Republican Ticket Listed for Local Elections
The Daily Telegraph publishes the Republican ticket names for local offices including Congress Jas A Hughes Ira Robinson W N Miller L J Williams State Senate L W Holmes Sheriff I J Ellison House of Delegates W P Hawley R C Lilly Clerk Circuit Court W B Honaker Clerk County Court E L Bowman Commissioner County Court Davis Thorn Assessor Geo P Hyton Surveyor Orest Walker Justices of the Peace K P Godby J L Kersey Member Board of Education G A Shirey Constables W H Pennington and P F Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jas. A. Hughes
Cabell
Court of Appeals
Ira FE. Robinson
W. N. Miller
L. J. Williams
State Senate
L. W. Holmes
Summers
I. J. Ellison
House of Delegates
W. P. Hawley
R. C. Lilly
Clerk Circuit
W. B. Honaker
Clerk County
E. L. Bow
Convenient for both teams and public on Higginbotham square
The suggestion proposes designating the Higginbotham square between Raleigh and Princeton avenue for teamster stands to ease traffic along Princeton avenue. The note links rising prices to the supposed end of the trust and cites curiosity about a new view on capital punishment for murderers under a treaty with Portugal.
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Princeton Avenue
Police Department
Higginbotham
Raleigh
Portugal
Trend toward abolition of capital punishment noted
The Mercer county jury has never hanged a defendant, a trend the writer sees as evidence for abolishing capital punishment. They argue twelve jurors may spare death if given the choice, noting the difficulties in obtaining a hanging once carried out.
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Mercer County
Tay
Investment Faith Boosts Bluefield Real Estate
Real estate men cite investor turnout from outside Bluefield as proof of confidence in the city’s future growth. They note newcomers buying local property and selling elsewhere, with no real estate slump despite national financial woes. The push includes urging bankers to support the Independence League amid broader political chatter.
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Bluefield
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
An 8100 reward note promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive treatment for catarrh. It claims to cure a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case it fails to cure. Includes testimonials and purchase details from K J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
K. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Beaver Pond district bids on Bluefield high school project
Notice to contractors seeks bids to build a Bluefield West Virginia high school. Bids due June 3 at noon for the complete building or heating and ventilation, with bond and certified check requirements. The board may reject all bids and reserves rights as stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Beaver Pond
Bluefield
West Virginia
Kk. L. Bowman
West Va
Bids Wanted for Bluefield Road Grading and Paving
Mercer County invites scaled bids for full grading and paving of a 24.4 mile road from Princeton Avenue in Bluefield toward Stoney Ridge. Bids opened June 1, 1908. $100 certified check required. plans at Bluefield committee offices. A $25,000 guarantee bond is required with awarded contract. committee reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Stoney Ridge
Princeton
W. Va
Mercer County
R. H. Bailey
P. J. Kelley
W. H. Coffman
Cty
W. Vailey
W. H L. Coffman
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Users
People nationwide testify to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with Mrs Edward Phillips of Barclay Maryland stating her two year old daughter has used it since two months old and she recovered from a dreadful cold herself after taking the remedy. Sold by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Edward Phillips
Barclay, Md
Catherine
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Candidate announces for Justice of the Peace office
Justice of the Peace candidate Trields M Bd Postlewaite announces candidacy pending Democratic convention and requests party support.
Bailey Announces Candidacy for Mercer County Clerk
R H Bailey announces candidacy for county clerk of Mercer County subject to Democratic convention action and asks for support from friends in the convention and at the polls.
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Mercer County
Last of the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay described
The excerpt recalls the sinking and valor at Manila Bay, where the Ton Antonio de Ulloa fights while sinking, gunfire roars, and sailors work waist deep in water to fire the last shot as magazines explode and ships burn, a memory poetically likened to a melancholy victory.
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Manila Bay
Antonio de Ulloa
Ever
Allen
Spain
Wellington
Solomon
St. Nicholas
African rescue tale of driver ants and a mistaken infant
In West African Studies Miss Klingsley recalls a village scene where a family flees a hut as driver ants swarm. A frantic search ends when a boy bit bit a water barrel reveals the "infant" is actually a ham. The account uses vivid, cautionary humor about misperception.
