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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
5
A fire near a large cauldron used by street pavers ignited yesterday at about 11 30 am. The blaze was subdued quickly and work resumed on foundation excavations for the new federal building with Lowder & Brown as sub contractors.
Bond was on the Clinch Valley yesterday on business. Miss Foster of Pocahontas shopped in the city yesterday. J. Walton Thomas of Godfrey was in the city on business. Miss Aileen Akers of Jacksonville Fla visits relatives. Mrs. Whitlock left for Christiansburg to visit relatives. Akers left for Christiansburg to spend days with relatives. Mrs. Greenberg of Richlands visits her parents on Princeton avenue. Mrs. Maris of Scranton is visiting her brother Dr. Slusher at St Lukes Hospital. Massie of Athens left for the coal fields. Northcross of East Radford returned home from city on business. Mrs. Motley and Mrs. Smith and children leave to visit relatives in Lurich. Parrott of Salem was in the city on his way to Mora. Luther and Williamson of Mast Vivian pass through toward Philadelphia. Seay of Lynchburg visits Raleigh Terrace. Needles of Roanoke was in the city on business. Reynolds returns with family from Newport News to locate a home in Phitefield.
Robert Aldrich competes with Percy Graham for Hildegarde Parney's affection on a Brantly seaside holiday. A gypsy fortune teller sparks a playful plot, Aldrich’s generosity funds the troupe, and Hildegarde declares her faith in him as the sun sets on their romantic tangle.
The readable fragment describes a person described as about the size of a woman, bare footed, wearing wooden shoes, pink and sunset colored attire, last seen following the crowd to an unspecified location. No further names or places are provided in the text.
City of Bluefield notices property owners abutting Grant and Henry streets of proposed street paving assessments. Lists owners and amounts for various parcels, with a July 11 1908 hearing at City Hall to show cause why assessments should not stand. Adjourned to July 18 1908 to allow grievances.
Mr. Stormington Barnes laments changing audiences and notes that earlier comic operas contained jokes that could provoke laughter. The manager agrees, suggesting past crowds were easier to amuse.
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