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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
2
The publication is delivered by city carriers or mailed to any address for four dollars yearly, two dollars for six months, or one dollar for three months. It is also sold on trains, in hotels, newsstands, and by newsboys within a 100 mile radius of Bluefield.
McDowell County National Bank of Welch authorized to begin with 100000 capital. Luther Congregation children meet at parsonage. Ladies Aid Bazaar at Bluefield Furniture Co. plant under way with plenty of orders. Rock crushing plant to start, employing many. George Harris and Flossie Penn wed in Bristol. Federal building site to get elevator and marble stairs. Community thanks for support after illness and death. Chamber of commerce discussion on fire protection poorly attended. New cigar manufacturing venture set up by Finch and Hickle welcomed by Daily Telegraph.
News from Roanoke reports W. N. Doak committeeman of the local B A T fell ill while attending the wage reduction conference. He left Bluefield with a bad cold and after arriving in Roanoke he was confined to his room with grip.
A violent wind and rain storm swept Bluefield yesterday morning around 5 o clock. The brief but powerful event shattered windows and damaged buildings across the city. The Catholic Church steeple was blown off and the Y M C A chimney toppled. the northside schoolhouse was torn from its foundations, and the Flat Top National Bank roof lifted. No injuries were reported.
Edward Finch and Frank Hickle of Grafton arrived in the city and announced plans to establish and operate a cigar factory here. The report notes their intention to start production and create local employment opportunities.
The article surveys links between law and poetry tracing figures like Sir Lewis Morris and f b d Blackmore. It notes Morris balanced conveyancing with writing, while Scott warned of weak love between law and muse. It mentions Cowper Denham Gray Cornwell as lawyers who pursued literature but found limited legal advancement.
A historic sketch contrasts fearless prairie pioneers with a moody wearer of deerskins and rhymed complaints. It then traces Christmas mince pie origins from medievalEngland to Puritan suppression and eventual return of the holiday custom.
Dave Siddier, a Richmond hospital patient, cheerfully endures wounds from the Civil War. A visiting minister offers homemade socks, but Siddier declines, saying he will never wear another pair. His sister explains both feet were shot off, revealing the joke.
N F Crocker of Martinsburg Iowa aged 84 and justice of the peace for twenty years reports selatiee rheumatism in the left arm and right hip relieved after using three bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefeld Pharmacy.
Notice to Bluestone Traction Company and Bluefield City Council about an ordinance to amend the electric street railway franchise. The proposal affects Bland, South Bland, South, Jefferson, and Adams streets and seeks to reroute from South to North street. The council will act after 30 days.
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