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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
2
The Mercer county board of equalization and review will hold its annual meeting at the county court starting July 5 1916 to hear grievances on 1916 assessments. Signed Lowery G Bowling clerk. The notice appears among local items about taxes and public notices.
A 50 year old man identified as Batt was struck by a freight train while picking coal on Norfolk and Western Railway property near Switchback. The body was taken to Lick Branch for disposition by relatives.
Scouts report 609 tickets sold after one day of fundraising and aim for 1000. A 1 30 meeting today at scout headquarters will count sales, with a group attendance planned at tomorrow night’s show. Local merchants donate camp food supplies as support.
The Junior Redpath Club meets Saturday afternoon at the chautauqua tent in south Bluefield led by Mrs. Ben H. Williams. Prizes will be awarded after speeches, with a fairyland playset discussed and rehearsals for young performers announced.
Community fund drive urges pay as you go supporters to meet a 1750 dollar guaranteed goal. A strong group effort is needed to avoid deficit and enable the committee to fulfill its pledge.
Eight cars of time freight train No. 85 derailed near Coaldale tower fourteen miles west of here. Brake beam failure caused the wreck at 5 35 am damaging tracks and signaling. All passenger trains late. detours and wreck train aid paused normal service until late afternoon.
The automobile parade boosted the chautauqua with 31 decorated machines led by R. M. Garett Jr. and George McCulloch. The Bluefield band aided the event, and thanks were extended to owners riders and contributors including KE S Pedigo Co Honakers Department Store and the Quality Shop.
Police issued more than a dozen warrants for fast reckless driving and failing to display lights on motor vehicles at night. Suspects will be arraigned in police court upon apprehension with minimum fines of ten dollars and possible jail sentences as authorities push to curb traffic violations.
A new material made from wood pulp cellulose is reported as a sausage casing substitute. The development aims to offer an edible, potentially cheaper alternative to traditional casings.
A drugstore remedy promises to remove freckles with ethine double strength. Apply an ounce nightly to clear skin and erase both light and dark freckles. money back guarantee if it fails.
A called communication of Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M is set for 7 30 PM tonight for work in the second degree. All Master Masons are urged to attend and visitors are invited. C A Pearson W M
W. T. Dupree a Norfolk and Western boilermaker in the shops sustained a painful scalp cut while riveting a tank yesterday. He is reported not to be seriously injured.
Earl Burton sixteen son of Mr and Mrs A J Burton of 42 Rogers street ill with typhoid fever is reported resting well.
The ladies of Midway Christian church announce an ice cream supper on the church lawn this Saturday night. The public is cordially invited to attend.
The Livingston chapter of Royal Ambassadors will meet tonight at 7 45 p m at the home of Guy Callaway Fourth Street Third.
Emelyn Arters of Huntington and formerly of Bluefield, a naturalized Englishman, joined the khaki service and responded to President Wilson's call. He is now stationed with American forces overseas.
A Wanawha City center camp recruit prepares to depart for the Mexican border. Despite small size he shows spirit to serve Uncle Sam, inspired by a family of fighters with two brothers slain in Europe and another wounded at Verdun. He re-enlisted early and took the government oath.
W S Hart displays quick draw and dead aim as Blaze Tracy in the Ince Triangle play Hell's Hinges. He holds a tin can aloft with revolver fire and demonstrates his skill by severing wires in a dramatic stunt.
The article notes Hat shows himself a wonderful horseman in a saloon scene by rolling down an embankment and leaping into the saddle about ten feet. Hart practiced the stunt three times to register properly on camera and continued filming despite soreness. He will appear in Hell's Hinges at the New Rex Monday.
Charles Batt, a miner, was killed Wednesday evening near Switch when he struck by a train while picking coal on the track. The incident occurred in a switchyard area as Batt was working.
CLINT BAILEY offers forty lots in south Bluefield near the car line and Augusta Street close to a new school and the Country Club. The former baseball park has not changed hands in over a hundred years. No real estate commissions, owner sale, easy terms. Additional land available cheap by the acre. Contact Bluefield West Virginia.
Morning afternoon and evening sessions all year offer mail courses in shorthand typewriting bookkeeping mathematics English Latin and German. Principal W H Cunningham lists Bluefield Avenue and Tyler Street Pp O Box 542 Phone 474.
In Mt Airy North Carolina Mrs. Sarah M Chalse reports long lasting womanly and stomach troubles improved after six bottles of Cardus tonic. The ad urges other women to try Cardus with claims of widespread past success and offers instructions and a 64 page home treatment book from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies Advisory Dept. Chattanooga Tennessee.
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