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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
6
The de pot renovation advances to make a top station with separate large waiting rooms for ladies and gentlemen. A freight room enlargement and direct loading platform will aid shipments. Local clerks and staff move to Upland as Rev. James relocates. Various residents travel or work, including a hay ride plan and sales trips in Bluefield.
H G Thorn of Princeton and J McClaugherty Monroe county clerk were in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs H F Staley left for Shenandoah Virginia. Maud Chatham returned to Roanoke after visiting. Mrs E M Lyons and Mrs Robt Q O Jones visited Pocahontas. Anna Boone of Pulaski, formerly of the city, stayed with friends. G A Peregoy Cary Safe Company representative in town briefly. Mrs W O Franklin of Williamson guests of the Adkinses. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extract sales set records in May.
Death seemed near to Ralph FF. Fernandez of Tampa as liver trouble and heart disease robbed him of sleep. After trying several doctors and medicines, he began using Electric Bitters. In three days he felt well and says he is cured. Price 50c at all drug stores.
Rev J W Helvey and wife return from Bland county Virginia. Payday passed smoothly. A man was badly wounded in a row. Preston Beavera moved to Welch and left hotel to his daughter Mrs Murphy. Sydney Yost and family visit Virginia. Mrs Helvey and Misses Myrtle and Maude Miller went to Welch. Mr and Mrs Poston remain ill. Miss Bertha Harrie visits North Fork sister. Mrs Ingle and Mrs Thomas Rotier visit Mrs Helvey.
Several casualties reported in Naugatuck Monday night with limited victim details. A Norfolk and Western conductor was fatally injured, and a section foreman was struck by a train losing a leg. Near Nangatuck a colored man shot his wife and died by suicide.
M r Creswell received a telegram last evening announcing his brother's death as a pedestrian victim struck by a passenger train near Knoxville Tennessee. The brother, a farmer who lived near Knoxville, will be buried after funeral arrangements.
National league results show New York 3 Brooklyn 0, Philadelphia 6 Boston 0, St Louis 9 Pittsburg 10, with Chicago 10 Cincinnati 11 in the first game and Chicago 2 Cincinnati 8 in the second. American standings note New York 8 Philadelphia 8, Boston Washington postponed, Detroit 0 Chicago 2, St Louis 4 Cleveland 12.
Morgan Treat obtained consent of the department of justice to move the eastern district marshal headquarters from Newport News to Richmond. He will assume the marshalship tomorrow and move the office without delay, citing Richmond as more convenient than Newport News.
London reports Valhalla held a third place position twenty miles west of the Scilly Islands as a light wind breeze pushed the yacht through the morning seas in the ongoing ocean race.
Norfolk report on John B. Pitt of Portsmouth now at King's Daughters Hospital with a broken leg. His bones are described as unusually brittle and prone to fracture, with four broken arms and nearly all ribs previously broken from minor falls.
Easter marks a cutoff for discontinued lines to make room for summer stock. This week features deep reductions on many seasonable items and literal bargains worth quick action.
This week offers include one lot ladies fine skirts and one lot embroidered shirt waist patterns in white with great savings. Full stock available for warm weather and a new stock arrival just received for quick choice.
A brief note on home decor products mentions frequent refurbishing as necessary after a great showing. It states that only dainty furnished windows are needed and highlights rushed curtains Hemstitched in 45 inch by 8 yards with prices 1 1.25 1.85 1.50.
The report notes a display of neat and tasteful patterns from Madras and other materials. It highlights quality craftwork and a refined aesthetic suitable for collectors.
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