Sidelights on the Political Scenery
A Wheeling Intelligencer report notes endorsements and deals shaping West Virginia nominations. Delegations from Ohio County favor Hearne with unity promises while Hall is assured auditor support. Clarksburg dispatch hints no Swisher Scherr split, hubbard to lead county delegation in April.
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Ohio County
Charleston
Hearne
Hall
Aespatch
Clarksburg
Swisher
Scherr
W. P. F Hubbard
Big Fellows
Waldo Hotel
Local News Paper Distribution Deals Noted
The paper is delivered by city carriers or mailed to addresses for 4 dollars yearly 2 dollars for six months or 1 dollar for three months. It is also sold on trains hotel news stands and by newsboys within a hundred mile radius of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia Chancery Refers Estate Case to Commissioner
Mercer County court plans an accounting in the State of West Virginia vs Midkiff et al. The commissioner J. E. Kitz to state accounts of taxes interest and costs on land tracts and determine redemption rights. A Notice to all unknown owners and claimants warns of proceedings under Chapter 105.
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West
J. Ektitz
West Virginia
W. B. Honaker
State of
Chancery
James M. Midkiff
Binefield
Mercer County
J.britz
Scherr Hubbard Deal Divides Delegates Ahead of Conventions
Scherr and Hubbard reach a pact to split delegates to the state convention with Hubbard set to lead the congressional delegation. Supporters cheer after the conference as the county ring shifts position, revealing a weakened hand ahead of nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scherr
Hubbard
Denham-Highland
Mr. Hubbard
Early closing contracts urged by Bluefield unions
Committees from Local No. 568 Retail Clerks Union push Bluefield merchants to sign 1908 early closing contracts. Stores already signed include Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Co and The Paris with more listed. closings set 7 p.m. from March 16 except paydays, all Labor Day, and 12 o clock July Fourth. Contracts run through September 30, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Company
Pedigo
Grand Leader
Shumate Clothing Company
Samuel Turk
C. J. Kinzer
J. M. Wilson
the Paris
M. Rosenberg
Hutchinson & Co
Eureka Hardware Company
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Company
H. A. White
Campbell Grocery Company Company
City Grocery Company
Kahle & Son
Jopling Grocery Company
Flat Top Furniture Company
Phelps Furniture Company
Fowler-Richardson Hardware Company
Bluefield Mercantile Co
Thornton Clothing Co
H. A. Lilly & Co
Sublette & Barnes
Mercer Merchandise Co
Mare
B. FE. Hall
H. A. Lilly
Quick Hyomei relief for catarrh claimed
Advertisement touts Hyomei inhaler as giving relief within five minutes from catarrh symptoms including offensive breath sneezing and cough. It promises to destroy germs in nose throat and lungs and offers a money back guarantee with every $1 outfit. Also notes U C T meeting times and location on Princeton avenue with Secretary Brunner named.
Bluefield Daily Social Notes Round Up of Local Visitors
A long list of residents and visitors in Bluefield is noted, with names from Wytheville Powhatan Pocahontas and Charleston. People travel to Richmond Jacksonville Jacksonville and Richmond for business or visits while local residents report improving health and ongoing ventures in clothing, lumber and school bond matters.
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Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
A Goodman
Richmond
Twickenham and its literary legacy then and now
The article lauds Twickenham as a magnet for English letters naming Pope Walpole Swift Gay Lady Wortley Montagu Boswell Johnson Tennyson and Dickens. It notes Montpelier Road’s Allfrey Fennysen house birthplace of Lionel Tennyson and Pennyson House as a shrine for lovers of literature. A London Telegraph line adds a wry quote about port aboard a ship.
