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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
2
Beckley officials boast the town now owns twelve automobiles with more on order for traffic between Harper and Beckley. The piece notes road work guidelines from the USDA, a police court fine for Bird Spling, and local notices including carnival movements, court convenings, and social events.
Westbound travel news and community items from Bramwell. M A Lynch leaves for Billings Montana to serve as traveling salesman for Crown Cork and Seal Co with duties across Montana Wyoming North and South Dakota visiting Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis on the way west.
The Princeton Odd Fellows announce a celebration and parade in Princeton next Saturday. Events begin at the Methodist Church with music, prayers by Rev J B Lowry and Rev J W Kincheloe, addresses by W F Palmer and A J Wilkinson, and the grand secretary Grafton. Final benediction precedes a lodge assembly at Baileysville Lodge No 287.
Mrs. Ann B. Marks widow of Jacob A. Marks died Sunday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. F M Booths home No 229 Fourth avenue n w aged eighty years. A Frederick county native and former Miss Shryock she lived with her children in Roanoke Berryville and Richmond since her husband died nineteen years ago. She is survived by nine children including the Rev C A Marks of Waynesboro and Edward F Marks.
An advertisement urges OLD YOUNG WOMEN to use FIELDS' PRUNE SYRUP AND SENNA to treat constipation the root cause of many female complaints. It claims improved digestion, blood quality, liver tone, and relief for pregnancy and other conditions, recommending the product as a safe, effective remedy with testimonials and availability through merchants in Charleston and Bluefield W Va.
Mrs. Booth of Berryville widow of A. L. Booth dies at home in Roanoke after life long Lutheran Church membership. Survived by T Preston Marks of Berryville Samuel A. Marks George A. Marks of Richmond Bernard A. Marks of Bluefield two Roanoke daughters in law Mrs. M. W. Jones and Mrs. F. M. Booth plus twenty three grandchildren. Funeral at home 5 PM today conducted by Rev. T. O. Keister St. Mark's Lutheran with interment at Fairview. six sons serve as pallbearers.
Chief Postlethwaite and Omer Stafford seized a second story flat in the Hyman building between Bland street and Higginbotham avenue. Four men and the proprietor were charged with gambling. all but one jailed. They were fined next day, the proprietor claiming “had it coming to him.” Some suspects warned of other games but later stayed quiet. The raid unsettled other houses, with bets suspending operations in Bluefield.
The advance guard of teachers for the West Virginia Educational Association state convention will arrive Wednesday morning. An evening train from nova will bring most delegates, with others by Virginian lines via Matoaka to the city. Committees expect about 500 delegates and have arranged private housing for those lacking hotel rooms. The first session is set for Wednesday evening at 8 20 in the high school auditorium.
A Sunday memorial service at the First Baptist Church honored No H. Smith Division 448 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Rev H B Mable led prayers and delivered the memorial sermon, J W Simpson gave the eulogy, and the window was unveiled after a solemn roll call of departed members amid sizable attendance from out of town.
The article tracks postal receipts in the city from 1887 onward showing a steady upward trend. Beginning with 52.69 dollars in 1887 the figures climb through the 1890s to reach into the thousands by 1897 with continuous growth each year.
The text presents a sequence of monetary amounts and year markers from 1899 to 1910 with several large sums varying by year. It ends with a note about the four quarters ending April 1st showing 40 218.17.
Pediga and Cary, architects, secured the contract to prepare plans for a handsome brick and stone two story bank building with marble trimming for the First National Bank of Princeton. They also prepare modern three story Keystone school plans with an estimated cost around 25000 dollars and fall term completion planned.
A Chicago telegram questions reports that another traveling man has been murdered by the same gang that allegedly abducted Simpson. The message suggests a pattern of disappearances and seeks names, addresses and dates, hinting at a rumor likely started by the group tied to the church spire hanging tale.
Reuben Pinkham, third key on the Potomac, orders the weather braces as wind shifts, baffling the commodore who expected calm. The wind suddenly hits from the opposite quarter, driving the ship forward while the commodore contemplates punishment. Pinkham is commended for saving their lives.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for summer and sold by dealers. A separate notice from J W Brooks declares his wife Rosy Brooks has left home and he forbids harboring her at his expense. It promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and sale by dealers.
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia advertises good hardy tomato plants in baskets shipped by express. Date 5 18 11.
The Bluefield Board of Affairs invites sealed bids for the construction of granite lithic and plank sidewalks for the next fiscal year and for boarding city prisoners. Bids must be received by 7:30 p.m. June 16, 1911, by J. T. Akers, Auditor.
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