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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
17
Mrs Carrie Heflin of Coats Kansas says Flaviola and Traxo saved her from an operation and relieved stones while also benefiting her brother. The ad touts Fruitola and Traxo as a digestive tonic from Pine laboratories Monticello Indiana and notes Bluefield shops carry them.
A free for all in the colored workers camp at Nemours rock crusher Saturday night left one man killed and another seriously wounded. The gunman Lindsey, said to be from North Carolina, escaped after the shooting caused a community uproar. The plant near Mercer county resumed operations, signaling rapid rehabilitation.
Miss Clara Holbrook daughter of Rev James Holbrook wed Corbett Haun of Welch at Pearisburg Methodist Church. The ceremony was by the bride’s father with out of town guest Miss Annie Gildbrook of Graham. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs A Teion of Flat Top, works in the Norfolk and Western signal department at Welch. The couple left Sunday night for their new home.
The Nemours powder plant has resumed operations with full force and normal output after a deadly explosion on April 12 left three dead and about one hundred thousand dollars in property damage. The cause was never disclosed and three separate blasts were heard fifteen miles away breaking window glass in Bluefield and Graham. The accident happened at twenty minutes past three.
W J Cahalan former Nemours powder plant superintendent visited Graham on Sunday. He recently earned promotion to superintendent of the western division of DuPont de Nemours Powder Company. Also noted are local soldiers’ letters and reports of bears seen near Mora with one captured.
A Graham council member proposed toll gates as the logical fix to the automobile question and predicted the current council would move to establish them in Graham.
Community discussion in Russell and Tazewell centers on toll gate adoption for new highways. Upkeep costs of the new roads prompt calls for tolls as a major issue.
A group of youths held a moonlight picnic in Lovers Lane with a fire for warmth and refreshments. The event sparked much courting and was enjoyed by attendees. Farmers celebrate Saturday night rain and Sunday showers improving ground. crops look healthier as rainfall continues.
The Gem will feature a full performance tonight after the wedding at the Methodist church. Theda Bara, famed star, will be at her best tonight at the Gem. Come out and see her and do not miss. Speedy recovery hoped for Mrs Tolbert Clark has been ill for days from gallstone pain. She was moved to Bluefield Sanitarium by Dr H B Frazier for an operation and is hoped to recover swiftly. W J Sturgiss of Falls Mills has returned from St Luke's Hospital Bluefield after weeks of illness. His condition is greatly improved.
Rev. J. E. Gibson concluded a very successful revival at White Church Thompson Valley on Friday. Many professions of faith were reported and strong interest marked the services.
Mrs H B Frazier and her daughter Louise board No 4 to Charlotte to visit Mrs J P Lindsey. Miss Esther Fellows of Charleston arrives to visit her sister Mrs JH E Ecker at Hotel Graham. Miss Rachel Gibson and cousin Ruth Griffith from Charleston visit her brother Rev J E Gibson. Willis Anderson spends Sunday at Radford with the Radford Normal. Jesse Franklin timekeeper for the Lucado extra gang visits Graham. P H Ritter of Giles county attends to business matters. Rev E H Cole preaches at Pails Mills. Mrs Unn Burton visits Peterstown to see her brother FE Terry. Franklin Anderson becomes inspector on the Winston Salem division of Norfolk Western, based in Roanoke. Mrs J W Linkous of Roanoke and Miss Esther R Buschmeyer of Spokane stay with G R B Stevens at Brown.
An old advertisement for a vegetable-based blood purifier promotes Swift Specific Co. product as a universal skin disease cure. It claims 70 000 ores in the skin connects to blood channels and laments ineffective salves, urging readers to write for a free book and confidential medical replies from Atlanta based experts.
McDuff Virginia resident Mrs. J. B. Whittaker credits Thedford’s Black-Draught with stopping long sick spells in her family. She says it regulates weak stomachs and aids digestion and relief of indigestion, colic, wind, nausea, and headaches. The remedy has over 70 years of use and benefits over a million people. Your druggist sells it for 25 cents.
Miss Beatrice Kaylor of Washington D C and Howard Wingfield visit G B Stevens on Brown Avenue. Miss Buschmeer a Hollins College student travels with Rose and Isertrude Stevens and Mrs J H Wingfield plan a Huntington trip for a week or ten days.
Returns from West Virginia Republican governor primary canvass show Judge Robinson leading by 537 votes after statewide certification except in McDowell where rival polls exist. Robinson pledges unity and immediate campaign organization to secure fall victory for Republican principles.
The article notes increased national mobilization efforts with business leaders offering employees to serve with the national guard without loss of positions. President Roosevelt thanks companies for their patriotic responses as U S forces manage Mexican border handling. Estimates show about 1,000 Americans remaining in Mexico with many preparing to return home by week’s end.
Colonel GH Penrose instructed that the Schuylkill arsenal has supplies sufficient to equip 250 000 men and serves as the depot for the east and south. He said Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and most of the District of Columbia are fully supplied, with New York to receive its full allotment within days and the rest of partly equipped states to follow soon.
Railroads serving south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi were granted extra time to revise commodity rates under the Interstate Commerce Commission order. Rates must take effect September 15 1916 with until August 1 1917 for complete revision of schedules.
Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton reports he is unable to rescue the twenty two members of his Antarctic expedition left on Elephant Island. The dispatch was sent from Fort Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
Paris reports in Verdun sector French forces seized a German trench between Furmin and Chenois woods during a night assault. An additional German attack west of Thiaumont was repulsed according to an official statement released today.
Means phone alarm and alarm sent from Centre Station Texas. The 1850 note ranks it twelfth in wealth, now seventh in wealth in the union. It is first in size and fifth in population, with railroads valued higher than any other state.
The era of harsh cathartics is fading as mild laxatives like Chamberlain's Tablets gain popularity. When taken in proper dose they work naturally and pleasantly, strengthening the stomach and improving digestion. Obtainable everywhere. Tu-Sat.
Across the Italian front Austrian forces retreat while Russian and French actions report repulsed attacks. British and French lines claim successful assaults against Germans along the Verdun sector. In Asia minor and Mesopotamia Turks launch offensives repelled except near the Euphrates. Durazzo harbor sees two Austrian transports sunk.
Washington reports a planned virtual embargo on commerce with Mexico pending future relations. Customs inspectors have delayed shipments at the border since Saturday and arms and munitions have not passed for weeks. The proposal extends restrictions to prevent goods used in military operations against the United States.
Washington report says a senate sub committee approved a provision to complete the navy general board building program of sixteen capital ships within three years, following President Wilson’s recommendation. The panel had before agreed to finish the plan by 1922.
Three infantry brigades each with three regiments from the Illinois and Wisconsin national guards will depart tonight for Fort Sam Houston Texas. Gen Funston announced they will camp here probably Thursday unless developments on the way require a different destination. The Missouri guard will also entrain tonight for Texas.
Italian war office announces a general Austrian retreat over about twenty miles in the Trentino district. Italian forces are said to be pursuing vigorously as the statement details ongoing operations and pressure on the retreating troops.
Trustee I J Holland will sell at public auction on July 22, 1916, at 3 p.m. on the premises in Bluefield West Virginia the Bluefield Brick Company plant including undivided half interests in land described by metes and bounds and all machinery and equipment. The sale is to satisfy a first deed of trust held by G M Barger and others with terms cash. The property is in eastern Bluefield near the Norfolk and Western Railway right of way and includes real estate and a large plant site. The notice specifies two half-interest land tracts and all plant fixtures for sale.
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