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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
4
Virginia Election Prospects Shift in 1900s
The piece notes rising Republican prospects in Virginia as Democratic rivals spar for renomination. It discusses factions led by Gillespie, Meredith, Sipe and others, with primary uncertainty for Democrats versus a likely Republican convention. An emerging independent sentiment is seen as potentially aiding GOP gains.
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Gillespie
Meredith
Geenrald Sipe
Mann
Tucker
Jon
Republs
Virginia
Coal trade outlook and city improvements noted
The piece predicts coal market improvement after duties, with orders booked and anticipated better conditions. It also calls for sidewalks from city hall to Bland street and Higginboth avenue, and urges better train connections between Norfolk and Roanoke via Transit No. 16 and 42.
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Bland Street
Higginboth Avenue
A Want Ad Will Fetch It Le A Word
A quirky want ad hints at quick value by promising a single word can fetch the item. The brief note plays on market urgency and curiosity, suggesting a sharp, concise appeal to buyers and sellers.
City visitors from many towns fill Bluefield listings
A long list of residents and visitors from Princeton Charleston Pounding Mill Pocahontas Coeburn Blacksburg Huntington Radford Tazewell Roanoke and others appear in Bluefield, with many stopping at hotels, visiting relatives or conducting business. Notable names include Col James Browning and Sheriff J J Ellison, with several professionals and executives noted in daily city movements.
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Col
James Browning
Pocahontas
Bowyer
Raleigh
Scott Streets
Ay Trpioad Vo Acassee
Caroliera
Highland Ave
Spruce St
Roanoke
Fairfax St
Locust St
Bluefield Ave
Fourth St
Hancock St
PRG
Cdiatrice Eeeck
Frederna Ave
Highland
William Tell Flour touted for clean, protected baking
The advertisement extols William Tell Flour as ideal for the particular housewife demanding clean flour. It describes storage in sealed tanks, six cleanings, and a mechanical process that yields rich flavor for bread, with bags filled and sealed by machinery.
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William Tell
Pet
Buckeye
Smith county pupil defies grammar rules at school
A Smith county schoolboy persisted in saying have went despite instruction. After being kept after school to write have gone five hundred times, he supposedly left unseen while the room was briefly momentarily unattended. A note on his desk read I am through, and have went home.
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Senator Bailey
Vincent Cressley
Copiah County
Vincent
Sinbad
Valley of Diamonds
Ginger
Smith County
Kansas City Journal
Grandson meets grandmother in dinner tale
Jarvis A. Wood recounted a dinner story in Philadelphia about a boy meeting his grandmother for the first time. The exchange ends with a humorous twist as the boy discovers the grandmother is his paternal grandmother, prompting a witty remark about being on the wrong side.
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Jarvis A. Wood
Philadelphia
Golfing Provokes Cow on Local Links
A woman playing her first game of the season encounters a large sad-eyed cow on the golf course. She shrieks and waves her driver, while the cow contemplates the scene and quips that she never stuffed her calves with cotton.
April Fool Memory of a Broad Way Prank
Addison Mizner recalls an April Fool dinner in New York featuring a staged chase and a dramatic moment as he asks a stranger to call a woman named Gertrude. The scene unfolds with a startled woman and a surprised old gentleman, ending in Mizner’s laughter at the couple’s comic clash.
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Addison Mizner
New York
Broadway
Gertrude
Gert
Louisville
What a Volcano Is From a Northwest School Class
Miss Bertha Smyth teaches geography to 14 pupils in B class at a session this afternoon. Sadie Williams replies that volcanoes are caused by saliva from the Vatican getting too hot and exploding, provoking the teacher to laugh only after dismissal.
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Northwest School
Bertha V. Smyth
Sadie Williams
Fifteenth and
Wood Streets
Sadie
Vatican
Philadelphia Times
Auctioneer Offers Rubens Then Rembrandt in Cautious Sale
An east end auctioneer touted a Rubens as perhaps the finest work, yet no bids were made. He then offered a Rembrandt by the same artist, continuing the sale with no immediate takers.
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Rubens
East End
Child Reflects on Spanking and Pain
A young speaker voices frustration about parental punishment, noting a preference for a gentler approach than a hair brush. The piece expresses a wish for fairness and a chance to catch up in life.
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Bobby
Tommy
Wall Street Drama Prompts Quiet Courtroom Debate
In a tense exchange a magistrate refuses to press questions about truth telling as counsel urges the witness to claim a blank mind. The scene unfolds amid a high profile financial case with sharp words and careful legal navigation.
I Visited Egypt for Pyramids Photo Moment
The speaker recalls visiting Egypt to see the pyramids and to have a photo taken with them in the background. The exchange highlights a travel wish to capture an iconic scene.
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Egypt
Pyramids
Their Own Fault in Society Columns Sparks Dialogue
A witty exchange notes that half the world misses elegant living unless they read the society pages. The quip contrasts social awareness and readership, hinting at class-conscious commentary in newspaper culture.
No Furry Sunday School Exchange Prompt
A brief Omaha Bee dialogue captures a Sunday school teacher urging a boy named Tommy to be an angel while he replies that he is not in a hurry as the baseball season approaches. The light exchange reflects small town concerns and humor in a period setting.
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Tommy
Omaha Bee
Hopeful but Timorous New Line For Poet Manager
A fragment shows a speaker taking a new career line by hiring on as business manager for a poet. The exchange reveals cautious optimism about the venture and potential success.
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Ansted & Burk Company
Gy Do
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
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Superior Supply Co
Bluefield, West Virginia
Midelfte Ranking & Trust Co
Wall Street
Daily Telegraph
United States Geological) Survey
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United State Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
Sola Agwitie
Moreless Coal
Congress
Neave Bulidia Cincianete
Strickland B
Reaneke
Rugland
Keeley
West Virginia
G. M. McCulloch
Pres
Tego 9
Rneo Agency
Ana Ae W
A. Bradshaw
S & Treas
Bluefield Typewriter Exchange
Bluefield Normal and Business College
WH. Cunningham
Fiotel Dennis
Atlantic City
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Walter J. Buzby
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St. Paul
Speers Ferry
Marion Bosticard Air Lim
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N. C
J. J. Campion
John W. Kennedy
Chicago, U.S. A
Goody Koontz Oreg Company
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H. C. Stuart
Russell County
South Bluefield
Montgomery County
Booker & Grenshaw
Real Estate
Kelly & Moyer
Thomas E. Peery
Ryu
N. & W. Railway
eIrVerrries
A. D. Woop
Binefeld
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