West Virginia to elect two Supreme Court Judges in 1908
Governor Swisher orders a statewide election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1908 for two judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals to fill the unexpired terms of Frank Cox and Joseph M. Sanders. Proclamation requires publication in each county newspaper for four weeks prior.
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West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Frank Cox
Joseph M. Sanders
Charleston
West Virginia Governor Proclaims Judicial Vacancies
The proclamation announces two vacancies on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals due to resignations of Justices Cox and Sanders. It notes their seats were filled by interim appointments until the next general election as provided by law and is issued by Governor W. M. O. Dawson under constitutional and code authority.
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State OF
West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Frank Cox
Joseph M. Sanders
I. W. M. O. Dawson
Notable Visitors and Residents in Bluefield Area
A stream of visitors and locals is noted in Bluefield and nearby towns with names like Meador Bates Lincoln Hurt Caperton King Van Cleve Smythe Sturgill Northcross Flanary Pepper Hare Meredith Whitaker Lockhart Sanford Willis Bowen Fletcher Vawter Adkins Carter Overholt Rateliff Saunders Hyman Jewell Bingham Bang LaHaune Gray Vermilya Ferguson plus towns Athens Richlands Elkhorn Abingdon Princeton Pocahontas Wise Norton and Geoghesa. The entries place residents and travelers in Bluefield yesterday and yesterday.
Local Visitors and Travel Through Bluefield
Mr oristie and Mrs Chilton visit with relatives including Mrs Byrd and grandparents. J Reynolds chief dispatcher at Norfolk Virginia visits sister Mrs Monroe on Bedford street. M Meador returns to city shops after time at Bedford City. M P Dickinson postmaster Castlewood Virginia travels via Bluefield for Washington business. Rev J J Pannell Narrows Virginia missionary passes through Bluefield returning from Crane Creek revival meeting.
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J. A. Gray
Appalachia
Winctow-Salem N.C
Oristie
Chilton
Byrd
Mint
J. Reynolds
Norfolk, Nebraska
Chicago
Northwestern
City
Thomas Monroe
Bedford Street
W. B. Meador
Bedford City
Mr. Meador
M. P. Dickenson
Castlewood
Russell County
Bluefield
Washington
J. J. Pannell
Narrows
Crane Creek
Taft Plans Longer Speech For Cincinnati Nomination
Taft will spend three more days refining his Cincinnati acceptance address after receiving official notification as the Republican presidential nominee. He expects a speech about an hour and a half, longer than his initial estimate, to be fully illuminated with revisions aided by Frank Kelley.
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Hot Springs
Wiliam H. Taft
Cincinnati
Republican Party
Frank
Kelley
Priday
Taft
Man Kills Wife With Hammer Then Commits Suicide
Philadelphia report states John Braun schweig aged 68 a shoemaker killed his wife with a cobbler hammer and a razor in a jealous act before fatally shooting himself in the head. The item also includes a brief ad-like letter from E C DeWitt Co of Chicago praising Kodol with a Georgia testimonial.
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Philadelphia
John Braunschweig
Chamberlain's Salve Eases Burns Quickly Says Customer
Mrs. Robert Mytton of Hamilton Ontario reports her daughter's knee burn was healed beautifully after applying Chamberlain's Salve. The product is sold at West End Pharmacy East End Pharmacy and Blusfield Pharmacy.
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Daily Telegraph
Chamberlain
Robert Mytton
John St
Hamilton
Ontario
West End Pharmacy
East End Pharmacy
Blusfield Pharmacy
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Valets Ad
For constipation there is nothing quite so nice as Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Valets. They always produce a pleasant movement of the bowels without any disagreeable effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free. West End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy and East End Pharmacy.
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Miles
U.S
Frank Snyder
Antiress
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Chamberlain
West End
Bluefield
East End
Business Changes Hands at Ideal Shoe Company
Henry Kendrick proprietor sells entire stock to Mrs. Alice V. Johnson who will operate the business under the old firm name. All accounts due up to July 4 1908 are payable to Kendrick who will settle all accounts against the company. 7-8-4-lawk.
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Henry Kendrick
Ideal Shoe Company
Alice V. Johnson
Lawk
Bluefield Normal College Daily Program Outline
Daily schedule lists class periods from 9 to 4 covering shorthand grammar spelling penmanship and letter writing. Evening sessions from 4 to 7 offer cornet violin flute clarinet vocal music writing bookkeeping mathematics rhetoric commercial law and related subjects at Bluefield Normal and Business College.
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Bluefield Normal & Business College
Fuses Are Made to Blow Out in Electric Travel
The New York Times notes that fuse blowouts in electrically driven cars and trains are not cause for alarm. Electricians may jump at the flash, but panic is unnecessary. Delays are the only real danger, and passengers should remain calm.
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New York Times
Germans Bid on Watches at Auction in Indianapolis
Two Germans enter an Indianapolis auction house for a watch sale. The nodding bidders trigger the auctioneer to offer the lot until he declares it sold for ten dollars. The Germans refuse, insisting they are Schwab and Bayer, not the buyers.
