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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1907
Page
6
A traveling chest labeled This Side Up With Care Glass carried a baby home from Rosefield after a bridge disaster. The box floated to a German couple who cared for the child until a clerk at an express office delivered it to Mrs. Dolittle, reuniting mother and child.
Arthur Calhoun, color man, shot and killed William Redd, another color man, at Keystone Sunday over a card game. Witnesses are reticent. Preliminary hearing indicates Calhoun likely fired. whether accidental or intentional questioned. Bond set at 1000 with A L Calhoun, father, as surety. The elder Calhoun is a wealthy Keystone official and prominent town council member.
Relishes dressings and pickles of all kinds available from Sublette and Barnes. Mt Vernon flour offered by the same firm. Advertisement notes sale date 6 15 and 3t as part of the notice.
Will Adams a railroad brakeman killed his half brother Lacy Thompson on Peck street at 7 pm after a street confrontation sparked by Adams' wife at a house of ill fame. Adams fired three shots wounding Thompson in the chest. he surrendered to authorities and a hearing is set for today. Four Italians witnessed the shooting. doctors say Thompson cannot recover.
Graham council adjourned session reports grading and macadamizing to the West Virginia line. They favor a bond issue of 20,000 for highway work and other public improvements. Businessmen show little opposition, urged by the chamber of commerce.
Manager Kelly announces a game between the Bramwell and Bluefield teams on the Tower grounds in the west end. Reese is expected to pitch for Bluefield as a warm contest is anticipated. Grounds have been prepared and the diamond is in prime condition. Play begins promptly at 4 o'clock.
Washington reports bids to be opened this week for the 20 000 ton battleships Delaware and Utah authorized by Congress. The craft will surpass the Dreadnaught in power and strength, with at least five contractors expected to bid. Fore River, Newport News, Cramps, Bath Iron Works, and New York Shipbuilding are named as bidders. The government is not expected to build the ships itself.
Charlotte Tenn June 17 President Roosevelt finds no fault with Charlotte area after a reported “pace death by own action.” The family of J. N.
Parrott reports sixteen sons and two daughters in one family and Alexander Cunningham’s family with fourteen members split evenly by gender. Pitt Powers has twelve children and a baby, while no nearby family is smaller than eight. Indiana man John Nabb, returning from Mount Vernon, Illinois, had only one child, a daughter, and the Nabbs left Charlotte after three weeks for Milan, Tennessee, amid strong community interest.
London Tit-Bits notes that many overcome speech impediments through daily practice. A former mayor, once unable to pronounce words starting with g or q, practiced in St James Park saying a difficult tongue twister until fluent, illustrating dramatic personal improvement.
A young man wrote to novelist William Pean Howells seeking his autograph. Howells replied with a sharp question about buying his last book. The man confessed he had not bought it and aimed to sell the autograph to raise funds to purchase it.
The Daily Telegraph promotes spring shopping in Bluefield with attractive sales and real bargains. Advertisements showcase progressive stores, and readers are urged to mention the paper when purchasing.
Advert says Mt Vernon Flour product Kodol cures stomach troubles by digesting food after meals. It claims quick relief by strengthening digestive organs and digesting what you eat with direct action. Sold by all druggists.
The advertisement from Sublette & Barnes promotes the finest olives available bottled or in bulk with pricing and purchase options listed as a local merchants notice.
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