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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1916

Page

7

Woodmen Remember Departed Brothers Memorial Service

The Woodmen of the World held a Sunday memorial service at the First Baptist Church with a strong turnout. Rev H B Mabie delivered a sermon at 11 in the morning, followed by an afternoon decoration service and a procession to Walnut Grove cemetery. Sovereign H B Lee spoke on topics of interest to attendees, with flowers woven into fraternity letters by Misses Shoemaker Hypes and Knight. The degree team led by Captain Woods wore white duck uniforms and performed well, highlighting Beechwood Camp No 89 as a growing lodge in Bluefield.

Mabie Walnut Grove Cemetery Sovereign H. B. Lee Shoemaker Hypes Knight Captain Woods Beechwood Camp No. 89 Bluefield

Impressive Memorial Service For Locomotive Engineers

The annual Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers memorial service at the Presbyterian church drew a large crowd though many engineers were on duty. The 11 o'clock procession filled reserved seats near the pulpit as special music and a bass solo accompanied by violin enhanced the sermon. Blanche Simpson performed Dudley Buck’s Fear Not Israel and a souvenir program was produced for the event with extra copies available from J. D. Enoch D. Morrisette or R. L. Shelton.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Presbyterian Church Brotherhood Wilson J. Luther Neel Vincent Paoliello Blanche Simpson Dudley Buck Israel J. D. Enoch D. Morrisette R. L. Shelton

Hotel Man Bankrupt H 3 Strow Proprietor of the Virginian Hotel

H 3 Strow proprietor of the Virginian Hotel at Princeton filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court listing liabilities of 2259.16 and assets of 2220.89 with 45 creditors including CC Snidow Hartley Sanders and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance. Assets include notes securities real estate stock in trade and household goods with 186 exempt. attorney C W Merrill of Princeton represents Strow.

H. 3. Strow Princeton Federal District Clerk’s Office CC. T. Snidow Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company New York Hartley Sanders Strow C. W. Merrill

Metal theft sweep leads to grand jury in local court

Anderson Armstead colored received a preliminary hearing before Justice Chambers and is held on $500 bond for grand jury action on charges of stealing and trading metals from Appalachian Power Company poles between here and Fiat Top. Armstead is the third held for the grand jury amid warrants for about a half dozen more alleged in an organized scheme to steal bras zinc copper aluminum and other metals from nearby corporations.

Anderson Armstead Justice of the Pesc Grand Armstead Appalachian Power Company Fiat Top Squire Chasers

Calomel dangers praised. Dodson's Liver Tone offered

A vivid warning against calomel as dangerous mercury causing sickness and bilious feelings. The ad promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute that cleanses the liver without side effects and can be given to children, guaranteeing no salivation or groggy aftereffects.

Dodson

Gets-It Corn Remover Ad Mixed With Local Notices

A fragmentary page combines drug advertisement for Gets-It corn remover with local notes on oil drilling prospects at 4200 feet, forgery arrest in Richmond, post office lease bids, marriage licenses in Princeton, and visiting railroad officials from Missouri.

Postoffice Princeton Postoffice Ois Postoffice Department

Reputation Built on a Rock Kept by Public Confidence

Vitalac's reputation rests on public confidence with many Bluefield residents praising it as the greatest remedy for nervousness sleeplessness stomach trouble and chronic constipation. Each bottle carries a money back guarantee if benefits are not achieved. Bluefield agencies White and Central Pharmacy Welch Drug Co. Welch Northfork Drug Co. Northfork.

Vitalac Bluefield White and Central Pharmacy Welch Welch Drug Co Northfork Northfork Drug Co

Princeton News Briefs Highlight Local Surgeries and Road Opening

M A Repas of Kegley underwent surgery for strangulated hernia. Mrs Sarah Duncan of Kegley, also operated for strangulated hernia, returned home in excellent condition. Others from the area recover from operations, while the Fluefield road to the county seat is to be opened today. A barber position offers 70 percent commission at the Virginian Hotel. Memorial services drew Virginian employees and local residents to the Baptist church.

M. A. Repas Kegley Sarah Duncan O. Houchins J. C. Johnson Giotto C. M. Overholt T. B. Peters Athens Roach T. H. Farley Whitt Pegram Lardner Fluefield

Plan Joint Picnic by East River and Bluefield Moose Lodges

Plan for a July 4 joint picnic by Princeton and Bluefield Moose lodges at a park site between the two cities. Committees will finalize the celebration as about three thousand attendees are expected with baseball games and speakers including a potential address by Congressman M. M. Garland of Pittsburgh.

East River Lodge Princeton Bluefield Lodge Order of Moose Bluefield M. M. Garland Pittsburg

Physician's Prescription for Rheumatism Ad

Business and professional men with means flock to Rheuma claiming relief from rheumatism without opiates. Rheuma supposedly expels poisonous secretions and speeds comfort. Two bottles cost a dollar at White Pharmacy and Central Pharmacy with money-back offer if results fall short.

Central Pharmacy

Forethought saves big expenses with a trusted remedy

E. W. Archer of Caldwell Ohio urges forethought and shares that his family has used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and always takes it on extended visits, noting its reliable usefulness.

E. W. Archer Caldwell Ohio Chamberlain T S

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