Walter Herndon dies in Goodwill over overdose
Walter Herndon 31 unmarried brother of Judge LC HetQln died Tuesday at Goodwill from an overdose of auda Mum. Attending physician denies rumors of a prison shield and notes he was nervous and unwell. Funeral at Goodwill yesterday. Also reports of engineering changes at Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co with Thomas H Clagett appointed chief engineer, and other local notices including a quiet wedding and obituaries.
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Walter Herndon
LC HetQln
Oreat “Court
Goodwill
Herndon
Goodwill Yesteray
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co
Una
Thomas H Clagett
Aji Communications
Clagett
Bramwell
New Year Greetings and Local Church Notices
Bluefield residents attend a New Year gathering highlighting church unity. Bland Street Methodist holds first quarterly conference tonight at 7 86 presided by Rev. J W Rater as official members attend. Baptist ladies aid meets Thursday at Mrs L B Allens Rogers Street home at 3 pm. Chamber ecommerce to meet at Thornton Building at 8 pm. Municipal elections today in several towns of the region.
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Tion
Anther
Bluefield
Bland ‘Street’ Methodist Church
J. W. Rater
Ladies’ Aid Society
Frst Baptist Church
L. B. Allen
Rogers Street
Local Daily Telegraph promotes Bluefield paper reach and rates
The Daily Telegraph of Bluefield highlights comprehensive local and general news coverage including coal trade, mining output, cow industry development, society and sporting news. It announces subscription prices of 4 per year, 2 for six months, or 1 for three months with wide delivery and trains selling locations.
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Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Local elections loom in Keystone and nearby towns
Keystone Bramwell Matewan Princeton Welch Northfork and Zenith prepare for local officer elections. Citizens’ ticket faces a possible challenge as the result draws interest. The Daily Telegraph will cover the election results for the forthcoming year’s local offices.
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Keystone
Bramwell
Matewan
Princeton
Welch
Northfork
Zenith
Citizens
Daily Telegraph
Newspapers and books should be printed on durable paper
A German journalist compares ancient and modern paper to show how fragile records are. He notes Napoleon Bonaparte’s wreath report from 1821 survived in pristine form, while Sedan’s surrender article from later years must be handled carefully due to paper decay. He urges printing key works on good paper for future readers.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Sedan
The Skyrocket Firework Description
The piece explains why the skyrocket delights observers and details its construction. It notes powder ratios of sulphur, charcoal, and saltpeter, a paper base, a chokehole fuse, a plaster head with a star payload, and a guiding stick. Ignition sends gases downward, driving the rocket upward.
Power of Habit Stuns Waist Factory Worker
A factory foreman reassigns a sleeve sewer to body seams. The worker finds the change nerve wracking, noting the difference is not the same as sleeves. Four years on sleeves left her nervous, and she needs weeks to regain speed sewing the new waist parts.
Amended Pennsylvanian Minister Recites Grace Gaffe
A Philadelphia house party tale recounts a younger son at breakfast grabbing a large slice of bread. The Pennsylvania clergyman, observing his habit, pauses to bow his head for grace and mutters a prayer reworded to bless what his guest had already begun to eat.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Harper's Weekly
Deplorable greed for gold sparks musings in a dialog
A mournful speaker calls greed for gold deplorable while Mr. Sirius Barker notes many people recognize a good thing and try to profit from it. The Washington Star column then veers to a health pitch touting desister's Rocky Plain Tea as a purifying remedy, with local ads for Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co and West End Drug Co.
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Sirius Barker
Washington Star
Desister
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
The Diamond Plot That Won a Bride
Cadourian offers his daughter to Gabriel if he can transport a priceless diamond to Amsterdam for cutting. Gabriel endures robber ambushes and deceit, fakes a leg wound to extract the gem, and sells it for about $1,000,000. He then marries the daughter and gains the full value. Constance Wild.
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Gabriel
Cadourian
Asia Minor
Amsterdam
Holland
Paris
London
Berlin
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Avery
Dadourian
Frehbers
Hin
Europe
Old Cadourian
Constance Wild
Chalk Line Romance Sparks Between Household Teens
Jaqueline, newly appointed housekeeper for a widower with two sons, is told she must walk a chalk line to keep peace as both Alex and Tom vie for her affection. A staged fight on the chalk line ends when their father and Jaqueline intervene, clarifying her position as their stepmother.
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Jaqueline
Alex
Tom
Portiere
Father
Ips
Ales
Elinor T. Boyd
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South Pinta Street
Nannie H. Pecka
B. Martin
Zora Carper
Priton
D. Emory Hawk
Ela Street Methodist Church
Cit
Ladies’ Prayer Meeting
T Christian Church
J. B. Jenkins
Bluefish Avenue
New Yoar Social
Aid Society
Chamber of Commerce
Ecommerce
Thornton
the Associated Press
THE
West Virginia
Virginia
Southwest
Norfolk
Bor
Richi
Union Station
Capital
White House
Metropolitan Club
Lake Luzerne
N. Y
Adirondacks
Switzerland
Rlks’ Opera House
Secret Society News
Bluefield Lodge
C.F
Red Man’s Hall
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Bland Street
Bluefield Lodge No. 153
Knights of Pythias
Castile Hall
Uen
Sakerin
Olumaus
Ohio
Intermont Electric Co
Bluefield Transfer Co
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