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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
The notice lists candidates for Congress, state senate, House of Delegates, and county offices including Hughes Matheney Ballard Reed Crockett Free ker and Gadd Reed. It warns readers to avoid insurgent meetings and bolter conventions while criticizing press bias and violence in the senatorial fight linked to Caldwell and Welch factions.
The writer rejects anonymous letters from strikers who fail to reveal names. The paper defends not publishing unnamed communications and explains cautious coverage of promises of aid from abroad. It notes a Pocahontas commissary aiding strikers and the ongoing warning not to expect outside assistance.
The piece argues that workers mostly rely on self help for strike support, crediting the Daily Telegraph for modest relief. It notes miners in Charleston solicited aid for C and O region comrades while questioning commissary price extortion without endorsing the strike.
A promotional text extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood remedy and mucous surface treatment, claims it is a regular prescription by a leading physician, and touts Hall's Family Pills. It also reports testimonials from a Virginia druggist and a claim that Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve cured an incurable cancer, with prices listed and a Bluefield Bakery note about an ice cream parlor and soda fountain.
On May 27 1902 the circuit court referred the case of A E Ziehme & Co versus W S Tabor to Commissioner J Frank Maynard to report liens against the defendant and the real estate subject to them. The report should cover lien kinds and priorities, owners, property location and value, and whether rents will cover costs in five years. A July 10 1902 court date is set at Bluefield for decree execution with continued hearings as needed.
Notice to creditors of C C Bailey deceased per Mercer County Circuit Court decree. Claims must be presented to J Frank Maynard, commissioner, at his Bluefield office by July 24, 1902. Witness W B Honaker, clerk, courthouse, June 6, 1902.
The court of Mercer County directs J. F. Maynard to take and settle accounts of the estate of C. C. Bailey deceased. He must report debts, creditors, real estate, and whether a contract with Bluefield Building and Loan Association is usurious. A publication notice will announce account sittings for four weeks.
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