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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1914
Page
2
Local notices recount 1912 election lunches honored, plans for West Virginia Independence Day on July 1 with a social by Mrs C K Fisher. Also reports on Hobbie Co piano business, Council campaigns, a miner's death, and public notices from Mercer County board.
The regular monthly social session of Fluefield Lodge No. 1538 Knights of Pythias will be held tomorrow night at their hall on Bland Street. Visiting brothers cordially invited.
Members of the ladies auxiliary to the O R C are asked to meet in the ladies reception room at the Ma sovic temple at 3 this afternoon. All accounts due will be collected if unpaid by June 29. I L Cohen announces a move to Pocahontas Virginia after July 1 with Kwass & Gros to serve old and new customers with whiskies wines and beers via mail orders. I B Lee retires as referee in bankruptcy for this division and will practice law from offices in Bluefield West Virginia Kelley Moyer building rooms 12 and 128 second floor.
This week's Elks opera house offering features the Luther and Gates Musical Comedy Company performing the latest musical comedies with Frank H. Gates as star. The show includes a colorful chorus, dancers and show girls, with special scenic and electrical effects and elaborate costumes. Opening bill McNiff in Paris promises a rollicking night of entertainment.
The notice lists bid and ask prices for banks coal stocks and miscellaneous shares including First National branches and Coal Co. holdings in Bluefield and surrounding towns. It invites bids and offers on coal, bank, jobbing and industrial stocks and provides Broker F. M. Archer & Co contact details.
The Elks' opera house presents a mixed bill with comedy interludes and musical numbers. The Wrong Wife and Bimprickle and O'When in Wrong headline, with three reels of pictures preceding each show. Matinees at 3 30 p m and evening shows at 7 45 and 9 15. Prices ten to twenty cents. Always cool and cozy.
Bluefield Council No. 1404 Knights of Columbus held a lively session at Magles hall with Grand Knight Donahue presiding. Many applications were filed and a first degree team is preparing. Each member agreed to recruit one new member. The next class will push the council past 100 members. Next meeting set for next Friday. P A Grant leads new member drive.
A worker died Friday afternoon at about 3 30 when a log rolled from a flat car and crushed him. He was resting in the shade beside the car with two other employees who escaped by jumping into a mill pond. The man, Robbins, was unable to jump and perished. he leaves a widow and one child.
A vintage ad touts TIZ as the solution for sore tired sweaty feet. It claims feet dance with delight as aches corns callouses blisters and bunions are drawn out with this acid removing remedy. It urges buying a 25 cent box from druggists or department stores for a year of comfort.
The remains of John A Robbins a Pardee Virginia lumberman were carried through the city yesterday toward Oakvale where interment will occur.
On a B and O train between Huntington and Parkersburg a farmer in a new suit contemplates a deadly steam roller incident near Ripley. A dapper passerby references Ed French killed in mud during the event, prompting the farmer to note cost differences between city and country machinery.
A large turnout gathers at the county seat with candidates from both major parties and others seeking national political salvation. Prominent Republicans including Pack Cooper Hearn Lilly Maynard and others review a robust field for county offices. The county court clerk issued marriage licenses for several couples from Bluefield McComas and Freeman, while local commissioners and clerks are listed across districts Jumping Branch Gadds Braver Pond Rock District and Spanishburg with numerous names and positions.
County court convenes next Tuesday to fix the Athens macadam road and the Bramwell to Rock macadam road. The session will continue into next month until both roads are definitively located and contracts let.
A critic laments the Friday game on Bluefield grounds calling it a bad edition of baseball. He argues Mercar county should produce better play to keep fans interested in the national sport.
At a Republican county executive meeting in Princeton officers for conducting the county primary on July 18 were named. Princeton No. 1 includes D. F. Hale I. C. Damewood A. Wysong as commissioners with H. Croesett L. E. White as clerks. Willowton No. 3 lists M. F. Thomas A. J. Meadows J. H. Harry with James Whitaker L. M. Thomas as clerks. Plymouth District Athens No. 1 shows Wade Dunn Joe Caldwell George Alvis as commissioners with Arthur Martin William Bennett as clerks. Coeburn No. 2 has A. Kessinger Joe Thompson Jr Clinton Rogers as commissioners.
A historical ad copy touts 8 8 and 8 8 as pure medicines from native botanicals. It warns against substitutes and mineral additives, urging readers to request The Swift Specific Co catalog from Atlanta for a list of stores.
The record enumerates commissioners and clerks for several numbered groups: No. 10 William Thomas Floyd Odell Alfred Jones Hl Randolph W C Gaither. No. 11 George Jenkins J H Shrewsbury P J Goode KE Ottorra J H Akers. No. 12 John H Miller Ed Maxey George Burgess Joe Farley French Gunther.
Tip Top Mineral Springs invites the public to a grand ball in their dance pavilion on the nights of July 4 and 4. Prof Bellaza will oversee the event on the finest dance floor in the state. Also baseball bowling pool sack racing. J. M. Brustber proprietor.
The State Board of Control of West Virginia invites sealed bids by July 6 1944 noon for a two story brick nurses' home at Miners Hospital No. 1 Welch. Plans are available in Charleston Welch Huntington Bluefield Williamson offices. Bid must include 500 guarantee and bond. board may reject any bids.
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