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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
1
Reports say 95 percent of miners are out while many return to work. Observers note lack of violence and describe a pending end by Monday. A march from North Fork to Pocahontas is planned and several collieries report partial resumption of activity.
The escapee from Petersburg's colored hospital was seized at 4 am Wednesday by Deputy Gillespie and Constable Steele at Hi's father's home on Little River, 114 miles west of Paint Lick Mountain in Tazewell county. He is jailed in Tazewell after being found asleep in a loft with a shotgun.
Flat Top Installment Co located at 81 Linefield Avenue offers special inducements to country traders with installment terms and promotional pricing.
A laboring man writes to the editor arguing that strikes harm workers and that Americans should control their own business interests. He cautions against foreign influence led by figures like Mother Jones and urges reasonable action to avoid regret.
Two or three first class carpenters required now with good wages and steady work. Non union preferred. Apply to A Massey Bluefield West Virginia 613-1 See Peery the high wire bicycle rider at Pocahontas 4th of July.
R. A. Gray J. P. of Oakville Ind describes ten years bedridden with kidney disease seeking relief from top physicians. He reports recovery after using Foleys Kidney Cure and notes it is sold by G H Wade druggist.
A Biracial ad urging every man and woman in the United States to obtain a free book on opium and whiskey diseases. It directs readers to address B M Wooley in Atlanta Georgia box 387 for a free copy.
Division No. 824 will hold a memorial service at Bland Street Church next Sunday June 15 at 8 p m in memory of departed members. Rev J Tyler Frazier of Bland Street Church will preach with special music. The public is invited.
Spring fever is described as biliousness with a torpid liver and inactive bowels. The ad promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a safe, non gripe laxative to stimulate the liver and purge impurities, with a testimonial from R. M. Everly of Moundsville, W Va, and sales through John L. Crockett, druggist.
A substantial rise in coal loading occurred yesterday with 180 cars shipped. Pocahontas, Crozer at Elkhorn, and Norfolk saw more workers, while Tidewater at Vivian and Keystone reported little to no loading. Most cars were 50-ton Jumbo hoppers, with some coal used for coke ovens.
The Episcopal bishop reported 132 visits to 88 points in the West Virginia diocese, conducting 154 services, plus 28 visits to 19 places outside the diocese with 29 services. He made 169 journeys across the mountains, attended 40 general board meetings, confirmed 111 persons, and traveled nearly twice around the earth.
An attempt to assassinate Mine Superintendent Thomas of William A. colliery was reported in Wilkesbarre. He rode a locomotive home when ambushed by several men hidden behind bushes. Ten shots were fired but the locomotive was moving fast and escaped.
A community celebration in Pocahontas offers a full day of activities, entertainment, and family-friendly events for residents and visitors to enjoy on Independence Day.
Mercer county is free of smallpox after eight months of outbreaks. The last patient was discharged last Tuesday and the visitation recorded 800 cases with fewer than two percent fatal. Many were unvaccinated. none vaccinated within two years contracted the disease.
Washington observers doubt a definite adjournment date. Towney warns a canal and Cuban bill passage could allow a July end, but the timetable remains uncertain. Elkins abandons June 10 expectation as Nicaraguan bills and canal delays loom. Panama vs Nicaragua routes spark interhouse friction.
W. B. Honaker sells his entire interest in Honaker Godfrey Co a Montcalm West Virginia firm to F D Williams. The business continues as Godfrey and Williams with all accounts collected and all debts paid by the new firm.
R N Bevill of Old Town Virginia reports happiness after Backlen's Arnica Salve fully cured their daughter of a bad scald head. The preparation is praised for cuts burns bruises ulcers eruptions piles and is priced at 25 cents at drug stores.
An advertisement for bedroom suits from $17 and up and chairs from $3 per set and up notes good credit. It lists Flat Top Installment Co located at 81 Bluefield Avenue and a date or code 6 10 1 w.
Washington June 12 An agreement to vote on the Isthmian canal proposition was reached in the senate for 2 PM Thursday June 19 The Spooner resolution seeks authorization for terms with Colombia and title assurance The discussion featured Senator Fairbanks supporting Panama route and bond issuance as a financing option with broad support from Hanna and others
Mrs. A M Shields of Chambersburg Pennsylvania recalls near dearth from Hay Fever and Asthma and credits Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption with her complete recovery. The ad claims it cures throat and lung diseases and coughs with guaranteed bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00 and trial bottles free at drug stores.
The J. M. Cigar always pleases and the 2 M. Cigar is a favorite with all smokers. These brand mentions suggest a period advertisement praising cigar quality and popularity among consumers.
Rockers priced at 1.75 and up iron beds 6.00 and up side boards 15.00 and up. Easy payments offered by Flat Top Installment Co at 81 Bluefield Avenue.
Pretoria June 12 reports show 10 025 Boers have surrendered to date many are youngsters aged 11 and up while most are under 80 some septuagenarians remain and districts say burghers are increasingly cooperative bitterness remains only among leading Boers who blame France and Germany for prolonging the war hoping to fight alongside the British someday the British acknowledge receiving ammunition via Portuguese territory
President Roosevelt will send a message to Congress based on Labor Commissioner Wrights report and his inquiry into the coal strike. Confidential Washington sources say the president will be informed of the actual facts in the anthracite district to enable action when the report is completed.
Engineers of the U S and U S Railroad refuse to honor a Sunday union resolution barring non union workers and special police. They argue the action is illegal and violates their charter as a common carrier. Pickets halted all trains except mail service this morning amid the dispute.
Governor Kimball issued an order to mobilize two troops of cavalry and four infantry companies to quell rioters near Providence. Deputy sheriffs were assaulted while guarding the street railway company's property amid striker unrest outside the city limits.
The battleship Illinois along with cruisers Chicago and Albany and gunboat Nashville of the US European squadron reached Gibraltar. Admiral Brown Inskip will sail to Portsmouth aboard the Illinois to participate in coronation festivities.
A local tasting event hosted by J. M. Cigar Club drew a crowd of enthusiasts. Judges evaluated five cigar brands, noting aroma balance and draw quality as participants discussed aging methods and leaf origins.
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