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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
5
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church meets at 4 PM in the vestry. News items include marriages, deaths, town moves, railroad schedule changes, mine sales for 49000 dollars, school cornerstone in Pocahontas, possible executions halted, and notes on local civic events, church conferences, and a Gary area growth story.
A vintage health note warns that while cold tea is refreshing in summer, teas with excess tannin can pose serious health risks. The advice urges caution and suggests seeking safer brews.
A Randolph and Mittendorf window showcases a Robert E. Lee portrait carved in deep relief on a curved fungus. Miss Frances Gibboney of Wytheville Virginia created the piece, highlighting lifelike flesh tones and sepia background. The work was presented to the United Daughters of the Confederacy for the Confederate fair.
Chief of Police Newkirk acting health officer condemned forty pounds of pork at a restaurant and twenty pounds of fish at a grocery store. He described the meat as fierce smelling and had it treated with kerosene and cremated. He conducts frequent inspections of hotels, restaurants, and stores for decaying foods.
The Bluefield District Conference of the M E B Church South meets in Gary for its second year as the Bluefield District. The district spans from Bluefield to Williamson, includes Mercer McDowell Wyoming and Mingy counties with twenty three active preachers. Local pastors Rev D E Hawk and Rev T S Hamilton will attend along with Rev Dr H Carr. Sixty or seventy delegates, plus many lay delegates, are expected.
The advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to anyone it fails to cure and invites readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio and notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A claim that no other product matches DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills for kidney and bladder ailments. The ad promises relief from backache rheumatic pains and urinary disorders. It offers a free trial box by sending name to BE C DeWitt & Co Chicago and notes availability from local druggists.
Thos J Elliott business at Wilcoe West Virginia will after July 1 1909 be under the charge of his successor L Schuchat who will run the business as heretofore.
Bert R Lean of Cheney Washington recounts a near fatal lung illness. He tried a Spokane lung specialist with no relief before California. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with a complete cure for lung trouble and related diseases. Trial bottle free and guaranteed by druggists.
Trustee to sell at public auction on June 14 1909 noon to sett le debt of 290 outstanding plus interest against W G Crockett and Minnie Crockett secured by a deed of trust recorded in Mercer County West Virginia. Property located in the city field area described by alley and Park Avenue as the security for 600 dollars evidenced by sixty notes.
The undersigned will apply to the circuit court of Mercer county on June 21, 1909, for a license to carry a revolver under section 7 of chapter 148 of the West Virginia code as amended by the February 16 1909 act.
Deed and terms of sale indicate cash in hand on sale day. The 10th day of May 1909 E H Brown Trustee. Sale continued to be held on premises Monday June 21 1909 as soon as said day.
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