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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1912
Page
6
Crowds jammed the sidewalk at the Daily Telegraph seeking Baltimore convention news. Reporters noted intense interest in Bryan and other candidates as ballots dragged on, with extras selling for two cents and callers posing questions about the nominee.
Norfolk and Western stock climbs to 117 3 8 on Thursday after a period of speculation. The rise comes ahead of an expected unusually large dividend this year as the company has earned more than its dividend requirements for several months.
A new progressive party in Michigan will organize July 6 in Battle Creek with a state ticket headed by Governor Chase S. Osborn. Judge H H Batdorf issued the call, backed by most Republican progressive leaders, with county and municipal groups forming to nominate candidates by petition under the primary law. The Battle Creek convention will organize the party, choose a name, and set a date for a delegates convention to pick state officers, with the state convention planned for Jackson.
London June 23 The Colonial Secretary tells the House of Commons that compulsory cuts in opium trade have already worsened narcotic abuse with a rise in morphine and cocaine vices. He cautions that without international action the push for total cessation is unwise.
A long list of discounted garments and accessories announces sale prices on underwear dress shirts straw hats Oxfords wash dresses skirts petticoats and waists. Highlights include women’s shirtwaists 49c to 98c and a wide assortment of shoes slippers and white canvas footwear from 49c to 4.98 with many items up to 7.00 earlier price points.
Stated communications of Bluefel Lodge No. 85 A F and A M held on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month at the Masonic Hall third floor Lazarus Building Princeton Avenue.
The board met at city hall approving restaurant and hotel licenses and auto permits for several individuals. The resignation of T. B. Breen as sanitation supervisor was accepted. Cal Henike urged reform of the colored saloon system, prompting laughter with a pointed remark about racial segregation.
The West Virginia Association of Postmasters elected officers for the coming year at Elkins. Romeo H. Freer was named president with S. S. Buazerd as vice president, T. T. Huffman secretary, and R. A. Hall treasurer. Berkeley Springs will host next year’s meeting.
McDowell County Sheriff E. T. Sprinkle traveled through the city en route to Wytheville and spoke of his time as one of Col. Roosevelt’s personal bodyguards in Chicago. He said Roosevelt wore out many men and never showed fatigue, calling him more than human and “a steam engine with steam up all the time.”
F M Peters returned from Baltimore after attending the Democratic national convention. He noted the crowd noise overwhelmed speakers at times and that Permanent Chairman James was the only speaker he could hear, with the chair’s voice drowned by demonstrations and chatter.
The Union Carbide Company of Chicago plans a central distributing station and warehouse in Bluefield. Representative W H Wordsworth will finalize arrangements for a warehouse on the third floor of the Bluefield Produce and Commission building on Roanoke Street. From Bluefield the firm will supply the coalfields and areas east as freight rates allow, expanding the city’s service amid rising safety use.
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