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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
Multiple notices reveal local merchants and firms plan cash-only coal and goods sales after July 1 1917 to curb collection costs and losses from credit. Among them are Citizens Coal Supply Co Mitchell Coal Co and Virginia Realty Loan Co. Also announced are market vendors offering produce and services, a Red Cross update, and a bankruptcy filing involving Thomas G Fulcher.
July 1 no unused tickets will be honored by local sellers. To cash them, they must be sent to the Pullman Company ticket agent headquartered in Chicago. Reservations may be made remotely by telephone or telegraph. locals must buy tickets before berths are reserved. Gas Light Alarm Flares as Fire Crew Responds. Gas lamp at Bland and Jones streets ignited, frightening residents until Fire Chief Carter quickly identified and fixed the issue.
The seventeen month old child of Sam Louder of Narrows was operated on at Piiefield Sanitarium a week ago for a strangulated hernia and was taken home yesterday. The child stood the operation well and will soon be fully recovered.
Bluefield shows no new enlistees during the first four days of Army Recruiting Week despite posters and local drive. Recruits have applied but none from Bluefield have joined. Columbus Barracks last received a local recruit weeks ago. Enlistments close Saturday, with post July 1 draft law eligibility shaping regular forces.
Today at 4 o'clock the story hour on the hill will be directed by Mrs W K McDowell. A large turnout is expected with one hundred or more children ready to hear her tales. Captain Frazee's gym class began Wednesday with several boys mastering the first lesson. Garden day encourages all children to work in the playground plots to protect Wednesday's rain. The playground supervisor remains on duty each afternoon to ensure a safe enjoyable time.
Newton Hickman a teamster was thrown from a horse on the city northern outskirts. He was unconscious and taken to St Luke's Hospital with concussion of the brain and remained unconscious late last night though not believed fatal. No witnesses to the accident and cause unknown.
A program includes piano solo by Miss Margaret Pankey, piano duets by Miss Mildred McMillen and Miss Vinnie Lee McGe, piano trio by Misses Ruth Olive and Jennie Johnston, and selections by Miss Helen Jordan with Mr Phayver on mandolin. Afterward, refreshments and a silver offering follow. Charles H Thompson, son of J B Thompson, left for Spokane Washington to spend weeks harvesting, a yearly trip.
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer promising youthful looks with a money back guarantee and available at Goodykoontz Drug Co and Hessig-Ellis Drug Co Memphis. It also mentions a free Hair Culture book and related Q-Ban products. A separate line notes a 1915 rise in Canadian automobile licensing despite wartime.
Numerous residents and guests are listed with travel and visits. Mr and Mrs Holbrook Easley welcomed a son while Frank S Easley left for New York. Jack Otey enters the U.S. Navy after Newport trip and J W Ferguson tours major cities.
Clarksburg June 28 Lewis county court bars all cigarette licenses for the coming fiscal year to protect youth. The ruling cites public welfare as the reason, noting no licenses will be issued to cigarette dealers.
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