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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
9
The Graham council voted to reduce city engineer Z H Neffs salary from sixty to forty dollars per month amid bids from J T Vaughn to take the job. The article notes Neffs long service at the electric pumping station and cites routine council actions and discussion of a new post office building to meet growing demand.
Bids were received yesterday for quarters at the Graham postoffice as the Postoffice department set the last day for bids. Patrons await the final successful bid with interest amid several submitted offers.
Mrs HAM of Shamrock Missouri recounts severe health troubles including falling, inflammation, headaches, nerve weakness, and insomnia. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier with restoring strength, sleep, and daily functioning. The letter requests confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Mrs. Unn Burton of Chickasha Oklahoma says she holds all tax tickets on her Graham home and laments its public tax advertisement. She notes her re election as a Chicksasha high school teacher with a sizable raise and praises Oklahoma’s educational system while sharing family ties to Graham.
A playful poem describing the arrival of grandpa in a small town. It hints at excitement and townwide activity with children and residents eager to witness grandpa's impact on business, education, and local life. The piece nods to townsfolk Johnny Smith Mary Jones and local figures as outsiders gather for the spectacle.
Miss Lula Hailey of Matoaka and Walter Grihan Walters of Graham quietly wed in Twin City Knoxville after elopement plans sparked by excitement from Bristol. Walters, an express messenger on the Norfolk and Western, returns to Graham with Mrs Walters to occupy his Highland Avenue home after a summer in Kentucky.
Advertises vegetable calomel as a liver stimulant and non salivating substitute for mercury calomel. Promotes mayapple root products and “Sentanel Remedies Co” mail order trial pack from Covington Kentucky claiming relief of headaches, constipation, biliousness, and bad breath with gentle bowel and liver regulation.
The Graham Rough Necks and the Norfolk and Western Safety First baseball teams are scheduled for a home Saturday game on the fair grounds. John Mowbray to pitch for the Rough Necks. Also notes of local visitors and illness follow.
Miss Margaret Spratt daughter of Hon W B Spratt wed R H Hewitt of Parboursville Kentucky in a lawn ceremony at the Spratt home. Dr D B Waterhouse officiated. Many guests from various sections attended including Mrs J W Hicks and daughter Graham.
A New York American piece argues that small margins govern big outcomes from tailoring to engineering to art. It warns that inch by inch distinctions shape fate, cautioning against overstepping proprieties and stressing disciplined attention to every detail.
Dr Goodykoontz promotes Dr Howard's constipation and dyspepsia remedy with a half price sale. The store offers a full refund if the product does not cure, and guarantees every package. The offer highlights a fifty cent bottle now at 25 cents with a refundable policy if unsatisfied. The sale runs through November 18.
Madam Eldon a scientific palmist clairvoyant and astrologist conducts tests reading by mail. Send birth date and five 2¢ stamps to 4500 Fourteenth St. N. W. Washington DC. Saturday is daily day in Riuefeld Ruvane.
Cleveland June 10 Fully 10 000 men have returned to deserted Ohio coal mines with 5 000 more to return next month. The bargaining ended a long strike as operators agreed to pay the 47 cent per ton scale, replacing the screen basis that paid for lump coal only. The Eastern Ohio Operators Association approved the settlement in May and workers faced hard times as many sought other jobs while the industry rebounded.
An advertisement offers a guaranteed freckle cure with no cost if it doesn’t remove freckles. Buy ethinedouble strength from a druggist and apply a few times for a clear complexion. The ad notes most needs require only one ounce and stresses the money back guarantee.
An engineer served as the president's representative during the coronation of King George. The event drew international attention with dignitaries attending and ceremonial speeches outlining the empire's future relations.
A chamber of commerce appointed committee held four meetings in the chamber hall and elected George Dunglinson Jr as chairman and Bernard McClaugherty as secretary to promote the Pinefield Gaham fair grounds project. The group reviewed assets, prospects and finances and adjourned to meet Saturday at 2 p.m. on the fair grounds.
Officials of the fair association plan to inspect property and outline detailed plans and financing to ready the grounds for use by July 4, highlighting the benefit to the city.
Atlanta June 10 state officials announce the new great seal of Georgia is being affixed to refunding bonds by Governor Slatyn bear. The issuance marks a formal adoption of the design amid state financial actions.
The article notes Dallas Texas as an earliest-to-bed city with streets nearly empty by nine thirty and light scarce after ten in the residential areas. It mentions Georgia peaches being on sale in northern cities and encourages buying a daisy on Saturday.
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