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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
1
Floods cripple Pocahontas coal field rail lines with fifty miles of washed track and washed-out yards. Officials say loading will resume as tracks clear, while telegraph lines recover and relief efforts are organized locally and by state authorities.
A 5c Tansill Punch is advertised as a fine smoke for hot weather and a preventive of spring fever. The ad urges trying one this morning and notes distribution by Flat Top Grocery Company. Also listed are a furnished two room rental and a 20 percent sale at The Bluefield Mercantile Company on its entire stock. Hoster's beer is recommended by physicians.
A Boston man praises Dr. King's New Life Pills for curing his ill wife and recounts a family note from Armonk New York about Dr. King's New Discovery saving a child from whooping cough and bronchitis. The ads claim cures for malaria fever ague liver and stomach troubles with trial bottles available.
The Daily Telegraph lists thirty five flood victims including John Lewis, Mrs Nellie Smith, Anna Smith, Chas Shawley, Sam Poindenter, John Bullard, Bettie Brown, Trigg, Jacob Reflin, John Bannister, Mrs Mary Follis, T B Christian, Mrs Bertha Anderson and two children, with several other names and relatives. The report notes difficulty obtaining names due to excitement and mentions an unknown white man found near Shawnee. Beer ads follow.
A destitute Campbell Gilbert family from Ashland with four children walked 75 miles toward Honaker Va after their home was destroyed by flood. Railroad workers fed them and raised 7.50, arranging transport home while $3.67 balance from the mine was all he had.
In Strasburg Virginia today the funeral of Mrs. John H. Newell crossed the swollen Shenandoah River in small rowboats to reach the burial ground. The coffin was carried on a rowboat as mourners moved across the unfordable water after recent rains.
A two story tenement in New York caught fire on the third, fourth and fifth floors. About forty people panicked and slid down painter supplied ropes from the roof. One child was injured. The telegraph urges subscription.
In Hollins near Roanoke a farmer’s daughter, twelve, was struck by lightning during a storm yesterday afternoon. She sheltered with a hoe on her shoulder and was killed instantly. her younger brother, nearby, suffered a broken arm.
In Brushton NY a man identified as J W Blondin by a deputy sheriff is proved to be William Montray. Montray had lived near Brushton for ten years and was arrested due to a deputy’s mistaken impression after Blondin fled Massachusetts following the discovery of his wife’s headless body.
Gen Lord Methuen's advance from Jacobsdal to Zeervst meets Boer resistance at Welgeboom Spruit. Boers retreat after heavy loss of 26 killed. British capture prisoners and stores. Also a local real estate notice seeks buyers for an 8 room Mercer street house with 65 by 147 foot lot and a 4 room rear house, suitable for boarding or hotel.
Mrs C E VanDeusen of Kilbourne Wisconsin suffered long stomach trouble and constipation. She says Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets helped her more than other preparations. Sold at H N Whites drug store for 25 cents with free samples.
N. E. Palmer of Kirkman Iowa reports a lady burned by a gasoline stove suffered a rain of sores that doctors could not heal. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve completely cured her. It treats cuts corn sores boils rashes skin diseases and piles. 25 cents at all druggists.
Washington reports say Charles B. Kefauver of Grafton is favored for the new federal district clerkship. Knox will appoint on the AG’s recommendation with Senators Scott and Elkins backing Kefauver. Rural free delivery expansion and money order plans dominate Post Office talk.
The district supreme court awards half the value of vessels sunk at Manila Bay and Santiago and the property recovered, granting prize money to Dewey and Sampson crews. The ruling estimates the total at about half a million dollars.
Arthur J. Moss cashier and paymaster at the Gould Coupling Works Depew has defaulted to eight thousand dollars and is missing. Moss was a trusted six year employee with a solid reputation according to the Buffalo Telegram report from June 27.
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