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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
2
Local ads urge music lessons at City-Coalfield School with a special sale on pianos from Obble Co Roanoke VA. Community notices list Auxiliary to C W E M meeting Daughters of Confederacy gathering and updates on a young girl placed in James G Lite Children’s Home.
Henry Bowes a negro was arrested yesterday by Special Agent Mosby at Canebrake charged with breaking into a pressing shop at Dante Tuesday night and stealing a dress suit coat. He was tried at Dante yesterday, fined 25 dollars and sentenced to sixty days on the county roads. Bowes was taken to Levanon, Va. Mrs Anna Patterson of Denver Cal has returned home after a visit. Maintenance of Way Meeting set for Sunday at 9 at Red Men hall. all International Brotherhood of Maintenance Way employees urged to attend.
Circuit Court heard the Fruit Despatch Co vs Upton Fruit Co and Perry Griffith vs American Coal Co with a verdict pending. A $12,000 personal injury suit arises from mining work. Local effort seeks $1,000 to start a Princeton baseball team with signatures gathered promptly. Visiting attorneys include Crockett Sanders Dillard Easley Richardson Worrell Sale Anderson and others. Deputy Millett brought two prisoners for confinement.
Market notes from F M Archer Bluefield list bids and asks for bank stocks coal shares and misc stocks in Bluefield West Virginia with prices and terms. It notes bids asks for First National First Graham Majestic Collieries and Pocahontas units plus Bluefield telephone and other local companies. It invites bids on all coal bank jobbing and industrial stocks and mentions notes bonds and real estate secured papers.
Coal operators returning home from a Smoveless Operators meeting in White Sulphur Springs pass through the city en route to the coal fields. M Herzstan, of Bluefield for National Cash Register, travels to Dayton for his father’s death. Rev J H Wiser will preach at Kimball’s Houston Collieries on Thursday at 8 PM. The eight month old son of Mr and Mrs G C Woolwine dies. services in Princeton. First Baptist ladies aid meets at Mrs C B Brice’s Rogers street home at 8 PM. A new camera improvement is showcased at Easley Penn Drug Store. H B Lee Jr retires as bankruptcy referee for the southern district and opens a private practice in Bluefield. Frank Reed lists thirty horses and mules at stock yards for sale.
The James G. Lite Children's Home committee postponed last night’s meeting to Monday at 8:30 pm at the Mats Hotel. All members are urged to attend as the plats will be finalized and construction started immediately.
George W. Fleming of Clancey and his bride Miss Grace Robinson of Lebanon were in the city yesterday en route to Philadelphia and Atlantic City after a morning marriage at the bride’s home. Miss Robinson, a former Appalachian Power Company stenographer, recently resigned.
Two additional Pullman sleeping cars were added to train No. 8 to accommodate a large number of college girls returning home from Hollins Institute and other Virginia schools.
L. B. Farley from Spanishburg visited Princeton on business. W. P. Ball of Pride joined yesterday’s county seat visitors. Rufus A. Shumate from Narrows toured Princeton yesterday morning. R. C. Christie of Bluefield renewed old acquaintances in Princeton. A. M. Danielly of Gardner appeared among yesterday’s visitors.
Arrangements are under way to connect the Russell county telephone system with the Bluefield Telephone Company at Raven. The new link will provide direct communication with Russell and possibly Wise county, reducing reliance on indirect routes via Radford and Abingdon. The Raven connection extends from Honaker and nearby areas, and low rates plus attractive terms are prompting widespread home adoption.
An Indiana inventor creates a device pairing an alarm clock with a bundle of matches arranged to ignite at a preset moment, aiming to automate kitchen fires at a chosen time.
Excerpt promotes Parisian Sage as a hair growth tonic for men and women. It claims to nourish roots, stimulate growth, remove dandruff, cleanse dirt and oil, and leave hair soft fluffy thick and radiant. Sold at White Pharmacy and South Side Pharmacy in fifty cent bottles.
County Superintendent William Cassius Cook circulates a new educational directory for 1915 14 with educator illustrations and county office listings. G. Hampton Gray announces candidacy for county clerk drawing local commentary and resignation effective immediately. First National Bank Welch offers prizes for student bank act with winners named. Dr L L Belcher and Charley Payne visit Cincinnati for dentistry training with Belcher pursuing painless dentistry and modern methods.
Welch Boy Scouts prepare for a major picnic in the southern state area set for June 29 with extended stations and programs ready by mid month. Activities include ball games and track events while teachers certificates exams occur today and tomorrow under supervision by O M Stark and W C Cook.
Town authorities and Dr Hall er coordinated a vaccination effort to curb smallpox. Several people fined for breaking quarantine as a pest house cared for the unfortunates. Also notes Pocahontas opera horse pictures altering circuits and movie exposure.
The note says Max Goodman selects quality reels and daily features for Washington city exchanges with Warner's Features. Three reels are involved and a single daily will follow. It confirms Goodman’s reputation for good pictures.
News reached here yesterday of the death of T. W. Tanner in Martinsville Virginia. He was the professor of the colored high school here and the district superintendent praised his capability and the quality of the school he taught.
The IEG company is setting the foundation for a new building and machinery with plans to have ice by August 1, indicating a scheduled completion target for the project.
The ladies of the Baptist church served cake at the Rexall store yesterday to aid the church. Mrs. R. L. Gillespie and Mrs. R. H. Peery of Graham visited Mrs. Sam N. Worley yesterday. Sam Matz plans to open a new restaurant facing the depot on Saturday.
Hon C C Hale mayor of Keystone visits the region and discusses opening a finest restaurant in Pocahontas with Sam to provide service. Francis Goodman orders an Overland automobile expected to arrive next week.
An acetylene flashlight has been invented for railroad crossing gates and is ignited by a pilot light as a gate fate is lowered.
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