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Miss Klingsley
Pellmell
For Sale and Wanted Classified Notices
Mixed advertisements list assets for sale including thoroughbred puppies and hotel furniture, shares in a fuel company, and a desire for board and a horse. Locations include Roanoke Virginia Altamont Hotel Parkersburg Bluefield Wyoming street and nearby towns. Includes an unclaimed lost money note and a request for a sorrel horse of about 1100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South West Virginia Fuel Company of
Bluefield
Finley W. Nott
Parkersburg
W. Va
Phelps Furniture Co
Epigrams on Death and Epitaphs and Patent Medicine Ads
A historical snippet recalls epigrams at death from Tow Wood and Sir Walter Raleigh, plus a jokey gravestone quip about Burns. It also includes an ad for Kodol with a boastful claim about relief after a few weeks and notices for Chamberlain’s tablets and local druggists.
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Hood
Walter Raleigh
Charles Knight
Knight
Scot
Scotland
Robert Burns
Boston Post
Mayflower teapots and the tea trade through history
A Boston Globe item notes no one can claim a Mayflower teapot descent while tracing the rise of tea from royal gifts to common use. It outlines tea’s diffusion from England to Boston and the emergence of teapots and porcelain as the beverage’s vessels, ending with a drug advertisement for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills.
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Plymouth Rock
America
England
East India Company
Boston
Daniel Vernon
Benjamin Harris
Zabdill Boston
London
Boston Globe
Train Schedules From Deepwater and Page Markets
Fragmentary OCR lists train times and stations Deepwater Page times 1:45 5:15 and 6:25 on Sundays with departures at 4:45 and 4:45 a m. Details appear garbled but indicate a network of morning arrivals and Sunday services between Deepwater and Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maben Muilens Heroder
Deepwater Water
Arriv
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoaka
Norfolk and Western Ry
Adsit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Bland Street
Associated Press
Daily Telegraph
Bellingham
Hobson
Philadelphia
Jady
Chicago
Independence League
Bankers
Mr. Bryan
Baron Takahira
Japan
Ching
Southern
Ohio
Ansted & Burk CO
Springfield
Justice of the Peace
M. Bd. Postlewaite
Raleigh Street
R. L. Graham
Rogers Street
Red Jet
Bluefield Avenue
Beasley St
H. Easley
Fowiler-Richardson Hardware Co
D. W. Fulp
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield Pants & Overhall Factory
Summit
South Bland Street
Care Daily Telegraph
D. B. Baldwin
East View Land and Warranty Company
West End
Capt. Baldwin
First National
Oak Bulding
Franklin Road
Roanoke
L. Patton
Altamont Hotel
J. L. Patton
Wyoming Street
Presbyterian Church
A. G
Daily Telegraph Business Office
DeWitt
Kennedy
THE
Bluefield Trust
K. & M. Building
Secret Society News
Bluefield Lodge
1.C.C.F
A.F &A.M
Masonic Hall
Lazarus B’d’g
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge No.153
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Old Masonic Hall
WM. T. Jenkins
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynchburg
Shenandoah Valley
Gary
Kenova
Columbus
Cincinnati
Tazewell
Nort’ O
Clinch Valle
Notown
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Virginia
yiRc
Effe
Inian Railway
Eccles
Arwweig
A. L. Hawkins
Land St
Berth Denniess
D. P. Crockett
Raleigh Terrace
Crockett’s Drug Store
Foleys
Kelly & Moyers
Lazarus Club
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Wm.mccarthy
Eng
R & Sud Cc
G. Betelle
Cashier
C. C. B. Pocahontas
United States Geological Survey
Pocahontas
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
C. C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
Arcade
South 15Th Street
Pahegmebte Pa
Broadway
N. Y
Congress Str
Citizen” Bank
Nortel
Neate
Terry
Wall
Blyth & Company
Fenchurch Avenue
B. C
Bluefield Transfer Co
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