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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
2
The piece underscores Horace Greeley style wisdom that honest local advertising builds lasting value for products. It highlights the link between merit, progressive manufacturers, and consumer trust for regional campaigns and mentions a Bluefield wedding and various local notices.
J Evans of Princeton and J H Hoge visited the city and discussed a Bluefield Princeton electric line. Evans promised that riding to and from the county seat by rail would come in a very reasonable time, though no publication was planned at present.
A. G. McCue of Bailey Lumber says the largest city building project is progressing well and parts are now covered with a roof expected within two weeks if weather holds. Also, recruiters Lieutenant Poindexter and Two John Army accepted Harvey R. Munsey and Carl C. Connor for infantry and cavalry. they departed yesterday to Columbus barracks.
Rev. F Y Jackson will preach the annual Pythian memorial sermon at 11 a m on Sunday with members assembling at 10 30 for a procession. Autos carried Bluefield attendees from the city to Hinton for the trial of 8 M Smith and several returned last night. Caples in McDowell county gains a new post office with Francis A Kearns as postmaster three miles from Welch and three from Davy.
Fallon florist advertises wedding flowers with white Killarney roses and Lily of the Valley. It pitches reliable summer delivery from 25 000 Killarney rose plants and two houses, inviting readers to write for prices and place orders.
Harris saxophone trio will furnish music for dances or any social affair. Satisfaction guaranteed. Wire or rite Ben Harris Box 235 Gary, W. Va. June 21, 1910.
Officials invite parties seeking licenses to the Home Insurance Agency office in the Kaufman building on Princeton avenue from 9 a m to 3 p m. for the purpose of issuing licenses and related formalities.
The women’s auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church will serve cream and cake at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Borden, 203 Boone Street, this evening from 7:30 to 11 o’clock. Lily of the Valley and Killarney rose plants offered, with florist FALLAON of Roanoke advertised for summer flowers.
D R Thomas of Cambrian Syndicate Wales and partners Dunbar Jenks and Dunglison of the Norfolk and Western traveled to Gary to visit coal mines. Colonel ward OToole guided them through No. 9 at Filbert to view pneumatic coal transport and cutting loading machines. Thomas praised the steel equipment and mine conditions and regretted not visiting Gary sooner. The community also notes social visits and upcoming changes as residents travel and host guests.
Readable fragments describe the June incident in Williamson where Duke Stevens colored man was killed by George Thompson and Jol Breading white men. They fled after confrontation, then attacked Monroe Pigmon, demanded whiskey, and crossed the river to Freeburn. Officers engaged them. Detective DeWeese reversed the situation.
The Welch circuit court discharged its jury after a term with no major cases on the low side of the court and expect to continue through the week handling chancery matters. Fourteen divorce decrees were granted, and several chancery suits were entered this week including Lizzie Catton vs Hood Catton and J E K Boggs vs Ellen Boggs.
A. C. Wiley of Union Monroe county, once a Princeton resident, extols Monroe County farms during a city visit. He owns the historic Wildwood estate near Union and expresses a strong longing to return to his native region.
In reflecting on Monroe and Mercer counties, Wiley declares blue skies and green fields suffice while acknowledging Mercer offers more in life’s stakes. He shows strong ties to Princeton property and makes frequent county visits.
A Maine fisherman recalls a brutal encounter with dogfish that left his companion Freeman dead after being bitten while a sloop crewed for Matinicus grounds. The account cites earlier dogfish attacks on yachtsmen off Penobscot Bay and in Rockland where victims suffered dangerous bites.
Dr Benjamin FE Smith once spoke of truthfulness in children. He recalled telling truth to please his mother as a child and later in a chemical laboratory found that explanations mattered little against elemental fact, leading him to loathe exaggeration and falsehood.
A Bailey's Magazine writer estimates the Oxford Cambridge boat race costs about 3000 dollars per crew for each contest, averaging 300 dollars a minute given a typical twenty minute duration. Boat cost is around 250 dollars and oars about 70 dollars with the remainder spent on October preparations until race day.
On stage doors typically push outward to ease actors exits. Real rooms have inward swinging doors, but the stage favors outward swinging doors to avoid fumbling handles and clumsy dodges during performances.
A Milwaukee Sentinel quirky note has a husky husband complain of hunger after breakfast. He explains to his wife that after finishing breakfast he drank water and the flannel cakes seemed to shrink to nothing.
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a man realizing his true friends during sorrow. The story frames a hunter's claim of shooting and bringing home a deer as a vivid anecdote.
In the Sidney Bulletin a dialogue notes a real estate mix up last week. The exchange mentions Him Brown, Browne, and Brown with confirmation that they were involved. The piece reads like a casual reported remark or caption.
Train timings from Etiiot include 7:05 a m to Lynchburg and local stops, 9:35 p m Pullman sleeper to Norfolk with Roanoke to Richmond, 2:25 p m to Lynchburg and Philadelphia sleepers, 8:10 p m sleeper to Columbus Cincinnati and Charleston, cafe car service noted between Bluefield Shenandoah and Roanoke.
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