11 Nov 1906
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1906
Page
1
Vienna reports Dr Carl Lueger the notorious Jew baiter and long time burgomaster of Vienna is dying after a mountain injury and complicating illnesses. once a powerful figure he used anti Semitism to win votes appealing to poor Catholics and wealthy merchants alike.
New York City November 10. Three New York Central railroad workers were struck by a switch engine while laying rails for the electric system. The locomotive came upon them without warning and two bodies were dragged several hundred feet, resulting in their deaths.
A city council decision to extend sewer and supply water to the Midway lots follows a buyer's hesitation over lacking utilities. The piece urges swift purchase before infrastructure boosts prices, noting sales close Thursday November 15. It also plugs local ads for New Idea Patterns and a music company promotion.
Paris November 10 Count Boni de Castellane appears to have secured a court outcome favoring an inquiry rather than immediate divorce. The verdict on Anna Gould’s divorce suit may order a commission to investigate allegations on both sides, a result viewed as a strategic win for the count in his creditors and legal backers.
Williams 18 over Wesleyan 11. Virginia 0 to Georgetown 0. Franklin and Marshall II. Susquehanna 0. Yale freshmen 4 over Princeton freshmen 0. Princeton & Army 4. Harvard 5 over Carlisle 0. Yale 5 over Brown 0. Penn 0 over Lafayette 0. Navy 0. Swarthmore 4. Cornell 16 over Holy Cross 6. Dartmouth 4 over Amherst.
Henry Clews reviews a flat stock market after the election with caution about trusts and corporate abuses. He notes political impact, potential reform under Hughes, and continued liquidation amid high prices and optimistic sentiment abroad.
Briar Hill Coke and Coal Company with 4000 acres of coal land near Cumberland Maryland has contracted Hitchcock Andrews Iron and Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube to sink four mine shafts and build 1000 ovens at Khedive on the Uniontown Wheeling short line. The project, part of the Wabash extension from Cumberland to Wheeling, involves about 2 million dollars with ovens costing over 1 million. Over 2000 workers will be employed and a town will be built.
Miss Annie Ide, eldest daughter of Hon. Henry Clay Ide and Governor Ide, wed Congressman Bourke Cochran at the bride’s family home in St Johnsbury Vermont. The romance traces to the Taft party’s Philippines visit where Cochran served. Cochran, an Irish-born American, is noted for oratory and was twice married before.
Charleston reports the battleship Louisiana with the president aboard sent a wireless message stating all aboard are well and that the ship is steering east to avoid coastal storms.
Dallas announces the formation of the Farmers Union Cotton Co with E A Calvin of Dallas as president. The charter authorizes business in Houston Galveston and other Texas points with capital of 100000. The firm will act as a clearing house for union warehouses statewide and aims to place warehouses at every cotton point within two years. It plans to finance about half a million bales of distress cotton this season.
Washington reports the 1906 corn crop as the largest on record, with an estimated yield of 2 881 996 000 bushels, according to the department of agriculture.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company announces a general wage increase affecting all employees. The change takes effect immediately and covers workers across departments in Portsmouth Virginia.
In Richmond on November 10 a report states that many Virginia Polytechnic Institute alumni in the city and beyond plan to urge Dr. S. C. Mitchell of Richmond College to run for the presidency. The post will open after Dr. McBryde’s resignation. Also note Ford Music Company ad and a piano contest closing on the 17th with reminders of hot chocolate and a store promotion.
The text argues that the best remedy is liquidation rather than more money to restore normal currency relations between supply and value.
The Corinth canal, years hailed as a monumental folly by top engineers, will go to public auction to satisfy a 200000 claim by the Omperocles bank. Nearly four miles long, four million dollars per mile, 12 years to build, 26 feet deep and 75 feet wide, it has failed financially since opening.
Winston-Salem Nov. 10 Congressman E Spencer Blackburn defeated by about 1100 votes by R N Hackett in the Eighth district plans to contest the election alleging over 1000 voters who had not paid poll tax voted. Simmons announces Democrat gains in the Thirty fifth district and a Democratic shift in Pamlico county returns.
Princeton residents dispute reports of a crusade against drinking among students sparked by William Mathew Holderby a second year theology seminary student from Cairo He seeks to attack alleged vile associations in town while university leaders dispute claims of moral decay President Wilson warned against giving a bad name to Princeton.
Gov Beckham of Kentucky is described as the youngest man now slated for a seat in the United States senate after defeating Senator McCreary in the primaries. The article notes Elmer J Burkett of Nebraska holds the current title, being 39 next month and older by almost twenty months.
A. S. Booker & Co. promotes the Fairview Addition one block from the electric car line in South Bluefield. Lots priced from two thousand to ten thousand dollars with city improvements nearby. Several lots sold, houses under construction by builders. Limited lots available. agents include D B W Baldwin W R Crenshaw J A Donahue Henry G Pike.
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