Personal Notices and Briefs From Bluefield Area
Roanoke visitor G M Pitver in Bluefield. Jack May travels to Christiansburg. Whitener from county seat. Witlame of Bedford City visits sons. W L Mustard nomination for postmaster at Cabot, continued by Senate. Local notables Coulling and Chapman in city. Hancock to New York buyer. Berwick named night yard master for rail line. Mollie Smith arrives from Pulaski. emigrant party of 150 departs on No 3 led by Allen Mooney. Lula Shafer goes to Pittsburgh to join husband. Confederate veterans appoint sponsors for Dallas reunion. West Virginia delegation to reunion to travel by special cars via Memphis.
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G. M. Pitver
Roanoke
Bluefield
Jack May
Christiansburg
Iinkerchip
S li
Semeth
New York
J A. Witlame
Bedford City
W. L. Mustard
P Cabontas
Senate
S M.B Coulling
J. W. Chapman
Tzewell
Jett
Kensova
Bluefield Camp Sons Confederate Veterans
Dallas
Annie Johnston
Nanoine McDowell
Trixie McClaugherty
O .U. Jenkins
McClaugherty
H. N White
West Virginia
Memphis
English Guest Stuns Suburbanite with Shoe Fetching Folly
A suburbanite recounts a comic clash with an English guest. The Englishman’s boots were left muddy outside his door and the host, fearing his Irish servants would refuse to clean them, secretly brushed them in the night. The tale ends with the host admitting defeat and a stubborn warning about cultural differences.
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Tye
Eiither
New York Tribune
Coal and Wood Deliveries by T F Becker
Call T FH Becker for coal and wood orders. phone 125. Prompt delivery promised to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turk’s
Bluefield
W. Va
T. FH. Becker
Haydie
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Safe Cold Relief
A reader warns that neglecting a cough can cause bronchial lung trouble and endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as protection from serious cold effects attributed to G. H. Wade.
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Foley
G. H. Wade
New Opera House Contract Awarded to Roanoke Firm
The contract for the erection of the Kiks' ball and opera house was awarded yesterday to RA Wiggat & Co. of Roanoke and Bluefield. Bids reportedly ranged from 29,900 to 42,000 dollars. Construction will begin at once. A stray anecdote from Sullivan County notes a trout caper where a fisherman’s bathtub hosted six fish before a cat retrieved the last. A social quip from London Tit-Bits recounts a doorbell inquiry about residents under twenty-one and a spinster’s brisk riposte, followed by a book purchase.
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Kiks’ Ball and Opera House
RA Wiggat & Co
Roanoke
Bluefield
Ware
Cee
Sullivan County Cob
New York Times
London
Diet and singing talents linked to national cuisines
A musical writer argues that fine vocalists are rare where meat and fish diets prevail and decline as families gain wealth and eat more meat. He cites Naples, Genoa, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden, noting fish-heavy regions produce fewer singers while grain-rich Sweden fosters song. The idea contrasts carnivorous birds croak while grain-eating birds sing.
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Naples
Genoa
Italy
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
The Maid Blushed and the At Home Name Confusion
A Bisley queen's prize winner and law student Mr. David Dear attended an at home. When asked his name the servant pressed for another name. He said he had none but the servant insisted, and announced him as Mr. Lim David Dear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dear
Bisley
Lim
Mr. David
Actress jokes about billing and puff in interview
A leading actress, well billed across town and country, tells an interviewer she cannot work without billing and a bit of cooing. She asks what he thinks of her powder and eagerly jokes she now depends on him for the puff.
The Best of Reasons and Motivational Snippets
A fragment collection presents quotes from the Boston Post and Saturday Evening Post about excuses, effort, and perseverance. It frames a dialogue between an editor and a poet and includes a proverb about action over vanity.
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Boston Post
Bankruptcy hearing set in Wm Linkenhoker case West Virginia
Wm Linkenhoker of Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia filed for bankruptcy under federal law. The court ordered a hearing March 18 before Judge John J Jackson at Clarkshoro to consider discharge from debts. Notices will be mailed to known creditors with details published in Bluefield Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
West Virginia
Wm. Linkhover
John J. Jackson
Ww. Lintenhoker
Bluefield
Mercer
Congress
Wm. Linkenhoker
District Court of
United States
Clarkshoro
Atcarksburg
Jasper V. Moore
B.c. U
Dr Greene’s Nervura Promises Whole System Cure
An advertisement extols Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a spring tonic. It claims to purify blood, vitalize nerves, and restore strength, urging readers to call 101 Fifth Avenue New York for free consultation and to buy Laxura Pills for biliousness and constipation.
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Dr. Greene
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W. R. Hancock
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W. W. Berwick
M.S Railway
John Rauffer Traveferrer
Mollie Smith
Pulaski, Va
J W. Simpson
W.W. H. Allen
Wisconsin Central
J. G. Mooney
Great Northern
Lula Sha’er
Pittsburg
Frank Shafer
Mr. Shafer
Norfolk and Western Service
Phat
Coal and Wood
NEW Opera House
R. A. Wiggat & Co
Diet and Voice
Saturday Evening Post
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Standard of the World
Ghelton and Jordan
B.B. Harding
Aggcounant
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National Association Accountants and Bookkeepers
Terry Building
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United States National Bank Examiner
Pocahontas Coal Fields
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