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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
2
The Bluefield Telephone Co plans a June 30 1911 deadline for directory listings. Interested parties should contact contract agent by phone 3834 Bluefield W Va to insure inclusion. No insertions after the date.
A stream of visitors and residents were in the city yesterday. Names include J B Biggs of Pramwell Ernest Bruce of Princeton T S Crockett and J G Kelly on business trips J J Jones of Poorhontas and K S French of Narrows.
A Delieitiat outing to Coeburn occurred yesterday with a basket dinner in the woods. Summit City Lodge No. 144 I.O.O.F. elected M. Leftwich noble grand J. H. Wilson vice grand J. K. Morton recording secretary A. O. White financial secretary M. B. Postlethwaite treasurer and Viest Paid Cy Dow as chef postlethwaite’s dog Frank received a new collar marking the first paid up dog in the city. Automobile tags arrived and all cars must display one. Miss Foxie Floyd recovering from appendicitis left St Luke’s hospital for home. Railroad prayer meeting planned at the Christian church Friday night at eight o’clock led by S. J. Howe with the subject Courage. Tax tickets for Beavvy Pond district offered through July first. delinquent taxes to be turned over to the deputy sheriff EL Carter.
Local barber Harry Volt resumes service at Hotel Altamont barber shop inviting his old customers to visit. The note places Volt back at the hotel location and signals readiness to serve patrons again.
Roward for Runeway Girl Mary K Bolden of 318 North Mercer Street offers a reward for the return of her daughter Mary H Bolden fourteen last seen between Blake and Oakvale where she went to look for work. Notify Solden at 318 North Mercer Street Denmarkfields. Colored Graduate Pullman Porter M M Johnson who has finished at the hotel institute will leave today for Paso Texas to enter fullman service of the Sunset Route.
A traveler heads toward Tucker County to spend time as a guest of his brother, planning a brief sojourn and family visit. The journey reflects a personal travel moment amid everyday movement.
W J Heycock from Danville Indiana followed his wife after suspecting infidelity. He arrived Saturday, sought police help, learned the couple had fled toward Princeton. The man fled earlier and was not heard from. Mr Heycock and his wife continued toward Danville with hopes of reconciliation.
A Chicago News report details powder workers living under constant fear of death, strict rules, and rituals. Inspectors frisk workers for sparks, shoes are removed, and metal-free clothing is required. A single woman entering the plant is believed to doom the operation, triggering mass resignations or shutdowns.
Lie ge board of affairs holds an afternoon meeting at 3. The dispute over paying charges and Roanoke street encroachment on Mr. Lindsay's property will be discussed along with open sewers near Haile Lend Company property. A resolution to change Higginbotham avenue to Court Street is likely to pass.
Dr John Donne, famed English divine, plays detective in a London Tit Bits tale. In a churchyard he uncovers a nail in a skull and deduces murder. He confronts a widow who confesses and is executed. The narrative blends crime and quip with era voice.
An American Medicine article extols juggling as a beneficial distraction for sedentary people and the bedridden. It suggests juggling may stimulate disused brain and spinal centers, improve nervous poise, and warns against dissipation like beer and cigarettes.
An advertisement touts Bezo, a foot treatment by Leo Chemical Co., claiming five minutes to feel relief and immediate morning mobility. It urges readers to buy a jar at druggists or by mail order, with prepaid charges.
A reflective prose piece mourns age and hardship yet asserts that despite affliction simple hope and desire for affection keep a faint life spark alive. The narrator compares need to a pale ember and a starved forge seeking recognition.
At All Quality Grocers Sauer's lemon and vanilla extracts are praised by housekeepers and cooks as the best value. Sold for 10 cents and 25 cents respectively.
A literary quotation notes that heaven is freely given while only God can be bad for the asking, signaling a Romantic era or transcendental sentiment attributed to James Russell Lowell.
Supreme Court review of a Buffalo coal dispute proceeds as the defendants carry the case forward. The parties appear to contest remedies and authority in a matter styled to the Buffalo firm.
TheOKE Company against J M Vance and others moves to the supreme court after the defense records order was issued by the circuit court in Huntington. The litigation concerns titles to a large tract of coal lands in Logan county with a circuit court win for the plaintiff. The records order was filed Tuesday in Huntington.
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