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Twickenham
St ‘Tre
Pope
Horace Walpole
Swift
Gay
Lady Wortley Montagu
Gibson
Boswell
Johnson
Tennyson
Dickens
Halliw
The Eternal Tip and Promises of Generosity
A fragmented item notes a claim that tipping cannot be stopped and that generosity is human nature. It cites Paris Journal and mentions Kodol as a remedy for stomach disorders. It also references New Spring Skirts and Shirtwaists by The W. P. Hawley Mosse Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Journal
iThe W. P. Hawley Mosse, Co
Rothschild Story Inspires Painter's Wistful Portrait
An Empress Eugenie luncheon at the Tuileries pairs a Rothschild head with a great painter. The painter, studying the financier as a beggar model, invites him to sit. A pupil secretly tips the model five francs, later yielding four hundred pounds in interest the next day.
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Rothschild
Europe
London
Empress Eugenie
Tuileries
Paris
Mortar Targeting by Timed Observations
An observer on shore uses horizontal and vertical angles plus timing to direct mortar fire. The method compares target position to clock face fractions, assuming uniform movement and proper firing force. Instruments supply range. mechanics supply range differences, with time intervals measured by a 36000-division observer circle, per Captain Howell.
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Thal
Howell
Scientific American
Carelessness of the Hens at Bridiea Farm
A brief noted item from Loudon Scraps about the Bridiea family discovering no eggs after girls searched the new country house. Mrs. Bridie jokes they may have been mislaid as eggs vanish from henhouse haymow and manger. The tale highlights a rural, humorous misadventure with local color and dialect.
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Bridiea
Ellen
Ayes Have It and Funny Vignettes of Court and Courtships
A light column compiles jokes about a congressman’s secretary with striking eyes obtaining a favor from a cabinet head, a pianist Miss Evans appealing to Mr Sapley, and quips about talking machines, country life, a phono graph joke, and a sharp remark from Harper’s Weekly.
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Oo Mpa
Hinton
Adam Littlepage
Democratic Club
Bil
Wheeling Intelligencer
Mesars
Hwil
County Executive Committee
THE
Virginia
R. L. Morris
Clerks’ Union
Princeton Avenue
William C. Brunner
A . Sanford
Son
W. ‘Er. Williams
Wytheville, Va
W. C. Yealon
Powhatan
L. E. Tierney
Co. Ss. Angel
Northfork
Robert K. Hawkins
Tazewell
Geo. Wainwright
Crumpler
W. S. Burton
B. H. Cooper
Christiansburg
S. H. Thompson
Salem, Va
J. J. Kwass
Harry Gross
O. W. McAllister
Kimball
Mrs. T. C. Taylor
Jacksonville
Pla
S. D. Hatfield
Avondale
J. T. Thornton
New York City
J. C. King
Pulaski
Geo. F. Fayes
Cincinnati
Northern Pacific
D. M. Green
Morgantown
Chronicle
Daisy Staton
George W. Litz
Wm. Bitte Lumber Company
Panther
Margaret
A. M. Wilburn
Fourth Street
Morris Rosenberg
New York
E. D. Haley
Frank's Junction
Jos. M. Sanders
Harold A Ritz
Jas. H. Gollehoi
Supreme Court
Duprenger
London Telegraph
Stieff
Stieff Piano
Chas. M. Stieff
OMS
Main Street
Lynchburg, VA
C. W. Whitmore
Congress
Nashville Banner
Walter
Harper's Weekly
Swatsika
Flat Top National Bank
White’s
Opera House
H. C. McAleer
Miller Ave
Columbus
Ohio
M. Smith
Monroe and
Raleigh Sts
Ladies’ Department
W. Va
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
Turk's
Red ‘Lot
South Bland Street
Sase
Ford Music Co
Bluefield, W
Care Daily Telegraph
P. O. Jinx
Ciil and Mining Engineers
Thornton Building
A. L. Hawkins
Bland St
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
Oliver, Underwood, Remington and Smith Machines
W. H. Cunningham
Bluefield, W. VA
HOTEL
He Street
Washington, D. C
Ear
Union Station
Capital
White House
Metropolitan Club
Wayside Inn
Lake Luzerne
N. Y
Adirondacks
Switzerland
Virginian Railway
Neale
Avery
Deepwa
Keeles
Maben
Mullega Hoeraden
Wee Matoaka
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoaka
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
Williams & Stewart
State Bank Building
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