Eagle Oak by Captain Newberry: Bland County’s Poet
Rev J T Taylor hails Eagle Oak as unrivaled among Virginia writers. The Bland Messenger praises Newberry for originality tenderness and fearless declamation in poems like To Mary in Heaven and The Unattained. It lauds patriotism and resilience amid life’s trials and laments war Lost Cause themes before praising Mary's heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Newberry
Raghe Oak
Bland
Captain Newberry
Eagle Oak
Sons of Viginia
Mary
Lonefellow
John Weaver Newberry
Father Ryan
Ceed
Paradise
Hope
Captain Newbery
Newberry
Homer
Dante
Gothe
Milton
Pollock
Longfellow
Bryant
Poe
Emmerson
Tennyson
Miss Havergal
Fanny Crosby
Man Repeats A Forty Year Walk with Bucklen’s Arnica
John Garratt of North Mills North Carolina says he burned his walking stick for a sore that resisted all treatments until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it. The salve is guaranteed for piles burns and related ailments, available from all druggists for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
John Garratt
North Mills
N. C
Letters That Linger Longer Than Lawful
Unclaimed letters listed for week ending June 1 1907 in Bluefield West Virginia include numerous names and a large ladies list. Persons should claim by referencing advertised status or risk being overlooked.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Foster Arnold
H. D. Athest
H. L. Brown
G. T. Bailey
E. R. Boyd
C. 0. Cary
John Crawford
John M. Cox
John Clareid
George Dougherty
G. W. Elier
S. V .Faulkner
Farrar Lumber Company
G. W. Ferguson
Bob Pinley
W. H. Fry
Johnson Green
J. B. Gooseclose
Elison Godfrey
Walter Haynes
R. L. Hermon
W. H. Haller
H. S. Henderson
I. N. Harmon
Bob Harris
C. Q O. Hutchinson
Chris Hughes
T. O. Kanode
John 8. Long
Pletchar Lindsey
Jimmie Martin
Trayson Morris
Arthur Nelson
Elmer Co. Poe
S. M. Pugh
Green Reynolds
A. D. Price
D. Ruble
Albert Robinson
P. H. Riner
Alex Rogers
Price Robertson
Sam B. Seward
Tom Summers
Milburn Stallard
John Subblefield
J. M. Sarver
Richard Smith
Howard Taylor
W. L. Woolwire
Charles Winfrey
Julius Wallace
Imory Wyatt
Leon J. Williams
Rose Abel
Julia Adams
Gladis Wadkins
Charley Wygal
Rachel Woodroyd
Effiie Young
Feley’s Kidney Cure Sold by G. H. Wade
Advertisement promotes Feley’s Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles and claims it never disappoints. It notes availability from G. H. Wade and mentions fresh vegetables at Sublette & Barnes.
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Feley
G. H. Wade
Sublette & Barnes
A Locomotive Engineer’s Night Sleepwalker Tale
Veteran engineer Raymond Gannon recalls a grave near miss on the night express after a sleepwalking colleague briefly took his throttle. The crew, exhausted and unaware, faced a runaway train until a late awakening prevented disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomkinsville
Bob Williams
Frank Curtis
Stoker
Bob
Frank
Williams
Raymond Gannon
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.S. Thompson & Co
High Point
Bluefield Mosse
Fred Whery
Mercer Street
Stuart Street
Union News Company
Bland County
J. T. Taylor
Sons of Virginia
Bland Messenger
MT. Vernon
India
Ial At
Banks & Rosenheim
Princeton Avenue
Aluminum
Pure Food Commissioners
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Jamestown Xposition
Roleys
M.R. Emmons
Bluefield Avenue
T. W. Kie Contractor
West Virginia
Builder
Roanoke
Virginia
The
Gomfort Shoe Store
Bluefield, W. VA
Nathan Sohn
A. , Booker & GO
D. B. Baldwin
First National Bank
Wotary Public
Theo. Dilger
Jeweler
Dilger
Red Lot
W. E
E. L. Shufflebarger
Sohn Building
Mer
M. Rosenberg
W. v A
Bluefield Transfer Co
Coryln Bros. Planeters
Mt, Vernon
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