elaborate multi course meal. The sequence includes tea with April harvest notes, salty sake served in saucers, raw fish with chrysanthemum salad, chestnuts and sharks fins, quail with cherries, crawfish, bamboo shoots with soy, salted mushrooms, boiled rice and tea. The diners stretch to ease stiffness after the meal.
Market Quotations From Bluefield Broker Report
Market quotations are reported by the Bluefield Brokerage firm on stocks and bonds. The Bluefield firm, located on the third floor of the Kelly and Moyer Building in Bluefield West Virginia, provides pricing and figures for securities and provisions.
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Bluefield Brokerage and Commission Company
Kelly & Moyer
Bluefield
W. Va
Dinner critique notes Japanese meal overly salty
The diners praised the Japanese dinner as very good and better than expected but felt it was perhaps a touch too salty for casual taste.
Joyful women seek happiness in tears and tea
A London Chronicle reflection by Lady Violet Greville describes women’s solace in a good cry. She notes tears and red eyes accompany contentment, adding to tea and an Interesting Story, forming their idea of supreme happiness.
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Lady Violet Greville
London Chronicle
Ambiguous exchange about motor accident recovery
An unclear fragment shows an enthusiastic motorist thanking a speaker after mention of a motor accident. The brief dialogue hints at acknowledgment and resilience without specific details.
Totnes Fret Tone Unclear In Aged Note
A fragmentary OCR style line from Totnes presents unclear phrasing about a fret tone and a sealed event. The readable content is limited, lacking concrete names, dates, or actions to confirm the story.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertises Readership Reach
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph touts its comprehensive coverage for the city Coal Field and state with daily news, claims square deal fairness, and notes subscription rates and distribution methods across Bluefield and surrounding areas.
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Brown Point
Esprit
Ecru Novelty Net
China
W. G. Ferrell
Princeton Avenue
West Va
Little Detective
K. H .Rhodes
Jaeger
Capt. Davis
Glen Lyn
C. L. Williams
Tazewell
W. W. McCue
Huntington
Ashton
Lebanon
Charles Reynolds
Roanoke
W. H. Shultz
Welch
L. P. Huffman
Newport
R. Kelsey
Charles B. Hedrick
Brinwell
City
C. R. Rovinson
Castle “Ota’s Creek
James J. Gollehon
R. R. Fairfax
McComas
Bristol
HH. L. Wood
Norfolk
Norfolk & Western Pullman Service
W. T. Alsover
Big Stone Gap
J. A. Donahue
Belfontaine
Ohio
Ed Haynes
Knoxville
Tenn
George Guy
Elkhorn
Miller
Upland
Ernest Arters
Wyndham Stokes
Florida
Mrs. Stokes
Lynchburg
Mallie Harris
B. A. Marks
Ivy, Va
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South Bland Street
Fleet Animals
Cook's Way
NEW York Stock Market
Chicago
New York
Smelter
Atchison Tar
Gge
HSB
Teawee
Sig Tsh
BRR
Taneteoe
Cole
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Securities
Erie
Pacific Ewleee
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Reading
Republic
Rock Island
Pacific
St Paul
Sage Union Pacific
Steel
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Western Union
Texas
Owen-High
Owen High Low Olneal
Mareh Mey
Oye
THE
Daily Telegraph
Virginia
Pocahontas
Blnefield
Newshou
Holmboe & Lafferty
Higginbotham and
Princeton Aves
Clarksburg
Empire Building
Athens
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