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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
6
Indications point to Bluefield hosting the largest Fourth of July celebration yet with balloon occlusion contests and lucrative purses. A ball game between local landing teams is set for the afternoon as part of a varied program expected to draw crowds surpassing past events.
At the bride’s parent home at 7 30 o’clock last evening a quiet marriage joined Miss Lida Chambers and Mr John H Cook. Rev Thomas Priddy officiated as friends witnessed the ceremony after a wedding supper. The bride is the daughter of Squire and Mrs John A Chambers. the groom is an engineer on the Pocahontas division of the Norfolk and Western. They left on No 3 for a tour of Ohio cities and will return home after about ten days.
Friday afternoon a baseball game between Bluefield and Graham is expected to draw a large crowd. The piece urges local support to help Bluefield boast the best nine in the section and hopes the event proves encouraging.
Misses Mary Catron and Cora Naeb went to Tip Top to visit relatives yesterday. Eliza French returned home to Princeton after visiting in the city. Mia Haptar and sister Mia Williams of Matewan left for Cooper to see their aunt Mrs John Cooper. Mr and Mrs J N Collins of Bland Street left to visit Collins’ father in Wytheville Va. The annual Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen picnic at Falls Mill drew large crowds and enjoyed by all. Ladies' Aid Society of Bland Street Church schedules a 3 pm called meeting at Mrs T F Weaver’s on Higginbotham avenue. Telegrams report the illness of James E Jill Brown. friends wish him a speedy recovery. George Pollock, former First National Bank cashier, visiting Bluefield and remarking on its growth. Get Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla to see why they are popular.
The War Department ordered Col Potts at Fort Monroe to report on a recent discharge of a big gun toward Willoughby Beach Virginia. Norfolk summer residents claim threats to life and property from target firing near their cottages causing consternation. Lt Col Harrison said shells did not seem to cross the bay despite aiming near the beach.
The American branch of the International Parliamentary Union met in Washington and organized with Barthelot of St Louis as president and Barton of Ohio, Williams of Mississippi, Granger of Rhode Island, Broussard of Louisiana, Andror of New York as officers. The annual meeting will be the second Wednesday in February.
Charles B Lockhart of Graham has spent the past year seeking his four year old child who was taken by a woman of unknown motive. A Telegraph report claiming two marriages was incorrect. his only wife resides with him in Graham where he has property, though they do not plan to settle long term, the move driven by his search.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 27 Elijah Hall a nine year old boy became the youngest horse thief on record. He found two horses hitched to a buggy behind a corn crib and drove away. He later tried to trade a gray horse for a team near a Gypsy camp two miles from town. He was captured about twelve miles from town by officers who suspected a grown thief and he was jailed.
The city and surrounding region are in ferment as Jews fear a fresh massacre. General Bogdanovitch reportedly fled from Moscow and may have received $50 000 yearly to sway troops toward loyal ideas. Reports claim he joined the Black Hundred.
A congressional resolution expressing US sympathy for those bereaved through the massacre was signed by the president in Washington. The measure called for no action and served as a formal condolence.
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