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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
Local items report arrivals for finals at Graham College including B C Gollehon and family. Obituary details for Roland P Johnson and Miss Worley amid funeral plans. Civic notes on council candidate filings and social gatherings plus notes on family travels and a hunting trip. Industrial survey discusses dogwood and substitutes for shuttle wood in textile manufacturing.
Southern dogwood and persimmon supply powers shuttle, bobbin, and spindle production for cotton mills. Northwest firms have built plants in the Cascades of Oregon to convert dogwood into textile machinery components, raising stumpage values and transforming forest use.
A mass convention for Mercer County Republicans is called to meet May 16 1908 at 11 00 AM in Bluefield to select 24 delegates to the West Virginia State Nominating Convention in Charleston and to nominate county officers. Delegates operate by district votes tied to Theodore Roosevelt 1904 ballots and will also appoint an executive committee chairman and secretary. Bramwell W Va April 4 1908. John Riha of Vining Indiana testifies DeWitts Kidney and Bladder pills sell well.
Small safe gentle pills marketed as a reliable remedy. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are described as trustworthy and easy to use, promoted through druggists as a standard over the counter product.
Roanoke Virginia florist Fallon presents ten sorts of tomato plants shipped in baskets by express. Visiting cards also engraved or printed through the Daily Telegraph business office.
Barracks for county prisoners near Big Stone Gap to house workers for road projects toward Appalachia soon to begin. Prisoners will also assist in building other roads locally as part of upcoming county program.
Notice to contractors states the Beaver Pond district board of education will receive bids until 12 noon on Wednesday May 27 for the construction of a school building in Bluefield West Virginia. Plans and specifications are on file with architects W. BE. & 3. L. Shufflebarger. Bids requested for a complete building.
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