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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1912

Page

2

Board Fails to Meet in Gity and Goalfield

Local board members miss yesterday’s session due to city absence and prior meetings leaving little business to transact. Also reports on Jewel Ridge Coal Company appointing Robert Little as mine superintendent and other community notices including church services and a forthcoming memorial service by Odd Fellows.

Board of Affairs Robert Little Raven A. H. Bell Jewel Ridge Coal Company LO. O. F Grace Methodist Church J. B. Simpson Thomas N. Righter Mt. Carmel Jewel Ridge Mine Tazewell County

Advertising praise and want ads overflow in Daily Telegraph

A speaker lauded the Daily Telegraph as a wonderful advertising medium and said he consistently faces an overflow of help when using the paper’s want ad columns.

Daily Telegraph

Sall to Visit Greece for Year with Parents

Will Sall Today will travel from New York to Greece for ten or twelve months to visit his parents. His brother James, who accompanied him, has returned to the city.

Sall John Karlos New York Greece James

OLeary Party Heads to Washington for Colum bus Statue Unveiling

C OLeary and George OLeary depart for Washington to witness the unveiling of the Colum bus statue gifted by the Knights of Columbus. The statue will stand in the park before Union Station as the pair stay through Sunday. The Pocahontas liquor licenses were issued for one year to retail and wholesale sellers of wine beer whiskey and other spirits. Knights Templars elect officers at Bluefield Commandry No 19 with J H Goulchon as eminent commander F S Easley generalissimo A K E Jenkins captain-general K R W Cubbedge treasurer S B Payne secretary J L Young senior warden R C Morrison junior warden and Rev R W Trapnell prelate.

C. O'Leary George O'Leary Washington Columbus Knights of Columbus United States Union Station Mr. O'Leary George Pocahontas Knights Templars Bluefield Commandry Knights Templar J. H. Goulchon

Personal notes from Hartley Sanders and friends visit Bluefield

Princeton resident Hartley Sanders and Branwell visitor G W Siies stayed in the city yesterday. Ruth McGann began a ten day visit to Eggiston relatives. several locals left on trips, including Mrs J W McGann to Eegleston and Mrs D T Whitlock to Christiansburg.

Hartley Sanders Princeton G. W. Siies Branwell T. A. Bradley Misa Ruth McGann Eggieston J. W. McGann Eegleston D. T. Whitlock Ernest Clifton Chistiansbug Mr. Whitlock J. W. Wall KR. G. Garland Rocky Mount, N.C

Free receipt promises cure for weak kidneys

An advertisement offers a free home remedy recipe for kidney troubles. It claims to relieve scorched urine issues and other symptoms within a week, sent by Dr. A E Robinson from Detroit. The offer emphasizes a quick, at home cure with no cost.

A. E. Robinson Luck Building Detroit Mich

Confederate Oration to Memorial at Arlington Cemetery

Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia will deliver an ora tion Sunday at Arlington cemetery during Confederate memorial exercises in the Confederate section. Advertisements promote Chamberlain's Tablets for eased digestion and regular bowels, claiming suitability for middle aged and older people and available from all dealers.

Washington Hoke Smith Georgia Arlington Cemetery Chamberlain

Tax Payers Urged to Settle Beaver Pond District Delinquent Taxes

Notice to tax payers in Beaver Pond District warns that a delinquent list is being prepared and taxes must be paid within a few days or they will be returned delinquent. Deputy K. Fe Carter for I. J. Ellison and S. M. C. are issuing the notice.

Beaver Pond K. FE Carter I. J. Ellison

For Sale Garden Plants and Floral Arrangements

For sale tomato plants of all varieties and peppers and beets at 1.00 per 100. Cabbage plants 50 cents per 100. Also potted plants and cut flowers. Funeral designs and bouquets available. Specialty. Phone 885 South Bluefield Florist. Automobiles for life at No 85 Bland seer. To engage seats ahead he 457.

South Bluefield Florist Tfeimai Automobiles For Life Blandseer

Moonshine Raids Nets Stills and Mash Across Buchanan County

Deputy Collector John D. Dailey and Deputy Marshals Hoover Hawkins and Schraeder raided four illicit stills near the Tazeweil line in Buchanan County. They seized 1,000 gallons of beer and mash, dumped into Dis mal creek and nearby streams. Milton Horne was captured on a whiskey manufacture charge. three others fled. A second raid near Knox Creek reportedly destroyed a still and 1,500 gallons of mash. two mountain girls and their grandmother were linked to the operation but escaped arrest.

John D. Dailey United States W. A. Hawkins F. M. Schraeder Buchanan County Tazeweil Line Milton Horne Knox Creek Virginia

Hats for Matrons Show Elegant Black and White Styles

The article highlights hat designs for older women in black and white, featuring a pliable straw braid crown with a satin ribbon bow, a striped silk crown with braid trim, and a draped velvet and straw turban in nacre colors. Julia Bottomley signs the piece.

Julia Bottomley

West Virginians Are Parties to Big Suit

Nationwide proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission are brought by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore linked to Virginia and West Virginia trade bodies. Defendants include over twenty railroads such as the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio and Southern lines. The suit seeks to secure lower Baltimore to western freight rates amid long standing grievances against railroads and commercial groups of Maryland West Virginia and Virginia.

West Interstate Commerce Commission Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of Baltimore Virginia West Virginia Smong Balti More and Ohio Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Chesapeake and Western Railway Chesapeake &Ohio Central Railway New Jersey Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railwy Company Pennsylvania Norfolk and Western Philadelphia and Reading Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Seaboard Air Line Southwestern Washington Southern Maryland Wheeling and Lake Erie

Thedford's Black-Draught Praised for Digestive Health in Waynesville

In Waynesville North Carolina F R Huffman reports severe heart trouble relieved by Thedford's Black-Draught. He says it cured indigestion and restored health, recommending the remedy as a staple in the home. The ad touts 70 years of use and urges consumers to insist on Thedford's, price two shillings.

Waynesville N.C F.R. Huffman Thedford Thedford’s

Rail rate protests seek 80 percent cap on routes West to Denver and Utah

Trade bodies from New Jersey Delaware New York and New England join Virginia Maryland and West Virginia groups in urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to establish all routes and rates from Baltimore to Denver and Salt Lake City and related Colorado and Utah lines at or below 80 percent of the local or intermediate Baltimore to Colorado and Utah rates. They say current rates harm manufacturers shippers and jobbers in Baltimore West Virginia and Virginia and other territories.

Mississippi River Denver Colorado Salt Lake City Utah Commission West Virginia Virginia Terrtory West Viginia Maryland Baltimore New Jersey Delaware New York New England

Block Game Trial Proceeding Focuses on Bert Franklin

Proceedings in the Darrow trial centered on constructive tactics as defense and prosecution alternated in attempts to elicit new facts from Bert Franklin, who testified on the stand all day during the Los Angeles proceedings.

Los Angeles Darrow Bert Franklin

Riot injures several in Middletown labor clash

In Middletown on June 7, several strikers and policemen were injured in a riot at South Farms mills amid a strike of four hundred workers demanding higher wages. Three arrests were reported, including Mrs. Bentley.

Middletown Conn South Farms Mills

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