Advance. Rates and notices in the Daily Telegraph
The notice touches on advertising rates, communications to the Daily Telegraph Printing Co, and a Box 721 address in Bluefield West Virginia. It mentions a winter scene, a potential leap year plan, a anticipated baseball war with new gags, and a wedding outfit cost of $70,000. It also discusses England unrest, China cigarette and kerosene demand, and a sugar war impact on housewives. It questions Norfolk and Western lease terms and board of supervisors insistence on a purchase provision to protect public interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Bluefield
W. Va
Violet Elliott
England
Norfolk and Western
Board of Supervisors
Carrying A Gun And The Weight Of Its Consequences
The article discusses the dangers of armed confrontation linking historical feuds to the outcomes of Carmack's death and Harry Thaw’s actions. It argues that firearm use escalates violence and costs society, while noting how unarmed rivals might have avoided lethal outcomes and legal penalties.
Internal Revenue Collector Candidate Discussed in Virginia
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent discusses S. W. Matthews as a candidate for the vacant Virginia internal revenue collector post, created by Governor Glasscock’s resignation. The piece notes other party figures as potential contenders, with Matthews seen as the likely choice among top officials.
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S. W. Matthews
Cincinnati Enquirer
Virginia
Internal Revenue
Glasscock
Sam uel Matthews Named West Virginia Internal Revenue Collector
Samuel Matthews, longtime West Virginia Republican leader and state central committee chairman, is praised for decades of party service and strong regional support. The piece credits his steady campaigning, ties to Senators Elkins and Scott, and calls him an apt choice for collector of internal revenue for the state.
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Samuel WY. Matthews
State Central Committee
Matthews
Old Guard
A.B. White
W. M. 0. Dawson
Charles D. Elliott
W. B. Glasscock
Elliott Northcott
Republican Party
West Virginia
Cabell County
Ohio County
Sam
Elkins
Scott
Death of Mrs Mary Hare Widow of Dr J H Hare
Mrs Mary Hare aged 46 widow of Dr J H Hare died this morning surrounded by her children except Dr J H Hare Jr who is in Newland Virginia. She was born Mary Barnett in Jackson County and was a Christian. Survived by three sons and five daughters with most living in the city. Funeral rites of the Christian church to be held with burial at Walnut Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jr. Hare
J. H. Hare
Newland
J. H. Yiare
Mree Hore
Christian Church
Vince
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Dedication Set For Mortuary Chapel At Transfiguration Church
All arrangements are complete for the dedication ceremony of the mortuary chapel at the Church of the Transfiguration known as The Little Church Around the Corner. The chapel honors Rev. George Hendric Houghton founder of the parish with Bishop Greer to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Hendric Houghton
Greer
Five Convicts Die as Mine Fire Rages at Birmingham Site
From Birmingham Alabama on November 17 five dead convicts have been taken from mine No 3 of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company. Seven more are known to be imprisoned there after a fire started by convicts last night.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company
Youth Confesses to Murder After Robbery in Creek
In Hamilton Georgia on November 17 Gene Dougll an 11 year old African American boy confessed to killing Ernest Walsh 12 after beating him with a teck and tossing the body into a creek following a robbery of two dollars
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Hamilton
Gene Doudgll
Ernest Walsh
Catarrh Cure Ad Shows Reward and Testimonials
An 1880s ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes the product is taken internally, with a 7½ cent price and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
J. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Kinzer Invites Odd Fellows and Rebekahs to Visit Store
Dr Bradshaw gives special attention to children's teeth. No 15 Princeton avenue, phone 507. Wear one of Kinzer's Odd Fellow charms. Wilson Evaporated Milk meets pure food laws in every state in the union. It's the essence of purity. At all stores, in the link pins at Kinzer's.
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Kinzer
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Bradshaw
Princeton Avenue
Wilson
William Tell Flour Promises Absolute Cleanliness
Ansted and Burk Company mills in Springfield Ohio keep wheat in hermetically sealed tanks and clean it six times before grinding. The flour is then bagged and sealed by machine to ensure the product is absolutely clean for careful housewives.
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Ansted & Burk Company
Springfield
Ohio
Lookout Inn Burned on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga
The Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain burned to the ground with its contents late today. Owners Jung and Shammatulski said a sale was nearly closing for 135000 dollars, but the fire intervened. The hotel had 26000 dollars in insurance. Four cottages and contents were also destroyed, with an estimated loss of 16000 dollars and unknown insurance.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Inn
Lookout Mountain
Jung & Shammatulski
Passenger train plunges over bank near Cowan West Virginia
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train on the West Virginia and Pittsburg division derailed after going over a forty foot embankment between Cowan and Camden on November 17. Five trainmen and twenty passengers were injured with one believed dead and several others seriously hurt. spread rails are cited as the cause and injured were moved by flat car to Cowan for treatment.
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Cowan
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Camden-on-Gauley
Sully
Daughters of Rebekah Set Meeting to Elect Officers
Daughters of Rebekah will meet today to elect officers and discuss credentials. Mary Currence of Clarksburg is favored to become president, with Sadie Rutten cutter of Mason City currently leading as president and Elizabeth Curry of Huntington as grand warden. The assembly, established 57 years ago by Schuyler Colfax, now numbers about 571,200 members nationwide and 4,000 in the West Virginia branch.
