Personal notices and brief city happenings
Dr H C Goings of Thacker visits Bluefield and J W York mayor of Kenova tours the city. Miss Lula Gwyn of Bramwell visits. Mary Hipkins Godwin of Fincastle arrives to stay with the McDowells. Y M C A speaker W B Lyons on honesty. Lutheran Church services led by Rev P Koon. Upcoming June 14 corner stone for Williamson county court house. Blind Tom appear at Y M C A hall Wednesday night with tickets selling fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. York
Kenova
Bluefield
Lula Gwyn
Bramwell
W. 5. Foutz
Mary Hipkins Godwin
Fincastle
McDowell
Mercer Street
Lyons
Pocahontas Y. M. C. A
Lutheran Church
P. Koon
Imararge
Ursis
Eula Wall Wysor
Michael J. Weysor
Robert B. McNutt
Princeton
W. Va
Williamson
Masonsic
Mingo
Blind Tom
Tom
Great Western Mfg Co Offers $22 Weekly for Salesmen
Advertisement notes $22 weekly plus expenses for men to sell specialty goods for Great Western Mfg Co based in Davenport Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Mfg Co
Davenpnit
Iowa
Nocona Attorney Credits Kodol Cure for Dyspepsia
Geo S Marsh recalls severe digestive illness described as dyspepsia and says he found immediate relief after using Kodol. He states after several bottles he is well and notes Kodol digests any food. Sold by J L Crockett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. S. Marsh
Nocona
Texas
J. L. Crockett
Electric Bitters Praised By Champ Clark As Remedy
Champ Clark of Missouri credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health after overwork nervous tension and sleeplessness. He says three bottles cured his collapse and calls it the best all round medicine. Sold by druggists with a four cent guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Missouri
Senate Chaplain Milburn Clarifies Who Receives Prayers
Washington correspondent recalls a dispute in a senate prayer where Dr Milburn the blind chaplain said all reporters were meant and needed prayer. The tale shows chaplains can revise prayers like senators revise speeches, echoing a 1873 episode when vice president Henry Wilson was briefly omitted in a prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia Record
Senate
Milburn
Congress
Congressional Record
Sunderland
Henry Wilson
United States
No Head at That Price Mrs Astor Tells a Clever Retort
Mrs William Astor recalls a tale of her coachman James who, after a careless Central Park ride, quips that if he had any head he would not be working for her at 35 dollars a month. The humorous exchange ends with Mrs Astor returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Astor
Central Park
James
New York Times
Stevenson burns misaddressed autograph letter in Samoa
A tale recalls Robert Louis Stevenson’s distaste for misspellings of his name. An admirer in Samoa sent praise addressed to R. L. Stephenson, which provoked Stevenson to exclaim and cast the envelope into the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaina
Bramwell
Cambridge
Johnson
Brother
Battery
Willis
Cooper
Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
R. L. Stephenson
Stephenee
Stephen Son
He Didn't Have to Kneel Down
Flora and Horace exchange a ring in a sudden, romantic moment. Flora questions if the ring is for her as they acknowledge her being a lady. The Chelsea Gazette from Chelsea Massachusetts records this lighthearted scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Horace
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Pedigo
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
Bland Street
Bluefield, W. Va
R. A. Lacy
Remington Standard
Hartford
Edison
P.O
Porter, Tobacco
Abe
Thornton’s
Strauss Bros
Chicago
Manhattan
H. C. Goings
Thacker
City
T. B. McCue
Wayne
Prof
J. B. McCue
Bluefield Safe Co
B. M. Wooley
Atlanta, Ga
Huyler
R.G. Bryant
Bramwell, W. Va
Phone
Gold Dust Twins
K. Fairbank Company
Boston
St. Louis
AL Fairy Soap
Dr. Milburn
Mebane’s
Jewelers
The
State Bank
W. S. Crockett, F. D
Undertaker
More
Manhatan
Madras
Shelton & Jordan
Men’s Furnishers
Dunlap Hats
Saaron
Thia
E. E. Carter
J.N. Echols
Mercer Merchandise Co
West End Department Store
Bluefield Ave
White Goods
Millinery Department
Bluefield Mercantile Company
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