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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
5
Mrs Mary H E Leicher known as Aunt Mollie Belcher will retire from town life and move to Benawwell with her niece Mrs J K Seutz of Princeton after a long residence since 1884. Her health has declined slowly with operation news from Bluefield Sanatarium and a return home by Sunday evening.
Graham Virginia rumors say the school board favors the present site for a new high school with bonds to fund the project. The report notes support and opposition over playground space visibility, and mentions Superintendent Worrell’s prior critique. Additional items cover new teachers, a patient in hospital, and local social events and visits.
The column logs charitable gifts to the Bluefield Orphanage treasurer James G. Litz totaling 4220.00 with a 200.00 yearly maintenance goal. It notes the firemen's bazaar success, a European trip for Frank Lefkowitch, and local social notes including visits by Mrs. W J Peters and others in Pocahontas.
The city sees a mix of brief visits and errands as individuals such as A. J. Dudley prepare for an appendicitis operation in Belsping while John Blanton from Huntington stops by as a guest. Mrs. W. W. Hamilton shop in Pocahontas and R. D. Patterson conducts business in the city. Willie Wagner returns from Bristol and Mrs. O. M. Nelson with daughter Miss Margaret shop in Pocahontas. Myron Marsh of Bluefield and JR. EF. Scott from New York are seen in town, with Mollie Craft preparing to travel to Welch and Dr. W. R. Whitman visiting Welch on business. S. M. Kuck also travels to Dante, Virginia on business.
The article notes that West Virginia still uses ancient laws inherited from England and old Virginia, including coroners rules dating before 1772. It highlights the coroner's duties, fixed $2.00 per case salary, and claims many state laws originate from distant eras and were copied when West Virginia separated from Virginia.
W. T. Kirby, a Norfolk and Western fireman, was knocked from his engine near Four and had his head badly wounded and a leg bruised when a runaway car in Vivian yard struck the engine on which he stood. He was brought to the hospital. injuries not believed serious.
Scientists state eczema germs reside in the inner skin, requiring a penetrating remedy not an outward salve. The White Pharmacy promotes Wintergreen based D D L D prescription with a trial bottle priced at 25 cents, claiming instant itch relief and past cures. Tax notices warn delinquent 1909 taxes will be published and collected via garnishment, with deputy sheriff Carter handling proceedings.
An advertisement promotes US.S.S. as the greatest blood purifier and tonic, claiming it cleanses circulation and heals old sores by rebuilding tissue. It asserts improper blood causes infection in ulcers and promises permanent healing with the product from The Swft Specific Co., Atlanta GA.
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