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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1908

Page

6

County court grants licenses for saloons and pool halls

County court convened at Princeton and spent the day approving claims and issuing licenses for pool rooms saloons hotels and similar establishments A license was refused to J Baker to operate a saloon in Princeton W H Coffman and R H Bailey presented bidders' list for the county road work from Princeton avenue to Stony Ridge and asked for further instructions.

Princeton J. Baker W. H Coffman R. H. Bailey Rowl Princeton Avenue Stony Ridge

Best Pills Ever Sold Ad Promotes New Life Pills

An advertisement urges smokers to try the Little The best 5c smoke sold only at The Best Pills Ever Sold. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills after chronic indigestion relief and a testimonial from B F Ayscue of Ingleside NC. Pills priced 25c with a druggist guarantee.

Dr. King B. F. Ayscue N. C

Mrs. John Warfield Johnston Dies in Richmond

Mrs. John Warfield Johnston formerly of Tazewell died yesterday morning in Richmond at her daughter Mrs Henry Lee home. She was born Miss Nicketts Buchanan Floyd daughter of Governor John Floyd and mother of Dr George Ben Johnston of Richmond. Remains will be sent to Wytheville for interment on Thursday.

Tazewell Daily Telegraph John Warfield Johnston Richmond Henry Lee Johnston Nicketts Buchanan Floyd John Floyd George Ben Johnston Wytheville

Baseball scores from Virginia and National leagues

In the Virginia League Portsmouth lost 2 to 8 at Lynchburg. Second games had varied results with Portsmouth 2 Lynchburg 1 Roanoke 3 Danville 7 Richmond 4 Norfolk 2 and Richmond 0 Norfolk 1. National league Poston 2 Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 7 St Louis 6 New York 8 Pittsburg 2. Brooklyn 3 Chicago 4.

Portsmouth Lynchburg Roanoke Danville Richmond Norfolk Poston Cincinnati Philadelphia St. Louis New York Pittsburg Brooklyn Chicago Detroit Washington Cleveland Boston

Unusual Bargains at Carter Store Sellout

The store next to Union Bank and Trust, run by E. E. Carter, offers bankrupt stock from Banks and Rosenheim. Everything must be sold by Saturday night with no sales after that date. Bargains are pursued by shoppers eager for real value before the sale ends.

Union Bank and Trust Company E. E. Carter Banks & Rosenheim

Indiana mine inspectors form national institute

Sixty mine inspectors from Indiana and eight states met in Indianapolis to form the Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States of America. The group aims to standardize inspections and mining laws to protect miners and property and to enforce mining regulations nationwide.

Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States Indianapolis Ind Indiana Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania West Virginia Iowa Oklahoma Missouri The United States of America

Crawford Leads Kittredge In Republican Primary

Returns at midnight from the Republican primary indicate Gov C J Crawford winning the nomination for United States senator over incumbent A B Kittredge by at least 8000 votes. Indications also point to Senator W G Vassey as governor hopeful and to Byrne and Martin as likely winners for Congress.

South Falls S. D C. J. Crawford United States A. B. Kittredge W. G. Vassey Watertown Byrne Martin Kittredge Congress

False Billing Charged Against Railway Officials

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company A P Galbert assistant general freight agent and W R Johnson a wholesale grain dealer were indicted by the federal grand jury for violating the Hepburn anti rebate law in a nine count indictment charging false billing.

Richmond Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company A. P. Galbert W. R. Johnson Federal Grand Jury

Fire damages hotel. family breaks free through window

A fire at a hotel on a seafront pavilion inflicted about 70,000 dollars in losses. Manager John E. Jordan, his wife and son escaped by leaping 25 feet from the second story window. the boy suffered painful injuries.

Tern John E. Jordan

Sunset at Guayaquil a nightless equinox voyage view

The account describes near equal day and night in Guayaquil with 6am and 6pm sunrises and no twilight. The ocean glows phosphorescently with each wave tipped by light while porpoises swim lit by glow and the Southern Cross and Great Bear are visible in a vivid night sky.

Guayaquil

Hearst Gains Nineteen In 1905 Mayoral Recount

The New York recount of the 1905 mayoralty election opened eighty three ballot boxes and found Hearst with a net gain of nineteen votes for the day. A total of one hundred ninety boxes have been opened with Hearst ahead by 135 votes. 1,657 boxes remain to be re opened.

New York Hearst

Scale Ratified by West Virginia Miners Union

In Wheeling a convention of 14 000 United Mine Workers from the Fifth Ohio subdistrict representing four West Virginia counties and eastern Ohio ratified the scale agreed at the Cleveland conference of miners and operators last week.

Wheeling W. Va Cleveland United Mine Workers Ohio West Virginia

Awaiting the End at Belmonts Bedside

New York June 9 at 12:30 this morning watchers stood at Oliver H. P. Belmont’s bedside as he remained unconscious since yesterday afternoon. Doctors say recovery is hopeless and his death is now a matter of hours.

New York Oliver H. P. Belmont

Twenty two bills promised by a candidate

A political candidate boasts that during the last session he introduced twenty two bills to aid the community. A heckler asks what became of them, and the candidate replies they are printed in the Congressional Record. He adds no one in his district should be ignored if he is sent back to Washington.

Congress God's Green Earth Congressional Record Washington Chicago Record-Herald

Train derails injure twenty emigrants near Stevensville

A Wabash train derailed near Stevensville Ontario this morning injuring twenty emigrants from Europe. The accident occurred in Buffalo New York jurisdiction as the train traveled through the area.

Buffalo N. Y Stevensville Ontario Europe

Bryan to Deliver Westyan University Commencement Oration

Advices say Col. Henry Watterson is en route to Lincoln to confer with Bryan and likely arrive tomorrow. Bryan will deliver the commencement oration at the Western University exercises.

Lincoln, Neb Col Henry Watterson Lincoln Bryan Westyan University

Fire destroys New Clift Hotel and cottages at Newport

Fire of unknown origin swept the New Clift Hotel and several connected cottages at Newport this morning, causing extensive damage to a famed summer hotel complex and its auxiliary buildings. No injuries reported at press time.

Newport R. L Clift

Japanese Forces Report Seizure at Seoul Engagements

A Seoul dispatch says from June 3 to June 7 Japanese government troops fought 26 engagements with insurgents. The clashes left 113 insurgents dead and 26 taken prisoner.

Tokio Seoul

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Ad Claims Piles Remedy

An old advertisement for DeWitt's Witch Hazel touts its effectiveness for piles. The copy urges readers to get DeWitt's and notes it is sold by all druggists including a call to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph.

DeWitt DeWitt’s

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