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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
2
Bluefield items report a Bluefield to Tazewell auto line schedule, tax tickets available at Union Bank office, vestry postponed at Christ Episcopal, J H Darnell funeral at Calvary Baptist, today’s picture program at Elks with The Law's Injustice, multiple society notices, and local happenings from fog to student music and film showings.
The women's missionary society of the Presbyterian church will gather this afternoon at 3 50 PM. Attendees are asked to come prepared to make a generous free will offering.
Bluefield lodge No. 250 I O O F held a social session after their regular meeting to welcome District Deputy Grand Master Okey J. Brooks of Rock View Wyoming County who delivered an address during the visit.
Local society notes list Miss Elsie Evans of Texas as guest of Miss Emily Shirey and includes visits by Dr. O J Ruth of Tazewell Rev Eugene Blake president of Hiwasee College and Dr Sam Holroyd of Athens. Other residents travel for business and leisure and return from trips to Ashland Columbus Pocahontas and Hinton.
Government agents led by Deputy Collector R. E. Hayes and Special Employee H. D. Simmons seized three illicit stills near Dott in Mercer county after a months long operation. Evidence linked liquor from the sites to election violence on the Winding Gulf in June resulting in two deaths and multiple injuries.
At 1 am Saturday officers surrounded three distilleries near Dott and Winding Gulf. The first still was fled, the second abandoned with meal seized, and the third suspended. A large hidden worm and a 40 to 50 gallon still were found, shipped to Huntington.
Henry Rodgin Company closed a deal to purchase the entire stock and fixtures of Randolph Jewelry Company. This marks their fourth jewelry store acquisition since establishment, merging with Mebane Bros Jewelry Co, John Mosley Stores, and Chas Kinzer Co. They plan to integrate the Randolph assets before removal of new acquisitions.
The stock will continue to be sold under the management of William Greenspon while the store remodels and decorates its premises.
A formal letter of condolence was sent to Mr. and Mrs. George C. Bailey. The message speaks of a beloved child, expresses sorrow, and offers faith in a reunion beyond the grave, signed by a committee of four brotherhoods led by Fr. M. Bennett with several named signatories.
The June government forecast shows West Virginia wheat at 4 320 000 bushels, oats 2 690 000, rye 216 000, hay at 84 percent of normal, pasture 91 percent, apples 3 020 000 barrels, peaches 535 000 bushels. Weather favorable harvests could boost farmer income despite lower grain totals than last year.
United States Bureau of Fisheries projects a record fish distribution this fiscal year surpassing all previous totals. New York State reports three million aliens residing within its borders.
Crowds lined streets to bid farewell to Captain Lacey Bailey and the hospital corps detachments. Welch and Kanawha City trains carried Company K and the 2nd Infantry as gratitude messages from local residents highlighted prayers, tobacco gifts, and public demonstrations.
Street Commissioner Mike Clifford reports road repairs to the Bluefield Country Club and fair grounds will be finished before the three day spring fair and race meet opening on July 1. The first shipment of horses, led by H. J. Jamison, Dave Kelly, and Rube Holmes, is due Friday with entrants including Golden Frisco from Ridge Hill Stock Farm.
A selected team from Bluefield and Graham joins strong coal field rivals for a day of track events. The program includes the hundred yard dash quarter mile run and half mile run along with special races such as mule racing a local horse race and a 2:30 trot for local horses.
An advertising claim promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a non dye treatment that restores youthfully dark hair, stops itching and dandruff, promotes growth, and leaves hair clean and lustrous after a few applications. Sold for 50 cents a 7-ounce bottle with Goodykoontz Drug Stores Bluefield West Virginia handling out-of-town orders.
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