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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
2
A Garden Party and ice cream social hosted on the lawn of Miss Edwin Mann to benefit Christ Episcopal church runs from 4 PM with supper at 6 PM and rain plan to use the residence. A prior item notes a family reunion trip to Princeton and local notices follow.
The Bluefield district conference met at Welch with Rev. K. E. Cassidy presiding. J. K. Wolfe of Gary elected secretary as many delegates attended. Licenses for local preachers issued and several pastors recommended for orders as committees reported on temperance and mission work amid lively discussion.
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash saved her health after hard farm work. She is a mother of thirteen and praises the remedies for herself and her daughter who had painful periods.
Reports from pastors show over 1,000 professing faith this year with larger Sunday school and prayer meetings. The marriage of Harry P. Moore of Columbus to Hazel Chase Collier of Welch was announced, with Moore having lived in Welch five years as clerk for Judge James F. Strother and now chief clerk in W. M. Ritter Lumber Company legal department.
A monthlong drought ended as a heavy rain fell by Wednesday and continued through the day, easing dust and excavation hardships. Circuit Court opens next Tuesday for the June term, with talks of a heavy docket. Local movements include Postmaster Edwards in Cincinnati for eye treatment, Miss Putnam leaving for Berwind, and Judge Sanders visiting for legal matters. Several residents travel for work or personal reasons, and Miss Shumate becomes Mrs John M Bailey in a private ceremony at the Johnston residence with Rev. Jackson officiating.
The bride, a Athens normal school graduate and four year local teacher, earned high praise from officers and the board for her duty. The groom, a prominent Oak Grove farmer and Virginia Tech agriculture graduate, applies scientific methods with success. They will tour northern cities after the ceremony and reside in Oak Grove upon return.
A humorous Bryant letter to his mother recounts a staged wedding scene at a village gathering. The narrator describes an elderly man performing a wedding ceremony and claiming the author is married to Frances Fairchild, whom he anticipates introducing as daughter-in-law. The piece tweaks literary fame with a playful, mock solemnity.
A New York Sun description outlines an uptown hotel scene where a solitary diner A encounters a comely guest B and a group D of unemployed waiters. Head waiter C uses discreet signals to confer with staff, an rotund O advances along AB to block A’s view, and A finally realizes the ruse and departs in sheepish disgust.
The text cites historic tales of astrologers mispredicting royal fates. Henry VII challenged an astrologer who could not foretell Christmas, joking prison time as a verdict. Milan's John Galeazzo reportedly mocked a prophet who promised a long life, ensuring a dramatic, fatal outcome.
A Youth's Companion note explains the fly life cycle from egg to mature breeding adults. Each fly can lay 120 to 150 eggs per batch and may produce at least six batches, meaning killing one fly could prevent nearly a thousand offspring.
A short dialogue between a philanthropic visitor and a jailbird. The visitor asks why the inmate is there and the jailbird answers it stems from nosiness, joking that he used a basement-window entrance to intrude into others’ affairs.
A Scientific American piece on underwater diving details the helmet telephone as the major advance, enabling surface divers to communicate with a surface pump and fellow divers. It covers risks such as caisson disease, crushing pressures, and the careful procedure of donning suits and testing air supply before descent.
An advertisement touts EZO for sore tired aching burning feet in Bluefield claiming no more foot fatigue after using the remedy. The copy hints at widespread past trial and appeals to weary customers seeking relief.
Telegraph ad promotes 25 cent jar of EZO foot ointment for pains from corns bunions calluses and tired feet. Claims quick relief in two minutes with easy application and urges mail orders from Ezo Chemical Co. Rochester NY and availability at The White Pharmacy.
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia announces shipment of hardy tomato plants in baskets. The notice lists 10 sorts available and notes shipping by express service with fall delivery timing.
Mrs Hattie Cain praises Cardui as a mighty fine medicine after sixteen years of female troubles. She reports relief from cramps convulsions and pain after starting Cardui and credits it with enabling more activity. The ad frames Cardui as a women’s medicine not a laxative or other type of drug and invites readers to write for a Ladies Advice Department booklet.
Stated communications of Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M held on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month at Masonic Hall third floor Lazarus Building Princeton Avenue.
Auction set for June 27, 1911 at 3 p m offering to the highest cash bidder two six room houses one on Mercer street South End atop a hill adjoining Ed Lester and another six room house in New Fairview Addition South Bluefield Lot 1 See S2N.
A V Smith lists Mrs M B Kelley as a colored graduate trained nurse specializing in obstetrics and general massage. Address: 11 Russell St, Bluefeld, W. V.
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