Call for Mercer County Republican Convention 1906
A mass convention of the Republican party of Mercer County West Virginia is called to meet June 20 1906 at Bluefield. The agenda includes nominating county officers including judge and superintendent, electing delegates to state and district conventions, appointing county officers and executive committee, and nominating candidates for vacancies. Crockett chairs with secretary Evions.
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Republicana
Mercer County
West Virginia
Blue Beld
Mercer
Said
House of Delegates
Republican Central
Executive Committee
Virginia
Bluefield Brewing Company
Bluefield
W. Vua
Rank
Bluefield Brewing
Frank Husband
Weathered talk on tariffs and forecasts in old satire
A clipped parade of political quips sketches Bryan and Rockefeller, noting salary cuts and price policy proposals. The piece imagines weather forecasts stamped on letters and daily farmer correspondence, while referencing layoffs, opposition, and international monarchies in a satirical mood.
Bluefield’s Water Supply Unexcelled
Bluefield owns nearly all major springs feeding its water system. Jewell Ada and Wilson springs provide about five and a half million gallons. The total capacity exceeds a half million gallons in drought, securing Bluefield’s water future as a leading Southern West Virginia city.
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Bluefield
Jewell
Ada
Wilson
United States
West Virginia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offer and Claims
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease and promises to pay one hundred dollars if it fails. The notice urges readers to send for testimonials and lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as makers. It also touts Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Doilara
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
National Pike from Atlantic to Pacific
The old National Pike or Cumberland Road, historic as a buffalo trail, is eyed for reconstruction as a modern boulevard from Baltimore to Washington and beyond. Efforts follow Maryland's session adoption and a Southern Automobile Association convention plan to revive the route toward Jacksonville.
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America
Appalachians
Old Cumberland Trail
Old Cumberland
Washington
Braddock
Jefferson
Wheeling
St. Louis
Southern Automobile Associations
Jacksonville
New York Sun
Heidric Bitters Promised To Cure Diverse Ailments
An advertisement touts Heidric Bitters as a great restorative medicine for serpent bites digestive ailments and liver disorders. It claims to restore health after years of dyspepsia and torpid liver with testimonials from A Brown of Bennettsville SC and lists cures for chills fever malaria biliousness back pain kidney and bladder troubles with a 50 cent to 50 cent price range and a guaranteed sale through druggists.
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India
Bennettsville
S. S. Ball
Ravenswood
W. Va
O. Dewitt & CO
Woman fears wrinkles then peace with Rocky Mountain Tea
A humorous ad promises relief from worry about wrinkles with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It claims the user will have a bright smiling face after use. Available for 35 cents as Tea or Tablets behind the Drug Co. in Bluefield, Virginia, with sellers W Peters Preston VA and Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co. in Coopers, West Virginia.
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Hollister
Drug Co
Bluefield
W. Peters
Preutia W. Va
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company
Coopers, W. Va
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Bland Street
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Pacific
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Windsor Hotel
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Cohen
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Land St
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Pioneer Real Estate
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Roanoke
T. T. Carter
Laguras
Livefield
Victor Safe & Lock CO
Cincinnati
Bluefield Mechandise
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Booker & Co
Princeton Ave
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J. D. Shott
Keystone Hotel
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