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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1905

Page

5

Pocahontas Board Seeks Rail Aid for Fourth of July

The Pocahontas board of trade reported unity among business interests to boost Fourth of July celebrations. A committee secured better Norfolk and Western railroad concessions and scheduled events featuring Lionel Legares with a spiral tower act and illuminated fireworks. Local store upgrades and travel notes followed as residents and guests arrive from Wytheville to Washington county.

Board of Trade of Pocahontas William Leckie W. R. Graham J. L. Baker Roanoke Norfolk and Western Pocahontas Lionel Legares Legares

County Court Adjourns Until Next Monday

County court adjourned yesterday until next Monday. Sensible pointers urge fans at the ball game to buy Wade worth Bros Chicos cigars for rooting and consolation. Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised as a cure for cold and cough with Kennedy’s branding and red clover carton.

Censaty Wadeworth Bros Wadsworth Bros White's Kennedy

Local notes from Maybeury and nearby towns Readouts of social visits and travel

Maybeury items list residents traveling to Martineville Huntington and Monroe Louisiana. Miss Martha Sampson visited Alice Barbour in Poca,ontas. Miss Pearl Taylor and Miss Frances Hampton improving after illness. A J Doss ill but mobile. Ida Fletcher returned to Athens after teaching at Coaldale. Families Inge Walters Money and Stella visited Graham and Lick Branch. Harmon preached Sunday night and Welch visitor AE Green called on friends.

E. W. Inge Graham Inge Fred Hughes W. H. Walters Lucy Smith Montgomery County Misa Bertha Spangler Monroe Louisiana A R. Milleapps Frank Boone J. S. Money Stella Lick

Coeburn and Wise County News Briefs

Carrie Eve of Corbin Ky visits sister Mrs J T Miller Cynthia Wohlford of Bland visits sister Mrs T H McNeil Ford and McConnell begin a three story brick building on Front Street in Coeburn at twelve thousand dollars. Bondtown election ends in a mayoral tie with 14 votes each. J H Steele and Robi Litz and Osborn and Dr EB L Add ing and G M Carico attend a reunion in Londonville Ky. Mrs A P Willmer and son of Richmond Va visit Mr and Mrs J C Carpenter. Mrs R F Steele visited friends in Wise last week.

Ford & McConnell Coeburn Front Street J. H. Steele J. L Robi. Litz B Osborn EB. L. Adding G. M. Carico Loninville

Mary Cash Weds Charles H. Witten at Bramwell

A brides wedding at the godfrey residence in Bramwell saw Miss Mary Cash wed Charles H. Witten of Graham with Rev. B. Vaught officiating. Guests included the Vaught and Stuart families among others. The couple will visit Norfolk and Washington before returning. The paper notes Cash’s role with Bluefield Telephone and mixes in local society items and upcoming baseball games.

A. I. Godfrey Bramwell Mary Cash Charles H. Witten Graham B. Vaught Stuart Baker Vaught

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Union Clothing Co EAGLE Alley Ona Ferrell Mercantile Company Princeton Avenue Bluefield West Virginia the Wholesale Ice Cream Co Icecream Co Bluefield Avenue Bluefield West Virginia AV Wings Roanoke Cycle Company Campbells Ave Weet News of W. K. Jenkins R. M. Turner, Jr Wytheville F. R. Chambers Eckman W. D. Stevens Maybury Fred Steele Tazewell A. L. Kemper Mose Milter Donora M. Kwass F. Goodman New York Flest National Bank of Pocahonas St. Clair Street City Hall Flat Top Drug Company George Ho Zimmerman Odd Fellows Lynchburg Harry VanDoren Pulaski Ira ©. VanDoren Water Street Bertha Cox Washington County Mies Ella Richardson W. H Hicks John B. Saunders Graham, Va Daniel Frazier Mrs. H. Wood MacConnell Mies Helen Helbarger Philipsburg, N. J J. C. Barnes the Cove Tazewell County W. Luther Mustard H. Wood MacConnell Lizzie Dalton Norfolk, Va W. B. Treadwell Dr. Thomas E. C. Mitter Martineville Martha Sampson Mise Alice Barbour Dr. Love Huntington Minnie Obenshain Hilda Walters Co. B. Harmon C. W. Dean A E. Green Welch Pearl Taylor Frances Hampton A J. Doss Ida Fletcher Coaldale Athens E. White Atkinson Nya Baldwin & Baldwin the New Grocers Lytle-Phelps Furniture Co Coeburn, Va Mies Carrie Eve Corbin, Ky Mrs. J. T. Miller Cynthia Wohlford Bland Mrs T. H. McNeil Wise County Bondtown A. P. Willmer and Little Son Richmond, Va J. C Carpenter R. F. Steele Wise THE Roper Commission CO Park Avenue Virginia Chicago First National Bank Lynchburg, Va Marion Supply Co Marion Stook Bramwell News Simmons Joseph Headley Bowen Alexandria J. ©. Pack Bowen Joe Bowen Europe Mary Little Williame First National Bank of Norton Carrie Lelia Kilgore Lawrence Dickinson Cairo Wa. Va N. EB. Dotkinson Fannie Kate Willie Dickinson Castlewood Onsale Dickineon Wesournenn Ichmond Southern Mfg. CO Richmond
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