Drought impacts corn and vegetables across the state
The article highlights scarce and costly early corn due to drought and poor yields in some areas. Sweet corn blight worsens with lack of rain, while other vegetables suffer. A Daily Quartette concert at Bland Street church and a Bramwell Methodist engagement are noted, along with a large crowd at the carnival. Alfred Thompson’s arrest follows a wounding incident near River, Montgomery county, and Grace church's Home Mission Society gathers this afternoon. A misaddressed hair box is to be returned at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Dailey
Philadelphia
Bland Street
Walk Off Field Ends Graham Bluefield Baseball Row
The Graham team walked off the field after a disputed seventh inning as Bluefield beat Graham 6 to 0 in seven frames. Gibberson pitched effectively for Bluefield with one hit allowed and 4 strikeouts while Dan Steele fanned 12 for Graham. Edwards, Draper, and Jessie keyed the Bluefield win with solid baserunning, fielding, and hitting. Princeton's note hints at upcoming games Monday and Tuesday.
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Graham
Bluefield Tigers
Tower Grounds
Bluefield
Tigers
Gibberson
Dan Steele
Rube Waddell
Edwards
Draper
Anderson
Jesse
Jessie
Hawley
Vass
Johnson
Tanner
Graham—Wade
Litz
Kell
Burton
Metcalfe
Vickers
Allison
Saunders
Steele
Hatfield
Dunn
Farmer Gibberson
Shorty
Potts
Looney
Princeton
Meat market opens at old stand on Bluefield Avenue
The owner at No 29 Blue field avenue announces a new meat market with steady cash prices. He advertises choice meats from his own kill and lists steak at 10 12 and 15 cents per pound lamb roasts at 10 and 12 cents per pound. Call phone 167. C BRISENTINE.
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Bluefield Avenue
C. Brisentine
Remedy That Does Cure Coughs and Lung Ailments
Mrs. E R Pierson of Auburn Center Pennsylvania testifies that Dr King New Discovery clears throat and lung trouble not relieved by other treatments. The remedy sold by all druggists costs 50 cents and one dollar with a trial bottle free. promoted as a general healing for long standing ailments.
Chamberlain's Salve Heals Burns Quickly Says Mrs Mytton
Mrs. Robert Mytton of Hamilton Ontario praises Chamberlain's Salve for a knee burn on her daughter. She states the salve eased pain almost instantly and helped the burn heal beautifully. The product is sold by West End Pharmacy East End Pharmacy and Birkfield Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Robert Mytton
John St
Hamilton
Ontario
West End Pharmacy
East End Pharmacy
Bipefield Pharmacy
World’s best salve praised by J W Jenkins
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina recommends Stucklen's Arica Salve claiming it is the best in the world. He cites curing a felon on his thumb and says it heals all sores burns and wounds. Available at drug stores for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
Booth Bowen Coal & Coke annual stockholders meeting notice
The Booth-Bowen Coal and Coke Company holds its annual stockholders meeting at Bramwell West Virginia in their office on Friday August 7 1908 at 10 oclock in the morning. Officers to be elected and other business to be transacted. Signed Harry Bowen president and 8 A. Toy secretary. July 16. td m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth-Bowen Coal & Coke Company
Bramwell
W. Va
Harry Bowen
A. Toy
It Can’t Be Beat Best of all medicines claim
M Harden of Silver City NC says Electric Bitters do all claimed for stomach liver kidney troubles and more. He calls it excellent for weakness backache chills malaria and general run down conditions. Sold under guarantee at drug stores 50c.
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M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Mr. Harden
Expensive Raila dkd Nearing Completion in Scott County
The Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio railway project advances toward completion by November 1 through Scott county. From St. Paul Wise County to Dungannon Scott County the line nears Fort Blackmore with Clinch Mountain tunnel finished and grading complete. A 180 foot steel trestle over Copper Creek rises, replacing multiple smaller fills. The bed supports double tracks and high-grade construction promises a premier coal route from the fields to the South, enabling fifty loaded cars per engine on the line. The railroad boom has revitalized local money, helping many former debtors buy farms and boosting bank accounts.
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Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
Scott County
St. Paul
Wise County
Dungannon
Fort Blackmore
Great Clinch Mountain
Speer’s Ferry
Copper Creek Valley
United States
Great Bluffs
Atlantic Coast
United States Steel reports strong quarter and July orders
The United States Steel Corporation posted 1908 quarter earnings of 20,265,758 dollars, up from 18,295,005. Directors note daily bookings in July exceed 26,000 tons, about 72 percent of capacity, with rails lagging. Unfilled orders rise to 3,513,876 tons. Overall first half 1908 net earnings reach 38,494,761 dollars, signaling improving business outlook.
