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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1905
Page
1
June 24 Lodz reports a violent clash between citizens and troops with heavy casualties. Officials declare martial law as sixty thousand workers march, barricades rise in the Jewish quarter, and troops fire on rioters amid ongoing street fighting.
Advertisement notes a clearance sale by E. S. Peargo at The Metropolitan. Unclear dates and phrases appear around a shop sign and promotional lines. The fragment mentions reading and a warning about a place to buy.
Notice announces sale of all goods for cash until July 1 1905 by J T Akers and Co to prepare for inventory. The second item states a stockholders meeting for Bank of Pocahontas Pocahontas Virginia on July 8 1905 at 9 am to consider increasing capital stock per board order.
A Virginia advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for burns boils bruises piles and skin diseases. A local resident, K EB Zickefoose of Adolph West Virginia, reports his daughter’s bone fragments were driven out and healed by the salve. Counterfeits warned. sold by druggists.
New York June 24. The White Star liner Teutonic docked Thursday. W G Lewis of Washington DC searched for his 20 year old daughter he had never met. He sent a cabin ticket asking her to wear a red ribbon but no such passenger appeared. Customs aided the hunt but Mary, born after he left Wales, could not be found. He planned to return to Washington and await word from Mary explaining why she did not board.
Percy Blewworth Williams, seventeen, of Livingston New Jersey, sues for divorce from Lola Brokaw fifteen, claiming their June fourteenth marriage is illegal as he is an infant. Testimony set for Monday before Vice-Chancellor Stevenson in Jersey City. The couple, former Roseland High School classmates, come from affluent to modest families.
Boston June 24 President Roosevelt fears his eyes are failing and has arranged a consultation with eye specialist Dr John Morgan who has long served the Roosevelt family for Tuesday next in the city. He has often relied on glasses for reading and now his eyesight is said to be weakening.
Annapolis Md June 24 Rear Admiral Willard Bronson superintendent of the U S Naval Academy received formal notice from the Navy department that he will assume command of the new armored cruiser division of the North Atlantic fleet. He will retire as superintendant June 30th and raise the flag over the armored cruiser West Virginia the following day.
Berlin dispatch quotes German foreign office stating war with France is absolutely remote unless France marches troops into Morocco. The move would violate France's peaceful occupation policy and is not expected.
The Ballou Fruit Company, led by E White Atkinson, is now incorporated in West Virginia. It runs five branches and handles four to six car loads of bananas weekly, with plans to add four more branches to reach ten cars weekly and join major fruit lines in the nation.
Matthew Thomas, a Wayne county farmer, was assassinated Friday near Downlow after testifying to a grand jury against local outlaws. An anonymous death threat followed, and authorities believe a lynch team may capture the suspected killer if found.
The council of ministers will appoint a commission to study improving Jewish conditions in Russia. The panel will prepare a plan to submit to the representatives assembly when selected.
City of Mexico reports twenty three deaths within thirty days from scorpion bites in Surango. The state offers one vent bounty for each dead scorpion, but few insects are found.
The Japanese commander at Port Arthur reports the Russian cruiser Bayan has been successfully floated, indicating progress in the yard operations during the siege.
Ellaworth McCoy once a government gauger at Godfrey had his federal sentence reduced by Judge Keller. He was fined 1000 dollars and given eighteen months in Mercer county jail to allow family in the county to visit. The move stems from McCoy’s family connections and the desire for visitation.
E. E. Thomseon, a yard laborer, was struck by a drifting car and suffered serious cuts and the loss of three fingers. He fell outside the rail, struck his head on boxes, then crushed fingers when he leaned on the rail. He was taken to Bluefield Sanitorium for treatment.
The notice lists prices for steak roast matton park and salt with per pound costs. It appears to be a market ad from a Bluefield avenue location with addresses and contact numbers provided.
The Bluefield board of supervisors invites sealed bids until July 6 1905 for laying board sidewalks in the city for the year ending May 80 1906. Specifications and further information available at the auditor's office.
K Takahshi foreign financial agent for Japan leaves New York en route to Tokyo after being summoned by the Imperial minister of finance. He will sail from San Francisco in July and consult with the cabinet on possible further large loans if peace is assured. Japan plans to pump more money into industry postwar to revive commerce.
Deadwood South Dakota reports the first-ever gambling ban in the Black Hills region as the mayor and county authorities close all gambling houses. Within an hour every venue quit, leaving the town quiet after years of lax enforcement.
An ad promotes Wadeworth Bros Chicos cigars as ideal ball game companions. It claims a pocketful enhances rooting and offers consolation, noting White's Pharmacy is the local agency with a ready supply for baseball season.
An advertising notice offers granite ware at half price for ten days only. The sale runs at Chicago Auction House located at 47 Bluefield Avenue, with prices reduced from 2.00 to 1.00. Contact details are provided for buyers.
Judge Chambers yesterday refused a perpetual injunction to restrain city officials from punishing Hebrew shopkeepers who sold goods on Sunday. A temporary writ issued June 17 was argued Saturday and reserved, then overturned. Hebrew stores may still open if bond is posted before business resumes, with further argument planned next Wednesday before Judge Sanders.
In St. Petersburg dated June 24 the Russian government reshapes its war leadership. Admiral Alexieff is retired, the far east committee is abolished, and Grand Duke Alexia resigns as high admiral. Witte gains influence as peace prospects improve though armistice talks with Japan are delayed by Lamadorff’s illness. Linevitch may face surrender as Oyama closes in on Raselan.
Mary Seagle eleven year old daughter of W C Seagle of Pulaski accidentally swallowed a green bottle stopper and it lodged in her throat. Dr Stuart McGuire operated in Richmond and removed the stopper. The patient is in very satisfactory condition and should recover fully barring complications.
Connellsville Pa June 24 William Palmer was killed and Alonzo Fields severely injured, likely to die, among fifteen other passengers hurt in a collision between two cars on the West Pennsylvania Railway Company's belt system today.
New York 0 Boston 3 St Louis 8 Cleveland 2 Called in eighth for trains Washington Philadelphia postponed on wet grounds Chicago 2 Detroit 1 National Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 7 Second game Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 18 Cincinnati 8 Pittsburg 2 Boston 1 New York 2 Twelve innings. Chicago 2 St Louis 1 Eighteen innings.
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