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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
5
Kimball notes a Red Men lodge meeting as they finalize plans for the Fourth of July business men's celebration. The local committee is active preparing for the event. Also mentioned are a restaurant fire scare, residents' alarm, and several local residents traveling or visiting.
Construction starts on a new Baptist church with completion aimed in sixty days and early fall occupancy. A Jewish Tabernacle will soon be ready for services. The Gun Club holds its weekly shoot and eyeing Powhatan shoot next month. Keystone baseball trips to Graham for a game with the Graham nine. Fourth of July plans expand with new features and heavy advertising across the coal field. Pay day excursion draws crowds. record turnout with hopes of repeating on the Fourth.
A special meeting of stockholders of the Bank of Pocahontas in Pocahontas Virginia is set for July 8 1905 at 9 a m at the bank office to consider and determine a proposed increase of the capital stock. By order of the board of directors Co M Galway Cashier and Secretary of the Board.
The American National Bank of Graham Virginia offers three percent interest on all money not in use and on savings accounts. It highlights tax benefits for Virginia bank deposits and invites corporations, firms, and individuals to open accounts with profitable returns.
Bluefield Knights of Pythias lodge elected officers led by Chanellor Commander E.4A Brown and Vice Chancellor Er C Curtis. Other posts named include Prelate R L Taylor Master at Arms S Rosemond Master of Work H A Wilson Inner Guard E H Ballard Outer Guard J H Shott and Trustee H I Shott. A whimsical editor note follows with a Poe parody about shirts and a warning to avoid the store Manhattan.
Pedigo's offers The Famous Little Pills Early Risers claimed to cure constipation and biliousness by toning the liver. The ad says they cleanse and strengthen the stomach and bowels, never gripe, and give energy to rise early. Roosevelt kiffon shirt remark included as filler. For sale by druggists.
Harisnd Reynolds of Princeton is missing after leaving home for a day hunting last Saturday. Father A. W. Reynolds searched after returning from Cincinnati, with many men looking but no trace found. Authorities suspect an accident in hunting, but no leads have emerged.
Local contractor T. W. Kirkbride announces services in Bluefield West Virginia and Roanoke Virginia. Offers building, repairing, moving houses, trestles, slack bins and related work with emphasis on skilled carpentry and structural tasks.
The Ebersole piano from Smith & Nixon in Cincinnati is named for Joseph G. Ebersole and praised for durable high grade build. It features even scale, quality tone, responsive action, and long tuning stability with an elegant exterior. Upright models are produced for colleges churches and homes.
The Smith and Nixon Piano Manufacturing Company, an early Ohio enterprise, organized in Cincinnati with capital around 16 000 and a surplus about 11 000. It builds grand and upright pianos and upright grands on its own patents, operating factory buildings covering five acres with frontage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks for strong shipping facilities.
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