Daughters of the Confederacy meet at Baldwin home
The Daughters of the Confederacy hold their regular monthly gathering at Capt. D. B. Baldwin’s residence with Mrs. Baldwin Miss Lide Baldwin and Mrs. W. J. Jenks as hostesses. Members urged to attend the final pre entertainment meeting and arrange details for the Confederate event.
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Daughters of Confederacy
Reguar
Daughters of the Confederacy
D. B. Baldwin
W. G. Baldwin
Lide Baldwin
W. J. Jenks
Preparations for U D C entertainment under way
The United Daughters of the Confederacy push preparations for a June 17 entertainment. They seek sweet charity and donations of saleable articles and merchandise, with a bountiful lunch. Contributions are voluntary and coordinated through chapter president Mrs. W H Thomas or committee heads.
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W. H. Thomas
Miss Witt Honor Guest Receives Friends at Rena Kidd Party
Miss Rena Sue Kidd entertained friends Tuesday evening from eight to eleven. A pink and yellow color scheme framed the house with pink and yellow roses as decorations. Miss Kidd wore a pink dress with lace, while her mother Mrs. Josephine Kidd wore white crepe de chine.
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Bristol Herald-Courier
Ethel Witt
Bluefield
W. Va
Bess Greever
Meadow View
Rena Sue Kidden
Miss Kidd
Josephine Kidd
Guests Attend Yellow Silk Soiree With Poem Prize
Miss Vesta Searlet presided at the punch bowl while guests wore yellow and pink attire. In the guessing contest A Penny for Your Thoughts Miss Bess Greever won a book of poems. Notables at Miss Kidds hospitality included Eugenia Akers Edna Baumgardner Hattie Briscoe Elise Phipps Ina Thomas Helen Wallace Vesta Searles Annie Neeley Ethel Witt Mary Childress George Phillips Donald Stant Lewis Neeley Howard Frazier James Fulwider Graham Buchanan Philip Thomas John Baumgardner Robert Gant Ed Lockett Mike Wade and E. W. Silvers.
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Vesta Searlet
The Mystery of Mars and the Question of Life
A St. Louis Star meditation on Mars life and the possibility of an intelligent race. Scientists seek proof but debate whether life on Mars or other worlds would challenge religion or diminish humanity. The piece argues for scientific inquiry over sentiment in assessing extraterrestrial life.
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Mars
Poles
Panama
Earth
Solar System
St. Louis Star
Chinese Representative Delivers Playful Wedding Blessing
A well known Chinese representative attending a capital city wedding agreed to a jocular parental blessing. He placed hands on the bride and groom and offered a humorous forecast of twenty five man children and twenty five times twenty five grandchildren, provoking laughter as the moment ended.
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China
Ladies’ Home Journal
A Cowboy Spider in Nature Student’s Tale
A New Zealand cowboy spider lassos prey with a web coil then tightens to bind and devour it. A Borneo spider in spring strums a fiddle and dances to woo a female, producing a clear musical note.
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New Zealand
Spider
Philadelphia Bulletin
Trouble Makers Ousted
A sufferer from stomach trouble reports relief after taking Dr King's New Life Pills. The remedy drives away dyspepsia and indigestion and restores appetite, nerves, and vigor as stomach liver and kidneys function properly. 25 cents at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Electric Bitters Promised For Women Beauty Benefit
Advertises Electric Bitters as a cure for women’s ailments linked to constipation or kidney poisons. Claims to regulate stomach, liver, kidneys, purify blood, and improve complexion, energy, and confidence, appealing to nervous and irritable states.
Bank Closure Notice Bluefield WV 1909
The American National Bank of Bluefield West Virginia closes its affairs and transfers deposits to Fidelity Banking & Trust Co. Creditors must present notes and claims for payment. J L Harnee, cashier, dated May 1 1909. Savings accounts and certificates of deposit moved to Fidelity Bank.
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American National Bank
Bluefield
West Virginia
Fidelity Banking & Trust Co
W. Va
Thrilling Rescue of Bert Lean from Desperate Lung Trouble
Bert Lean of Cheng Washington describes a near fatal cold that resisted an expert Spokane lung doctor. After costly visits and travel to California with no relief he used Dr King s New Discovery which cured him. The remedy boasts cures for lung trouble bronchitis coughs and colds asthma croup and whooping cough priced 50c and 1 trial bottle free guaranteed by druggists
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Bert &. Lean
Cheng, Wash
Spokane
California
Notice of pistol license hearing in Bluefield court
The undersigned will apply to Mercer County district court on May 12, 1909 for a license to carry a pistol under West Virginia law. G R Newkirk BE R Peterman and G M Calloway, officers of Bluefield, authorize the filing. 5-30-101.
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Etrentt Court
Mercer County
Code of West Virginia
G. R. Newkirk
BE. R. Peterman
G. M Calloway
Bluefield
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