Real Estate Booms in Bluefield as Demand Surges
Bluefield real estate pros foresee a busy year with prices rising. Small three to four room houses are scarce while demand pushes values up at least twenty percent from last year and could reach fifty percent by year end. Some notable gains include a corner lot on Tazewell Street and Princeton Avenue selling for more than double its purchase price within four years.
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Bluefield
Tazewell Street
Princeton Avenue
Smallpox Update and Containment Concerns at Ingleside
The board of health discharged many patients as cured and burned a smallpox camp at Ingleside. A rumor claimed the board aimed to create a pest-house while inmates escaped quarantine. Eight cases remain at one camp and three in a colored family near Ingleside. the Brown family has multiple cases and a Brown child died Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Ingleside
Ramon's Pills Praised by User. Cure Claimed by Readers
An OCR fragment shows testimonials praising Ramon’s Pills for constipation with claims of rapid relief and improved health. The text mentions doctors, Ramon’s Pills, and a positive verdict from several readers who advocate them and urge others to use the product.
Annual meeting notice for Bluefield Building and Loan Association
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bluefield Building and Loan Association will be held at Citizens Bank in Bluefield West Virginia on January 16 1902 at 3 PM to elect officers and transact all lawful business. David E Jenston president G M McCuLloon secretary and treasurer G A Shirey.
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Bluefield Building and Loan Association
Citizens’ Bank
Bluefield
W Va
David E. Jenston
Sec
Treas
G. A. Shirey
Coal orders and delivery offered by Pocahontas Smokeless agents
R. E. Shirey & Co, agents for Pocahontas Smokeless coal, urge buyers to stock up before bad weather. Orders can be left at White's drug store for phone delivery to Cow Yard, with receipts available from Mr. White for payment.
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R. E. Shirey & Co
Pocihontas
White’s
If your water pipes freeze and burst phone M. G. Whitlow
A brief notice advises property owners to contact M. G. Whitlow for assistance when water pipes freeze and burst, implying service or guidance in repairs or insurance steps.
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M. G. Whitlow
Smallpox Compensations Theory Prompts Contagion Debate
A questionable theory suggests smallpox may prolong life by eliminating other diseases, though it notes the disease is not a preventive medicine and risks severe harm. The piece discusses alleged lifelong health benefits for survivors and invites readers to consider contacting a case in the city.
Marriage in First Baptist Church Gaffney to L Victor Gaffney
Misa Lilly Jackson formerly of this city wed L Victor Gaffney of Gaffney South Carolina on January 8 at 9:04 in the First Baptist Church with Rev Archibald Cunningham Cree officiating. The couple plans a Florida trip then Charleston exposition before returning to Gaffney to establish their home.
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Misa Lilly Jackson
Gaffney
S.C
L Victor Gaffney
First Baptist Church
Archibald Cunningham Cree
Wofford Humsphries
Charles H Lipscomb
Messra
Claude Rose
Harry Byers
Florida
Charleston Exposition
Piles remedy ad and local notices from Blue Front area
An assortment of 19th to 20th century style classified items includes a money back promise for Banner Salve for piles, a lost-brown colorette note, a reward and contact at 18 Allen Street, a Blue Front wine listing and a Bland Street storeroom for rent, a rapid phone number for West Virginia Plumbing, and Backlin’s Arnica Salve touting healing claims including pain relief for burns and ulcers with specific product notes and a 250 price for Best Pile Cars.
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Backlin
McKinley Memorial Day Proclaimed in West Virginia
West Virginia Governor designates January 20 as McKinley Day in schools and churches, urging public contributions to a $650000 memorial fund for the Canton grave. The McKinley National Memorial Association and state officials coordinate subscriptions through schools, banks, post offices, and churches.
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White
West Virginia
William McKinley
McKinley
West
T. Miller
Charleston
W. Va
Peter Silman
Memorial Service Schedule and Evangelist Update
Regular services planned at the Lutheran Church with confession and absolution before the Hurry Supper and a Home Missions offering. Sunday school at 9:44 a.m. Evangelist Holcomb drew crowds at First Baptist. a 2:30 p.m. sermon by Rev. W. W. Williamson is listed with no service tonight. Special Bland Street Church service at 4:30 p.m. for men and women.
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Lutheran Church
W. C. Seidel
First Baptist Church
Evangelist Holcomb
W. W. Williamson
Bland Street
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company Stockholders Meeting
The Buckeye Coal and Coke Company will hold a stockholders meeting February 13 1902 in Roanoke Virginia at the office of W Stevenson. John D Hewitt presiding secretary W Stevenson 111td m. An earlier smallpox report at Crockett Hotel and Restaurant is denied as false with no cases currently or ever present.
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Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
W. ©. Stevenson
Roanoke
Crockett Hotel
Wholesale Toilet Soap and Drug Goods Advert for Merchants
Retail merchants are invited to purchase 1.50 gross of assorted toilet soap at manufacturer prices with a bill to prove savings. Offers include Castile and Medicated Skin Soap, Tar Soap, and perfumed varieties. samples available for holiday orders. Also includes drug notices and local business promotions with names and contact signals.
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Frat Top Grocery Co
Pioneer Wholesale Grocers
Bluefield
W. Va
State Capital Politicking and Financial Gossips
Charleston notes rising interest as senatorial talks heat up with figures from Auditor Scherr and Treasurer Suliman. Delinquents recovered $67,000 while last legislature funded criminal charges at $225,000 with a projected $100,000 next deficit. Railroad taxes flow in as party discussions center on Gaines and other named figures.
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McKinley National Memorial Association
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Communion
John D Hewitt
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E W. Grove
J. M
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Harper Cigar
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Deaberg
G H Wade
H. J. Rees
Fitz-You
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