Daily Telegraph Adverts Highlight Honest Goods Value
Advertisements foster regular buyer seller trust over mere profit. The piece contrasts Orient shopping with local ads that steer customers to firms known for honest goods. Police notes report Holmes and Collie fined 25 pounds for carrying a revolver. Coal magnate D A Thomas visits Pocahontas field with W J Jenks. Road work progresses in Pinefield with concrete culverts. An auction sale offers cows and calves from Graham Virginia, to the highest bidder.
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Daily Telegraph
Fred Holmes
Walter Collie
Holmes
West End Yard
Collie
Callaway
Carter
Went Yard
Wilson Street
House Turns Turtle In Pearis Street Vicinity
Early Sunday neighbors heard a crash when a small vacant cottage on Pearis street turned turtle. The frame house slid from the road edge and lay wedged with the west side elevated several feet, with no high wind to explain the tumble.
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Pearis Street
Train brings twenty passenger coaches for Roanoke repairs
A train of twenty passenger coaches arrived in the city Sunday from the western division and was taken to Roanoke for repairs and repainting. The notice lists several local items, including obituary notices, fruit and flower ads, and public notices from Roanoke and Bluefield areas.
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Roanoke
Killarney Roses Auction Draws Roanoke Interest
Fallon florist of Roanoke Virginia advertises roses including twenty five thousand Killarney rose plants for sale or wire order with heavy emphasis on fall delivery in a brief classified item.
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Killarney
Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
Lits Home Tag Day Announcement
James G. Litz of the Litz Children's Home said Saturday would feature tag day in the city. The notice invites participation and support for the children's shelter programs.
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James G. Litz
The
Litz Children’s Home
Board of affairs to meet. city urged to wear tags
Pearl and Hazel Sluss and Miss Pearl T Harman of Graham will direct a program. Mr Litz asks every resident to wear a tag. The board of affairs plans to convene tonight at 8 o clock, adjourned from Friday night.
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Pearl
Hazel Sluss
Miss Pearl ‘T. Harman
Graham
Mr. Litz
Board of Affairs
Miss Canning
Welch News Notes Boy Scout Camping Trip Near Details
The Welch News notes a Boy Scout weekly meeting planning a camping trip for late April. Four scouts go ahead to Pearlsburg to prepare grounds. About 20 to 25 scouts will depart on No. 4 Saturday the 28th for a two week outing with tents and cots.
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Boy Scouts
Acouts
Pearlsburg
Welch Scoute
Local Society Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Collieries Company of Pocahontas hosted visitors yesterday. Mrs A Z Litz of Tazewell is the guest of Mr and Mrs M O Litz. Miss Katharine Crowder leaves for Wytheville Va to spend weeks before returning to Welch. Mrs Mary L Karman returns from Kingston trip. L J Crawford of Pocahontas visits friends. Miss Vivian Sprinkle returns home to eastern Virginia after two weeks with Miss Carl Hutson. Jack Blakeley spends Sunday in Louisa Kentucky with Miss Theressa Gillespie.
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Vivian Sprinkle
Virginia
Carl Hutson
Jack Blakeley
Louisa
Theressa Gillespie
High Grade Chewing Tobacco On Sale in Bluefield Coalfield
Advertises Rich & Ripe chewing tobacco by Taylor Bros. Winston-Salem NC. Promises high quality plug for sale in Bluefield and coalfield areas with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Bluefield
Coalfield
Taylor Bros
Winston-Salem
N. C
Moss returns home as Jones visits town
Mrs. J M Moss has returned to her home at Tazewell. Hon James Ellwood Jones, president of the McDowell county court, was a business visitor in town yesterday.
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Gues
J. M. Moss
Tazewell
James Ellwood Jones
McDowell County Court
Witnesses Return Home Amid Rhodes Case Anew
Several witnesses from this city used the pause to go home for a few days while the Rhodes case proceeds. The process continues with witnesses remaining available for testimony as needed.
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Rhodes
Fatal Skull Injury From Mail Crane Accident
Kirk Asbury of Castlewood Virginia died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a skull fracture from a mail crane accident near Gillespie while handing off a bucket from a speeding train No. 5. He worked as a stone mason for the Norfolk and Western. The body is to be shipped to Castlewood. Mrs. Asbury visited Sunday. Funeral plans not known.
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Kirk Asbury
Castlewood
Gillespie
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Asbury
Gas cooking demonstration drawn by Miss Elsie Caring
A large group of ladies attended a gas cooking demonstration at the Nluefield Gas and Power Company office led by Miss Elsie G Caring. She explained gas cooking benefits and gave schedules for today and tomorrow including roast beef and beefsteak demonstrations and a breads session.
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Elsie G. Caring
Nluefield Gas and Power Company
Miss Caring
Binefield
Norfolk and Western officials visit Davy mine and others
A group of Norfolk and Western Railway officials with D A Thomas and Mr Dunbar toured the Superior Pocahontas Coal Company mine at Davy yesterday afternoon to observe thin vein coal mining methods underground. They then left Davy to visit mine No 9 of United States Coal and Coke Company at Gary.
