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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
6
Mercer county war fund drive sees Princeton pledges reach 2286.50 on day one with business leaders pledging 500 each and others up to 75. The committee plans to withhold donor names while awaiting near wind up of the drive as public support grows.
Early rheumatism may appear as minor numbness and joint pain but can worsen into violent rheumatism if untreated. It is linked to uric acid in the blood and can bring chronic stomach issues and a sluggish liver. The remedy claimed is S. S. S. from Swift Specific Co of Atlanta.
Reports from the county seat indicate strong Red Cross support with Princeton at ten thousand dollars and Bluefield contributing more, as middle class businessmen give from twenty five to seventy nine dollars and a meeting with colored citizens is set to boost the effort.
Cincinnati based reports say Charleston public service commission will hear Princeton Water Works Company on rate increases. The dispute centers on franchise limits versus meter based charges and city consent for changes. Contended overcharges may amount to thousands of dollars.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Tabor jailed Leon Vanoner and Roland Byona on murder charges in distinct cases. Vanoner allegedly killed Sam Turnbull during a Sunday morning dispute born from a craps game at Goodwill, while Byona was accused of fatally striking August Roles with a pole at Mannering Crane Creek. Both suspects were drinking.
The ad promotes Acid Iron Mineral as a non alcoholic natural iron source from a world’s unique mineral deposit. It claims high potency, no teeth damage or digestion disruption, boosts appetite, and benefits kidneys and skin. a half teaspoon after meals is advised with a 50 cent bottle costing $1 sent prepaid from Ferrodine Chemical Corp in Roanoke Virginia.
A petition with eight signatures seeks a road from the Princeton Bluefield macadam into a farming settlement, crossing Mrs Winfrey’s farm though she opposes it while nearby farmers push for access. Fraser Bratton is named as a leading petitioner amid a looming local dispute.
The county clerk issued licenses yesterday to Ernest J. Cook 19 and Vervie Ek Walk 16 of Matoaka, George Whittaker 44 and Rachel Lee 29 of Mullens, and Dona C. Mitchell 29 and Sophia F. Phelps 18 of Bluefield.
Madison sends 150 members of the University of Wisconsin graduating class to the Fort Sheridan officers training course. The faculty and student body respond strongly with a dozen professors in the national guard or training camps and several on wartime leave. Fifty faculty assist the military department in drills and twenty seven work part time for the state council of defense.
An old newspaper feature warns that tight high heel shoes cause corns and infections while promoting freezone a quarter ounce from pharmacies as a safe painless remedy. The article claims drops on the corn will dry it and pull the root out without skin irritation.
The article surveys royal figures under pressure in wartime Europe. It notes abdications and threats to the German emperor, Austria Hungary’s ruler, Bulgaria’s Ferdinand, the Greek king, and the Turkish sultan, with Bulgaria’s fate tied to Austria and the war’s outcome. It argues that Allied victory could dissolve the Turkish empire and topple Prussian autocracy as the Hindenburg line fails.
Anita Stewart shines in The Glory of Yolanda at the New Rex in a five part Blue Ribbon photoplay. Dorothy Gish stars in Stage Struck at the Colonial a Triangle drama about a student lured to a fake dramatic school.
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