Status of Public Building Bills in West Virginia
West Virginia public building bills for Bluefield and Huntington face tough House passage while Senate may pass easily. Parcells post protests reach Senator Elkins over harming local retailers. Welch urged to host federal court. efforts to move sessions from this city to Welch noted.
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Welch
Washington
West Virginia
Senator Elkins
Mittee
Bluefield
Huntington
House
Senate
R B. Bernheim
Gaines
Wilcox Trial Set for Ella Cropsey Case in North Carolina
Suffolk reports the trial of James Wilcox for Ella Maud Cropsey’s murder will start next week in Elizabeth City North Carolina. The grand jury will meet Monday with indictments possible Tuesday and arraignment followed by trial likely Thursday or Friday. Judge George A Jones will preside with about twenty witnesses for the prosecution and eight to ten witnesses ready for grand jury scrutiny.
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Suffolk
James Wilcox
Ella Maud Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. C
Ward
Wilcox
Hlon
George A. Jones
Sixteenth Judicial Cial
North Carolina
Italian shot dead in Huntington card game fray
Huntington W V March 7 Charles Madery a mixer of the Loup creek field shot and instantly killed Malliyn Danate late last night when they came to blows over a card game Both men had been drinking celebrating their monthly payday Madery claimed the Italian was fixing the cards which the Italian denied
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Charles Madery
Loup Creek
Malliyn Danate
Madery
Governor pardons two Jefferson county burglars
Charleston March 7 Governor granted clemency to Thomas Garrison and George Wineberower both of Jefferson county who were sent to the penitentiary for burglary. The pardons were recommended by the board of pardons due to ill health.
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Thomas
Garrison
George Wineberower
Jefferson County
Board of Pardons
Tobacco Sale Buzz at Bolin & Bruce's Store
Local shop Bolin and Bruce's promotes Timothy Day tobacco as the best in town with a 5 cent sale on 38 ot “1.M” cigars. The ad claims wide availability and satisfaction from smoking.
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Timothy
Bolin & Bruce's
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Safe Cold Relief
A neglected cough or cold may develop serious bronchial trouble. Foley's Honey and Tar offers security from such effects, as advocated by G. H. Wade.
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Foley
G. H. Wade
Heaters for sale at cost by M G WuHirLow
Local notice states M G WuHirLow offers remnant heaters at cost price. Buyers invited to act now to secure savings.
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M. G
WuHirLow
Bucklen’s Amnicas Salve Promoted for Wounds
Cobwebs on a cut caused lockjaw in a woman. Bucklen’s Amnica Salve is touted as the infallible healer of wounds ulcers sores eruptions burns and piles. Cures or no pay at 25 cents at all drug stores.
Cough syrup poison warning from Foley claims
A newspaper blares a warning that many children are poisoned by opiate laden syrups given by mothers. It criticizes Foley's Honey and Tar as unsafe and claims it contains opiates, urging avoidance for coughs croup and long troubles. G. H. Wade.
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G. H. Wade
Planning to Prevent Strikes in Virginia Legislative Move
Senator Harman from Tazewell led a Senate effort to study arbitration and draft a bill for equal rights of organized capital and labor. The measure, tied to the Norfolk street car strike, was postponed to the next session with a three member committee to prepare the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Harman
Virginia
Norfolk
Harman
Senate
Tazewell
Courts of Justice
Hartman
Irate parent pursues eloping lovers in a romance
In Salem Miss Laura Marable eloped with lover No 2 after a Maine suitor failed to wed her. Detectives tracked the couple as they fled via Roanoke toward North Carolina with the mother and Baldwin agency investigator close behind. Lover No 2 is C D Hayslip of the Metropolitan Insurance Co.
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Salem
Roanoke
North Carolina
Laura Marableith
Maine
Baldwin Agency
C. D. Hayslip
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Council Eorror Critique Misreads Local Progress
A Daily Telegraph letter mocks city officials for outdated methods likening them to cross roads and saddle bags. The writer cites Dan Pratt anecdotes to illustrate delays in receiving mail at a Maine mountain village post office. The column underscores frustration with bureaucratic inefficiency.
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Dan Pratt
Moupstain
Maine
Piatt
For Rent Mercer Street Store Room Basement Flat
Public notice lists a rental at Mercer Street near Overhead Bridge. Rooms include store room basement and a flat. Agent H N White 25 Administrator referenced.
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Mercer Street
Overe Head Bridge
H. N. WuHite
Electric Rat and Roach Paste Sold by Local Merchants
Housekeepers offered a twenty-five cent package of Stearne's Electric Rat and Roach Paste guaranteed to exterminate rats mice and roaches. Sold by Porter & Ritter Graham A J Samuels G H Wade Payne & Trent J L Crockett M W Smith A L Hawkins R E Lilly G E Bowman W P Hawley Mdse Co Co T Baker M D Robinett J A Lowder & Co W T Seagie Mercer Mase Co Flat Top Grocery Company wholesale distributors.
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Stearne
Porter & Ritter
Graham
A. J. Samuels
G. H. Wade
Payne & Trent
J. L Crockett
M. W. Smith
A. L. Hawkins
R. E. Lilly
G. E. Bowman
W. P. Hawley
Norfolk and Western offices to move back to Kenova
The Norfolk and Western Railway offices moved to Portsmouth months ago will be returned to Kenova soon. The move includes Superintendent Connors’s office and about seventeen subordinates. Five year lease for sale on 14 acres with seven cleared, good orchard, house, 20 minutes from town. Seller 35 D. G. Lilly.
