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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
6
The paper reports the death of eighteen month old Bertha McCue at her parents Mr and Mrs A G McCue home on Bedford Street around 1130 last night after a week long illness. Funeral services are set for 10 am Thursday at the home with burial in Maple Park cemetery.
Pittsburg reports show a coroner’s blotter revealing that nearly half of 1906 deaths were industrial accidents. The record details deaths from furnaces, rollers, mining collapses, and gas blasts, with about 250 monthly fatalities and high industrial risk tied to coal, iron and steel production.
June report from Parsons Kansas recounts William J. Bryan losing a night shirt on a Pullman train en route to Bartlesville. Conductor Jefferson Davis received the find from a porter and arranged return via agent William McKinley to the shirt owner at Bartlesville. The sequence ends with Bryan learning of the humor in the episode.
General Frederick Funston reports receiving at least twenty anonymous threats warning of punishment if he paraded with federal troops on July 4. He says the letters influenced his decision but were not the sole reason for his refusal to participate, noting the unwhipped mob of the city.
Eight year old Selmon Lampert of Brooklyn tried to rally a mob to strike John Burke, the motorman, after seeing his five year old brother Leo Lampert struck and killed by a trolley near Fulton Street. Police arrived to prevent violence as Leo died in a doctor’s arms at Brooklyn Hospital.
Romsey near Southampton marks its thousandth founding with a three day historical pageant. The main scene depicts the 994 destruction of the Abbey by Sweyn and Danish followers. Proceeds go to Abbey restoration. Also a Wonderland moving picture show from 2:30 to 11 p.m. daily.
Wellsburg, WV, laid into a financial bind as banks refuse to cash city orders. The charter requires orders to be countersigned by the mayor and taxes on $500 real estate for mayoral eligibility. Mayor Robinson reportedly does not pay taxes on real estate, prompting bank refusal and a possible resignation call after a planned public meeting.
A mob surrounded a streetcar after a man claimed his brother was killed. The youth grabbed the motorman and cried out, then the crowd pressed in to reach Burke. Police arrived, dispersing the mob and preventing further harm.
The Agriculture Department reports the hay box or fireless cooker keeps a boiled food in a straw lined box with a tight nest for the bucket. After boiling the bucket is sealed and left in the hay filled cavity to cook without further heat. It saves fuel and labor and suits military and colonial supply use.
Augusta Ga June 25 Captain William Thomas Butt a longtime figure in Confederate veterans affairs died last night He was a prominent leader among former soldiers and his death closes a lifelong chapter in regional veteran activities.
A noted journalist visiting San Francisco asked Robert Louis Stevenson for a quick interview. He, frail and in bed, began knitting when asked if she knitted. The moment ended as she admitted she could not stay, realizing the interview was over.
Stuyvesant Fish Jr son of the Illinois Central’s former president is in Muskogee working as an assistant station agent for the Frisco. He has been in town a week and told reporters he is learning the business from the bottom up. He occupies a hotel suite and plans to begin his railroad career there.
John O Neil a former Confederate soldier died at his Winchester Virginia home aged 63. Ten days before his death he went to Winchester and arranged his funeral selecting the minister pallbearers and grave site in Stonewall Cemetery beside his comrades. He also arranged with the undertaker to prepare his remains. He belonged to the Newton Artillery.
If you make inquiry it will reveal how many suffer kidney or bladder troubles. If the ailment is within medical aid, Kidney Cure will cure. It never dis appoints. Sold by G. H. Wade.
If you would enjoy tomorrow take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets tonight. They produce an agreeable laxative effect, clear the head and cleanse the stomach. Price 25 cents. Samples free at West End Drug Co. East End Pharmacy Blue field Pharmacy. When you feel the need of a pill take a DeWitt Little Early Riser. Sold by all druggists.
On hot days a hammock brings great relief. the store offers the largest, best assorted hammock stock in the city with the right prices for porch setups.
A strong earthquake lasting three seconds was felt in the federal district yesterday. No damage was reported. The dispatch notes the tremor was recorded in Caracas and relayed via Willemstad, Curacao.
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