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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
6
An advertisement touts Prof Moss as a trance clairvoyant offering startling tests and life guidance. It claims he reads futures, solves domestic troubles, locates missing persons, and guarantees satisfaction or no fee, urging calls for personal revelations and success.
W. J. Rose of Rocky Gap and Chas. T. Daniel of Athens are in the city on business. Dozens of residents from Keystone to Princeton stop by for social calls. The piece catalogues a river of names and trips, with stops in Charleston, Tazewell, Lynchburg, Cincinnati, Radford, and other towns, noting visits, departures, and host stays.
Mrs. Joseph Aselin of Minneapolis recounts two years of suffering from presumed inflammatory pains after childbirth. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after three bottles. The ad notes the product contains native roots and herbs and urges readers to write for confidential advice from the company nurse.
The town is set to attend the thirty seventh annual council of the Protestant Episcopal church in the diocese of West Virginia. The event gathers clergy and lay representatives to discuss church affairs and regional issues.
A Progressive mass convention will be held at Princeton West Virginia on Thursday June 18 1914 at 2 p m to select delegates to the congressional convention in Huntington to nominate candidates for all county and district offices to be filled at the November election All Progressives are invited to attend and take part in the convention By order of the Progressive county committee J D Finnegan Chairman L G Scott Secretary
A heavy blaze in Tazewell yesterday caused about 75000 in damage with 35000 insured. Two stores were wiped out. a drug store and a dry goods firm suffered heavy losses as fire began in the plumbing area of Greevers hardware. Firefighters and citizens helped prevent wider spread.
Welch residents report upcoming marriage of KL W Wickline Jr to Eva Jane Merchant in Cincinnati with extended trip to Lexington and St. Louis before returning to Welch. Neurz arrives to cover temporary Western Union operator duty during Wickliffe absence. Ray Clifford joins Flatiron Drug as clerk. Local movements include J B Purcell winning at Gra ham and visits by Miss Mary Hetfield, Miss Charlotte Perry, and others amid regional business and legal tasks.
The Bluefield Credit Association met at the chamber of commerce rooms and reported favorable review of the Bluefield Fair Association project. The committee praised the enterprise as a major effort for Bluefield’s growth and prosperity and urged members to invest and participate. Signatories were Isadore Cohen, F. T. Akers, and M. E. Sameth.
Charleston, June 8. Mrs Dorsey MacFarley confessed to killing her husband Bert McFarley after he mistreated a child and attacked her with a knife. She struck him with a hatchet, stabbed him, hid the body in a cellar, moved it to railroad tracks, and surrendered to Sheriff Bonner Hill. Her youngest child is under a year old.
Charleston businessman and Bluefield banker E K Carter rode into Charleston atop a box car after an interrupted sleeper connection. He traveled by freight after delays in the Charleston Bluefield sleeper service and arrived before noon to transact city business.
A Virginia man recounts his wife’s health improvement after using Grape-Nuts and cream. He notes she gained strength, now as rosy and plump as a girl of sixteen, praising the food’s value. The brand is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with the slogan There’s a Reason.
In Nashville Tennessee on June 8 the National Association of Labor Commissioners and the International Association of Factory Inspectors opened a four day meeting with attendees from across the United States and Canada. The agenda features labor legislation workshop and factory inspection topics.
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