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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
2
Bluefield area items report the Chickering piano display and notable visitors in Richmond Roanoke ties. Lightning damaged trolley systems while fair grounds work resumes with hopes for Labor Day completion. Post Graduate study for Moffett Tanner and funeral travels run alongside smallpox alerts and local home-seeking efforts.
A fragment shows F. M. Archer & Co. with a phone number 134-3 and a Bluefield West Virginia address. The unreadable OCR hints at a business directory style entry. No further context or events are present in the legible text.
H. B. Lee announces retirement as referee in bankruptcy for the southern district based in Isluefield West Virginia and will devote time to law practice focusing on bankruptcy and federal courts. He has moved offices to rooms 12 and 18 second floor Kelley and Moyer building.
Five services conducted by the Christian Crusaders on Sunday drew many to repent and seek better days. Notable events included an 11 am jail service with six souls praying for mercy and open air meetings around the post office hill and Jones street. Rev. Thomas Mowbray of Graham preached at Princeton avenue. Open air services continue. hall meetings resume Thursday.
A large procession of mourners gathered Sunday afternoon at the Payne family home on Franklin Street for the funeral of Sidney DeWitt Payne. Rev. Guthrie Pitblado and Rev. E E Wiley officiated at Christ Episcopal Church member Payne’s service, with Maury Barrett, You and Rich as part of a male quartet.
Morgan sang in the hour of trial That blessed day and Nearer my God to Thee at the house and at the grave the same quartet sang Abide with me The deceased was a member of the Hinton lodge of Elk and the Bluefield lodge of Elks conducted the funeral Floral tributes were elegant many from Hinton including a design from the Hinton lodge of Elks and a tribute from Miss Lucille Hinton of Hinton to whom Mr Payne was to marry in the early fall.
About 1:30 Sunday morning a blaze in Honaker Va. gutted the Sullivan and Tolbert residences. The Sullivan house burned first and spread rapidly. Tolbert was away and his family escaped from an upstairs perch as the staircase was destroyed. No one was saved from either home.
Quick relief claim for S. S. S. 8 and 8S a blood purifier that vents excess wastes. The ad promises rapid, general improvement within minutes and urges readers to obtain a bottle from The Swift Specific Co at 53 Swift Bldg Atlanta Ga and request a free publishing book.
Residents were awakened as flames struck two homes, with estimated losses in the thousands. Insurance coverage was $1,500 for the Sullivan residence and $2,000 for Dr Tolbert's property.
Commissioners finishing analysis of land condemnations filed a report in court listing amounts due to landowners including Mrs Mollie L Day $553 Mrs Louisa J Wiley $395 and Calfee heirs $835 total. The court approved the report and ordered transfer of right of way to the county for the road. Also notes local sports and a honeymoon return as social items.
State tax commissioner calls a general meeting of sheriffs prosecutors mayors and police chiefs in Parkersburg on June 25 to plan and coordinate enforcement of the prohibition law effective July 1. The commissioner hopes all officers attend.
The regular June term of the county court begins this morning with the Athens road location question to be taken up later in the term as bids are considered.
Students staged a dramatic presentation to benefit the school library as grading on roads continues. Commencement exercises conclude with diploma awards to the first graduates. Silas Green from New Orleans performed in the city, drawing a large crowd near the Masonic hall.
A bondsman reports Patsy Mangiaruca connected to a white slave charge may have fled. Mangiaruca and John B. Laminca traveled toward Charleston to seek an earlier hearing, leaving on Sunday night and possibly abandoning efforts during a Kenova train change. Laminca sought to locate Mangiaruca, sending word that the case was set for October.
Andy Rueret aged 25 and Miss Annie Spotilla 18, Hungarian locals, wed at Matewan Catholic Church Sunday night after a search for their marriage license. Father Coughlin delayed the ceremony until the license was found, then a large reception followed with many well wishes from parents and hundreds of guests.
New York state forest nurseries report an annual capacity of 28 million young trees, highlighting the scale of state reforestation efforts and resource commitment.
Bluefield readers are told Adler-i-ka, a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture, relieves sour stomach gas and constipation after a single dose. T. Frank Mastin's drug store offers the product.
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