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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1906
Page
1
Local Bluefield West Virginia supplier Superior Supply Co advertises sheet steel in stock with same day shipping on order placement.
An advertisement asserts that poor digestion causes belching sour stomach and gas. It promotes Kodol Digestive Cure claiming it digests food after meals and makes the stomach feel comfortable.
Judge Harold A Ritz, a Wheeling native and prominent lawyer, was appointed by Governor Daweon to succeed the late Luther L Chambers on the ninth judicial circuit. Ritz, a former assistant attorney general and gubernatorial staff colonel, was in Charleston at the time of appointment. The report notes his Republican ties and broad support from legal and civic figures. A wedding notice follows, detailing the marriage of Miss Florence Hacker to George Vanghar with a large church ceremony and reception.
The Presbyterian church of Jonesboro Tennessee hosted the wedding of Miss Anna Thomas and Mr T W Chambere of Eckmar West Virginia. The ceremony featured fern and deisy decorations by the local Woman's Club and opened with Mend Yaohu's wedding march.
The notice announces no morning service on Sunday at Bland Street Methodist. Sunday School will be at 2 PM at Christ Episcopal Church on Tarwell and Dabring streets, with preaching by the pastor at 3 PM at the same location. Visitors are welcome.
Williamson June 16 county meetings chose delegates to the senatorial and congressional conventions. All presidential delegates were instructed for Hon HS White of Mingo and the congressional delegates for Hon James A Hughes. The county expected a Republican majority in November.
The apostolic delegate Monsignor Falsonio informs American bishops that the pope grants a dispensation from abstinence on Friday June 29 the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. Washington date June 16.
A man named Milliman was struck dead by a lightning bolt that traveled down a steel tipped umbrella during a violent storm. He stood with his wife and child when the fatal event occurred as darkness fell in the afternoon.
St Petersburg June 16 authorities discuss a plan to declare universal suffrage if needed. The aim is to extend franchise rights to influence the Constitutional Assembly and justify acting against radicalism that the czar disapproved of at the start.
Washington January 16 Congress debates the railroad rate bill as lawmakers argue the oil provision would hurt independent oil firms. Senator Tillman says telegrams from independents are standard oil subterfuge while noting the sector remains officially independent. It is believed the provision forcing common-car data may be dropped.
Washington June 16 The president signed the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill shortly after five this afternoon The bill raises the Turkish mission at Constantinople to an embassy The president announced the appointment of Minister John Leishman the incumbent as ambassador The nomination will be sent to the senate Monday He signed the statehood bill with two specially prepared pens One gold pen made in Arizona signed Theodore and a grill from Oklahoma signed his surname
Tokio reports fifty one lives lost when the transport Toyo Tomami number 51 sank after striking a drifting mine off Yoebin Korea. All other crew accounted for. searchers say there is no hope for those missing. Recent floats of mines off the Korean coast prompt Japanese naval orders to destroy them.
Col Rofes E Laster, longtime representative for Georgia’s First District, died at 69 from injuries after a fall through a Cairo Apartment skylight. He had been seeking his two grandchildren when the accident occurred. the exact cause remains unclear.
The North Carolina Ping Association dominating Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina lumber trades announced a price reduction averaging about 10 percent on number threes and other lower grade lumber. The move affects a regional market with an annual output around 1.2 billion feet of lumber.
Minneapol's Minn June 16 Dr Jacob Force, former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance, was sentenced today to three and a half years for grand larceny in collection with the office while he led the company. This marks the first conviction in the recent insurance scandal there.
A Paris–Berlin dispatch reports influential German Jews consider appealing to world powers to settle the Jawiab question under an international agreement like Crete and Macedonia. A meeting in Berlin decided to appoint a distinguished deputation from Berlin Paris and London to press governments for coordinated action.
Dispatches from St Petersburg report widespread disturbances against Jewish communities across Bialystok Vilna Grodno and Charnayowiez areas. Authorities shown unable or unwilling to quell the unrest and Jews face growing peril with little protection from officials.
Three rooms for rent to a man and wife at five dollars monthly in a pleasant city area. Addressed to D B Bala win at Firet National Bank building.
A neighborhood improvement note highlights a well painted house as a stimulus for broader public taste and property value gains. The piece also promotes Green Seal Liquid Permat as sound business policy and Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Par as a distinct cough remedy available through Burky Hardware Co Inc.
Wanted a clerk in Telegraph office. Experience in office work preferred. Opportunity to learn telegraphy. Lady preferred. Apply Western Union Telegraph 6 10 Bland Street. 6 15 tf.
The advertisement touts E. C. DeWitt & Co. Witch Hazel Salve as guaranteed for burns sores boils tetter cracked hands and relief for bleeding itching and piles. It claims immediate relief and storage of pain with sales through Groggists.
In a rain disrupted slate, Danville split with Roanoke in two games as Richmond posted a 2 0 and Norfolk fell 0 to Portsmouth, with Lychburg and others facing postponements. Early totals show New York over Cincinnati and Boston over Philadelphia as Detroit and Cleveland also posted results.
Berlin reports the German Jewish Association sent emissaries to Bialystok to probe recent massacres. The investigation suggests over 200 killed and 450 wounded, with claims that actual bloodshed exceeds official figures and that accusations against Jews are a cover for anti-Semitic outrages.
Flat Top coal operators and Norfolk and Western officials met in Roanoke at 10am to consider shifting car distribution from coke oven count to production. After a day of debate a vote favored retaining the oven basis with about 7,000 of 10,000 ovens backing it, leaving open potential litigation.
A Durham man has committed suicide by self harm and four others have made daring attempts in the region. Albert Hinton attempted to plunge into a cotton mill reservoir but escaped after a brief struggle. he was recaptured and jailed for safety. Another man, BF Abramthy, wrecked a ram page and made several attempts to take his life. he is confined after volatile episodes over four years.
Mra Ilah D Jordan widow of Lee Jordan and former fiancée of Senator Corea of Nicaragua wed John D Little, former speaker of the Georgia house, at 6 o'clock at Mrs Jordan's home. Corea’s engagement was announced a year ago but later ended.
London dispatch reports government aims to reconcile differences with the constitutional democrats by offering cabinet positions. Leaders would be invited to join a new pew cabinet as part of an agreed settlement to form a united government.
An exhibit of rare documents and educational work will feature pre revolutionary colleges such as Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth. William and Mary onslage of Williamsbury Va joins in the pacing recitation at Jamestown Exposition next year.
In St Petersburg on June 16 the Douma members formed a commission to investigate the origin of anti Jewish disturbances. One member is a former procurator and another is a Jewish individual.
Advert supports Argo Red Salmon cans asserting net weight of one pound per can. It emphasizes guaranteed full weight in each container.
The remedy claims to treat coughs and colds by acting as a mild cathartic to expel the cold from the system. It asserts relief for phlegm in the throat, coughs, croup, whooping cough, and is suitable for children and adults, sold by all draggists.
Advertisement claims deadly serpents are common in Indiana and promote Electric Bitters as a great restorative. It cites SA Brown of Bennetteville SC praising recovery from hypoplasia and liver trouble, listing cures for malaria biliousness and kidney disorders. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
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