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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement touts Fatimas as the best selling cigarettes costing over 5e and as the most sensible option. It claims Fatimas are cool to the throat and tongue with no mean or heady aftertaste, encouraging readers to prove how sensible a cigarette can be by trying them.
The Wisconsin legislature will shower Barksdale town ship in northern Wisconsin with about 118000 in 1917 as the Du Pont powder works expand. The village, once poor and neglected, gains funds from income taxes and expects new schools roads and jobs as the plant grows and possibly shifts to dyes after explosives demand drops.
Mrs Sarah M Chapell of Mt Airy North Carolina testifies she suffered years with womanly and stomach troubles. After six bottles of Cardus she was nearly cured and recommends the tonic to other readers. The ad invites women to write to Chattanooga Medicine Co for instructions and a 64 page booklet.
The text argues for a united cosmopolitan populace under American ideals. It stresses loyalty to the United States, democratic aims, and national character, warning that failure to embrace a common destiny endangers America’s heritage.
The New York World provides a vast summer reading menu each Sunday including magazine and story content editorial and metro sections humorous material and the joke book. It features global news features and the second volume of Fantomas titled The Exploits of Juve in the magazine section. Order Sunday World in advance from the news dealer.
Cleveland and Washington played fourteen innings to a 5 to 5 tie. Washington led by five runs in the first, but Cleveland tied the score in the ninth. Batteries Harper Gallia and Henry Coveleskie Midlaie Goby and ONeill. All other games postponed due to wet grounds and rain.
In a postponed National League contest at Bluefield Graham fair grounds the Bluefield Athletics defeated the Beckley Wonders 3 to 2. Jess Smith powered the Athletics with two three base hits and a homer with two aboard while Chuck Thomas limited the Wonders to four scattered hits. A second game is slated for this afternoon with special seats reserved for white patrons.
An old promotional notice touts Q Ban Hair Color Restorer to darken gray hair without dye. It claims two to three weekly applications darken the head evenly, stop dandruff and hair loss, and promote growth, with a money back guarantee and availability at Goodykoontz Drug Store in Bluefield West Virginia.
Dr H Dunn of Bluefield Mercer county West Virginia asks the Southern District of West Virginia to grant him a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under bankruptcy acts. He states adjudication occurred May 26 and that he has surrendered all property and complied with all court orders.
In the District Court of the United States Southern District of West Virginia on June 5 1916 the court orders a hearing for July 5 1916 at 10 in the forenoon at Bluefield to consider the petition and why it should be granted. It directs publication in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and mail to known creditors with copies of the petition and order. Witness Judge Benjamin F. Keller and seal at Bluefield June 1916. EDWIN M. KEATLEY Clerk U S District Court Western District of Virginia.
Trustee Cecil R Lilly will sell at public auction on Saturday July 8 1916 at 2 pm the three and one fourth acre tract in Bluefield Mercer County described as beginning at the Norfork and Western Railway right of way corner near W M Coffman property and ending at the city Bluefield line cash on day of sale. The sale follows a deed of trust dated April 20 1911 by Sinkford Warren to secure Esteline Lilly defaulted upon. The property lies near the east end bridge and is said to be very valuable.
A fragment notes that purple clothing was traditionally reserved for kings and high nobles. The policy limited who could wear the color, signaling status.
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