Bluefield Opera House to gain major stage and acoustics upgrade
Elks' Opera House manager S H Jolliffe outlines renovations including a 10 by 10 foot stage expansion to 40 by 30 feet, twenty dressing rooms, four stage loggias, asbestos curtain, better acoustics, frescoed interior, new carpets, and total spend over 10000 pounds. The season plans feature premier plays and high quality performances attracting coal town audiences.
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S. H. Jolliffe
Elks’ Opera House
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Jolliffe
Charles Hi
Yale
Nixon & Zimmerman
Norman Hackett
Thomas Dixon
Mary Emerson
al Fields
William Jefferson
Squaw Man
Henry Miller
Socialist Organizer J L Fitts to Speak in Bluefield
Atlanta national Socialist party organizer J L Fitts arrives in Bluefield to address a 3 PM talk at city hall on Intemperance Cause and Cure. He earlier spoke on the Red Lot praising socialism as a path to end poverty and crime.
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L. J. Fitts
Red Lot
City Hall
J. L Fitts
Atlanta, Ga
Socialist Party
Bluefield
Socialism Explained as a Scientific History Program
The text argues socialism as a scientific view of history and a political program. It claims collectively used industries should be owned by users and criticizes objections as partly true excuses. It contrasts ownership by elites with benefits to the masses and notes industries are used for owners’ gain.
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Socialist Party
Rockefeller
Chamberlains Remedies Offered For Common Ailments
The notice urges readers to keep ready medicines for minor injuries. It lists Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Chamberlains Cough Remedy, Chamberlains Pain Balm, Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, and Chamberlains Salve priced at one dollar twenty five cents per bottle set. Local druggists West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy carry them.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bids Sought for Bluefield School Buildings in 1908
Beaver Bond District Board of Education invites bids by June 20 noon for all labor materials and completion of three school buildings in Bluefield. Bids must be separate per house with double bid bond, 3 percent certified check, and sealed to Secretary E L Bowman.
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Board of Education of
Beaver
Bluefield
West Virginia
Board of Education
E. L. Bowman
Do Not Neglect the Children This Season
Do not neglect a child’s diarrhea and seek immediate care for the first looseness. The advised remedy is Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil as directed. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy. Also framing services advertised by The Home Furniture Co with reasonable prices.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Memorial services and graves decoration by Pocahontas Lodge
Pocahontas Lodge No 553 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will hold memorial services at the First Baptist Church this morning with a parade from the lodge to the church. At eleven oclock the service begins followed by graves decoration at cemeteries. M L Wingfield leads the parade. committee members include J R Craig R F Turner L J Long H B Bowman W R Hinchee and J R Tilson. The program lists organ music prayers songs and a memorial address by W N Doak.
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Pocahontas Lodge of Trainmen
First Baptist Church
Pocahontas Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen
M. L. Wingfield
J. R. Craig
R. F. Turner
L. J. Long
H. B. Bowman
W. R. Hinchee
J. R. Tilson
Gertrude Watts
M. L Wingfield
Mrs. W
WN. Doak
RF. Turner
Edwin M. Eesley
R. W. Cubbedge
Union meeting of railroad men in Bluefield
A joint gathering of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Order of Railway Conductors Order of Railway Telegraphers and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of the Norfolk and Western system will be held in Bluefield on July 3 and 4. A secret session June 3 evening, picnic and open meeting July 4 with speeches by grand lodge officers and system representatives. Public invited.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Order of
Brotherhood
Norfolk & Western System
Bluefield
Grand Lodge
Smoke damage ruled out at Bluefield Mercantile Store
Inspectors found no damage to the Bluefield Mercantile Company stock or its Meadow Lane store room after Friday night fire smoke. Only upper floors were affected, dispelling initial reports of losses at the shop.
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Bluefield Mercantile Company
Blueeld Mercantile Company
Meadow-Lane
Bank Officers Promoted at First National Bank
The board elected W. C. Pollock vice president and L. A. Hopper cashier. Pollock has served as cashier for years and is a conservative business man. Hopper, with long service, has advanced rapidly through courteous and strict business conduct.
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W. C. Pollock
First National
L. A. Hopper
First National Bank
Pollock
Hooper
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Princeton
Princeton Real Estate Agency
Princeton, W. Va
R. E. Thornton, W. A. Brown
Wytheville, Virginia
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Wytheville, Va
Union Meeting OF Railroad Men
Grand Ledge
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
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Shaw and Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg
C. W. Waitmore
KiLi
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All Throat
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Kelly
Moyer Building
Thomas E. Peery
W. VA
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Thornton Building
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Elks Opera House
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