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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
3
A short note warns readers that plans promising money in under a year may be risky. It contrasts “your money in less than one year” with a costly, deceptive alternative that erodes value, urging caution about high yield schemes.
At the tower grounds two Saturday Afternoon League games are set for today. Retail Clerks meet Motive Power at 2 30 and Wholesalers meet Transportation at 4 30. Admission is 25 cents for both games. Also reported are a lunacy warrant for Gordon Pennington and the capture of James Waldron after a ten month manhunt.
City officials discuss ten year bond plan for street improvements including macadamizing grading and sewers with assessments on abutting property owners. Questions cover payments timing penalties liens and proportional costs if streetcar tracks share the street, plus the bond terms and who bears the cost.
For sale vacant lots and several houses in Bluefield at low prices for a short time. D B Baldwin reports selling over 1 000 lots from offices in First National Bank Building. Bert Barber of Elton Wis touts De Wiltt kidney pills and Kennedy laxative cough syrup are sold by druggists. Hawley Merchandise Co advertises stock reducing sale with a last chance on Saturday and Monday.
Godbey and Cunningham sold their pool room at 21 Prince ton Avenue to Gilliard Johns who assumed ownership on July 12 1908. The notice lists John Goed bey G Cunningham and July 18 1908 as related details.
Monday marks the last day of a special sale at Hawley Merchandise Co with many items offered at new prices. The event showcases reduced prices across multiple departments ahead of closing the promotion.
D B Baldwin announces the sale of the cheapest lots and houses ever offered in Bluefield with appeal to buyers. The notice specifies low prices and limited Offers for real estate in the Bluefield market.
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