Shopping advertising the TELEGRAp way to save money
Readers are urged to read intelligent advertising in the Telegraph to reduce shopping drudgery and save dollars. Local notes include F G Bastian reporting progress on the New River Holston and Western Railroad extension, plus street grading, new home purchases, a newborn son named Edward Theo Roosevelt Harshaw, Narrows baseball games, and ongoing brick work on the BE L Bailey building for Sterling Wholesale Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
F. G. Bastian
New River, Holston and Western Railroad
Narrows
Harshaw
Gary
Philadelphia
Edward Theo
Roosevelt Harshaw
BE. L. Bailey
Bluefield Avenue
Sterling Wholesale Hardware Co
Death of a Child Susie Turpiy Reported
Four year old Susie Turpiy daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Turvim of North Powell Street died yesterday afternoon. Funeral will be held today with interment at Cold Cemetery. Community sympathy extends to the bereaved parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Turpiy
Henry Turvim
North Powell Street
Norton Blaze Destroys One-Story Building
Fire swept a one story structure owned and occupied by George Trainer in Norton around 2:30 yesterday morning. The building was completely destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trainer
Norton
George Trainer
Appointed Yard Clerk and Office Moves
Charley White is named day yard clerk on the east end replacing Bernard Mellhany who joined First National Bank. Dr J J Goodwill moved offices from Union Bank and Trust Co Bluefield to 433 Princeton Avenue formerly Easley and West. Ross and Kahle moved offices from 82 Higginbotham Avenue to rooms 507-508-509 Law and Commerce Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley White
East End
Bernard Mellhany
First National Bank
J. J. Goodwill
Union Bank and Trust Co
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
Easley & West
Ross & Kahle
Higginbotham Avenue
Law and Commerce Building
New Anti Cigarette Law Sparks Sale Decline In Bluefield
A Bluefield tobacco dealer reports a sharp drop in cigarette sales since the new law took effect. The measure prohibits distributing cigarettes to anyone under 21 and warns about keeping tobacco products out of sight to avoid violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Delegation From Local Group Heads to Grand Council Session
A large delegation travels by special Pullman to Lexington Kentucky for the seventeenth annual Grand Council meeting of United Commercial Travelers of America. The group includes W C Easley J J Venn B A Becker and many others with a film crew to photograph attendees. The order numbers 5300 plus subordinate councils and operates in 28 grand councils across the US and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Grand Council of United Commercial Travelers of America
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
W. C. Easley
J. J. Venn
B. A. Becker
KK. A. Leonard
T. T. Kibler
O. C. Phelps
J. F.boone
W. V. Brooks
T. J. Phelps
R. L. Garrett
Mr. Lewis
B F. Fishburn
Roanoke
J. C. Moir
W. C. Brunner
H. T. Martin
Ferguson Bowman
Louis Becker
S. D. Hudson
W. W. Mansfield
Washington, D. C
Order of
United Commercial Travelers
New England
Rutland
Missouri
Chillicothe
Wisconsin
Janesville
Iowa
Desmoines
Carolinas
Salisbury
South Dakota
Aberdeen
United States
Canada
Evey
Smoking Prohibition on School Premises Narrowed to Cigarettes
Section 4 on smoking addresses school premises property and buildings. It is generally understood that tobacco use is forbidden, but the section specifically concerns cigarettes only.
George Ade to Write New Fables in Slang for Dispatch
Pittsburg Dispatch announces George Ade will write exclusively for the paper. The series titled Newest Fables in Slang begins next Sunday June 8 with The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite featuring Loretta of the Young Unmarried Set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
George Ade
Ade
Sunday Dispatch
George
Loretta
Banks Donate Prizes for State Corn Club Winners
Banks across the state back the boys and girls agricultural clubs with prizes including free scholarships to the college of agriculture at Morgantown. Counties like Monongalia Taylor Lewis Randolph Marion and Ohio lead with funded scholarships while several banks provide substantial support for Harrison Ohio and other counties. Glenn Zinn of Barbour county finances the trip for the champion Barbour corn grower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
Morgantown
Monongalia
Taylor
Lewis
Randolph
Marion
Ohio
Glenn Zinn
Phillips
Barbour County
Union National Bank of
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Quarter Savings Bank of Wheeling
Ohio County
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Davis Trust Company of
Elkins
Why They Spray Three Enemies of Fruit Demand Three Treatments
The article explains that fruit trees face three main enemies: chewing insects, sucking insects, and fungi. Chewing pests like codling moth and potato beetle are killed by arsenic-based sprays. Sucking pests require contact sprays such as kerosene emulsion, soap, tobacco, or lime sulfur. Fungi need lime sulfur or Bordeaux mixtures, and diseased wood should be pruned and burned with the area disinfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creed
Paris
San Jose
Local residents and visitors seen in city yesterday
Montcalm businessman W J Honaker visited the city while Smith Bradley left for Norfolk for a short stay. Miss Lou Gillespie of Wittens Mills shopped in town with Miss Edna Wohanan of Abingdon visiting. Others included A G Kiser of Tazewell and C R Goodson returning from Martha Washington College. Chief Postlethwaite attended a wild west show in Roanoke, and Mr and Mrs E H Sandburn traveled via Jed to Philadelphia for a visit.
