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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
2
Advertisements urge ready planning for leisure trips while multiple local items report on a saloon altercation arrest, a Young Women's Christian Association delegate, macadam work on Oakhurst streets, a Modern Woodmen lodge charter, a Baltimore wedding trip, extended Moose carnival dates, a school address by Rev. S W Moore, and Regent G A Northcott visiting the colored institute.
Members of the Royal Ambassadors Society of the First Baptist Church led by Rev. H. S. Mabie departed yesterday for a camping trip at Wolf Creek in Bland County Virginia. The party includes Karl Layne Dewey Wood Raymond Fleshman Edwin Fleshman Davenport Jones Chester Davis Roy Mowles and Harry Moore.
Will Mitchell, a barber at the Matz shop on Raleigh Street, was held for the grand jury after creating a sensation on Raleigh Street Tuesday.
Bland Street Epworth League will hold its regular monthly meeting in the ladies parlor at 8 o clock this evening. A good attendance is expected. Mrs. Mary P. Anderson has purchased the G W Perkins home on Oakhurst avenue and moved in yesterday. The merchants rest room is open daily except Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm. Ladies are invited to use it. The colored Rexall team defeated Gary 18 to 17 at local grounds yesterday afternoon. Dr J J Goodwill moved his offices to 433 Princeton avenue from Union Bank and Trust Co Bluefield. Ross Kahle moved to rooms 507 508 509 Law and Commerce building. 25 000 Killarney roses and 10 000 rope plants available for June. Fallon florist Roanoke Va. Tax notices urge immediate payment to avoid delinquency. E B Carter deputy sheriff. 6-1-51-eod.
Heavy rain caused a major washout on the Shenandoah Valley division between Shenandoah and Basic City. The damage halted traffic between Roanoke and Hagerstown with trains detoured via alternate routes and Train No. 1 split into two sections to maintain service.
A party of Roanoke business and railroad leaders plus Sunset Magazine writer Alexander Powell toured the coalfields with General Superintendent W. J. Jenks. Participants included I. W. Hancock, KE. L. Btone, F. Hi. LaBaume, and B. C. Banks. They visited Appalachia dams on New River, Pulas ki and Wytheville, then toured Bluefield with locals. Powell plans material for a booklet on the region.
A Lynchburg complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission accuses Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio railways of charging excessive coal freight rates from the Pocahontas and New River districts. The case seeks a new maximum rate and refunds of overcharges, with Lynchburg Cotton Mill Co. named as plaintiff and local lawyers listed.
A new scout master will take over to replace Mr Binkley who departs today for his home. Binkley has taught in the high school and has not decided if he will return next year.
An ad promotes Samose as a flesh forming food for pale thin individuals. It claims Samose aids digestion and assimilation to restore strength and rosy cheeks, appealing to both women and men seeking health. Druggist Goodykoonts offers to pay for the treatment if results are unsatisfactory.
Rosa Boyd Stafford was awarded legal custody of William Boyd, four, after a dispute with his foster mother Eliza Sexton of Graham. Judge I C Herndon heard the case in circuit court. decision delivered after Monday's hearing in Sanders and Crockett offices.
S Kandylius of Busy Bee Restaurant was arraigned before Squire Chambers on the Hartley cigarette law charge. He was convicted and fined the maximum five dollars plus costs. He is nineteen, charged with smoking and possession of cigarettes and named the source of his smoking material.
The defendant pleaded that the minor received cigarettes before the Hartley law took effect. He sustained the plea and the charge was dismissed. This marked the second Hartley law violation tried in this jurisdiction.
In 1886 Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co Toledo that the firm will pay 100 dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. He notes testimonials available and lists distribution via J Cheney & Co Toledo and druggists.
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