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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
3
A colonel threatens a firing squad for pillaging by Private Perkins after a bracelet and other small items are taken. The twist ends with Perkins revealed as a girl, sparing him from execution, amid a tense military discipline scene. Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertised at article end.
C H Peery of North Tazewell celebrated his sixtieth birthday with a dinner for Graham friends including P Greer Morton and W H Brown. The event featured memories of youth, old Virginia reels, and Brown's fiddle with tunes from Harve Browns Dream. Bond bids for Graham town bonds were opened but not finalized pending broker details. The body of Archie Wallace, killed in the Simons mines, was returned to his family in Bluestone for burial.
Friday sessions of the Bluefield district Methodist conference reported strong church growth with 1,000 professions and 700 additions. A plan to form a district church extension society was approved to aid needy churches and expand facilities. J. R. Hutcherson was named Friday lay leader. delegates and alternates to Morristown conference were elected. Rev. E. H. Cassily praised. a home for superannuate preachers was to be secured.
John Henry Morgan, identified by Roxie Hoge Bruce, was found guilty of the Indian Creek murder of Grover Lambert in Tazewell county circuit court and given a three year penitentiary term. Chapman Gillespie and AUSA Munsey aided the prosecution. Frank Payne testified Morgan stood by a tree when Lambert was shot.
Mrs. I. C. Dodd returned from Washington where her daughter Miss Nina received a diploma in the kindergarten department at Madison Hall Seminary. Nina accompanied her mother home to Graham.
Bids will be received until Saturday June 3 at 6 p m for improvements to the Masonic hall in Graham Virginia. Committee members J F Dudley J B Saunders and J E Baylor sign the notice.
C S Ellison left for Chicago after two weeks in town investigating the disappearance and murder of Carl Simpson on April 27. B E Simpson, Carl’s brother, also departed for New York expressing thanks to the officers and urging a thorough Sunday search for the body.
Advertises Parisian Sage as a dandruff remover and hair grower with a money back guarantee through The White Pharmacy and Graham Pharmacy in Graham Virginia. Claims rapid restoration of lustrous hair and relief from dandruff and itching. Also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and overall health.
All Quality Grocers lists Sauer’s lemon and vanilla extracts as the best available. Housekeepers and cooks recognize the products for value with prices at 10 cents and 25 cents.
A brief notice urges readers to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph, highlighting a yearly rate of four dollars and promoting the value of home delivery.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad reports a high rate of damaged cars this year, far exceeding Norfolk and Western. It cites costly repairs, cites mine-loading incidents at tipples, and orders strict investigations with inspectors and foremen to identify and discipline responsible crews.
Wholesale grocers abandoned plans to close for the first ten days in July. A letter from the West Virginia Wholesale Grocers' Association secretary was sent, but grocers broadly opposed the idea, and the proposal was dropped.
In a fragment from the final days in the house, Delegrate Epling, sponsor of the Republican primary bill, asks Mr Speaker for his address as the bill is under consideration, with one hour remaining.
A legislative scene shows Speaker Wetzel directing time allotment for debates with floor leader Moore asserting control. Delegate Kipling offers his West Virginia Welch address as part of a point of procedure while notes on marriage ethics and counterfeit jokes appear in the quoted New York Journal fragment.
A Louisville merchant asserts he hires the best men regardless of politics, prompting a politician to remark on the business approach as unusual and noteworthy in the exchange from The Point of View.
A Louisville Courier-Journal fragment notes a man’s remark that a woman appears intent on domestic life, with him visiting months and finding her darning her father's sock always the same old sock, hinting at a decoy in affection.
A New York Journal quips on asking for change from others and offering change in return. It jokes about the risk of errors in exchange and asserts it won’t be the speaker making the mistake.
A terse note ponders generosity and pay, asking if shivers and Hanchett earned good pay. It hints at a quip about bankruptcy when assets twice inabilities, implying creditors would receive 200 cents on the dollar.
A fragmented archaic line by Rolind features animal sounds in a rhythmic mock pastoral. The odd blend of howl bray bleart evokes rustic imagery and satirical whimsy.
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