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Portsmouth
Kenova
Connors
D. G. Lilly
Firm of Hunter and Whitworth Dissolved by Mutual Consent
The firm dissolved this day by mutual consent with all debts assumed by Geo. W. Whitworth and all accounts due him. H. R. Aunter announces the action dated March 8, 1902.
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Hunter & Whitworth
Geo. W. Whitworth
H. R. Aunter
Can't Keep it Secret The King's New Life Pills
Secret remedy praised for liver and bowel relief. It claims to cure constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion. Available at drug stores for 25 cents.
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Dr King
New Rail combined line links Pocahontas coal to Tidewater routes
The Guyandotte Valley railroad extends twenty nine miles into Lincoln county along the Pocahontas seam. Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio plan to bridge the river at Huntington and connect via Lynn's Creek to Columbus, cutting coal haul by over one hundred miles. An engineering corps, delayed by severe weather, will start soon to survey the eastern link.
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Guyandotte Valley
Lincoln County
Pocahontas
Guyandotte River
Norfolk and Western Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Newlywed couple escapes pursuit to wed in Portsmouth
A newly married couple from Bethe near Athens, Miss Mary Crotty and Mr James M Farley, fled parental objections and eluded a chase from their families. They married in Portsmouth on Thursday before a return trip via Ingleside and Bluefield, with the groom accompanied by his brother and Miss Crigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
James M. Farley
Mary Crotty
Bethe
Athens
Miss Crotty
Farley
L. B. Farley
Minnie Crigger
Ingleside
Cough and Cold Cure Offered With Money Back Promise
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets advertised as curing a cold in one day with a money back guarantee from E. W. Grove. Boxes bear Grove’s signature and cost 25 cents. Blue Front offers prompt delivery by phone.
Ramon Pills and Pellets Save Life After Doctor Visits
A prominent community member with liver disease found relief after using Ramon Pills and Pellets from Wooten & Co North Carolina. The patient saved money compared to costly New York medical consultations and regained health, paying $1.50 for six boxes. For sale by H. N. White.
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Mess
Wooten & Co
Prong
North Carolina
New York
H. N. White
Laxative Bromo Quinine Promises Quick Grip Cure
Cure claim states the product eliminates grip in two days. Advertising notes E. W. Grove’s signature on every box and sets price at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Potato Ads Promote Michigan White Potatoes Delivery
Potatoes advertised as superior flavor are supplied to merchants including W. P. Hawley Moise Co G. D. Bowman L. A. Lowder Co J. B. Houchins T. Baker R. H. Evans Hawkins Blatchinson W. T. Seagie Flat Top Grocery Company as two cars of Michigan White Potatoes arrived for wholesale distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
W. P. Hawley
Hawkins & Blatchinson
W. T. Seagie
Flat Top Grocery Company
Special City Daddies Meet on Liquor License Cases
Raleigh city council held a special meeting at city hall with Mayor Land presiding. Licenses granted include restaurants to Pearson and Goodwine and cigarette licenses to Greenspon and Kaufman. saloon and pool room licenses for Cohen were laid over. several saloon license applications were rejected or amended for various buildings on Raleigh and Princeton avenues.
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J. O. Gray
Raleigh Street
J. H. Pearson
Lee Goodwine
I. L. Cohen
Cohen
Princeton Avenue
A. Lanter
Higginbotham
McClaugherty
Jones
Princeton and
Higeginbotham Avenues
Prayers For A Murderer In Bristol Church Service
Dayton H. Miller, a Philadelphia native serving as treasurer of a coal firm in Wise county, was killed by Charles Foy last December. Foy was condemned to die, and Mrs. Miller requested prayers for his forgiveness. At Emmanuel Episcopal church in Bristol Rev. T. S. Runsel led a special service with the congregation to forgive the killer, noting Miller’s former prominence in the church.
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Charles Foy
Dayton H. Miller
Philadelphia
Toms Creek
Wise County
Fay
Bolin and Bruce Publish Cash Prices for Farm Commodities
Bolin and Bruce announce close prices for cash on flour, chop, and hay. Market details highlight current spot quotes and immediate sale terms.
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Bolin & Bruce
Public health notice offers free books on opium and whiskey disease
A notice invites every man and woman in the United States with an interest in opium and whiskey habits to request a free book. Address B. M. Woolley in Atlanta Georgia box 387 to receive the publication.
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United States
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta, Ga
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Hughes
Census Bureau
Devener
Post Office Department
Ronceverte
Pickway
Smith
Andrews & Thomas
Huntington, W. Va
Charleston
W. Va
J. Baker’s Saloon
Busferd Ave
General Assembly
Matrimonial Bureau Worsted
Miss Marable
Tleman
Mony
Eorror
Daily Telegraph
Ceredo
Nates
NEW Railroad Combine
Ture
Lynn’s Creek
Columbus
Norfolk and Western
Engieering Corp
Guysadotte Valley Railroad
Bluefield Avenue
Wright & Berry
Vivian
Raleigh
Messrs. Harris, Kelly, Lynch
Heck, Gibson and Whitworth
Mayor Land
George 5
Strader
Ng Committee
DD. A. Fudge
Litz
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