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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
2
Bluefield Telephone Co announces the 1911 directory closes June 30. Those wishing listings or changes must notify agent at phone 3834 Bluefield W Va. No insertions after date. Also notes on community events and local incidents including charity cases and crime reports.
New Mexico marks Post Card Day with postal cards touting advantages of the date. The Daily Telegraph reports a misrouted advertisement from George Tani, noting a costly error in the new state. A motor trip lists Mrs. A H Mann, Miss Florence John, Miss Allene Akers, Harry Toodykeonta, and James Mann returning from Tazewell with Col Tierney. Vernon Baker, though six months in Lave’s Hospital for typhoid fever, will leave today for Lynchburg to join his father and then return south.
New Clear and Newsstand opens at Allamont Hotel by J A Jeffee with sisterly praise. Steve Byrd, a miner, is badly injured after being struck by a westbound train near Lind ey. Miss Minily Shirey undergoes appendicitis surgery and rests easily. The Beavy Pond district tax tickets for 1910 are due by July 1, delinquent taxes to be returned. Hotel Amont reports Harry Hiort at Motel Altar barbershop seeking old customers. 6 0- Girl dresses half price at Fashion Store, plus Daily Telegraph subscription promo.
Local notes list Roanoke residents visiting friends in the city and others traveling for family and business. Names include J J Boxley T H Becker Rev J H Franklin Mrs J M Sheppard Mrs J P Philpotts Mrs William H Matthews C C Fink M L McDaniel S J Finley Ed Lynn C N Wright Vivian Akers Lula Litton Nannie Gillespie W M Franklin W F Douthat and many more with trips to Galax Niagara Falls Detroit Atlantic City and Emory summer programs.
Henry Bates, 35, father of several children, died after entering the Greenough Coal and Coke mine at Tacoma Va shortly after shots fired. Fuzes to five or six charges were lit, one misfired and exploded as Bates approached, fracturing his skull and injuring his left arm. The same mine has previously seen fatal blowout blasts with numerous deaths.
Mrs John L Hoy died at 161 North Coaster street shortly before eight o clock Monday morning with gastritis and heart failure possibly worsened by drinking too much ice water. Her husband John L Hoy and immediate family were notified and the funeral was planned in Staunton Virginia with a reported Illness onset Friday evening.
Baltimore readers report their daughters restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A mother describes her fifteen year old Alice recovering from Green sickness after three bottles. The ad urges girls with painful or irregular periods to seek treatment and write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
The obituary notes Minnie Shott Hoy died about six hours after her coalitions alarmed condition, aged forty one. Born October 26 1870 in Staunton she was married to a husband and left three children John Mildred and Mary and brothers Hugh James Daniel Edward Lucy and Mrs FE Morris. Funeral services will be held at eleven o clock Wednesday at the residence with Dr Kern conducting.
James Hussell Lowell hosted a late night banquet in England where Sir Frederick Bramwell was among the speakers. Bramwell sought to toast Applied Science and invoked a risqué metaphor about applying a match to a candle wick, prompting Lowell to pass a paper with a humorous couplet.
On the Chicago depot steps near Savannah, General Loan and two to three aides attempted to ride east in a ladies car. An Irish porter blocked them, pointing out the car was for ladies, offering a safe instead. The general asked about his staff, and the porter humorously instructed them to take the safe and stick their staff out of the windy.
A Scottish clan chief in London argued over a taxi fare shouting I am the Me Tntosh. The cabman retorted I’ll have my rights and showed little regard for his claim.
A short dialogue features a boy urged to be well behaved after a doctor’s advice to the mother to provide more exercise. The exchange centers on listening to adults and following guidance.
Electric light globes can be cheaply frosted or colored by dipping in a thin shellac and alcohol solution, to which any desired dye may be added.
Louisville Courier Journal notes a witty definition with three acts, six gowns, and nine epigrams as elements of a first class society drama. The quip reflects social performance and couture milieu.
Local fashion retailer advertises Woile skirts at five dollars and tied to dates June 25 1930 and June 27 1931. Mentions suit styles and tiller made suits available for home wear. Includes prices and store name The Fashion Store.
A family guardian plans Effie-Effie's marriage to an older suitor, but at a Lake Cornwall house party the niece elopes with Martin Sayler. Beckwith appears, Sayler confesses love, and the guardian discovers she will marry a man closer to her own age, reversing the plan.
An evening event titled Home Mission Hellefit will be held at Mrs. J E K's residence this evening at 8 o'clock. The program includes readings and a recital lineup featuring Poe and other named items.
A barrel of whiskey exploded in A Goodman’s saloon on Monday causing a loud blast heard nearby. Heat from a burning paper sparked the fire, but firefighters arrived after the flames were already out. Local updates include residents traveling and social visits, with a note on bicycles becoming a city fad.
A vintage ad claims EZO relieves sore, aching feet and corns with a refined ointment. It guarantees relief in five minutes and walking comfort by morning, touting convenience of night application and mail order service from Ezo Chemical Co. in Rochester, with White Pharmacy as distributor.
In the Southern District of West Virginia Mercer County on June 27 1911 the court orders a hearing for July 28 1911 at Bluefield at ten o clock in the fore noon. It directs publishing notice in the Bluefield Telegraph and mailing copies of the petition and order to all known creditors.
The regular annual meeting of Hemphill Colliery stockholders will be at their Bramwell West Virginia office on Tuesday July 11 1911 at eleven oclock a m for electing officers and directors and to transact other business properly before the meeting. J J Howd president and A Toy secretary signed. June 16 1911.
Sealed proposals will be received at the Bluefield West Virginia Post Office and Court House custodian’s office until 4 pm on the seventh day of July 1911 for granite posts iron railings and related work at the building. Copies of specifications may be obtained upon application. dated June 23 1923 to 28.
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