Dr Black Not In Atlantic City This Week
A reporter error credited Dr Black with visiting Atlantic City this week. He will not leave until the first of next week. Across Clinch Valley, especially Tazewell and Russell counties, corn harvests are expected to be the largest in twenty years. Hay crops in Southwest Virginia are unusually large, bringing substantial value to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Black
City
Dr. Black
Atlantic City
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
Russell
Virginia
From Bland to Bluefield A Patchwork of Town News
A Midlands collection notes a man walking from Bland county selling pine kindling on Princeton avenue. A death notice thanks neighbors for support after a relative’s passing. Local climate effects on grass, railroad progress in Norton, and a theater preview highlight a busy week with school construction, road widening plans, a cancer patient’s death, a baseball defeat, and the opening of a Park Theatre program featuring Harry Pearce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Princeton Avenue
Bland Street
Bland County
Norton
West
Bluefield Vaudeville Show Praised For Top Talent
A Bluefield vaudeville program features a clever comedienne with a melodic voice and the Wesleys pleasing music lovers. The show ends with moving pictures and manager Hawkins vows only the best acts. The West End and South Side boys played a long 10 inning game on Tower Grounds, West End winning 7 to 3. The teams meet again Friday afternoon.
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Wesleys
Bluefield
Hawkins
National Vaudeville Association
West End Boys
South Side Boys
Tower Grounds
Chamber of Commerce Discusses Street Bond Act and Local Impact
The Bluefield board reviews the recent legislature on street improvement bonds. Abutting property owners would pay two thirds with the city one third if adopted. The act allows up to five percent of taxable property for bonds, unlike current limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of ¢Commerce
Thornton
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Iluefield
Huntington
Saturday early closing agreement among four firms
The undersigned firms agree to close their places of business on Saturdays at 1 p.m. starting July 25 and continuing until September 1, 1908. Bluefield Hardware Co Superior Supply Co Miller Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Hardware CO
Superior Supply CO
Miller Supply CO
For Sale Bluefield Property Sold by Baldwin
D B Baldwin offers vacant lots and several houses in Bluefield at low prices for a short time. Baldwin claims to have sold over 1 000 lots and lists office at First National Bank Building Rooms 1 and 2.
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Bluefield
D. B. Baldwin
First National Bank
Death of Daniel H Harman Father of McDowell County
Daniel H Harman aged 86 died at his Abbe Valley home in Pocahontas Virginia on July 21 and was buried there. He served as sheriff and county surveyor and was renowned for coal land knowledge in McDowell and Tazewell counties. The funeral was held at his home conducted by Rev. R Cartright. He leaves a wife, a daughter Mrs Will Harrison, and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Daniel H Harman
Abbe Valley
Mr. Harman
J. Tyler F Praiier
McDowell County
Lee Statue to Have Companion in Statuary Hall
The Virginia legislative commission announced plans to bid for a bronze statue of George Washington to accompany the existing General Lee statue in the national capitol’s Statuary Hall. A reproduction of the Meadow statue from Richmond’s rotunda will serve as the model.
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New York
Virginia
Statuary Hall
National Capital
Washington
Virginia Legislative Commission
Providence
General Lee
Lee
Meadowm
Capitol
Richmond
President Roosevelt to review Taft speech in Cincinnati
In Hot Springs Virginia on July 21 President Roosevelt said he will travel to Oyster Bay to review Judge Taft s Cincinnati speech before its delivery next Tuesday He stressed he values the President s judgment and aims for direct input on the campaign remarks
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
Taft
Cincinnati
Oyster Bay
Patt
Keep Chamberlain Medicine At Hand For Cholera And Diarrhea
The piece urges keeping Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy at home to treat cramps cholera morbus and similar illnesses before a physician is available. It claims no better medicine exists and warns it may save lives. Sold by West End Pharmacy Westend Pharmacy and Linefield Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Pharmacy
Westend Pharmacy
Linefield Pharmacy
Largest timber sale in West Virginia history reported
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company sold 200000 acres of herdwood to a Ridgeway Camden-on-the- Ganley bound corporation for about two million dollars. The land lies in rugged Kanawha region with yellow poplar and other hardwoods. Development may begin soon, risking floods and fire without forest protection.
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West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Ridgeway
Camden-on-the- Ganley
Ohio
Pittsburg
Appalachian
Les
Apnalachian
Himnense
Jnvestment
Booth Bowen Coal & Coke annual stockholders meeting set
The Booth Bowen Coal and Coke Company calls its stockholders to meeting at the Bramwell West Virginia office on Friday August 7 1908 at 10 oclock a m to meet officers and transact other business. President Harry Bowen Secretary S A Toy. 7 16 tdm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth-Bowen Coal & Coke Company
Bramwell
W. Va
Harry Bowen
Pres
S. A. Toy
Ideal Flour Barrel Price at Bluefield Feed Co
Market note states Ideal Flour available at 5.25 per barrel from Bluefield Feed Company. Local ad lists the price and supplier with a 21-2t tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Feed Co
German Hosted at Craig Healing Springs Social
A German with local participants was held at Craig Healing Springs to honor guests. Mrs Stoner of New York led the dance with Mr Moore of Roanoke. Couples included Mrs Clark Clifton Forge with Mr Johnson Lewisburg and others from Clifton Forge Farmville Norfolk Graham Ada Vista and Roanoke.
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Craig Healing Springs
Stoner
New York
Moore
Roanoke
Clark
Clifton Forge
Johnson
Lewisburg
Carlton
Baylor
Graham
Parlette
Norfolk
Stone
Florence Caffee
Ada
Cardwell
Vista
Burks
Lynchburg
Chariton
Danville
Spiner
Stags
Looney
Cornell
West Virginia
Woreenberg
Point Pleasant
Gwin
Mooree
Missing Vendor Promises Groceries at Low Prices
A fragment describes a person seen with an empty sack on his back loaded with apples peaches pears plums watermelons cantaloupes beans corn tomatoes onions radishes celery lettuce pineapples eggs spring chickens old hens and canned goods. He claims to have found these foods and suggests groceries at right prices to suit the times and pocketbooks.
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Tue Ferrell
Mercantile
West Va
Kelley & Moyers Building
Raven Red Ash
W. .P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South
Es Westingnouse
Cnraorp
Bluestone Traction Company
Peeve
the Motors Cok Ot Taefonny
J. M. Hypes
A. C. Bailey
Mimic World
Casino Theatre
Shuberts
Lew Fields
New York Sunday World
Sunday World
Finney
North Side School House
White School House
North Side
Steele
Evie Steele
Richlands
St Luke's Hospital
Ollie Steele
Ticers
Binefield Tigers
Graham Westerdy
Board of Directors
D. H W. Harman
Father of
McDowell
Ostermoor
Grand Rapids, Mich
Bluefield Furniture CO
James
Schumacher
Bluefield Prod Co
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
de Witt
The
Clark & Co
Clark & GO
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