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Lou Gillespie
Wittens Mills
Edna Wohanan
Abingdon, Va
City
Nina Dodd
Tazewell Street
M. B. Postlethwaite
Roanoke
E. H. Sandburn
Jed
Philadelphia
Princeton elects new council with strict party lines
The newly inaugurated Princeton council, led by Mayor John D. Golt, consisting of eight Democrats and two Republicans, began their term by appointing all Democrat officials including City Attorney John M. McGrath and Chief of Police Jace Manning. The outgoing Republican administration had shared offices, but the new regime aims to adhere to party lines in patronage amid an empty treasury and existing debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
John D. Golt
Recorder
F. Cleghorn
M. L. Carter
C. ‘B. Martin
Mack Ryle
H. C. Wheeler
W. H. Taylor D
J. R. Honaker
L. C. Adkins
John M. McGrath
Jace Manning
John Wireman
Ed. Gooch
S. A. Obenshain
City Sinking Fund Supports Debt Relief
City records show a sinking fund of 3000 dollars placed to the city's credit and no large new debts burdening the present city fathers.
Asbestos Supply Geography and Uses Highlighted
The article notes the United States leads world asbestos production largely due to Canadian deposits, with 1912 domestic output at 4 403 short tons valued at $87 059. Georgia Vermont and Wyoming mine asbestos, while Canada exported 88 008 tons in 1912, mostly to the U S. Asbestos is key for fireproofing and insulation in buildings and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
J. 8. Diller
United States Geological Survey
Diller
Georgia
Vermont
Wyoming
Oregon Sets Ten Hour Workday Limit
Portland reports Oregon's new law limiting mill and manufacturing work to ten hours per day took effect today. The measure defines maximum employment time across establishments in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Portland
Ore
May Prove Fatal Backache from Kidneys Warns Bluefield Citizen
Mrs C W Chambers of Bluefield West Virginia reports a ten year struggle with disordered kidneys and backache. After ineffective treatments and an operation she used Doan's Kidney Pills and quickly recovered, with five boxes restoring her health. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents a box Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiddens
Bright
Bluefield
C. W. Chambers
Jones Street
W. Va
Dean
Foster-Millburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Bankrupt Petition for Discharge In Southern West Virginia
Hi J Rows requests discharge from debts after bankruptcy adjudication on June 7 previous year. Hearing set July 1 in Rinefield with notice to creditors by Daily Telegraph. Clerk notifies known creditors by mail in Mercer County West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
United States
Hi. J. Rowes
Bent. KF. Keller
District Court of the United States
UW. J. Roark
Pinefield
Mercer
Congress
Tatte
Rinnefield
Daily Telegraph
Ben. F. Keller
Bluefield
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Energy
Rover Addition
James G. Litz
Mr. Litz
Law and Commerce
Narrows Baseball Club
Richmond
Welch
China
Jernigan
Norfolk
Mr. Jernigan
Tracco Co
Lita
William Leckie
W. R. Dawson
Louisville Coal and Coke Company
Goodwill
Ll. Sechuchat
Northfork
Bank
Kimball
Stieff
Steff
Chas. M. Stieff
Bracek “Watersoms
Lynchberg, Va
W. Whitmore
Mgr
D. E. Bodington Quality Grocer
B. Whitlow
Isadore Cohen
Matz Hotel Turkish Bath Establishment
Ss. L. Matz
United Commercial
E. Peery
M. DO
Fiat
Bank Blés
W. C. Jones
Postoffice
Pocahontas, Virginia
J. W. Thornton & Bro
Henry
Care Shumate Clothing Co
Bankers
W. J. Honaker
Montcalm
Smith Bradley
A. G. Kiser
Tazewell
O. WH. Stallard
G. C. Robinette
Coeburn
R. 8. Porter
Bernice Howard
Dalton
James Mann
Fort Sumner, N. M
George Mann
R. D. Payne
Rogers Street
Warm Springs
Bernard Mason
Pearisburg
J. F. Hurt
Mae Greever
Mrs. Dodd
I. C. Dodd
C. R. Goodson
Abingdon
Martha Washington College
Vast
Las
Charleston
H. J. Roark
Edwin M. Kratley
R. L. Gosling
Elks Opera House
Keith
W. HW. Groh
Adonis
Lillian Doone
Comedienne
Goodwin & Goodwin
McCue & Wright Milling Company
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