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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
2
The Hobbie Co of Roanoke Va advertises selling a Marshall Wendell player twelve rolls of music a player bench and piano cover with freight paid and summer discounts on all players. Governor Stuart visits Elk Garden and plans a new residence in the old site.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Newkirk express heartfelt thanks for the many kind expressions of sympathy. They especially thank the Masons and Wagles. Right Rev. P. J. Donahue Catholic bishop of Wheeling is in the city as guest of Rev. K. Olivier at Sacred Heart rectory on North Mercer Street and will leave by automobile this morning for Princeton.
Mr and Mrs B M Addington of Coeburn are in the city as the guest of Mrs C W Meade. The couple will leave today for a trip to New York and various points in Canada.
Visitors Warren Thomas Witt Davis and friends travel from Roanoke to Bluefield for a Rex engagement featuring Billy Sunday in action. Sunday’s Huntington campaign and Our Mutual Girl at Castle House are noted, with a public notices section on outstanding accounts and a bankruptcy referee announces retirement and law practice shift in Bluefield West Virginia.
Miss Mellie Walters of Pocahontas becomes the bride of Julian T. Preston of Roanoke in a Saturday wedding at high noon. The ceremony was performed in the presence of their families with both brides and grooms’ parents named in the notice.
A 50 year old Virginia college advertises its culture and refinement for women, highlighting Christian character, home life, and modern facilities. It lists an eight acre campus in Abingdon with five brick buildings, admits freshmen on 14 units, and offers music art expression and domestic science with outdoor sports and gymnasium. Catalog from Rev. S D Long D D Abingdon Va.
The Baptist minister Rev John Ball led a wedding at a metropolitan church in Washington. Attendants from the city included Mr and Mrs Felix Thacker. After the ceremony the couple sailed on the Southland for Norfolk and will visit Coalwood West Virginia this week. They plan to be at home after June 22 at the home of Mr and Mrs T S Preston in Fairview. The groom works for the Norfolk and Western railroad. Roanoke Times.
Nellie K. McIhaney and J. H. Burtnett to be married at 1 PM at the McIhaney home on South Blenda Street. Rev. B. W. Moore to conduct the ceremony in Bluefield with immediate family present. The bride comes from Roanoke and Bluefield circles, the groom from Johnstown Pa. After the wedding, they will travel to Norfolk and the mid Atlantic states and reside in Dorchester Va after July 10.
County court debated two possible routes for the Athens road with partisans backing their chosen path. The session also issued marriage licenses for Glenn Rhea Mahood and Annie Nash of Graham Virginia and Clifton Bailey and Lena Mateer of Duhring. Local residents and visitors, including Dr. S. R. Holroyd and J. A. Meadows, were noted in attendance.
C K Robinston and RH Carico, respected Bluefield townsmen, visited Cincinnati to inspect the Baby Farm suburb estate sold by Blair P Wilson Co. They return asserting the terms of fifty cents down and ten cents a day for 125 dollars for 1 6 acre farms are genuine and highly favorable. They say the deal is among the best they have reviewed and expect strong local sales.
Beamer president and GM of Plat Rock Coal Company travels with Miss M Wright of Baltimore and Mrs G F Hounshell to Honaker Virginia for the wedding of C D Beamer the brother of M F Beamer. C D Beamer is Mat Rock Coal Company assistant store manager and postmaster at Della Virginia. He met Pearl Hart, daughter of Hlaskew Hurt of Gardner Virginia, and won her heart.
Short note lists a busy sale or listing at 16 Federal Street concerning a baby farm venture. The fragment mentions a transaction or property action but lacks full context or dates. Further details are unclear from the OCR snippet.
Welch Boy Scouts beat Keystone 14 to 2 on Keystone diamond with Trivett and Kell as Welch battery and Umpire Alonzo Eubanks. A full day of events followed including tennis and baseball matches and multiple track and field races with local citizens as committee members and officials. Mrs. Harry J. Wrook is recovering from surgery at Miners Hospital.
Hon. GB Hampton Gray returned from the field in the interest of his candidacy and reports brighter prospects daily for a nomination at the primary. Jack Price and Louis D Wilmore left for Bedford City Va to attend the Butler Hatcher nuptials in St Johns Episcopal Church at noon today. Louise N Christian returns from Bluefield after a week due to her mother Mrs Youngs death. H C Weller Pocahontas division superintendent was a visitor. Ollette Moss returns from Tazewell visit. Alex B Mehood Pinefield architect was here on business. S D Col lidge secretary Pocahontas Coal Co Cleveland Ohio is here for company business. Dr C J Martin and wife Wilcoe were visitors. T A Lambert Salem Va is visiting this week. Joe Barlow Logan was a visitor yesterday.
Rev J Gray McAllister D D and professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary will preach at the Bluefield Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and evening. He is highly regarded among young ministers and is guest of Mr and Mrs J W Ruff in south Bluefield during his stay.
West Virginia mines shipping coal and coke via Norfolk and Western for May show totals by mine. Pocahontas Transfer coal 11231169, tipple coal 16249, coke 60949. Tug River 260887 transfer coal 2268 tipple coal total 263154. Thacker 270356 transfer coal 9792 tipple coal total 280148. Kenova 92958 transfer coal 8810 tipple coal total 101768. Totals transfer coal 1474895 tipple coal 37119 total coal 1785014 coke 60949.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Northwestern Land and Fruit Company will be held in the offices of J Frank Maynard in Bluefield West Virginia on June 27 1914 at 4 oclock p m for the purpose of transacting any business which may properly come before said meeting H B Lee secretary treasurer.
A historical drug advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative tonic for all ages. It claims relief for stomach, liver, and bowel disorders, including constipation and dyspepsia, with no griping and broad family use. The plea urges parents to try a free sample by mail order.
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