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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
2
Rates listed for cash in advance include daily one year at 4.00 and weekly one year at 1.00. The notice appears as postal matter entered in Bluefield West Virginia as second class mail.
The Republican congressional convention for West Virginia Fifth District is set for June 19 1902 at 2 pm at Huntington Opera House to nominate a U.S. House candidate for the November 4 1902 election. Representation fixes one delegate per 100 votes or fraction over 50 votes for McKinley in 1900. committee leaders are John A Sheppard and W A Brazie.
The piece argues that mine closures cause broader suffering for the public through halted mills factories and railways, while owners and workers bear the immediate impact. It urges lawmakers to address periodic mine stoppages and rejects the idea that either capitalists or organized labor should routinely end mining.
Town faces deplorable summer conditions unless authorities enforce cleanliness ordinances. Citizens urged to begin work immediately and start proposed sewerage construction at once to finish early.
Lieutenant Jean Marie de Foldy of the Austrian army arrives in New York hailed as the hero of twenty nine duels. He plans to settle and seek steady employment as a delegate to conventions.
The writer blames false promises given to miners by a western delegate and notes Miss Mary Custis Lee was fined five dollars for sitting in a colored section in Alexander Virginia. The piece argues social ethics cannot be enforced by law and public opinion will reject such measures.
The strike has ended with most men back at work and the rest soon to return at prior rates. The mining labor force produced a universally required commodity affecting every manufacturing sector, sparking wide newspaper commentary on the dispute. The piece notes the public interest stems from the essential nature of mining outputs across industries.
The piece chronicles the water cure movement, tracing its shift from fable to necessity and humane reform. It claims the practice purifies the interior of the nation and elevates civilization, while noting uncertainty about its reception by Filipino babies and future outcomes.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as the disease resides in the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and said to act on the blood. It is described as a regular prescription by a physician and marketed by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with testimonials and a 75 cent price.
S R Meredith from Willow Grove Delaware says the salve cured piles and skin ailments. The notice urges use of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and warns against counterfeits with sales via John L Crockett, a local druggist.
creditors of C C Bailey deceased must present their claims for adjudication to J Frank Maynard commissioner at his Bluefield office Mercer county by July 24 1902 Witness W B Honaker clerk Court at the courthouse Bluefield June 6 1902 Other notice fixed July 9 1902 at McCulloch Building Bland Street Bluefield to execute the decree and continue as needed parties may appear to protect interests.
In Mercer County West Virginia the court orders Commissioner J Frank Maynard to report liens against the defendant and the real estate subject to those liens. The report must cover lien priority owners, property locations, titles, rental value, and whether rents will cover costs in five years. Proceedings to occur at Bluefield with notices per state code.
The notice sets July 10, 1902 as the execution day at the McCulloch Building corner Bland Street and Princeton Avenue Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia. If the account cannot be completed that day it will be continued daily at the same location until the decree directs otherwise. Interested parties may appear to protect their interests. Signed J Frank Maynard.
In Mercer County circuit court on May 22 102 the case of H N White Ada m’r with the will annexed of C C Bailey deceased and US State Bank of Bluefield West Virginia etc was referred to J F Maynard a court commissioner to take state and settle the administrator accounts and report debts demands real estate details usury questions and related matters. The commissioner must publish four weeks in a Bluefield newspaper before proceeding.
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