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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
4
An ad promotes home news service with a two week trial for 25 cents. It urges readers to have the Daily Telegraph mailed abroad during vacations and to send the payment with their address to start the subscription.
Attorney General Samuel W Williams argues Virginia can collect the debt covered by a Supreme Court decision though West Virginia refuses payment. Wheeling Ordinance would allocate a just share of pre 1861 Virginia debt and expenses to the new state, until Virginia officials agree. The column also notes Croquet vacations, Boston hotel men, and Sherman repairs, with remarks on fashion and trusts cases.
A newspaper note says a settlement of Standard Oil and tobacco disputes could be completed in 1953 if lawyers bring cold lunches to the courthouse instead of returning home for dinner.
The farmer has planted crops and entrusts seeds to soil while forecasting the yearly miracle of soil to bread. Modern farming faces pest challenges from exterminated birds and slow legislation, but conditions may improve as knowledge grows.
West Virginia Fire Prevention Association visited Bluefield and praised the fire department for a rapid response test at alarm box 43 near Sidney Bernard’s home. Water reached in under five minutes after the first wagon arrived, with officials commending Chief Dann and his crew. The group circulated safety tips on prevention and proper handling of combustibles, urging daily premises inspections and safer storage practices.
The notice outlines safety requirements including keeping stairs clear, maintaining wide aisles, not blocking windows or doors, ensuring fire doors shut at night, and keeping extinguishing equipment functional. It notes that defects are charged in the rate and emphasizes orderly stock placement.
Jack Wilson head of a counterfeit gang in the coal fields was arrested by Cyrus Thompson of the Baldwin-Felts detectives after a day in the woods. Leonard brothers Cooper and N M Leonard were seized earlier. A confession by Leonard and witnesses with molds and materials support the case. Wilson previously served time in Atlanta for counterfeiting. The gang has operated six to eight months with potential widespread circulation of the fake coins.
Construction Superintendent A M Felio arrives with twenty five men to plan river dam camps above Pulaski. The nucleus of a 500 man workforce is expected to be on site within a month. F W Insell and G Granoty travel from Chicago to Bluefield on company business. Hawley Merchandise advertises a big sale with 100 ladies skirts in multiple colors.
Lieutenant Osborne mans a rough improvised redoubt in a canyon to delay 50 or more warriors threatening Rosa Hammond and an ambulance. He shoots several attackers, alarms the escort, and saves the party as Indians retreat, while Hammond continues her journey away from the fort.
Paris hosts a celebration marking the tenth centenary of Normandy’s duchy with visitors from America and other regions arriving to participate in events.
Visitors join Normandy pilgrims for celebrations marking the 1000th anniversary of the Duchy of Normandy. Festivities run through most of the summer with elaborate pageants illustrating Norman history. Rouen hosts main events while all Norman towns participate.
Nearly five hundred engineers in the automobile and related industries attend the midsummer meeting of the Society of Automobile Engineers in Dayton Ohio. The gathering began today with headquarters at the Algonquin Hotel.
In Paterson New Jersey on June 15 Mrs Ann Noonan narrowly escaped death when a bullet fired by her neighbor Lizzie Dorandy struck her corset steel and deflected the shot. Noonan received only a slight bruise.
A large Roman Catholic party representing many parts of the country sailed today on the steamer La Savole to attend the International Eucharistic Congress in Madrid.
Sixteen hundred workers from the Cubann Gineering Construction Co. walked off the job in Havana on June 15 demanding raises and better pay terms.
In the Mining and Scientific Press T Lane Carter notes miners' sense of danger, a sixth sense from decades underground. He recounts a Cornwall-born mine captain who sensed trouble and found a hidden crack after inspecting a drift, preventing a potential disaster through acute observation.
Daniel Frohman recalls F F Mackay in Bronson Howard's One of Our Girls executing a duelist count scene. Mackay wore a tight collar and strained to force facial color change, showing red then pale as he declared he would send his seconds. The effect, noted by critics, relied on controlled neck pressure and blood rush.
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