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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
6
A description of breakfast sets featuring linen damask cloths and napkins in green red pink and yellow with hemstitching and embroideries. New table cloth designs include Belgian double damask Irish linen with decorative borders. Show towels use heavy Irish linen with floral embroidery and damask borders. Guest towels match show towels and accompany them.
Boots for tramping should be scrubbed with English harness soap and coated with two layers of waterproofing oil to stay soft after soaking. Buying should favor slightly wider or longer ready made shoes for summer comfort and to reduce stocking wear.
Mastin's Pharmacy in the Elks Building advertises a German appendix remedy called cimrle buckthorn bark glycerine Adler i ka for constipation sour stomach and gas. A single dose is claimed to bring almost instant relief by antisepticizing digestive organs and drawing out impurities.
On Mercer street two white men Frank Ross and Mike Reed shared a bed at the Princeton Hotel when Reed slipped from the bed and stole $20 from Ross. Reed fled toward Ingleside but was captured by Officer Lewis Hall and jailed by Mayor Pennington for the July grand jury.
Dr H D Hatfield carried Bluefield by 839 over Dillon and Swisher. Hatfield total 1 006, Dillon 116, Swisher 51. Auditor John Daret and other officials faced mixed returns. Beaver Pond precincts yet to hear. Also reports indicating travels of local residents to WA convention and visits to relatives in North and South Carolina.
Licenses issued Tuesday by the county court clerk list couples H K Moore 26 and Eunice Gilbert 21 both of Bluefield Arthur W Gibbers on 27 of Bluefield and Delia M Ayers 18 of Brush Fork Grandy Gilmer 29 of Matoaka and Nettie Peck 25 of Athens.
In Athens the Athens team defeated a Princeton mixed nine by 4 to 3 after nine innings. Osborne and McComas pitched for Athens while Finshin Winz Enirth and McCoy worked the Princeton battery. Local election news reports 507 Republican votes cast across two precincts with strong GOP support for the upcoming regular election. Community members, movers and visitors are noted including L L Holland, L M Pendleton, Frank Priddy Sr and Jr, A F Mastin, Miss Nixon, Miss May Slaven, Mrs. J E Wilkinson and Annie, plus updates on Uncle Jim Hearn and Dr D W McClaugherty.
Autos For Hire ree 700 at The Bluefield Garage indicates rental or service listings. Details remain unclear due to OCR garble but center on vehicle rental or sales activity at a Bluefield location.
In a gym contest Plymouth Mets faced Swisher with key contributions from Goodykoontz and Woods leading a high scoring affair. Dillon and Hughes added steady points as Calfee and Lilly traded baskets for Coburn-Hatfield.
Hatfield leads with 167 as Swisher 19 and Maynard 94 trail. Dillon pushes 147 while Hughes posts 84 and Goodykoontz 176. Other scores include Dillard 16 Woods 228 Lilly 228 Calfee 167 Hunt 103.
The article lists several local visitors and travelers from Rossville Georgia to Williamson West Virginia visiting or traveling through the city. It notes Mrs C J Redman going to Thurmond as a guest of the Stains and other guests of the Reynolds on Wyoming Street. It mentions Frank Baylor from Emory and Henry College en route to Graham. The Fuller couple heads to New York for a board meeting. Hooper travels to Petersburg after a death, with burial in Farmville. Irene Cowling returns from Princeton visiting Grace Burgess. Ruth Bowman goes to Richmond with her father E L Bowman. R C Berry family also depart for Richmond.
In Chicago on June 5 the Republican national committee prepares to open hearings on a large number of delegate contests. The committee acts as a temporary roll for the convention, with attorneys and witnesses. decisions are final with no appeal. Key figures include ex Senator Charles Dick for Taft and Ormsby McHarg for Roosevelt along with Dixon and McKinley managing campaigns.
Bad Axe Michigan. Dr Robert MacGregor found guilty of first degree murder in the Syr Sparling case by the jury after late tonight verdict.
New York June 6 The waiter and cook strike widened to engineers firemen and electricians in hotels with ten engineers from Hotel Netherlands walking out and about five thousand workers now on strike.
An advertisement touts Begg's Mustarine as a universal remedy for sore muscles strains and stiffness among baseball players. It claims quick relief for earache toothache headache neuralgia swollen joints and more with no blistering and a price of 25 cents a box at the White Pharmacy.
In Newark New Jersey on June 5 a street clash between 160 striking laborers and police left six shot and many wounded. Five strikers one officer and a citizen were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
Boston officials commuted the death sentence of Mrs Lena Cusumano for the murder of her husband Frank to life imprisonment. She had previously claimed Enrico Mascioli killed her husband and later said Mascioli declared himself head of her group, with Mascioli facing execution by electric chair.
After talks at the White House between President Taft and Secretary Knox the government announced it would immediately dispatch four American battleships to Cuban waters. The move follows tensions in the Caribbean region and aims to project U S naval strength.
Washington June 5 The House passed a bill by Foster Illinois extending the authority of the federal bureau of mines beyond coal to slate granite and other earth products, aiming to curtail heavy loss of life in mining. The bureau previously governed coal mines only.
Across the circuit, Philadelphia and St Louis split while New York routs Cincinnati and Brooklyn falls to Chicago. Boston beats Detroit as Pittsburgh and St Louis post varied scores with multiple pitchers named.
To prepare for hot months, examine last year's shoes, clean and preserve leather, and have a cobbler repair soles, lifts, buttons, and chafed seams. Add ribbons, lacing, then tree and polish each pair to protect from dust and damp.
Instruction on mending dresses with patches, stressing matching weave and colors. For striped or plaid fabrics align patterns. If patch color differs, fade new material to match the dress, then place patch beneath the tear. Damp and press patch from the wrong side to conceal repairs.
Footwear endorsed by Paris dominates the season with white boots paired to white costumes. High topped boots fit the ankle, making the foot look trim. Flesh-tinted stockings accompany buttoned boots while black stockings suit black slippers. A gun metal colonial pump with a curved buckle is a new piazza and country wear model.
Advertisements of a like character will work while you sleep and do not sleep be inserted in this column for one cent a word each insertion. Cash in advance will be required. The price of any ed can easily be ascertained by all advertisers. Signatures will be counted as part of the ad.
From Jonesboro Arkansas Mrs A McGill reports a total health break down previously and credits Cardul with restoring strength and ability to work. The testimonial claims headaches backaches and crying spells ceased after taking Cardul and urges others to try the tonic. The ad notes a 64 page book and further information by mail.
Lot 1 in Block C of Ruffner Brothers addition with adjoining five foot strip and Lot 16 in the same block in Charleston West Virginia sold by Fidelity Banking and Trust Co. to Joseph M. Sandes. Auction Thursday June 6 1912 at 5 pm in front of the bank building. Cash 500 with balance within 30 days. bids under 5200 may be rejected. For details contact L Williams Receiver Bluefield WV.
Fine Bedding Planta requested by Fallon Florist Roanoke Virginia. Shipments prompt for stock list and supply. 18t indicates catalog or lot reference.
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