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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
6
Sam N Worley announces candidacy for secretary of the Republican county committee subject to the June primary. He requests support from friends and party members.
Justice of the Peace announces candidacy of H. O. Williams for Beaver Pond district. He seeks the Republican primary on January in 1910.
K K Baker submits again for state senate in the Seventh District, asking voters for Republican nomination at a forthcoming convention. He pledges to work for his own election and the Republican ticket, and to protect the district’s business and moral interests if elected.
J. E. Martin announces his bid for state senator in West Virginia’s Seventh District. He seeks Republican nomination via convention or primary and asks fellow Republicans for support, pledging to serve the people to the best of his ability.
J F Holroyd announces candidacy for county superintendent of free schools Mercer county subject to the Republican primary June 16 1910. He pledges faithful performance of duties if nominated and elected and signs four twenty two nineteen eleven James F Holroyd.
Isaac T Mann announces his candidacy for Chairman of the Republican county committee ahead of the June 1910 primary. He pledges fair and impartial conduct if elected and respectfully seeks support.
W P Hawley announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for House of Delegates in Merce County. He pledges to represent the county to best ability if nominated and elected, endorses party principles, cites past legislative service, and asks for party support.
B B Hunt of Littlesburg announces candidacy for Beaver Pond district school board in the Republican primary on June 15 1910. He pledges to serve the people to the best of his ability. May 16 1910. A diamond has value anywhere Ask Randolph Mittendorf how to get ope easily. 5-22-tf
Charleston hosts the West Virginia Educational Association meeting in June 2022 with programs already arranged. Notable speakers include Dr. Charles W. Dabney of the University of Cincinnati and Dr. A K E Winski of Boston.
Washington reports United States Fish Commissioner Bowers has ceased opposition to Representative Sturgiss after a reported heart to heart with the president. The clash centered on Martinsburg appointments and Berkeley county backing for renominating Sturgiss. Sturgiss plans to attend Berkeley county convention next Saturday.
Miss Anna Simpson a young Ashland Ky socialite lost her life in the Ohio River when she swam to rescue William Jackson who had fallen in. He clung to her as she pulled him toward shore and both drowned. Her sister narrowly escaped.
Rock Springs Wyoming June 1 A ten year old boy Arthur Highly son of Jack Highly died while trying to stop a descending mine car to save his two younger brothers. The car slipped from a block and rolled down grade crushing him as he positioned obstacles and stood behind the wheel. The dying act prevented further harm to his siblings.
A bystander scene shows a small boy rescued and carried home in the arms of a rescuer. The article notes the moment of arrival and the relieved reaction of onlookers.
Valley Nebraska reports a black cat fish six feet long and two hundred pounds taken from the Platte River the largest fish ever caught in inland waters with the date June 1 indicating the discovery.
State food officials test a wrapping coin system in Indianapolis aiming to standardize bread packaging. The move could push competing bakeries to adopt uniform wrappers across all products to meet new labeling and handling requirements.
In Laporte Indiana on June 1 Indianapolis trade boosters visited the Gunness firm as a site of interest. The trip highlighted business ties and regional industry during a regional tour.
In Jeffersonville Indiana on June 1 M. Boardman aged 51 shot and seriously wounded his wife before killing himself. Police said he was intoxicated and the motive remains unclear. The wife was hospitalized with serious injuries and the community awaits further details.
E S Grew warns that much ignorance remains about planets. Venus rotation and possible life, Saturn rings composition, Jupiter cloud bands, and Mars canals are discussed with reference to observers and astronomical uncertainty.
An English paper recounts a dangerous encounter where a hunter attached to an African expedition amused two cub lions. The cubs chased and scratched him while the lioness watched, then finally drew off as the man neared exhaustion before the cubs were recalled and left the area.
London Globe notes Professor von Herkomer faced poverty early on. He sold his first painting for 2 guineas and earned a few pounds weekly from woodcuts for a comb paper before joining a weekly illustrated journal after years of struggle.
In NSY EO L Drake of Titusville Pennsylvania, early pioneers faced ridicule as they pursued oil beneath the earth. Drake, claiming salt beds, enlisted drillers and, after seventy feet, struck oil yielding twenty five barrels daily with a hand pump, marking a landmark in oil history.
Fallon florist in Roanoke Virginia offers plain or showery wedding bouquets with prompt shipments and satisfaction guaranteed. Contact options and pricing details are provided for brides seeking custom arrangements.
A fragmentary tale of Russian jewelers duped by disguising officers and a hidden police decoy thwarting a partnerless diamond theft. The report then details the Philadelphia mint’s layered defense with concrete foundations, six inch steel armor, sunken vaults, double combinations, guard patrols, and fire safety systems.
In St Pierre Miquelon on June 1 six fishermen perished when the brigantine Angel struck Point Blanche in dense fog.
A large and representative attendance marked the opening in Clifton Springs New York of the twenty seventh annual conference of the International Missionary Union.
Bluefield Feed Co offers Pawey's Best Flour with a guarantee against any four brands tried. refund on request. Sole sales agents in the city.
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