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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
6
A jewel expert demonstrates a method to blue the back of a yellow diamond to fool buyers and pawnbrokers, noting the practice is illegal in many states. The St Louis Republic report warns against attempting the deceit and cites potential penitentiary penalties.
The article discusses unwritten laws governing loyalty and bravery in naval and military service, including captains going down with ships and officers facing danger, alongside debates on the right of revolution and justifiable killing. It cites Farragut, Lee, Lawton, and a Louisville incident between Nelson and Davis.
In the London Chronicle account by IT B Wheatley the Newgate Street byways earn stark names such as Stinking Lane and Blowbladder street. A Butchers’ Bridge near Baynard’s Castle carried offal from Newgate Street to the Thames, spreading filth and corruption. A royal order in 1860 ordered its removal.
Mrs. Stubb jokes that suffragette leaders would appear on postage stamps if they gain power. Mr. Stubb quips that stamps would be the only way to defeat them, reflecting lighthearted wartime era gender humor in Chicago News style.
Quirky exchange from a New York Weekly snippet shows Mrs. De Platt defending a sewing spot by an air shaft window while a friend questions visibility. The dialogue reflects humorous domestic chatter and urban living texture.
A compact aphorism notes that if life cannot be paved with flowers, it can be brightened with smiles. The saying emphasizes optimism and cheerful demeanor as a guiding approach.
It is worse than useless to take any medicine internally for muscular or chronic rheumatism. All that is needed is a free application of Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by all dealers.
Reports detail a locomotive of failed demonstrations by Berger with an untried plane in Lynchburg. Merchants and crowds felt disappointment as two brief flights at low altitude were the extent of the demonstrations over four days. Local papers critique the venture and compare to Bristol and Bluefield outcomes.
Thirty eight days after Carl Simpson vanished from the Matz hotel a murder is tied to three arrestees, one witness, and a missing body. Rewards near 200 dollars aim to reach 500. crowds may search Lee street east end. Will Harvey confessed to an earlier assault and faces charges as the trio is moved to Princeton jail.
Curtis Guild Jr succeeds W W Rockhill as ambassador to Russia with Rockhill moved to Turkey. Guild long owned the Commercial Bulletin of Boston since 1902 and has been a Massachusetts governor candidate and political figure. He served as brigadier general in the Massachusetts militia at the start of the Spanish American War and held a lieutenant colonel rank in the volunteer service.
T L Felts and his son Gordon left for the east after stating that prominent colored citizens back police efforts to locate Simpson’s body and punish the perpetrators. Felts said respectable colored men support lawful measures to curb crime and protect the race’s standing, regardless of the perpetrator’s color.
Today at 1 p m in the Matz Hotel assembly room Mercer County residents gather for a meeting to organize a movement for better roads. Aims include forming an association, electing officers, and appointing a committee to propose plans for a second meeting at Princeton.
Binefield rejects letting other towns monopolize the Fourth festivities this year. A movement forms to stage a nation anniversary celebration drawing attendees from Clinch Valley and nearby counties, promising a grand event across the region.
Promoters plan a Clinch Valley excursion day in Bluefield with Norfolk and Western backing excursion rates from Cool Field points. Activities include athletic events at South Bluefield grounds, a baseball game against Clinch Valley, street attractions and an automobile parade.
The Colored Institute will start its commencement exercises with a musical at the school auditorium tonight at 8. The program includes violin, piano and vocal selections. On Sunday at 2 30 the annual sermon will be delivered by Rev J C Sherrill.
A quotation from Shakespeare rendered in French by Uchard as Fragilite, c est le nom dune femme. The note references a tale by Uchard and attributes the line to Shakespeare in translation.
A Washington Herald item notes a playful exchange as a woman compliments a man on his hair and he replies with a wry nod to the effort of finding such a shade in shops.
In a light exchange in the Ladies' Home Journal a character Ethel complains of a headache and a friend suggests resting by hair removal, reflecting the era's humorous social dialogue and domestic wit.
A quotable line notes speech as a gift to man and silence as perhaps the grandest worldly effect, with Puck as the attributed source. The reflection contrasts sound and stillness as a literary aside.
Fallon's Florist Hoancke Va advertises 10 sorts of hardy tomato plants shipped by express in baskets dated May 18 1911. The notice also promotes Coomberlain's Cole Cholera and Dinrhoen Remedy as an essential summer medicine, urging purchase through dealers.
Local listing notes Fallon Florist in Roanoke Virginia dated May 18, with reference to baskets and press coverage in connection to floral offerings.
Goldsboro readers recall a patient who suffered neuralgia around the heart and body pains until Cardui the woman’s tonic eased her distress. The testimonial urges other women to take Cardui, with druggists carrying the remedy and a free 64 page Home Doctor book available by request.
Advertises a clairvoyant palmist offering detailed life readings from infancy to old age. Claims to reveal facts, names, dates, and figures about you or others far away. Encourages readers not to classify her as ordinary fortune tellers.
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