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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
6
Sheriff W W Hamilton of Mercer County warns that taxes not paid by the 380th day of June will be listed as delinquent. This final request urges prompt payment to avoid levy, noting efforts already made. A fragment mentions advancing Italian army provisions, but details are unclear.
Former secretary warns that the American navy is deteriorating and urges preparedness over reliance on treaties. He cites violations of neutral rights and blockades by major powers, including Germany and England, urging readiness to defend national interests and peace.
The federal district court granted immunity today to a director indicted with twenty others from the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. for alleged criminal violations of the anti trust law.
The British trawler Argyll was sunk by a German submarine off London. Only four of her eleven crew were saved, landed at Harwich on the east coast. The vessel went down within two minutes after perishing without warning.
London reports the house of commons voted another credit of 250 million pounds for war purposes. Combined with earlier sums the total grants reach about 62 million pounds and 4.21 billion dollars in aid.
Washington June 15 King Constantine of Greece remains in satisfactory general condition according to the legation. His majesty is still very weak but his temperature hovers only slightly above normal.
War era cable cutting described in detail with grapnels and dynamometers. Shallow seas use cutting grapnels to sever cables at two points, while deep ocean cables are gripped then snapped by tension, leaving gaps on the ocean bed. Also mentions Millet painting sale, New York Telegram note on a hat quarrel, and unemployment insurance in Bavaria.
The executive secretary reported broad Tuberculosis Day activities including sectional conferences and a campaign for medical education on TB legislation and sanatoria impact. Field secretaries operated in over twenty states. more than 160,000 churches joined the movement and Red Cross seals boosted funds by fifteen percent.
A Bluefield resident, H. W. Clark of Beasley Street, recounts suffering back and kidney trouble from heavy grinding work. After four months confined and failed cures, he says Dean's Kidney Pills restored his health, enabling him to work again. The ad notes price and supplier Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The piece closes with a desert sands fact.
Acca Temple plans special sessions in Norton Virginia on June 18 and in Bristol June 19 to receive petitions and confer degrees. Over 100 Acca members travel by train, with about fifty Bluefielders expected to join, after a city tour, parade, ceremonial, and banquet events culminating in a Home Sweet Home finale.
At St Pauls church in Dedham Massachusetts this noon Junius Spencer Morgan son of J Pierpont Morgan married Louise Converse daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Converse of Boston The ceremony occurred in the presence of family and friends in Boston area society circles and marks a notable union of prominent New England families.
An advertisement promises gray hair will darken to a lustrous even tone after shampooing with Q-Ran Hair Color Restorer. It claims roots color the hair without dye, reduces itching and dandruff, and improves hair health. A seven ounce bottle costs 50 cents, available at Goodykoontz Drug Co Bluefield WV and by mail for out-of-town buyers.
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