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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1907
Page
2
Virginia born Miss Mary Helen Bryant aged eighteen died in Lafayette, Colorado on May 16. The Pocahontas section notes her Virginia origin and long residence in Pocahontas, with concern from many friends after the report from The Lafayette Leader of Lafary etteville Colorado.
Masurite shows success in blasting tests and is touted as safer than dynamite in coal mines. Demonstrations at Scarbro forge and Pennsylvanian mines indicate effective blasting with masurite while dynamite is less reliable. Nihilus from Dupont slated for West Virginia trials as mass production expands.
Closing exercises at Po ca hontas High School filled the opera house. The program included prayers, choruses, plays such as Country Justice and Ma's New Boarders, recitations by Lillie Hensley and Esmond Doss, dances, duets, and a May Day finish. Prof. Alto Gether led the choir with staff and guest instructors praised for their work.
Five of the twelve indictments from the grand jury target Pocahontas offenses. W. S. Hatchet deputy police struck a Hungarian. Mrs. Mary Yabinsky hit over the head with a pistol. Ernest Cook shot William Gregor. Henry Ware feloniously assaulted Nannie Turner. Chas. Smith broke in at the star of M. Kwass. Fred Ervin shot Albert Thompson at Pocahontas Inn. Both waiters at the Inn are described as colored.
The town council awarded the contract to Boxley and Wingate of Roanoke to pave Centre Street and they will begin work immediately.
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and early consumption evidence of patient satisfaction. G H Wade sells it with DeWitt Little Early Risers also urged by all druggists for sale.
The piece argues buyers should investigate and buy the Artistic STIEFF direct from the factory to avoid dealer profit. It claims direct sales save costs and that higher priced pianos from retailers are not better, since they are cheaper grades to cover profits.
A meeting will be held at the opera house Monday evening for business men to organize the Fourth of July celebration. The reference to Pocahontas indicates a familiar local celebration with a dependable crowd.
Friday the secretary of state chartered the Best View Land and Warranty Company to deal in real estate with headquarters in Bluefield and a Huntington branch at Hinefield. Authorized capital is 23000 dollars with 50 dollars paid in. Incorporators include H S Corbley Hueshonee C Talbot H H Byer Phillippi 8 H Bowman and H8S Byrer. Sublette and Barnesses Fleischman's Yeast and Magic Yeast are also mentioned alongside Mount Vernon Flour marketing.
Peoria IL June 1 Bishop John Lancaster Spalding plans no birthday observance as health remains grave after a paralytic stroke two years ago. Once a famed preacher and reforming leader, he built up Peoria diocese to 190 churches, 50 schools, seven hospitals, and two orphan asylums.
Rome marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Garibaldi death with memorial services in cities across the kingdom and a pilgrimage to his Caprera tomb. Garibaldi born in Nice in 1807 rose in revolutionary movements and led defense of Rome in 1849 before victories over Austria and the expedition to Sicily with his thousand.
Washington June 1 Justice John M Harlan the doyen of the associate justices of the United States supreme court entered upon his seventy fifth year today He was appointed from Kentucky and has served thirty years on the bench eleven years longer than Chief Justice Fuller He remains in good health and shows no sign of retirement unless a change in administration occurs Republicans dominate the court and a Democratic victory next year could yield a Roosevelt appointment
A week of polite vaudeville titled Bright Lights starts next Monday with nightly shows on the Red Lot, promising entertainment across seven evenings.
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