Dreaded Bird Rock Lighthouse Keeper Saga Remains Told
The Magdalen Islands tale centers on Mrs. Pet er Borque widow of Bird Rock lighthouse keeper who kept the beacon burning ten days after her husband drowned saving vessels from wrecks. Her courage underscores a string of Bird Rock tragedies including keepers dying in explosions storms and blizzards.
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Ontreal
Quebec
Halifax
Peter Borque
Bird Rock
Magdalen
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf
Arsene
Grindstone Island
Magdalen Group
Magdalen Islands
New France
Champlain
de Mont
All Quality Grocers Sauer’s extracts praised
All Quality Grocers offer Sauer’s vanilla and lemon extract in 10 and 25 cent sizes. Recognized by housekeepers and cooks as the best that money can buy.
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Sauer
Fine Bedding Plants Prompt Shipments From Fallon Florist
Roanoke Virginia florist Fallon advertises fine bedding plants and prompt shipments. Mrs Bentley’s Violet Cream is offered for ease at White Pharmacy, with a note about August and spring availability.
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Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
Mrs. Bentley
White
Voice and tone from youth to home and lightning notes
The piece urges maintaining a kind voice in youth and at home, contrasting sharp tones with a gentle speech that uplifts listeners. It warns sharp voices provoke lasting ill will and likens a kind voice to light for the heart, then cites a study claiming lightning damage has fallen in cities due to more overhead wires and a shift to underground conduits may raise damage.
For Sale Tomato Plants and Floral Offerings
For sale tomato plants all varieties pepper and beet plants 1.00 per 100 cab page b plants 50c per 100 potted plants cut flowers Federal designs and bouquets a specialty Phone 385 feat Bluefield Florist 6.1-tf
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Cabpage B
Bluefield Fiorist
Pioneer Priest Builds Catholic Heartland in Southern W Va
The article recounts Father Olivier who arrived in Bluefield in 1894 and led rapid church growth in Bluefield Powhatan and Pocahontas counties. It details early Masses in abandoned houses, the 1895 Bluefield and Powhatan churches, a 1896 parish residence, and later expansion amid priestly arrivals. It notes the diocese of Wheeling support and enduring debt-free church buildings.
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Father Olivier
Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield Inn
John McBride
Wytheville
Father McBride
Emil Olivier
Abingdon
P. J. Donahue
D. D
Wheeling
Bleefield
Powhatan
McDowell County
Olivier
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Donahue
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Father Oliver
Clarksburg
France
P. Guilloton
Wythe County
P. H. McDermott
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Gilsenan
Gary
Weles
Williamson
St. Bernard's Abbey
Cullman
Ala
Bristol
Va.Tenn
Stonega
Dante
Virginia
the Coglan
Norfolk and Western Railway
Scott Street Colored Baptist Church Praises Pastor
A member of the Scott Street Colored Baptist Church in Bluefield notes two years of progress under Pastor Bullock. The church, debt free, reports a May fair and bazaar raising 460.51, and plans a new roof with funds in bank. The note invites public worship and praise for the pastor.
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Scott Street
Bluefield
Scott Street Baptist Church
Telegraph Want Ads Bring Results
Classified ads section highlights available items and services with brief notices aimed at buyers and sellers. Readers see concise listings for jobs, goods, and opportunities circulating through the Telegraph’s marketplace.
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Telegraph
Ladies' Hats and Suits at Half Price Sale
A splendid assortment of ladies and children's trimmed hats in stock and all trimmed hats at cost. All millinery goods reduced. One hundred pairs of ladies and children's shoes and slippers marked down from 1.50 to 2.00 to 98 cents. These are broken lots. Ladies' suits also at half-price during this sale. Don’t miss this offering.
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Atlantic
Jean Quette
Pierre Wealen
Wealen
Charles Chalsson
Tce
Labrador
Anticosti
Magdalens
Damien Cormier
Keefer
Charles Turbide
Arsene Turbide
Cornifer
Cormier
Charles Turvide
Nouth
Capé Breton
Cape Breton
Meat Cove
Nova Scotia
The
Harish OF
Sacred Heart
Eeeeererene
Staples
Lancaster
Asa
White Goods
Petree
A . Es
the People’s Store Co
Bluefield, W
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