Hotel new venture forms with $150000 capital
The Mscsr Hotel Company was organized last night and will apply for a charter. A three member committee J W Roff Wm E Fowler and W d Coffman will oversee charter and stock sale with capital of $150000 in $100 shares. A $5 prize will be given for the best hotel name submitted in an envelope open only after judging. The notice also advertises a Rink of the Bluefield Amusement Company event Friday with skiing at 10 and dancing to 1 a.m.
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Mscsr
J W Roff
Wm E Fowler
W d Coffman
Contertans
H I Shott
Bluefield Amusement Company
Infant Little John Russell Dies at Two Years
Obituary notes the birth of John Russell on September 3, 1904 and his death on June 2, 1906. He is described as gentle and beloved, with prayers for his parents Mr and Mrs W H Fitzgerald, and mentions burial on June 26 at Maple Park Cemetery with flowers from sympathetic friends. Pastor Danville Register.
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John Russell
W H Fitzzersld
Maple Park
Fitzgerald
Danville Register, Lease Co. Y
Store Closed Under Execution in Coopertown
Constable M B Postlethwaite yesterday closed the store of T A Brevine in Coopertown under an execution.
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M B Postlethwaite
T A Brevine
Coopertown
New Reservoir to Cost Thirty Five Thousand
The Bluefield Water Works begins building a new storage reservoir between the city and South Bluefield. Work crews grade a hilltop for a foundation to support four steel tanks 50 feet high and 50 feet in diameter with a three million gallon capacity each. Elevation will be 85 feet above the old reservoir, and the project is estimated at 85 000 dollars with rapid progress planned.
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South
Bluefield
Personal News And Briefs From The Bluefield Area
Mra J L Cater left yesterday for Princeton to visit her father Lewis Hypes. Newport Tenn guests en route to Welb to make their future home. Postmasters salaries at Pocahontas and Graham up to 1700 each. RC Bailey of Rock in the city. Miss Maud Nonnelly of Abingdon visits Miss Florence Monroe of South Binefield. W E Jenkine of Pocahontas in town. Mra W C Wales returns from Knoxville. Sixty nine Italians left on No 3 for coalfield points. Mr and Mrs Herm Josephy and niece of Welch in Bluefield. Walter Jefferson Smith leaves for Bramwell. Miss Ruby Litle of Bramwell visits Miss Nannie Pack. Miss Tilda Jerrell of Ada guests of Mrs F C Thompson. Mre W Becker and daughter depart for Roanoke. EN Flora leaves for Roanoke to visit friends.
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J H Trainman
Newport, Tenn
Welb
Motive for Kidnapping Seems Revenge Driven
Mrs P M Lockhart of Graham reports a four year old missing child, allegedly taken by a former lover of her husband. Mis J K Fonnhee is named as the kidnapper suspected in a revenge plot. A $1,000 reward is offered for the child’s recovery and the kidnapper’s conviction.
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P M Lockhart
Graham
Mis J K Fonnshee
Allas Jenele Roesell
Charlis B Lockbait
Icckhart
Lockhart
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