Seeds, Speeches, and Senate On Day in Congress
Washington report details a brief senate session in which the Hale resolution on naval officers’ personal interests is debated. The House concentrates on the agricultural appropriation bill and the free distribution of garden seeds. The International Sunday School Association of America bill passes. Representative Reed is added to the judiciary committee amid Democratic factional shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Alger
Deniel
Heyburn
Committee of Naval Affairs
Inter
National Sunday School Association of America
Mann
House
Europe
Canada
Representative Reed
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Democratic Party
Williams
Representative Webb
North Carolina
Representative Sherman
Kentucky
Two Orders From Gen Stephen D Lee On Confederate Reunions
New Orleans reports two orders from Stephen D Lee head of the United Confederate Veterans. He says sponsors and maids of honor at the Richmond reunion will be abstained from appointing until veterans decide and that sponsors expense must be borne by appointing parties. He sets the seventeenth annual reunion for June 1 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen D. Lee
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Lee
Richmond
Opening Day Program for Jamestown Exposition
Jamestown opening day program announced by G T Sheppard lists events on April 26. Opening prayer by Rev. Alfred Mazill Randolph then introduction of President Roosevelt by George Tucker, Roosevelt address and launch, plus a troop review by the president with state troops and governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
G. T. Shepperd
Solon coal mine fire near Shinnston threatens large operation
AP dispatches report the Solon coal mine near Shinnston operated by Fairmont Coal Co burning with the fire 1060 feet from the mouth. Water pumped in hours to extinguish but failed. Mouth sealed to smother flames. The mine lies on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Clarksburg and Fairmont WV, one of Fairmont’s largest mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solon
Shinnston
Fairmont Coal Co
Baltimore and Ohio
Clarksburg
Fairmont
West Virginia
Four Bodies Found After Dynamite Explosion at Deepwater
In Roanoke Virginia a fatal blast at a Deepwater construction site left eight men dead or missing. Four bodies were recovered torn and dismembered. two foreigners among the victims were Italians and six were Greeks. Names withheld pending identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Contracting Company
Mount Ver Non Flour Ad By Sublette and Barnes
Mount Ver Non Flour promoted as staff of life to help you live long and prosper. Sublette and Barnes place the 1 27 21 notice promoting their product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Sublette & Barnes
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Ad Ends Cold Wind Appeal
An old advertisement urges readers to treat dry cracking skin with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve available through all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Four Charred Bodies in Dover Mill Fire
Dover's worst blaze in memory destroyed Mill No 1 of Cochero Manufacturing. Four boys perished and five may still be missing as 500 workers crowded the plant. Friction sparks ignited belts. exits jammed and many workers leaped from windows to the cold ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dover
N. H
Cochero Manufacturing Company
Fairview Lot Prospect Draws Investors To Bluefield
The notice touts Fairview additions as the premier Bluefield real estate investment with $2,500 already spent on Fairview lots. It urges readers from Linefield and coal towns to buy in Bluefield’s expanding market, citing topography and proximity to the city center, and promotes sales by A. B. Booker & Co and Eureka Hardware Co with a mid winter heating stove sale at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Fairview
Linefield
A. 8
Booker & Co
Eureka Hardware Co
Te Deum for Kaiser's Birthday Celebrated in Rome
Vatican authorities view Emperor William’s birthday celebrations as signaling religious trend shifts in Europe. The pope orders Te Deum in Austria’s church next Sunday to honor the German emperor, a Protestant ruler whose birthday has rarely been honored in Catholic ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Vatican
Pula
Meura
Centre Party
Germany
Italy
France
William of
Natural Gas Blast Destroys Charleston Home and Store
Natural gas explosion in Charleston West Virginia rockets a Summ ers Street paint store causing extensive damage to an adjacent business and shattering plate glass windows. Assistant Fire Chief Debolt is severely burned. losses are estimated at five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
W. R B.arr
Summers Street
Debolt
Wasa
New York Central Issues Short Time Note Offering
New York Central announces the issue of three year five percent notes totaling 50.9 million dollars. The issue is a short term note offering recorded in New York on January 26. The company plans to use proceeds as part of its financing strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Associated Press
New York
Three Million Electors Lull in 1903 Vote
The government appealed to nonvoters, 3 million electors, amid rising national mood. Foreign press favored a Socialist win to weaken the government and embarrass the emperor. King of Saxony congratulated the emperor and praised Saxon loyalty as a future omen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
Count von Hohenthal
Judge May McKenzie Excluded From Evelyn Thaw Trial
California lawyer Delphia M Delmas threatens to quit defense if Mae McKenzie the actress friend of Evelyn Thaw remains in court. Rumors of rifts among Thaw family and allies persist as Harry Thaw objects to state psychiatrists monitoring his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Stanford White
White
Evelyn Thaw
Thes Cie Martin
Waite
Harry Thaw
Delphia M. Delmas
California
May McKenzie
Delmas
Fast Passenger Train Hits Street Car in Dayton
A street car on Third Street was struck by an eastbound Big Four train late today. Miss William Huber was killed instantly and sixteen passengers were injured, with two likely to die. Among the severely hurt are Professor Kerch, assistant principal, and Mrs. Frank Ramby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, C
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
William Huber
Professor Kerch
Public Schoools
Frank Ramby
Dayton
Midway Lots Prove Most Popular in Bluefield Market
The Midway development is touted as superior with lots priced at 325 and 375 dollars. Buyers in Bluefield, and surrounding Tazewell county, anticipate railroad work in the west end and predict buyers from many areas will snap up Midway lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Coca Field
House of the Kaiser's Triumph in Elections
Berlin observers and party managers say the election outcome relied on turnout among stay-at-home voters. The analysis notes that the result reflects mobilization patterns rather than sweeping shifts in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the Kaiser
Associated Press
Berlin
Pure imported olive oil at Sublette and Barnes
A brief notice lists pure imported olive oil at the Sublette and Barnes location dated January 27, 2021.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sublette & Barnes
Miners Die in West Virginia Mine Explosion and Cave-In
Fifteen killed in a fire damp blast at the Lorentz mine in Weston area with about one hundred men trapped. Five Americans and seven Italians identified among the dead. rescuers faced crowding and fear as they battled to pull workers from the shaft and recover bodies amid continuing cave-ins and debris. The Philadelphia owned mine had opened a year ago and operated six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
Weaston
Jan
Pennsylvania Company
Lorentz
James Scott
Charles Jomanson
Glen Miles
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Remington's
Smith's
Bluefield Typewriter Company
Superior Coke
Superior Supply
Jamestown
Roosevelt
Bishop Randolph
Virginia
Associated Press Dispatches
St. ,Paul
United States District Court
Minneapolis
Cloth and Dress Weavers’ Union
Rosseau
Bureau of Yards and Docks
S. C
Navy Yard
Washington, Jan
Orrett
Kingston
State Department
Jamaica
Honesdale
David Pulis
George Washington
Delaware
Ohio
Standard Oil
Sweetenham
Pittsfield
Mass
Henry N. Field
Field Brothers
Cyrus W
David Dudley
Stephen J
Roanoke
the Times
Tidewater
Pearlsburg
Labberers
Te KE. Tierney
R. E. Bert Linea
Cahier
W. H. Thomas
Kicks
Flat Top National Bank
United States Depository
Dwinmann
W.O Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank
Bland Street
Princeton Avenue
R. L. Speas
Fairview Lot
Mount Vernon Flour
Mt. Vernon
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Mae McKenzie
Aozen
Charles Bosshaman
William Bailey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!