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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
5
Baltimore resident L Jaitzky was here yesterday. Many residents and visitors travel to Princeton Welch Jamestown and Richmond on business and social calls. Several patients are recovering from illness including Miss Elia Webb and Miss Lillie King. An accident injured Conductor F O Adkins and Fireman F B Kay survived a 25 foot fall. A special Bluefield Gun Club meeting is planned for June 14 preparations.
Baseball results list several games with scores across towns including Lynchburg Roanoke Danville Portsmouth and Richmond. National League notes St Louis New York Chicago Philadelphia rain and a Pittsburg vs Brooklyn blowout. American League scores show Washington Chicago Phiadelphia St Louis New York Detroit Boston Cleveland results.
Passengers on No 6 reported a violent storm in Clinch Valley delaying arrival at Bluefield by an hour. Wind uprooted trees and hail blocked the track. emergency braking caused passengers to be thrown briefly. A large boulder halted progress until section workers dynamited it into pieces.
Parson Burroughs wed two couples at his Bristol Mecca in Mercer county West Virginia. Harrison Holdren of Edgewood married China Davis of Oakvale at 4 30 pm. Earlier at 2 am L N Fowler and Laura Collman from Bluefield fled West Virginia to marry at the Mecca and returned by afternoon train.
In Fedora Tennessee C V Pepper recounts a dramatic recovery from a lung and throat hemorrhage after taking Dr King's New Discovery. He credits instant relief from coughing and rapid bleeding reduction, returning to work in three weeks. Trial bottle free with full sizes 50 cents and one dollar at jail drug stores.
Weekly list of unclaimed letters at Bluefield Virginia postoffice for week ending June 1907 includes names such as W. A. Andrews M. D Adams H. B Brown Bob Beoker Lam Bowles and many others in the general and ladies lists. Advise claimants to say advertised to avoid overlook.
A tombstone near Trianymy nech Wales bears lines about John Morgan the huntsman of the Tanatside harriers. He was killed crossing a railway bridge by a train, not by mortal hand, paying the penalty for taking a shortcut along the Cambrian line.
A historical remark notes that the largest church bells can be rung by a man or boy pulling the ropes at proper intervals. The weights involved are so great that even the strongest man could scarcely move them sensibly without applying regular force.
A Baltimore American quote uses a grim metaphor about men in office having their heads cut off, answered by a parent with a macabre joke about a sharp move. The line reflects dark political humor in the paper.
ABrooklyn Eagle cartoon dialogue contrasts a railroad superintendent and his assistant about a new engineer who uses little coal and used to be a janitor. The piece hints at work ethic and health, noting a reader from Branchton Pa praising Foley's Kidney Cure after six bottles helped a man regain ability to work and tie his shoes.
For scratches burns cuts and insect bites common to every family use DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve sold by all druggists.
Sunday morning at W H Coffmans works Major Hackney was stabbed in the right breast, the blade piercing the lung and causing a dangerous wound. The assailant, Will Lockley, escaped. described as a black man with heavy mustache and a large facial scar, believed a Cincinnati fugitive headed east.
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas reports Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble and claims it has cured consumption in early stages. G H Wade offers the product.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph promotes its advertising pages as a reliable guide to local bargains. It invites shoppers to look for real bargains and to mention the paper when buying, framing ads as the link between businesses and the community.
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