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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1920

Page

5

Mrs Wilson reports Reese Formula relieves long illness

Mrs Maude Wilson of 141 Ocelio street Clarksburg West Virginia says after a barrel of medicine failed to help Reese Formula A 11 restored her, curing stomach and kidney trouble and improving appetite sleep and energy She urges others with stomach liver or kidney issues to try the remedy with several local pharmacies listed as distributors.

Maude Wilson Ocelio Street Clarksburg W. Va Reese Goodykoontz Drug Co Bluefield Pradiey Drug Co Matoaka Westfield Bridgeford Pahramaceis Keystone Rae Drug Co Kimball Palace Pharmacy Welch Drug Co Welch Citizens Drug Co Pocahontas Pocahontas Fuel Co Wilson Bros Boissevain Hale and Princeton Pharmacies Princeton

Hearing Set for Increased Rates in West Virginia

The Public Service Commission fixed June 29 in Charleston for hearing the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia on its request for higher statewide rates. The filing, made about six months ago, follows pending investigations into the company earnings and property valuation.

Charleston W. Va Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia Public Service Commission

The Great Russian Violinist Captivates Big Hippodrome Crowd

A renowned Russian violinist fills New York’s Big Hippodrome to capacity at a Colonial Theatre performance on Sunday evening, June 18, drawing a full house and praised reviews for his artistry.

New York Colonial Theatre Lunday Evening

MISCHAELMAN Seats Selling Fast At Discount Prices

Seats now selling fast for MISCHAELMAN with a few at 3.00 dollars and many at 2.50 dollars and a few at 2.00 dollars. Tax will be added to these prices.

Kipling Manuscript Sale Highlights Editing Clashes

A sale of Kipling manuscripts reveals the making of literature with typewritten sections and editor author tensions. Kipling’s poem Tom Hinson appeared in 1892 after alterations, and Cleared shows him revising Irish phonetics, illustrating care in craft noted by Christian Science Monitor.

Rudyard Kipling National Observer Henley Tom Hinson Kipling Christian Science Monitor

Baby airplanes take to the air in Britain and France

An article notes a rush of tiny aircraft making trials across England and in France. The British “Crew” weighs 220 pounds and flies near full-size speeds while the pocket airplane spans meters and reaches 96 mph. A French infant monoplane from Gar say measures 13 feet wingspan with 62 mph speed. Prices for these mini airplanes range from 1000 to 1200 dollars.

Austin Whipple Garsay Little Brothers Capronis Handley Pages Vuimys

Monumental Toppers and Silly Statues Across Cities

A survey of top hats as sculpture shows Lincoln in the United States with his topper set aside on a seat while Glasgow MP James Oswald is depicted with his hat held upside down in his hand. Street children fling pebbles into the hat, prompting frequent emptying by police nearby.

United States President Lincoln Glasgow Scotland James Oswald Oswald

Eight Thousand Swiss in War Then and Now

The article recalls that 8,000 Swiss soldiers entered French service in a past war and that 7,700 were killed while 300 survived. It notes a thousand Swiss soldiers delaying a German advance at Verdun, and references William Tell and Arnold von Winkelried as classic school reader stories that helped affirm that legacy in American classrooms.

Verdun William Tell Arnold von Winkelried

Lost His Place in a Neighboring Town

Old man Bitzer ran a furniture store in a nearby town. He stopped for a beer at a barber shop then stepped into a saloon. Returning, he found someone else served and asked the barber if leaving and reentering means he is still out.

Bitzer

Some Ordeal at Flubdub’s House

A Louisville Courier Journal item recounts a reader’s quip about an ordeal after visiting Flubdub’s house. The person says they were up late, drank homemade wine by his wife, and smoked two of his Christmas cigars, implying a humorous or teasing recount.

Flubdub Louisville Courier-Journal

Hero Convict Pardoned for Daring River Rescue

Charleston June 15 news reports James Flatley of Wheeling, a convict from Kanawha county camp, was pardoned today for heroic act saving a comrade from drowning in the Kanawha river Sunday.

Charleston W. Va Kanawha River James Flatley Wheeling Kanawha County

Children Narrowly Escape After Bridge Collapse near Pittsburg

June 15 report from Pittsburg Pennsylvania says thirty children playing on an old railroad bridge at Hverson near Ssott aale Virginia fell fifteen feet into Jacobs creek. The creek was shallow and they landed in mud. The bridge had not been used for trains for some time. In Ireland, Gary County Wexford police Inspector Captain Wilson was shot dead by five armed men on June 15.

Hverson Ssottaale Jacobs Creek Captai Wilson

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