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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1913
Page
4
The editorial urges businesslike city governance and social programs for a June birthday holiday, celebrates mayoral appointments as prudent, notes sobriety among leaders like Wilson Bryan Roosevelt, and quips about political names amid a Tennessee joke on Cole Blease’s pardon record.
Questioning the need to teach women to talk, the Knickerbocker Press asks quizzical queries about a forthcoming Chicago suffragette oratory school. It mocks wartime reporting exile and notes concerns over Balkan conflicts and war correspondents’ futures.
City officials announce plans to expand pensions to every New York City employee. The proposal aims to secure retirement benefits for current workers and future hires, signaling broad coverage across departments and agencies.
Chester Vest arrived by train with two bullet wounds in his right leg and a knife wound in his left leg after a Friday altercation on Cheat Mountain. He said he and his brother R L Vest and two others, all employed by H R Rush, argued over a poker pot and he swung a club, triggering a clash with two men.
Chester West was shot in the leg and stabbed in the throat area during an altercation with an assailant after a poker game. West fled to Matoaka, boarded a train to Roanoke, and received a telegram from his brother about meeting there. The condition of his brother and identities of the other players were not disclosed.
Mrs Mary MacMullen Judge Hudson dies at 922 Bluefield Ave after months of illness and a fall. Born April 5 1834 in Mason County she married twice and had two children Edwin L Hudson and Rose Hudson Barnes. Funeral Monday 2:30 pm at 922 Bluefield Ave with Maple Hill Cemetery interment.
Kr Peters, manager, announces Eggleston Springs Hotel is new and furnished, open for guests with weekly rates from nine to fifteen dollars. Accessible via Norfolk and Western and Virginian railways, the resort offers boating, bathing, fishing, tennis, bowling, and dancing, with telephone and post office nearby.
Harry Burke was arrested by Officer Sturdivant last night and found with a pair of molar forceps like those used by Bluefield dentists. He claimed to have found them on the street, but the loss may concern a local dentist.
Phoebe Needles seven, child of Mr and Mrs A C Needles formerly of Suefield, died Friday night at home in Roanoke after short illness with meningitis. Body sent to Baltimore for interment yesterday afternoon.
Rev S W Moore pastor of the Presbyterian church will deliver the opening sermon of the twelfth annual Montg omery Presbytery meeting at Radford at 8 p m June 10. The presbytery will convene Tuesday and continue through Friday.
Petition in the Southern District of West Virginia by C. O. Floyd of Bluefield seeking discharge from debts after bankruptcy. Court orders a hearing for July 6, 1913, with notice by publication in the Daily Telegraph and mail to known creditors.
A Friday night charity concert at the Pocahontas opera house raised funds for the Catholic church. The program featured piano solos, violin pieces, vocal duets and choruses under the direction of Charles J. Shatner and Joseph N Moos, drawing a large audience and many encores. Also noted were two birthday parties for local youths with several friends attending and sharing games and evening revels.
Trial of those tied to the Fidelity Bank failure will be heard in Hinton on June 16. A large number of Bluefield residents will testify and likely travel by automobile Sunday afternoon.
Washington reports the president has almost chosen Princeton professor Henry Ford for governor general of the Philippines and he is expected to assume the post this fall.
William Save, accused of killing James McNair a ticket agent, remains at large after detectives and railroad officers conduct an all night hunt through Pittsburg Pennsylvania on June 7.
Pocahontas Masons attended a Bramwell Masonic Lodge communication on Thursday night where the Master Mason's degree was conferred and refreshments served. After the meeting they walked home, reaching Pocahontas shortly after midnight and expressing pleasure with Bramwell hospitality. W. H. Watters buys Pocahontas Hardware Company's business and building and will reside upstairs. The Tabors plan to move to a Blue Stone farm.
Buffalo Bill Cody is in grave condition after falling ill yesterday in Knoxville Tennessee. Col. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, remains critically ill as of June 7.
Neither the House nor the Senate met on this day in Washington. No legislative actions or discussions were recorded, and activities across the two chambers were suspended.
A London Telegraph quip notes a daughter marrying a young man named Bell. The round-faced father predicts his name will echo through time as his son-in-law.
The Sandwich or Tiawakiian Islands cover roughly the same total area as the state of New Jersey.
M Graham of Graham visited Pocahontas this week for business. Miss Lillian Hensley returns from Bristol after attending the Virginia Institute commencement. I McG Phelps returns from Richmond where he attended the Medical College of Virginia commencement. His son Dr Edwin Phelps graduated in pharmacy there. Mr and Mrs Abe Hogan, after attending the Medical College of Virginia commencement in Richmond for their son Dr M L Sowers, return to Pocahontas. Pocahontas people regret to jose Joshua Acton Landon and family.
Dr. Landon has purchased a drug store at Buena Vista and plans to relocate there around mid month. John 8 Richardson of Graham visited Pocahontas on business and Mrs Schon Baach departed for Washington DC due to her sister Miss Hattie Lyon’s illness. George S Landon also visited Pocahontas on business this week.
The article details how Yellowstone National Park earned the name “John Colter’s Hell” from Colter’s 1806 escape narrative while with the Lewis and Clark expedition. It notes initial disbelief in St Louis until Bridger later confirmed the fiery vents and boiling waters, solidifying the tale in local lore.
The text recounts Sultan Abdul Aziz of Turkey facing a Koranic rule that forbids leaving the realm. Seeking to attend Napoleon III's Paris Exposition in 1867, he adopts a sword laden ruse to visit Paris while maintaining nominal harmony with the law. After a brief stay, he returns to Turkey and restores France to Napoleon.
A lighthearted conversation about new residents named Gim pus unfolds, noting the husband’s office job downtown the wife’s music lessons their dining outings twice weekly washing away from home and recent plumbing repairs. The snippet mimics a typical newspaper chat.
A Boston Herald tale recounts Rev. Charles Kingsley hiding pipes around his parish for sudden urges to smoke. While walking with Benson he admitted the need and retrieved a pipe from a furze bush, then smoked it and replaced it in a hollow tree.
A闲 tale from the Chicago News notes a near relative joke as Daisy and her brother tease about hair similarity. The exchange reveals family affection and casual humor within a household.
A brief quoted exchange centers on uplift and language shift from farming to agriculture, attributed to Mr Corn tessel. The Washington Star is cited as the source of the quote about how speech shifts reflect attitudes toward farming.
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