Local ticket listings for county races announced
The notice lists candidates for multiple offices including Congress Jas. A. Hughes Cabell for Congress Protection of state judges Ira Be Robinson W N Miller L J Williams for Court of Appeals State Senate L W Holmes Summers Sheriff I J Ellison House W P Haw ley R C Lilly Prosecuting Attorney A M Sutton Clerk Circuit Court H B Honaker Clerk County Court E L Bowman Commissioner County Court Davis Thorn Assessor Geo P Hylton Surveyor Forest Walker Justices of the Peace E P God bey J L Kersey Member Board of Education G A Shirey Constables W H Pennington F C Haley.
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Congress
Taft Memorial Day Speech Defended Against Attacks
The article defends Tafts Memorial Day address as a beautiful tribute to a departed hero and rejects unfounded criticism. It notes possible misreading of one paragraph and hints at political motives behind the protest. A Fourth of July warning is implied for Porto Rican delegates arriving for the Denver convention.
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Taft
Denver
Brave New Experiment Inoculates Man For TB Study
Frank Merritt of New York allows his physician to inoculate him with tuberculosis germs to study the disease ahead of symptoms. The plan, while risky, could yield early detection benefits or fatal progression, but Merritt earns a place in medical science records regardless of outcome.
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Frank Merritt
New Yorker
Mr. Merritt
Merritt
The Tipping Nuisance Across Nations and Nations
The piece argues tipping has spread globally from restaurants to private homes and estates, boosting costs and downgrading manners. It notes higher tips push wages down, create priced services, and may become a permanent, universally applied gratuity system.
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Candidates Column Announces Candidacies in Mercer County
Justice of the Peace candidate M B Postlewaite seeks Democratic convention support. Another entry announces a candidacy for clerk of Mercer County Court and asks party friends for support at the convention and election.
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Justice of the Peace
Mercer County
Naliea
Uncertain Official Counts in State Offices and National News
Cooke and Comptroller General Wright with other state officers except prison commissioner face an uncertain result from the official count. The governor race unofficial tally may align closely with the official one. Also a Korea insurrection suppression drive is underway with 69 engagements in nine days, 872 insurgent deaths, and numerous prisoners. A Berlin report says Prince Zueulerberg’s perjury inquiry led to dismissal from offices. New York reports a Gillette perjury conviction overturned on appeal after a six month sentence. Des Moines notes Klider Early of Penn Laird Va elected moderator of the German Baptist Brethren conference. Stock ads offer safe investments through J. Frank Maynard. sale notices list shares in Bluefield’s South West Virginia Fuel Co.
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Klider Early
Penn Laird
German Baptist Brethren
Dunker
Helena Flood Reopens Old Rails After Heavy Rain
In Helena Montana last week heavy rains caused the greatest railroad blockade in state history. Streets flooded and railroad tracks washed out around the city, disrupting lines and traffic as repairs begin after the downpour.
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Montana
Baseball scores from Virginia League and national games
Roanoke 4 Lynchburg 1 Richmond 0 Norfolk 5 Portsmouth 0 Danville 0 in twelve innings Darkness National NY 2 St Louis 4 Brooklyn 1 Cincinnati 4 Boston 2 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburg 1 American Chicago 2 Washington 1 St Louis Philadelphia Rain Detroit 8 Boston Cleveland 6 New York 4. Telephone 254 for ice cream delivered for Sunday's dinner Homer s Confectionery 119 Princeton avenue
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Brown Defeats Smith in Georgia Democratic Primary
Early returns from Georgia show Joseph M. Brown leading Hoke Smith for governor by a little over 14,000 votes with a few counties still to hear. The results suggest Brown’s margin will stand, with unconfirmed races for full and unexpired railroad commissioner terms. Most incumbents were reelected. B. Lewis of the third district was in doubt, while Clay, Hart, and the secretary of state ran unopposed.
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United States
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Hart
Knights of Pythias Meet At Castle Hall Monday
Bluefield Lodge No.153 Knights of Pythias convenes every Monday at 8:00 p m in their Castle Hall Old Masonic Hall Visitors welcome to each convocation.
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Bids Wanted for County Road Grading and Macadamizing
Mercer County calls for sealed bids to grade and macadam 24.4 miles of road from Princeton Avenue eastern Bluefield to Stoney Ridge toward Princeton. Bids opened June 1 1908 with a $100 certified check per bid. Committee Bailey Kelley Coffman may reject any or all bids. If awarded, bidder is ex-
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Stoney Ridge
Princeton
W. Va
Mercer County
K. W W. Bailey
P. J. Kelley
W. H. Coffman
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