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Indianapolis
Nein
Talked to the Wrong Man on Arkansas Train
A man claims to be governor and asks a stranger to help secure a pardon for a convicted thief. He boasts of a $500 incentive, saying the governor cannot refuse him, while both men travel to Little Rock on the Arkansas railway carriage.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
St. Louis Republic
Too Much For General Butler in New Orleans
An enthusiastic Confederate, after Chickamauga, taunts blue soldiers in New Orleans. General Butler offers oath or Ship Island. The man swears to support the constitution, then declares both now royal citizens and asks Butler again if Stonewall Jackson burned the blues at Chickamauga.
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General Butler
Chickamauga
New Orleans
Stomewall Jackson
Butler
Ship Island
General But
Stonewall Jackson
Argonaut
Terrapin in London at the Cecil Hotel
A witty New York Press ditty recalls an American party at the Hotel Cecil in London ordering Maryland terrapin with bones, only to be told the bones could not be served and suggesting alternative preparations in Paris style.
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Cecil
Tondon
Paris
Walter
Maryland
New York Press
Lander Wins Bicycle in Raffle Then Calls It Luck
A high lander wins first prize bicycle in a raffle. He remarks he bought two tickets by mistake and calls the outcome a “sux: pence wasted” rather than joy. The Dundee People’s Journal reports the humorous reaction.
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Dundee People’s Journal
Force of Habit in London Telegraph Quote
A brief London Telegraph line highlights a reply about rushing to a chief’s funeral, quipping that nothing is hated more than punctuality. The exchange underscores urgency and respect in ceremonial departure.
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London Telegraph
Prevent the Slips
A Baltimore American morale line notes forgiveness of a brother's slips. The quote contrasts forgiving a neighbor with a man who loves his kind avoiding error, keeping his own path clean and orderly.
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Ile
Baltimore
Turon Island Lake Dotted with Over 8 000 Islands
Turon is dotted with more than 8 000 islands, a figure that surpasses all other lakes. The dense archipelago shapes local navigation and tourism.
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Take Turon
Brs
Platform of West Virginia Republicans
The West Virginia Republican platform endorses Taft and Sherman from Chicago and praises Theodore Roosevelt and Taft while supporting local option on liquor, labor rights balanced with law, and anti boycott practices. It commends tax reforms, roads, education, agriculture, and forest protection, and lauds Governor Dawson’s administration while expressing sympathy for his health.
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Republican Party of
West Virginia
Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Senate
Republican Party
Naver
General School Fund
State Board of Agriculture
Ip Furniniing
Beeco
Seth
West Virginta
Wim. M. O. Dawson
Remedy that Devs Praised by Auburn Center Resident
Mrs I K Pierson of Auburn Center Pa reports King's New Discovery cures long standing throat and lung trouble where other treatments failed. The remedy, sold by druggists at 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle, is promoted by a Cheeryvale postmaster who also stocks general merchandise. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is cited as a standard seller in the same shop.
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King
I. Kt. Pierson
Auburn Centre
F. M. Timilton
Cheerryvale
Ind
West End Nast End Pharmacy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Co. W. Swisher
Secretary of State
Hotel Dennis
Atlantic City, N. J
Ocean
Walter J. Buzby
Prop
Executive Department
C. W. May
Wm. M. O. Dawson
C. W. Swisher
R. G. Meador
Athens
J. W. Bates
Richlands
John J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
Mrs. J. Irby Hurt
Abingdon, Va
E. Caperton
Princeton
Justin King
Bristol
J. S. van Cleve
H. M. Smythe
Pocahontas
Ollie Sturgill
Bondtown, Va
J. T. Northcross
East Radford
Windsor Hotel
R. F. Flanary
Wise, Va
Bluefield Inn
John W. Pepper
Roanoke
H. R. Kipps
J. H. Hare
Giles County
John Meredith
Snowville, Va
Mrs
John Monroe
Ss. C. Whitaker
Norton, Va
G. W. Lockhart
Honaker
Chas Sanford
Georges, Va
Harry Bowen
Bramwell
Phildelphia
J. W. Fletcher
Elgood
County
John KE. Vawter
Anstead, W. Va
G. A. Shirey
Grace Adkins
Ceredo
Messrs. W. L. and
Paul Adkins
Daniel M. Carter
Wise County
W. H. Overholt
Hettie Rateliff
Robert Armour
The
Ideal Shoe Co
Davy
Sol Hyman
Keystone
J. M. Cohen
Monroe Street
Winnie Jewell
W. H. Jewell
Christiansburg
Miss. Mayde Bingham
A.C. Bang
Pocahontas Coke Company
Norfolk
LaHaune
Eva LaHaune
W. F. Dupree
Bertha Truill Vermilya
Newport
Mattie Truill Ferguson
Palestine
Texas
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Ga
Princeton Avenue
EL Shufflebarger
Sohn Building
W. VA
Terrapin
London
Platform OF
Republicans
Democratic Party
Piedmont
Piedmont Cigarettes
Premy
Are Pan
Sarah J. Hoskins
Cary
Gardui
Cardui
Fatiy
Dinglass
Into
Val
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