West Virginia Health Board Bans Spitting in Public Places
The state board of health of West Virginia issues an order prohibiting spitting in theatres public halls public buildings and public conveyances. It requires rail and steamboat companies to provide spittoirs and keep them disinfected and insists on posting the order in public venues within sixty days. Violations incur misdemeanor charges and enforcement is assigned to local and state authorities.
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State Board of Health
Point Pleasant
W. Va
West Virginia
Exhibition Shoot With Annie Oakley Planned in Bluefield
Richmond promoter J A Anderson arranges a Saturday 3 pm exhibition in Bluefield under the Bluefield Gin Club. Annie Oakley will perform after years with Buffalo Bill and the world championship belt. Union Metallic Cartridge and Remington Arms back the event with gun clubs invited to attend the trap season opening.
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Annie Oakley
Bluefeld Gun Club
J. A. Anderson
Richmond
Bluefield Gin Club
Police Gazette
Ing
Anderson
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Remington Arms Co
Elkhorn, Welch and Tazeweil Bun
Bargains Today Ellers Sale Ad Brief Item
Ellers advertises bargains with 25-cent pricing and 25-cent items listed as daily deals. The short notice highlights low prices and quick picks for shoppers.
Roanoke Brotherhood bids farewell to chairman Cash
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held two Sunday meetings to honor outgoing chairman O C Cash who leaves to become a safety appliance inspector. W N Doak of Bluefield W Va is named new chairman with T B Dodge present from Cleveland and guests from Bluefield Crewe and Old Virginia lodges.
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Roanoke
Brotherhood of Railway
O. C. Cash
W. N. Doak
Bluefield
W. Va
T. 13. Dodge
Cleveland
Oho
Bluefield Lodge
L. Bishop
J. H. Turnbull
M. D. Hazy
Crewe
C. M. Newcomb
J. Walthall
R. H. Cramers
W. H Chappell
R. G. Wright
Old Virginia
Prohibition Question Stirs Williamson Campaign Scene
In Williamson the prohibition issue heats up as anti license crowds confront the city council over liquor licenses amid Mingo county political tensions. The 1908 campaign is described as attracting statewide attention with Williamson as a main spectacle. The Monday night meeting drew women, men and children in protest.
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Williamson
Mingo County
Prohibition Campaign Sparks City Council Showdown
All day Sunday volunteers marshaled for a license vote with large placards reading 406 votes 400 women and 100 business men demanding no licenses. The council gathered amid a spirited crowd as saloon men saw little impact and licenses were granted.
Writ of Error in West Virginia Whiskey Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals grants a writ of error in the case of State of West Virginia versus J. S. Nichols. Nichols, proprietor of the West Virginia hotel at Huntington, faced indictment for selling whiskey to a minor after a bellboy obtained liquor for a guest in room 74. Nichols appealed after a guilty verdict and a supersedeas was allowed, making the matter one of Cabell County’s most watched cases.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
State of
West Virginia
J. S. Nichols
Nichols
Huntington
Nicholas
K. D. Isbel
Mr. Nichols
Supreme Court
Cabello County
Preacher Murderer Dead in Marion County
Rev. Stephen A. Coffman, a Methodist Episcopal minister, killed his wife Mrs. Lillian Coffman at the Meadowdale Parsonage in Marion county during a fit of insanity. He died Monday night at 7 45 in Fairmont City Hospital after being brought there in a critically ill state last Friday. Doctors attribute his death to an overstrain or related complications.
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Stephen A. Coffman
Lillian Coffman
Meadowdale Parsonage
Marion County
Fairmont
Coffman’s Downfall After Prison Outbreak
The article describes Coffman’s mental collapse following an outbreak in the county jail. It states he regressed, refused nourishment for days, and grew despondent, seemingly unable to cope with the full realization of his crime.
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Coffman
Motormen Eligible for Brotherhood Admit in Columbus
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Columbus Ohio voted to admit motormen from electric lines to the Brotherhood if they operate twenty miles from an incorporated city. The move signals potential labor unity and power across electric and steam railroads, drawing surprise at the convention.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Columbus
Brotherhood
Tor
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Bluefield Beer
Pilsener
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Intermont Electric Co
Westinghouse
A. C. Motors
Bluestone Traction Company
Wis
Ywoard
Henyih
Aragon Coffee
Ellers ‘Ae
Clark & CO
Princeton Avenue
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Membersip
DeWitt’s
All Drugefits
Pape
Trianjulea
Kinzer
Kinzer Kinzer
Red Lot
Blue Grass Dairies
Tazewell County
Saul Greenspon
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