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United States Steel Corporation
Pittsboro
Wall Street
Host Clumsily Skewers Dinner Guest Joke
In London scraps a host manages a carving during dinner but a skewered joint shatters the scene. The host mocks indigestible wood as his wife endures a tense moment while Willie quips about the cook burning her nose.
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Willie
London
Sensational offers and crowd frenzy echo past theater furore
The London Chronicle recalls Hayden in 1846 when two pictures were shown beside General Tom Thumb attracting vast crowds. It laments public spectacle and notes the crowd rush, calling eyes open yet senses shut, and describes Tom Thumb drawing 12,000 visitors and other names amid a furor and rabies of interest.
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Hayden
Tom Thumb
R. R. Maydon
London Chronicle
Graham Tigers walk off field after 6–0 deficit in Bluefield baseball
The Graham ball team quit the game in the seventh inning amid disputed umpire decisions, leaving the score 6 to 0 for the Bluefield Tigers at Bluefield Union Park. The incident threatens to derail remaining season matches and stirs local spectator turnout.
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Bluefield Tower Grounds
Graham
Binefield Tigers
Tigers
The
Commission refuses to reopen Roanoke liquor case
The Virginia state corporation commission refused to rehear the Roanoke liquor case brought by Portner Brewing of Alexandria. The suit sought to extend shipments to dry towns along the Norfolk and Western line to retailers, but wholesalers and manufacturers were barred. The commission upheld its prior ruling that retailers may receive shipments while wholesalers and producers cannot.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Roanoke
Robert Portner Brewing Company
Alexandria
Express
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Glade Spring Radford
Saltville
Marion
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Portner Brewing Company
Magic City
Commission
Doctor Away from Home when Most Needed
Disappointed to find family physician away during cramps cholera morbus require prompt treatment. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is promoted as the right at hand cure to save pain and life. Sold by East End Pharmacy West End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
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East End Pharmacy
West End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Gentlemen in Georgia Praise Kohol Remedy
A testimonial from C. N. Cornell of Rod ing Georgia dated Aug 27 1906 reports stomach and bowel relief after using Kohol purchased in spring 1902. The letter from E C DeWitt Co Chicago endorses the product and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding
Just Exactly Right Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad
Mr A A Felton of Harrisville New York says he has used Dr King’s New Life Pills for years and finds them just exactly right. The pills relieve constipation biliousness and malaria with no discomfort. Available for 25 cents at all drug stores.
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Dr. King
A. A. Felton
Harrisville
N. Y
Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets Ad
Constipation relief with Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offer pleasant bowel movement with no disagreeable effects. Price 25 cents. Samples free at West End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy and East End Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
West End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
East Had
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Alfred Thompson
River
Montgomery County
Virginia
J. D. Benl
Home Mission Society
Ladies’ Home Mission Society of Grace Church
Fretwell
Rogers and
Thomas Streets
Alaska Packers Association
San Francisco, California
W. J. Ford
New Place
Princeton Ave
Times
W. J. Ford & CO
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
Graham Daily News
Telegraph
Union Park
Graham Interests
T. L. Lyons
Clifton Forge
F. G. Kell
Welch
C. N. Williams
Glen Lyn
Charles Benbow
L. J. Barbee
Ward
Bryant
Frank D. Wall, Jr
C. W. Keister
Northfork
J. G. Toney
J. B. Yost
Iron Lithia Springs
Tip Top
Dc. T. Garrick
Salem
C. Dodd
Lakeside Pavilion
Myrtle Addington
B. N. Bonham
H. R. Shelton
Pearishburg
Keystone
George Crockett
C.D. McCall
Williamson
Allen
Poe
Olmsted
le Roy
D. Schnurman
Gabrilowitsch
Burmeister
Nordica Hirschman , Shonert
Cottlow
Everett
Thea
Ford Music Co
Cash Coal Company
L. G. Bowling
Pc Ee
Ostermoor
Grand Rapids, Mich
Bluefield Furniture Coo
Princeton Avenue
Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
de Witt
Typewriter Exchange
A. A. Wygal
Mer
Abraham, Virginia
the Traveling Men's Home
Gray Machine Repair Shop
Ricardson Company
WE & EL
Shufflebarger
Bluefield Transfer
N. & W. Bargage Room
Secret Society News
Bluefield Lodge
Rea
R Bluefield Lodge
AT &Am
Masonic Hall
Ard
Lazarne Bi'i
Bluefield Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Casile Hall
OM Masonic Hall
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