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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
4
Details of the undergrade crossing plan in Graham aim to reduce sidewalk width and add a railing to keep pedestrians off the car track. Traf boards and a signal bell will protect surface traffic. The piece argues Graham’s approach fits common city practice despite local opposition.
Graham reports bonded debt of 69000 while owning water works valued near 200000 and a 150000 school property, indicating solid finances and low taxes. The town benefits from state highway projects, building boom, new school facilities planned, and efforts to maintain water supply. A downed poplar near H S Lesler caused a temporary outage, and local news notes address a Graham resident’s remarks on Billy Sunday and an upcoming millers association convention.
Several nine to five room houses listed in East Graham with prices from one thousand six hundred to nine thousand five hundred. Includes farms of fifty and sixty six acres, several lots and bungalows near rail lines schools and cemetery. Real estate agent advertises extended streetcar line and new sewers as selling points.
Bluefield neighbors endorse Doan's Kidney Pills for backache tied to kidney trouble. Mrs. C E B Rose of 355 Fourth Street reports relief after using the remedy, noting improved kidney function, reduced fatigue, and less dizziness. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
At a banquet hosted by Alsatian wine growers in Paris an audience drank 139 varieties of wine setting a world record. An army of waiters served the cobweb bottles amid festive display.
Princeton residents met at the Methodist Church to back memory and Henry Junior College locating in Princeton. Donations rose to 45 009 toward a 50 000 goal with pledges to cover the rest. The 10 acre Honaker farm site was chosen with plans to extend the power company car line to the school. A committee will petition Emory University trustees Monday to argue Princeton’s favor. Captain Johnston K Lilly is critically ill after a wagon accident on Island Creek.
Washington reports porcelain revenue stamps on cosmetics and medicines often missing from shelves causing an estimated $20 million annual loss to the government. Investigations show proprietors demand stamps but clerks are forgetful or tired.
Life at the Bedford State Reformatory for Women in White Plains New York will feature a new amusement program under Major Amos T. Baker the first map superintendent. Teas dances and musicales will be held as social events while men are not admitted to the institution.
An attorney named Anderson V Percifield issues an invitation in Columbus Indiana. The fragment suggests a formal invite or legal notice directed to friends of Peneral, with limited readable details.
A note records that members of the Partholomew County Association attended a funeral. A friend recalls the deceased writing that he felt near the border between life and death and expressed the wish that association members attend his funeral.
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