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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
2
Notice to Pythians and others. all interested should submit cards to the organizer's secretary at the earliest date to complete arrangements for the new lodge. Also reports on operation of Hugh Spangler Jr and ongoing local projects.
Nelson Youell twenty year old son of Mrs Wm Youell of Norton and nephew of Rice McNutt died at his mother’s home after a long illness. The remains were carried through the city to Lexington Virginia for burial, accompanied by Mrs Youell and her son Livin and by Mr McNutt.
Miss Blanche Miller’s kindergarten and music classes hold closing exercises at Bland Street Methodist Church tonight at 8 p m. The program features the kindergarten’s attraction A Day in Grandmother’s Garden with children in costume. Public invited.
Regular Bluefield Commandery No. 19 conclave to be held in the asylum at 7:30 this evening. Red Cross degree work and annual officer election on the agenda. All Sir Knights urged to attend and visiting Sir Knights welcome. S L Payne recorder.
Mrs. RR. L. Taylor wife of the Baltimore police chief left yesterday for Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment. She was accompanied by her sister Mrs. C I. Stauffer of Roanoke.
The Colored Institute shut its doors on Wednesday and students started departing the city yesterday. About fifty students headed home to coal-field areas on train No 1 yesterday afternoon.
The Bland Street Methodist Church choir will rehearse this Saturday evening at a specified hour due to the sanctuary being used for another event. A full attendance is requested by church officials.
Court action in a condemnation case for the Linefield Prinece ton road selects five freeholders as commissioners to value the land. A Roanoke colored excursion with about eight hundred people visited, attended a ball game, and many stayed a day in the city. Licenses were issued for four marriages. Perry Griffith vs American Coal Company trial continued in circuit court. Two smallpox cases in Roseville prompt quarantine and health measures.
Quoted bank and coal stocks with bids and asks from F M Archer & Co. Field includes First National at several cities, coal firms such as Crystal C C Co and Pocahontas Consolidated, misc companies, and bonds on Hensley Coal. Real estate notes and stock bids solicited for all coal, bank, jobbing and industrial stocks in the section.
Seven hundred dollars has been raised to start the Princeton baseball team. The remainder will be subscribed before the week ends, at which time the team will begin playing.
Visiting attorneys on the circuit court yesterday included W. L. Sexton of Graham Judge H. A. Ritz H. B. Lee L. J. Holland and J. B. Kahle of Bluefield.
Fort Worth reports Judge C. J. Daugherty claiming the mayoralty with a campaign speech in the city hall police court room. The 72 year old, 3 feet 9 inch, 72 pound jurist campaigns on price regulation and other reforms, citing sixteen years as Callahan County judge and six years as Reeves County judge with a “clean record” independent of parties.
Col O Leary arrived from Sumanit City on business. Mrs Mary P Anderson of Bluefield visits son Robert Anderson in the city. Miss Elizabeth O Neil of Bramwell visits Princeton guest Miss Anna Pine. Mrs J H Craft and Mrs Mary H Pearis of the city stay with Mrs H B Barber near Athens. John K Ball visits Bluefield on business yesterday evening.
A physician written freckle treatment is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. The ad touts an ethine preparation, saying early uses fade freckles and lighter spots may vanish. Customers are urged to demand double strength ethine for best results.
William Vernon of Jenkin Jones was arrested for disorderly conduct and shooting at Bert Hoelworts house. He was jailed in Anawalt where the jail caught fire at 11:50 pm, killing Vernon who appeared to have started the blaze. He was white, about thirty, survived by a widow, and his burial was arranged with J. W. Luther and shipped to Marion, Virginia.
Mrs Bernard O Swope entertained at an auction bridge luncheon from 10 a m to 5 p m for Mrs James William Overstreet of Bluefield the guests enjoyed porch tables fruit punch in the dining room and a five course lunch with cards played until 1 oclock Music was provided in the drawing room by Mrs Frame and others Favors were small card shaped candy boxes Guests listed include Mrs Overstreet Mrs Wilcox Mrs Frame and many others The city council met Wednesday approving sewer work by Kelly Brothers and discussing Maple avenue paving and sewering.
Preparations are completed for the county Sunday schools annual convention to be held here starting Wednesday at 10 o clock. An invitation is extended to all interested in Sunday school work in the region and visitors are hoped for June 10 as the convention opens. the session lasts only one day.
R L Johnson of Anawalt visited town yesterday. Mrs. Sam G Walker returned from Roanoke after attending the Virginia College commencement where her daughter Miss Margaret Walker studies. Miss Rose Bernheim and Mrs Marjorie Terry came back from Bramwell with Misses Charlotte and Caroline Perry. Mrs Harry J Brook entered Miners Hospital for surgical treatment. Mr and Mrs P Grady and Miss Gallagher of Roderfield were visitors yesterday.
The West Virginia Medical Society colored met in the Hippodrome at Keystone with about thirty physicians dentists and pharmacists present plus visitors including Dr Hicks Miners Hospital Welch Dr W B Stevens Kimball and Dr S L Carson Freedmen's Hospital Washington Dr RC Harrison Kimball presided and gave a notable address Ten new members were enrolled Papers on diphtheria diagnosis and treatment were read with discussion by Dr W R Hoiley Bramwell and Dr W R Franklin Hunt
Proceedings feature papers on cholera infantum pulmonary tuberculosis and gall stones with discussions by doctors from Huntington Bluefield Keystone Charleston and Welch. Officers named include President W H A Barrett and Secretary R L Jones. honorary member S L Carson of Washington and a public meeting with oral hygiene discourse and a smoker reception.
John J. Lamanea, an Italian interpreter from this city, returned with Patsy Mongureca, held on a federal white slave charge before Commissioner J. R. Dill ard. Bail was fixed at $5,000 secured by Steve and Marie Romeo. Mongureca allegedly brought Mary Mayo from Buffalo to the state and placed her in a house of ill fame. authorities say he bought her from a trafficker. Mongureca will travel to Charleston and Maybeury with Lamanea.
A boastful pitch extols GETS-IT as the slash sharp corn cure, promising rapid relief after a single squeeze and playfully claiming unprecedented effectiveness. The ad emphasizes ease of use and zesty marketing flair.
A trustee sale is set for June 15 in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia to satisfy a $500 debt secured by a deed of trust dated April 1907. The property lies on Bland Street near Samuel Terry land and was previously conveyed to Nannie Lambert and later to Ella Seals. Terms require cash on day of sale.
Mercer Healing Springs hotel opens the regular summer season on June 12 with improvements including a bath house, a double bowling alley, and enhanced tennis and croquet grounds. Alumni from Concord normal plan a banquet June 10 at the springs, with visitors from Bluefield and coalfields drawn to the restful resort. Write R G Meador Athens WV for a booklet with details and rates.
An advertisement touts RHEMA to quickly remove disease causes by flushing toxins from kidneys bowels liver and skin. A testimonial from Prof. C J Budlong of Sound View Conn notes full cure after using RHEUMA. The product is sold by White Pharmacy South Side Pharmacy and a local sale at Woman's Specialty Store start date not specified.
Draper North Carolina Mrs Helen Dalton recounts years of left side pain and near deaths from smothering asserts Cardui the womans tonic eased her condition and cured many friends She urges other women to try Cardui as a trusted medicine and to request home treatment for women from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies Advisory Capt Chattanooga TeAn NG 126
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