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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
2
A detailed example shows a foot form shoe for children advertised in twenty eastern cities over four weeks, tripling production and boosting business for the manufacturer retailer and consumers. Also reports a local meeting at the hotel Matz and notes on arrivals engagements and civic notices in Bluefield Virginia and Pocahontas County.
The firm of J. G. Harrison & Sons announces a visit by Orlando Harrison and the Maryland State Horticultural Society on July 31. Invitations will be sent to horticultural societies in Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia and West Virginia. The Harrison orchards show a large peach crop and saving methods will interest peach growers. Also Roanoke resident 3 H Parrott and his sons J C and B P Parrett attended the Pocahontas coal operators meeting with Col W H Thomas among others.
Miss Ocie Thomas Croy wed J. A. Koon in a Tuesday ceremony at 11 30 a m at the home of Mr and Mrs J C Levern Roanoke Virginia The Rev W F Powell officiated with Mendelssohn and Hearts and Flowers background The couple plan a wedding tour to Richmond Norfolk Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and more before settling in Bluefield W Va with a home open after July 1 Their families are prominent in Bluefield and Roanoke
Was Every Convenience Dont forget the merchants rest room has a phone a parcel room and comfortable chairs for your use. Killarney Roses Twenty five thousand Killarney rose plants to eat from Take no chances in summer or flow Roanoke Va
J. R. Thornton promoter of the Greater Sheesley Shows from Cincinnati is in Welch this week arranging a street fair for next week. The event is organized by the local Moose lodge and the fire department to coincide with Welch’s week of celebration around the 20th.
The Episcopal guild meets this afternoon with Mrs. J. H. Brooke. All members are requested to be present at the regular meeting hour, 3 o'clock.
The Welch German club issued invitations for a dance to be held Friday night in the Barley building. Mrs J W Moss returned from Tazewell after ten days visiting relatives. Hon W Burbridge Payne resumed after a week in West Baden Indiana. Mrs Mary L Harman leaves for Kingston West Virginia to visit her son. Dr J H McCulloch is back in Welch after several days away. Miss Elizabeth Kittenger and Miss Rose Bernheim will go to Berwind.
Dan Sowers of Landgraff was Welch visitor yesterday as Delta club of that place held a shirt waist dance and plan to return home tomorrow.
The article notes that tiny flat eyestones from South American mollusk shells have grooved surfaces and move in limewater due to carbonic acid. It explains the stones are used to remove eye debris when physicians are unavailable, debunks the life myth, and compares them to smooth crawfish bones also used as eyestones.
The New York World describes oikimania as a recognized insanity where brutality toward family coexists with kindness to others. It cites Dean Swift, Mrs. John Wesley, and Frederick the Great as examples, notes women’s jealousy and men’s violence, and mentions courts invalidating wills showing this bias.
The text describes historical methods of “curing madness” by smothering the afflicted after noting in parish registers the charitably fatal acts. It cites an entry for Hodgkinson Thomas dated April 14, 1617 with a note he was smothered for madness.
Anxious wife quips that her husband is suffering from overwork or alcohol, while a London Tatler quote notes his constant theater exits to check on partners, highlighting a lighthearted social critique of professional strain and indulgence.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a saying about flattery from a pop culture line. It presents flattery as others voicing compliments about one’s own self image. The piece centers on a parental remark about self perception and praise.
A Kansas City Star comic panel shows Mrs. Pester scolding Mr. Pester for stepping off a car backward. The caption questions what made him ignore advice, while his wife retorts with a sharp neighborly rebuttal.
United States court for the Southern District of West Virginia notices a bankrupt petition by W. B. McHaffa of Bluefield Mercer County seeking a full discharge from debts. The order sets a hearing date July 11 1918 at Bluefield and directs notice to known creditors.
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