Pocahontas News Briefs Highlight Marrages and Local Events
Marie Hargrove of West Point marries John Marshall Lewis in Pocahontas. M P Deegan weds Miss Deegan of Savannah on the 27th. Local business directories, sports moves, Fourth of July plans with Breton as a stunt, and a serious accident injure Stephen Boray in the machine shop. Various visitors and prominent attendees at coal company meetings are noted along with local shop items.
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Floyd Black
Pocahontas
Marie Hargrove
West Point
John Marshall Lewis
Hargrove
Our City
M. P Deegan
Miss Deegan
Savannah
Deegan
A. W. Lathrop
Philadelphia
Leckie
Oaks
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Pocahontas Collieries Company
Isaac T. Mann
Bramwell
Charles 8. Thorne
New York
Stunt M. Buck
James E. Jones
A. D. McFarland
The
Horn
Richard Hadnut
George S. Landon & Co
French Tax Clash Sparks Feared Riots in Midi
Narbonne France June 29 rioting fears rise as government plans to resume tax collection halted by wine growers revolt. Soldiers to be deployed to enforce collectio n and keep order amid growing arousal among the populace.
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Narbonne
France
Midi
To Force Early Trial For Harry K. Thaw
In New York on June 29 counsel for Harry K Thaw at the Tombs sought an order from Justice McCall directing District Attorney Jerome to show cause why Thaw’s murder trial should not be moved to the October term. Jerome must appear July 3.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Supreme Court
McCall
Jerome
Thaw
Garbage Strike In New York Worsens City Filth
June 29 report describes a severe city cleanup crisis as the White Wings strike and American Ice Company wagon drivers refuse to yield. Health officials are assigned to remove filth piling in streets amid growing public concern.
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New York
Want Ad Notice for Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Local appeal to readers of Bluefield and the Pocahontas coal field to use the Daily Telegraph want column for buying housing renting services errands and employment. Readers are urged to mail copy with stamps or coin to place an ad.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
Rixey Advanced to Medical Director in Navy
The president has signed Surgeon General Rixey’s application to advance to the rank of medical director in the navy. He also approved the appointment of W. W. Pooser as vice consul of the Argentine Republic at Apalachicola Florida.
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Oster Bay
Gener Rixey
W. W. Pooser
Apalachicola
Fla
West Virginia at Jamestown Exposition A State Building
West Virginia showcases a colonial style state building at Jamestown with a 139 foot coal monument and history exhibit. The $55,600 appropriation funded the site, open houses, and a West Virginia day tied to naval parade and Fourth of July events with Gov Dawson and visitors invited July 2.
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West
Hampton Roads
West Virginia
Virgil A. Lewis
State Commission
Lewis
W. M. 0. Dawson
Swanson
Virginia
Treasury
Cortelyou
Exposition
West Virginia Commission Named for Jamestown Exposition
United States Senator Stephen B Skins serves as president of a West Virginia commission for the Jamestown exposition. Members include ex Governors Alfred B. White A Brooks Fleming and George W Atkinson, plus Colonel Newton treasurer and Professor Virgil A Lewis secretary and archivist.
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West Virginia
United States
Stephen B Skins
Alfred B. White
A. Brooks Fleming
George W. Atkinson
Court of Claims of the United States
Newton
Virgil A. Lewis
Lewis
Point Pleasant Hess collection given to West Virginia archivist
The Hess collection from Point Pleasant is now in the possession of WV archivist and historian Professor Lewis and has been sent to the Jamestown exposition. It is described as the finest and most complete of its kind, expected to boost the West Virginia history exhibit, as intended by the patriotic owner.
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Point Pleasant
Hess
West Virginia
Lewis
Celebrate the Fourth Right Fireworks at Wholesale
Fireworks at wholesale are advertised by the 5 and 10 Cent Store located at 38 Bland Street with a promotional line about glass that cheers and a note on Chase & Sanborn's recold tea. The ad cites DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for common family hurts, sold by all druggists.
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Bland St
Chase & Sanborn’s
Sublette & Barnes
DeWitt
Stockholders Meeting Announcement for Bluefield Ice Company
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bluefield Ice and Cold Storage Company will be held at the office in Bluefield on July 19, 1907, at 3 p.m. for electing a board of directors and any other business. Secretary BE Woodyard signs.
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Bluefield Ice and Cold Storage Company
Bluefield
BE. B. Woodyard
Subscribers urged to request Daily Telegraph at post offices
A plea to readers to ask postmasters specifically for the Daily Telegraph to avoid delays. The notice warns that papers are sometimes overlooked without a special request and urges persistence to ensure delivery.
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Daily Telegraph
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W. G. Ferrell
Princeton Avenue
West Va
Telegraph
West Virginia Brewing Company
Felenmeier Brew
West Virginia Brew
W. E. Stewart
Keystone
M. S. Thompson Box
W. Va
W. 8. Crockett, F. D
Undertaker
New York City
Rixey
Associated Press Dispatch
West Virginia Enterprise
Jamestown Fair
Fine Historical Collection
India
Herodotus
Kennedy
Davis
BE. Mason
M. P
Marshall, Texans
Hetherington, Carter & Co
Bluefield Avenue
W.va
the Visitation Academy
Wytheville, VA
Sisters of Visitation B. V. M
Academy of the Visitation
Price
Princeton Ave
Getlemen
W. H. Cunningham
Pittman, Kimball, Gregg
Ture
Bluefield Normal and Business Institute
Tyler Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Tennessee Farms
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown
Tenn
Valley of
East Tennessee
East Tenn., Real Estate Co
Morristown, Tenn
W. J. O Neal
Banks & Rosenheim
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