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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1903
Page
4
Public notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists advertising rates furnished on application. Post Office publication details show second class mail matter in Bluefield West Virginia. Rates appear as cash in advance with yearly options.
A prominent Texas citizen is reported hanged by the neck in a fatal street killing. Chicago debates trimming Fourth of July incendiary features after a fireworks blast. in Kansas a missed river crossing underscores missed opportunities for daring feats.
The Ohio tariff plank favors protection as a core principle while allowing timely readjustment for reciprocity. Iowa supports evolving tariffs aligned with industry progress and world commerce, with both platforms presenting nearly identical declarations of principle.
The season brings uneven weather from the Northwest dry spells and fires in Wisconsin and Michigan to drought conditions in the region. The West faces rain and flood while the northeast reports fires from prolonged dryness stretching from Canada to the Adirondacks and Long Island. Relief is hoped as heavy rains refresh the speaker's district.
Congressman B. G. Humphreys of Mississippi on Memorial Day calls the Fifteenth amendment an incubus and sapping Southern liberties. He proposes to urge the North to repeal the amendment and seek changes in national policy.
Readers learn a claimed cure for a universal disease called catarrh. The ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive treatment, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, offering 100 dollars for a cure failure and prompting buyers to request testimonials. Also markets Hall's Family Pills.
The speaker credits Mr. Humphreys for two points. He urges a legal method to end an alleged evil and acknowledges the fairness of letting millions regain representation in Congress and the electoral college, rather than suppressing votes.
The latest dispute between coal operators and miners in the anthracite region risks a strike, over conciliation board selection and the strike commission terms. The issue is technical, with no great stakes, and a settlement without a mine shutdown is urged.
After June 15 a new plumbing and slate work service will occupy the Flat Top Installment Co. building at No 1 Bluefield Ave with a full line of plumbing goods. Newton H Garthright Co advertises guaranteed workmanship. Stockholders of West Virginia Brotherhood Purchasing Company are called to a July 1 1903 meeting at 8 pm in Bluefield WV to organize the corporation and address business. J W Winston and Chas H Dodson sign. Also notes malt liquors for sale and Dean's Ointment advertised for eczema and skin conditions.
The Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield West Virginia received the Comptroller of the Currency’s certificate authorizing it to commence banking business. The approval cites satisfaction of federal statutes and compliance before beginning operations. The document bears the seal of William B Ridgley Comptroller and is dated March 16, 1903.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated March 10 1903 to Wm Hicks, trustee, the property in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia, Park Place on Park Avenue, is sold at public auction at 1 0 o'clock to satisfy note obligations totaling 2 1850. The Lot is bounded by Powell Street and Park Avenue with a 50 by 152 feet area. sale is cash. W A Swan trustee.
A Mercer County circuit court order directs a special commissioner to report all liens and real estate details of W. Caress and related parties. It sets notice requirements and cites a June 23 1908 execution date at Princeton. Contains unrelated Dr ThomasEclectric Oil ad and civil chancery note.
Court decree requires all persons holding liens by judgment or otherwise on the real estate of W D Caffee to present their claims for adjudication. Claims must be filed at the office in Princeton, West Virginia, on or before June 23. Date given March 2.
Notice documents dissolution of Green River Development Company at a meeting in Buellta West Virginia on April 30 1903 and distributions after debt payment. Also a Mercer County circuit court divorce action Powell v Powell with Emma Powell required to appear and a chancery deposition notice for June 6 148 in Bramwell West Virginia.
Special Commissioner C B Martin will auction at Mercer County Courthouse Beaver Pond District land of 170 acres on Brush Creek near New Hope. The sale is by decree of Spraggins Buck & Co. versus G P Smith et al and occurs June 20, 1908. Terms require cash to cover costs with the balance on credit twelve months with interest. bond and security required. I W B Amaker, clerk, certifies the bond and security.
Notice is given that on May 23 1903 at the office in Princston Mercer County WV I will settle accounts of W B Honaker trustee in a deed of trust executed March 24 1903 to secure creditors of R C Christie Claimants must present all claims against R C Christie at the office by March 234 1903 stamped Avril 1902.
Bluefield citizen N J Morris a retired grocer details kidney pain and urinary symptoms from long work hours. After taking Doan’s Kidney Pills from Jno L Crockett’s store he reports complete relief and corrected secretions. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents remind readers to use Doan’s.
A Kentucky woman Mrs. Mary B Crick of White Plains reports years of dyspepsia improved by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. She says after a few bottles she regained weight health and strength and can eat what she likes. The ad claims Kodol digests what you eat and sweetens the stomach and it is sold by all druggists.
Announcement for ice wagon service starting May 8 with coupon books sold by phone order. 1000 lb books priced at $6 and 500 lb books at $3 cash on delivery with no credit. Refunds offered if service unsatisfactory. Also an ad for Hester's Special Brew and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy touted as cold and grip prevention and treatment sold by White's Pharmacy.
An advertisement from May 24 promotes Fadette Ovals available at the Cafe Studio located at 235 Princeton Avenue in Bluefield West Virginia. The offer lists 28 items for 35 cents.
The Norfolk and Western Railway offers a personally conducted trip from Blair Virginia to the Seashore with departure at 7 a m June 16 and return from Norfolk at 9 p m June 19 1903 East Radford departure 11 20 a m rate 4 25 no east of Bedford City. Tickets sold by N and W agents in Roanoke WB Bevill and Jao A Pack are excursion agents.
May 24 05 timetable lists departures to Radford Lynchburg Norfolk and Shenandoah division. Parlor and Pullman sleepers run Radford Philadelphia and Columbus Cincinnati with connections at Hagerstown Bluefield Lynchburg and Welch. Multiple daily depart times from Bluefield Pocahontas and Coopers for Tazewell Norton Welch and West points.
An advertisement proclaims Burdock Blood Bitters as the natural, never failing remedy for a lazy liver, appealing to readers seeking health tonics and liver support.
Frank W. Perry editor of the Enterprise Shortsville New York testifies that one bottle of Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured a second grip attack and eased coughing with a teaspoonful dose at night. He reports faster relief and sleep without cough and notes the remedy was for sale at Wites Pharmacy.
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