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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
8
Notice instructs readers to use telephone number 6 for messages to the Daily Telegraph during the week and states that calls to 14 are not answered after hours due to the business office being closed.
The story recounts refugees moving from Belgrade to Bucharest along the Danube route to Turche Severin. The Bucharest Express is overcrowded with people clinging to roofs and cars as crowds surge at stations. Rail depots show devastation from burned bridges and wrecked trains while American relief workers aid the starving population.
The case of I H Ranney a bankrupt in Bluefield Mercer County is announced. The first creditors meeting will occur June 21 1919 at 19 o clock in the forenoon at Arthur F Kingdon attorney Linefield West Virginia to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct other business
Parkersburg hosts the West Virginia Good Roads Federation annual convention with H R Wythe of Huntington named president. The group backs a $50 million state bonds road program with a diverse board and executive committee from districts across the state.
In Mexico City the Treatro El Toro, once a bullring, hosts grand opera and other performances after President Carranza banned further bullfights. A famed bull named Bl Bonito killed three horses and injured several men before spectator Miguel Ballo fed it sugar, calming the animal and sparing him.
Community appeal urging residents to support local merchants who pay taxes fund schools build roads and strengthen the area. The piece promotes advertising in the local paper as a way to sustain the community.
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