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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
6
The final day of the Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond began with a parade of veterans and commemorative exercises marking Jefferson Davis birthday. The observance extended across the South among Confederate groups.
A Welch to Gary collision left five occupants injured with the driver losing control after attempting to pass another car. one passenger with a back injury is recovering as the river bank crash is probed. A surprise party honors Mrs Joe Joyce in Stuart Va and numerous Welch residents are noted arriving for work, study or visit including Miss Abbott the field nurse and Miss Nellie Cline’s teaching status.
Births, travels, and errands populate the day as residents from Pocahontas and nearby towns are noted for a newborn daughter, visits to the city, trips to Kansas City and St. Louis, hospital stays, and departures to Birmingham, Norfolk, Cincinnati, and Maryland. Notable names include Mr and Mrs L A Jaf fee, Mrs J W Huddleston, Attorney Barnes Gillesgie, Oren Dawson, Marvin and Guy Ferguson, Mrs James Thompson, Franklin Wilson, Alvah Vernon Sproles Jr, and Don Godbey among others.
Wealthy Americans now sail abroad in first class as the American line reestablishes full first class service on the Philadelphia departure. For two years the liners carried only second and third class passengers, but travelers wish to sail under the Stars and Stripes. Read the Telegraph want ads.
James T. Anderson, longtime Bluefield resident and deputy sheriff, collapsed while walking from ams to Slab Fork in Raleigh county and died minutes later. Born in Bedford County, Virginia, he was fifty nine, unmarried, and survived by two brothers and two sisters. The body arrived in Princeton then Bluefield, with funeral planned at Maple Park cemetery this afternoon.
A list of street intersections in Bluefield and surrounding avenues is followed by a Militia Call reference and a quotation about reading the sporting page from the Washington Star. The fragment includes location pairs, a fire station entry, and an alarm description.
Claude Wade, six, of Monroe street, narrowly escaped death after being thrown from the Lee Street Grocery wagon during a runaway on Wyoming street. He rode with his brother William as the wagon delivered groceries and attempted to disembark at home. The incident occurred yesterday morning.
A horse bolted from the hilltop as a boy and his younger brother tried to hold on. The elder jumped free. the younger was thrown off and run over by wheels. Miraculously uninjured, the elder who was later found with bruises and a cut lip, and the family physician reported the child resting comfortably.
Orator argues appearances mask truth and hidden depths reveal deception in human nature. The crowd notes a shopper buying a barrel of apples, reflecting everyday skepticism.
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