01 May 1918
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
1
A collage of local notices and ads includes grocery and market promotions, one cent sale items, theater listings for Jack Gardner and Wm Hart, thrift stamps drives, and public notices from C A Mitchell Grocery Co about closing accounts by May 5 1918. Also plant sales and war savings stamp encouragement.
Death of three months old John David Wood prompts Maple Park burial for Dr and Mrs A D Wood. Flying Squadron formed. meeting at Eli’s parlors to organize women volunteers. Elevator incident at New Altamont Hotel leaves elevator cage damaged but rider unharmed. Local residents discuss sales and market activity at Tluefield Market Co and fresh meat arrivals. Six auto chauffeurs pass through Bluefield. several residents reported illnesses and injuries including S Harrison and James Marks ill at Camp McClellan.
Chas M Stieff urges Virgins City and local representatives in Graham Virginia to address grave local grievances.
All band members are requested to meet at City Hall at 8 20 PM for practice. This notice records a local gathering time and location for ensemble rehearsal with no further program detail.
Lavinia Yedford and her husband will be tried in police court this morning. Authorities have already charged Yedford twice in three weeks, with additional unspecified accusations against her husband.
Bluefield Mercer and Princeton report oversubscribed bond quotas while Athens Matoaka and others go over. The colored booth sold 1350 dollars despite rain. Col Duigan spoke at Princeton and will appear around Matoaka. Four minute men addressed crowds at local theatres last night.
M. J. Pedigo visited Welch on business. Miss Martha Harman of Princeton shopped in the city. J. B. Gose of Burkes Garden and Roland E. Chase of Clintwood with W. A. Cooper of Maioaka were on city business. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith of Honaker and Mrs. M. A. Doran of Washington aided Red Cross efforts. R. B. Steele of Pounding Mill and Clifford M. Frown headed to Bristol. David H. Atwater of New York, coal field investor and Canadian Army aviator, spent days in town. Buy a Rond.
Officer Rutherford arrested George Ashford Lavinia Ashford Mary Holland and Cora Thomas after a tip led to a car on the held avenue. Fifty three pints of liquor were seized and turned over to the Police Judge.
Harvey Shaw, former Rockland schools principal in Ohio, endorses Nerv-Worth after nervousness and indigestion from workload. He bought it in Parkersburg and reports two bottles nearly restored him. Goodykoontz Drug Stores sell Nerv-Worth Bluefield with a money back guarantee. Local agencies listed across several towns.
Judge Cassell publicity agent for the Norfolk and Western spoke to over fifteen hundred men in Bluefield about Liberty Bond sales. The railroad arranged installments to avoid double payments, with some bonds bought cash. Cassell said sales would be handled under railroad direction, not credited to Roanoke banks, and local officials sought status on sale credits. Cassell planned four talks today at Kekman Kimball Wilcoe and Bluestone, and tomorrow at Williamson Kenova and Portsmouth Ohio.
An elderly W C T U worker, Mrs Mia M Jennie Ricker of Fairview Villa Hedding NH, credits Sen-Vuna with easing indigestion headaches and artery issues after years of pain. She reports improved strength, appetite, and walking ability after using four bottles, noting the tonic contains no alcohol and is endorsed by local druggists.
An offer invites adults with cough cold or bronchitis to call at Bluefield Pharmacy or East End Pharmacy to receive free Boschee's German Syrup sample bottle. The remedy is touted as soothing for lung troubles with fifty years of proven record and a good night’s rest free from coughing.
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