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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1913
Page
2
In Bluefield the shift from eschewing advertising to embracing it as a key info source is noted as a sign of modern business ethics. The Telegraph highlights sermons at a local Presbyterian church and lists services, music, and a cordial invitation to worship, while police appointments, a death, and community notices follow.
On Winesday evening June 16 James Eimer Brown presents two pupils Miss Helen Jordan and Miss Wisie Samuel in a piano recital. They are aided by Miss Zona Shull soprano. Recital begins 8 30 pm and lasts about forty five minutes. Public invited. Calvary Baptist schedule follows with Sunday school 9 45 am and services at 11 am and 2 pm.
Charles Crotty, who suffered a badly mashed arm when a waste press collapsed on it at the Norfolk and Western tinshop, was discharged from Bluefield Sanitarium yesterday.
A merchants rest room is open to women every day except Sunday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ladies are invited to use the facility.
The Princeton Inn at Princeton West Virginia announces new management and that meals will be served after June 14. Bishop Gravatt Rt. Rev. W. L. Gravatt of West Virginia will conduct services at Christ Episcopal church Sunday at 11 a.m.
An old tourism notice invites visitors to use the merchants rest room featuring a telephone parcel room and comfortable chairs. The piece emphasizes convenience for travelers and shoppers in the evolving marketplace.
Rev J H Wiser preaches at Northfork Sunday morning 11 o clock. Catholic Church holds Mass at 9 30 a m Benediction and Sunday school follow. Wedding flowers offered including Lily of the Valley and White Killarney Roses with 25 000 plants, shipped by FALLAON florist Roanoke VA. Bride bouquets feature white Killarney roses or Lily of the Valley. Made right packed right priced right. Avoid summer flower risks.
Mrs. R. V. Shanklin hosted a Wednesday bridge luncheon at her Gary residence honoring visiting out of town guests. The decor featured Japanese motifs with pink ramblers and mountain laurel. Prizes went to Mrs. Laura Woodward and Mrs. J. M. West of Welch. Attendees from Welch included several residents.
Flowers that take twenty four hours to reach you. We grow for cut flowers twenty five thousand Killarney roses and have two houses about ten thousand rose plants in crop for the month of June. Write for prices. Fallon florist Roanoke Va 63 eod In.
A city notice informs shoppers of a new merchants rest room established for comfort on Higginbotham Avenue with contact phone number Siu for inquiries.
Fallon florist in Roanoke Virginia offers cut wedding flowers and Killarney rose plants. Order by mail or wire for pickup or delivery.
The Henritze couple celebrates their fourth wedding anniversary with a six o'clock dinner for friends. Plans include a special Gary to Berwind baseball train at 10 a.m. tomorrow, priced at 2 dollars round trip. Lake Brinkley buys Lot 5 in Woodmont and intends to build a modern dwelling. A new triangular park in the town center features a green lawn, fountain, and shrubs.
Mrs. PD and J. Strother entertained the Presbyterian church ladies aid society yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A large number of members attended and the meeting was described as most interesting.
The Imperial Theatre in Gary presents the Hyatt and Lenore Musical Company for a week starting the night of the 16th. Performances run nightly throughout the week.
Miss Ida Hines a Lathrop Coal Company stenographer left for a week long vacation at her Frostburg Maryland home. Miss Hannah Edwards returns home for summer holidays after winter at Concord Normal Athens. Loudermilk of Marytown was a business visitor yesterday. Mrs Frank Wright, guest of Mr and Mrs W B Payne, returns to Princeton after a visit accompanied by Miss Meldram Payne. Attorney K L Greever of Tazewell attended circuit court yesterday. Miss Sarah Garnett Currie arrived in Welch to visit Mr and Mrs D J Strother for a week then will return to California with her mother. Miss Henrietta Seive of Charleston is visiting Miss Hazel Leninsky. Mrs Robert Hutson spent the day in Keystone with the Hutsons. Miss Etta Elkins of Cincinnati visits Kimball with Mr and Mrs H Rank. Miss Corene Lopinsky went to Charleston to visit friends and relatives. Miss Mary Paul, in Welch Lumber office, left for Roanoke. Judge H Christian of War attended court Thursday. Miss Nettie Rank of Keystone visits Miss Hazel Lopinsky.
W. W. Whitelock argues from Chicago Record Herald that Italian currency suffers widespread counterfeiting and deterioration. He cites inferior engraving, foreign coins in circulation, pre 1863 one lira pieces, and odd policies on gold usage, linking these to theft risks by Italians abroad.
A witty exchange unfolds as a woman rebukes a threat while asserting resolve and a man admits he resists surrender to a dream of becoming the woman’s father’s son-in-law in this period snip from the Chicago Record Herald.
The Kansas City Star quotes a reader about a husband enjoying dinner with avidity and fear of him eating with a knife. The exchange evokes light domestic humor.
This short fitness style notice promotes a twenty five cent bottle of C Chamberlains Ointment as a fast cure for rheumatic pains. It is sold by all dealers. 2-w.
A public slogan from the Florida Times Union reflects on shifting human aims from wealth to impermanence as time passes. The remark emphasizes transience and the changing value of pursuits across generations.
Increasing demand for guinea pigs drives higher prices as farmers raise them for meat. Prices rise from about seventy five cents per animal amid growing interest in small livestock.
The article outlines guinea pigs or cavies as edible meat in South America and explores their domestication. It traces origins to the Andean region, notes introduction to Europe by Dutch traders, and discusses feeding, varieties, and cost of rearing for four to five months.
Thieves pried the door staple and entered the east end home of T R Fink while he was at work. They stole a Hampton movement 18 size watch, engraved case, a blue steel .41 derringer pistol, shoes, two razors, a pocket knife and a watch is promised reward for its return.
Rob King an aged black man living in the city was tried on a lunacy charge before Squire Gollehen. He was found in a bad condition and will be sent to an insane asylum soon. He had caused trouble and posed a danger, including a prior knife incident at the Norfolk and Western depot. After brief jail time his condition worsened, prompting the decision to remove him.
In Chancery, Mercer county circuit court West Virginia. Charles Foster is notified to appear July 15 1913 at George L Dillard law offices Bluefield to take depositions of Etta Foster and Jennie Patterson for the chancery case where Etta Foster is plaintiff and Charles Foster is defendant. If depositions cannot be completed that day they will continue at the same time and place until finished.
Physician Thos E Peery of Bluefield West Virginia offers ENT services at a year bear nose and throat specialty located in the Flat Top National Bank Building.
Norfolk and Western announces May 1918 schedule with Bluefield Lynchburg Roanoke and Roanoke to New York service. Pullman sleepers to Norfolk Philadelphia and Roanoke to Richmond plus cafe cars and dining options. W B Bevill and W C Saunders urge contacting the Roanoke office for details.
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