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Mary Currence
Clarksburg
State Assembly
Sadie Rutteneutter
Mason City
Hattie Roney
Colliers
Elizabeth Curry
Huntington
Emma P. Johnson
Sissonville
Rebeckah Assembly
Schuyler Colfax
West Virginia
Gveat
West Virginian Assembly
Ruttencutter
Olivia Lodge
Macon City
Daily Telegraph
Thomas Jefferson
Currence
Golden Rule Lodge No. 89
Roney
Naomi Lodge No. 42
Elizbbeth Curry
Rebeckahs
Charity Lodge No. 39
Emma Johnson
Charity Lodge No. 89
Title Lodges
Bluefield Inn
Rebekahs
Sadie Ruttencutter
Mason
May Currence
B. H. Roney
Elizabeth Currs
Edna Roney
Wayne Hayes
Morgantown
Elizabeth G. Cooper
Mary Ie Bartrug
Anna M. Wells
Harrisville
Emma Martin
Pike
Esele Wells
Middlebourne
Amanda L. Adams
Smithfield
Sarah Piery Weston
Lelia Utterback
Thomas
Jennie W. Hutchinson
Hila Cottrell
Charleston
J. M. Chapman
Hartford
J. L. Clark
Will Stepiens
Aime Silcitt
Parkersburg
Duke D Abruzzi Marriage Planned Cautiously
The Gazetta di Torino reports from a trusted source that the marriage of the Duke D Abruzzi and Miss Elkins will occur but not soon. It says Senator Elkins denial should be read as a call for respectful silence and that the duke plans a forthcoming journey.
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Turin
Gazetta di Torino
D’abruzzi
Miss Eklins
Elkins
Child Killed In Rocky Mount Gun Accident
Ulysese Hodgson, a furniture factory worker in Rocky Mount, mourns the loss of his two year old son who pulled a loaded gun through an open window. The weapon discharged, tearing away the lower jaw and tongue. The child died at 4 p.m. after a grievous suffering episode.
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Rocky Mount
Ulysese Hodgson
Herville
Night Rider Hearing in Nashville Habeas Case
Four and a half hours of legal argument occurred in Davidson County Circuit Court as counsel pressed habeas corpus proceedings for alleged Reelfoot Lake night riders. Judge Thomas F. Matthews presided and adjourned with arguments to resume tomorrow by Spatwell for the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Able
Prize Fight on Thanksgiving in San Francisco
Stanley Ketchell and Billy Papke have been matched to fight twenty rounds on Thanksgiving Day afternoon in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Stanley Ketchell
Billy Papke
How Money Was Lost In Pittsburgh Stock Boom Trial
In Pittsburgh federal court Harry S. Silverman of Miller & Co testifies in his defense about a scheme with Henry Reiber and John Young to defraud Farmers Deposit National Bank. He says he did not know Reiber used bank funds for stock speculation and describes the Pittsburg Lead and Zinc campaign that led to the losses. Prosecutors allege $350,000 from bank funds went to Rosenbaum. Reiber and Young are serving multi-year sentences for embezzling over $1,000,000.
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Pittsburg
Harry S. Silverman
Miller & Co
New York
Henry Reiber
John Young
Farmers Deposit National Bank
United States District Court
Reiber
Pittsburg Lead and Zinc Company
Silverman
Rosenbaum
Young
Notice of Trustee's Sale in Bluefield West Virginia
Public auction at noon December 19 1908 to satisfy a deed of trust dated May 15 1906 securing 600 dollars to J B Jenkins. Real estate in Bluefield Mercer County WV lot 374 part of map So far unpaid 370 plus interest and 37 notes. Terms cash on sale day. Trustee K H Brown handles sale.
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William G. Crockett
Minnie Crockett
KE. H. Brown
J. B. Jenkins
Wim. G. Crockett
Mercer County
West Virginia
First National Bank
Bluefield
Park Ve
Park Ave
Wm. G. Crockett
Kc. H. Brown
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Raere Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Bland Street
Maser
RESS
Leeee
China
Cooper
Carmack
United
Senator Carmack
Harry Thaw
Madison Roof Garden
Stanford White
Young W
White
Internal Revenue Collector
Mag
Mary Hare
Moughten Chapel
Kinzur's
William Tell Ffour
E. J. Flemming
Fairmont
Department of West Virginia
Pearl Coal Mining Co
Dingess
Graham
Singer
Jefferson St
South Bluefield
Geo. H. Hill
Thornton Buidling
4Th Street
J. M. Echols
F. L. Black
F. J. Brown
A. J. Hearn
C. C. Pattison
Kinder
P. O. Box
Job
R. M. Keffer
McDowell, W. Va
F.’ Care Telegraph
I. D. Mars Tiller
Gars
Regekah
DE W. R. Cummings
Guyandotte
Night Rider
R. GC. Walker
Geo. P. Bailey's
Thomas E. Peery
M. D
N. & W. Railway
Straus, Gunst & Co
Richmond
United States Geological Survey
Pocahontas
Thesf
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
Noll
Biyts
C. C.B. Pochanotas
South 15Th Street
Philadelphia
Broadway
New York City
N. Y
Si Colony Halt Sing
Olon U
Feachured Avenue
B. 6
Okeless Coal
Congress Street
Neave Building
Cincinnati
Strickland Building
Roanoke
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