Four Big Civil Cases Set for This Week in Charleston
Federal court convened in Charleston with Judge Keller presiding and 150 witnesses summoned for a grand jury. Post office robbery and illicit liquor cases will be heard while the Ullman and Saeger coal land suit before Judge Goff faces long delays from a prior trial.
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Charleston
Keller
Greenbrier Coal and Coke Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Ullman & Saeger
Flat Top Coal Land Association
Pocahontas
Nathan Goff
United States Court of Appeals
John J. Jackson
State Banking Commissioner Enforces Building and Loan Law
State Banking Commissioner W. Matthews has begun applying the new building and loan law that took effect May 24. Supervisory duties now include annual examinations of 54 associations, with foreign entities needing a certificate to operate in the state. The law, enacted Feb 24 1905, followed past booms and a panic that reduced associations.
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W. Matthews
Low Rates to the Confederate Reunion
The Norfolk and Western offers reduced round trip tickets to Loninville for the Confederate Veterans Reunion, June 14 to 16. Fares from Blaefield Bramwell Tazewell Pocahontas Welch are 8.25 dollars, Pearlsburg 9.00. Tickets on sale June 10 to 18, valid until June 19, with a 50 cent extension option to July 10 via Louisville coupon deposit.
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Norfolk and Western
Loninville
Blaefield
Bramwell
Tazewell
Pocahontas
Welch
Pearlsburg
Louisville
Pajamas Honor Japanese Ancestors Win at Truly Metropolitan
A fashion note celebrates nightwear for gentlemen at the Truly Metropolitan, praising pajamas as echoing traditional Japanese ancestors and marking a stylish victory in sleepwear.
Personal notices and brief reports fill local page
M Legum leaves today for Roanoke. A Lanter visits Pocahontas and Bruner trips to Eckman. William Henry of Keystone visits Bluefield, Ms M Smith to Charleston on business, Sol Miller from Pocahontas to Bluefield. Ed Johnson of Gary shot a suspect resisting arrest. Sammie Hatcher returns home. Mrs P D Rice returns from Norfolk. Mystic Circle members urged to attend Red Men's Hall. Mrs D B Baldwin returns from Florida. Dr J H Hare Jr and bride return from Baltimore and Eastern Virginia. Mrs W L Wade and daughter Hattie visit in city. J E Baylor of Graham and John L Crockett of Bluefield leave for Craig Healing Springs. Bluefield Choral Society performs Pinafore. Mrs M Rosenberg and sister Jeanette Salny attend Mica Kwass and Harry Show wedding in Pocahontas. Special memorial services by Odd Fellows at Grace Methodist Church. sermon by Rev W G Walters. All Odd Fellows to meet at B L EB Hall then march to church.
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Odd Fellows
Grace Methodist Church
Eymon
W. G. Walters
The
Christian Church
B. L. EB. Hall
Blue Ribbon Lemon and Vanilla Extracts Endorsement
An ad praising Blane Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts claims none better, urging readers to ask their grocer for Blue Ribbon flavors. The text touts their capacity to take less and flavor perfectly.
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Blue Ribbon
Les
Passengers Delayed as Work Train Wreck Impacts No 26
Clinch Valley Passenger No 26 failed to reach Bluefield by 8 p m yesterday due to a work train wreck at St Paul delaying the service yesterday morning.
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Clinch Valley
Bluefield
St. Paul
Revival of Hazel Kirke to Return at Madison Square Theatre
Arrangements completed for a revival of the Madison Square Theatre hit Hazel Kirke with Miss Effie Ellsler in the title role. Jules Marry has secured absolute rights to the play from A. M. Palmer estate for next season.
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Jules Marry
Madison Square Theatre
Hazel Kirke
Effie Ellsler
Mr. Marry
A. M. Palmer
Bride and Groom Visit World’s Fair After Tazewell Wedding
Mr W Jefferson Gillespie and Miss Grace Crockett wed at Tazewell yesterday. The couple, accompanied by Misses Nanda Gillespie and Alice Hopkins and Mesers E L Greever and R O Crockett, left on No 8 for Portland to view the Lewis and Clark exposition.
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W. Jefferson Gillespie
Grace Crockett
Tazewell
Nanda Gillespie
Alice Hopkins
Mesers
E. L. Greever
R. O. Crockett
Portland
Wealthy Colored Man Attends Graduation Exercises
Truxton B. Warren, a wealthy and prominent colored citizen of Tazewell, attends the closing exercises of the Bluefield Colored Institute where his son graduates this year.
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Truxton B. Warren
Tazewell
Bluefield Colored Institute
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Prigigem
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
West VA
Bluefield Book & Stationery
Bluefield Book & Stationery Co
Jwest Virginia
Federal Court
Building and Loan Association Status
M. Legum
Roanoke
A. Lanter
B. B. Bruner
Eckman
William Henry
Keystone
Ms. M. Smith
Sol Miller
Ed Johnson
Gary
Sammie Hatcher
P. D. Rice
Norfolk
Fraternal
Mystic Circle
Red Men’s Hall
D. B Baldwin
Florida
J. H. Hare, Jr
Bride
Baltimore
Virginia
Messrs
J. E. Baylor
Graham
John L. Crockett
Craig Healing Springs
M. Rosenberg
Jeanette L. Salny
No. 1
Mica Bessie Kwass
M. Kwass
Harry Show
Michigan
Ind
Velrifutilare
T. E
Schnurnan
Bluefield, W. VA
New York
Shelton & Jordan
Bluefield Mercantile
Panama
Lawns and Battiste
Mother
Miss
Little Mite
Ladies
Oxford
Ziegler
Wanamakies
Lexus
Millinery Department
Gent’s Furnishings
Bluefield Mercantile Co
W.R. Hancock
Bluefield, W.va
Bluefield Mose. Exchange
Bluefield Moose
Exchange
Kelly Building
Raleigh Street
West Virginia
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