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Fleet
D. A. Thomas
Cardiff
Wales
Pocahontag Field
Thomas
W. J. Jenks
Western Division
Pocahontas
Jenks
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Dunbar
Pocahbontas Coal Company
Davy
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Murder at Blue Goose saloon shocks Williamson
Duke Stevens a Black miner was killed early Sunday at the Blue Goose saloon in Vulcan Geo Thompson and John Rreading white men are jailed for the crime Breading wrested the gun and shot Stevens officials say Thompson shot at Stevens feet but the man stood his ground Breading allegedly killed three men in Tennessee and faces trial locally while a $300 reward was noted for a Tennessee murder suspect.
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Thompson
Stevens
Breading
Saunders
Pike County
DeWeese
Baldwin-Felts Agency
Tennessee
Incendiaries Fire Destroys Curry Store Near Rockhouse
Incendiaries set fire to P. S. Curry’s store on Rockhouse a few miles from the city causing total loss about 4900 dollars. The building and contents were destroyed. Curry had no insurance. Several parties are suspected and arrests may follow.
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P. S. Curry
Rockhouse
Curry
Postmaster and Clerk Testify in Williamson Grafters Trial
Postmaster N J Keadle and Chief Clerk Guy White joined the Williamson colony at Webster Springs as witnesses for the state in the Rhodes graft case. The delegate from Mingo county S A G Rhodes faced trial as part of the broader graft inquiry and the trial referenced the political clash with Senator Ben Smith.
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N. J
Keadle
Guy White
Williamson
Webster Springs
S. AT. G. Rhodes
Mingo County
Ben Smith
Local Officials and Bankers Make Regional Travel Rounds
President Charles Woolford returns from Cincinnati while Judge James Damron seeks health relief at West Baden. County Commissioner Andy Varney visits the city on business. R B Parrish and Mrs Parrish vacation at Old Point Comfort and Virginia resorts. Georts Brown seeks stomach treatment at Mt Clements Michigan. John McComas of Dingess spent Monday on business.
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Charles Woolford
Cincinnati
James Damron
West Baden
Andy Varney
R. B. Parrish
National Bank of Commerce
John McComas
Dingess
President Wilson to Visit Cornish for Summer Prep
President Wilson will depart Washington Friday afternoon for Cornish New Hampshire arriving about 1 pm Saturday. He plans to stay a week to help his family prepare for the summer and expects to return to Washington on July 7.
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Washington
Wilson
Cornish
N.hs
Nobel Prizes and How The Awards Are Made
A summary of Alfred Nobel's endowment and the prize process detailing five prize categories physics chemistry physiology medicine literature and peace. It explains the Swedish Academy Caroline Institute and Norwegian Storthing roles and the yearly $40,000 per prize distribution on December 10.
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Alfred B. Nobel
Swedish Academy of Science
Caroline Institute
Stockholm
Nobel
Philadelphia Press
Auld Fools Gambol and April Fools Day Origin
London Answers notes on the term auld fools gambol a spoof origin for April Fools Day. In a Druids era rite young women circled a sacred grove at midnight the owl hoot summoned a phantom man and a black man appeared if a marriage was foretold. One girl fled and married a much older chieftain, giving the event its name.
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Ban-man
Fromberg
Women conductors on street cars, a Latin America precedent
The idea of women as Philadelphia street car conductors prompts notice that Latin American women have held such roles for years. During the Chile Peru war period, Chilean women filled conductor posts while men served at the front, and cities like Santiago and Valparaiso have long employed women in these duties.
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Philadelphia
Latin America
Chili
Peru
Santiago
Valparaiso
Maxim of Experienced Housewife
A brief item notes a satirical maxim about a woman who plays bridge and the stereotype of a husband joining multiple lodges, reflecting social views of domestic life and hobbies.
Norfolk and Western May 25 1913 Train Schedule
Schedule lists departure times from Bluefield including 7:05 am and 9:15 am for Roanoke, plus 2:25 pm for Lynchburg. Pullman sleepers to Norfolk Roanoke Philadelphia Columbus and Cincinnati, cafe cars Bluefield Shenandoah and dining car. Multiple Norton Taeger Williamson Gary stops and Roanoke to Richmond connections. Contact Agent in Roanoke Virginia for details.
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Norfolk & Western
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Pullman
Norfolk
Richmond
New York
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
Columbus
Cincinnati
Charleston
Norton
Taeger
Williamson
Gary
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
C. Saunders
Virginia
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Warereems
Thos. E. Peery, M. BD
Byr
Mar
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Blumftald
W. VA
Cartons
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John Peery
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Walnut Grove Cemetery
Civic Club
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Princeton Avenues
Hal Measles
Louis Sturdivant
Harris
Ben Harris
Care Telegraph
W. EK
K. L. Bowman
Home Insurance Agency
Kaufman
Princeton Avenue
K. KE. Carter
Buchanan Grocery Co
A. F. Kingdon
Kelly .& Moyer Building
LADIE
Isadore Cohen Company, Jewelers
Welgh News
Twin Branch
Welch
Roderfield
Kell and Waldron
Roberts
Smith
G. A. Worsham
Elizabeth
Prestonsburgs
Harkins-Howard
Elizabeth Worsham
J. C. Turley
Pocahontas Consolidated
Matz Hotel Turkish Bath Establishment
Ss. L. Matz
Franconia
Trillorest
Bluefield Gas & Power Co
Auld Fools’ Gambol
White Pharmacy
Southern Loan Office
Matz
UC. B. Whitlow
Percy J. McElrath
Bluefifl
Bramwell
Bluefield Undertaking CO
John R. Gott
Citizens Underwriters Agency
Flat Top National Bank
Bido
Blaefield, W. Va
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