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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
3
A comedy marked by sturdy loyalty and warm sincerity of the man of the west unfolds a sweet tale of pure love. The light tone blends with farce to charm while preserving the core romance and hopeful ending.
R. Jones of Virgilina Va arrives in the city to locate here and has purchased the E D Lucas 5 and 10 cent store. He is described as a capable young man and is expected to thrive in the growing city. The Norfolk and Western Railway plans to introduce dining cars on trains No.
A new through service between Roanoke and Gary will start Monday alongside regular a la carte options. A dining car conductor reviewed the line to assess needs while post holiday passenger traffic to the city shows dullness but is stabilizing as travelers return. Traveling businessmen are resuming yearly patterns and traffic is expected to increase again.
The paper offers home delivery by city carriers or mail at $4 per year $2 for six months or $1 for three months. It is also sold on trains hotel stands and by newsboys within 100 miles of Bluefield.
The Leader Store once D Rosenhaur & Company and the Comfort Shoe Store Nathan Sohn proprietor join to operate a chartered 50000 dollar capital department store on two Sohn Building floors. Lower floor becomes a single display space with expanded ladies and men furnishings and ready to wear. Shoe department remains a principal feature with full sizes and patterns. The revival services at Presbyterian Church will continue next week with morning and evening sermons. The Norfolk and Western announces a new schedule to take effect Sunday.
Knights Templar to stage an encampment at the Masonic Hall in Bramwell tonight. Knights from the city and coal field will attend wearing regalia.
A New York Sun quote notes that serving on a grand jury changes a person into a tireless student of criminal records. The aged speaker argues that watching indictments progress through courts ignites lasting curiosity about judicial proceedings.
A vivid scene shows six elephants battling around a captive, each animal jostling and trumpeting as they corral and threaten with force. The conflict ends when the herd topples a tree and escape lines are secured, leaving the victims confined and subdued.
A Philadelphia Press snippet notes a bewildering monument with a perfectly cylindrical shape. The native suggests the railing was insufficient to go around the structure, prompting speculation on design practicality.
Coal and coal blends offered by Citizens' Coal Supply Co. Howard White Ash described as a clean burning free burner with no soot. Genus Pocahontas and Red Ash in stock. Also advertised are Sunbeam Heinz and Mrs Kidd's Pin Money Pickles at Sublette, with contact.
A flood of names fills the city scene as visitors and locals move through the day. Dr A H Sayers of Northfork and A M Sutton Mercer county prosecuting attorney are in the city, with many guests and residents from Tazewell Graham Welch Castlewood and Bramwell traveling or returning home.
A Washington Star column quotes renters facing lease cancellations due to proximity to funeral streets. Families moving from houses near churches and cemeteries cite hearses and funeral processions as a disturbance, affecting property values and prompting complains from tenants.
The Saragossins on the mid-Atlantic waters hold a theory of death with a bright day messenger sending souls to a shallow four foot deep heaven for eternal play. Those who die in darkness face a probationary period before the next life. They also believe in premontuidhs omens and foreordinations. An inexpensive dessert mention notes mince pie sold by Bub leite & Barnes.
John Kemp of East Otsfeld Maine reports freedom from chilblaing using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He also notes excellent results on salt rheum. The product is guaranteed for fever sores indolent ulcers piles burned wounds and insect bites and is sold at all drug stores for 25 cents.
A 1907 reminiscence recalls Lopez the Cuban patriot who raised funds and volunteers to free Cuba. He boasted of success while American ships aided filibusters, but ships were lured into a trap by fog as gunboats closed in. A mysterious enraged volunteer killed a man, and Lopez fled back to shores in irons.
Rev Mr Spencer of the M E Church conducts a meeting series. Missionary Baptist Church under Rev G W Anderton plans a new fine edifice for the town. J C Darnell of Giotto visited Thursday. J R Caldwell completes a swinging bridge over Bluestone River aiding Rock residents.
Advice notes that appendicitis risk rises with chronic constipation and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure by stimulating the liver and bowels. It claims mild effects without nausea or griping and urges refusing substitutes. Sold by G. H. Wade, druggist.
A person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by coughing is asked to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar, offered for sale by G. H. Wade, druggist.
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