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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1907
Page
8
West Virginia displays at Jamestown include the Blennerhassett mansion model, John Brown relics, a Rumsey seacraft model, and a pike from Harpers Ferry. The exhibit notes Civil War officers born in the state and highlights educational progress, with a major musical program featuring renowned artists and a July 2 4 schedule culminating in a large carnival.
Rev. T. Eaton, pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, died today in Grand Junction Tennessee from a stroke of apoplexy. He was editor of the Western Recorder and author of several books. He was sixty two years old. Crystal domino sugar at Sublette & Barnes.
Washington June 29 the government fiscal year closed with a working surplus of about 87 million dollars. Officials say the figures are substantially accurate though final reports are not issued until Monday. The 1902 surplus was 91.3 million or so, the largest since 1899.
Secretary Taft awarded the contracts for two 20,000 ton battleships. One goes to Newport News Shipbuilding Company for four million dollars and the other to Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy Massachusetts for four million three hundred seventy seven thousand dollars.
The Chesapeake and Ohio sold five million dollars of six percent notes secured by six and a half million dollars of proposed ten million dollar bonds for the company improvement equipment.
The article notes heavy traffic to the James Town Exposition easing quickly as two double track trolley lines a steam trunk line connections and many steamer and launch routes handle thousands of visitors every few minutes. About thirty two daily Newport News trips and higher Norfolk service link to the exposition with nearby points connected by steamer to the Centennial.
Fort Leavenworth Kansas June 29 Lieutenant George C Marshall of the Thirteenth Infantry a Virginia Military Institute graduate leads the class of honor graduates. Three others of the five honor graduates are West Point graduates.
Mrs. Tunstall of Chase City left her three year old daughter with a colored nurse. On return, the house was in flames and the child perished. The nurse has disappeared in Richmond Virginia on June 29.
The Daily Telegraph offers a shopper friendly guide with attractive bargains from Bluefield stores. Advertisements highlight real bargains and everyday offerings from progressive shops. Readers are reminded to mention they saw the ad when buying.
The Jamestown exposition displays portraits of all state officers from state formation to today and images of the twelve West Virginians who were generals in the Civil War. The six pictures for each army illustrate West Virginia’s history in art.
Memphis citizens learn the state supreme court has upheld the anti race gambling law passed by the legislature as constitutional. The ruling blocks proposed race meetings at Memphis and Nashville.
George M. Cohen, comedian and playwright, married Miss Agnes Nelan a former chorus girl in Freehold New Jersey tonight. The wedding linked two known entertainment figures in a simple ceremony and confirms their union in the local social scene.
Help wanted ad for office space rental at State Bank Building. Apply George Strader. Date June 27.5.
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