Corduroy Road Plan Approved For South Bluefield Street
The joint street improvement committee approved a corduroy temporary road on South Bland street in South Bluefield. Norfolk and Western will donate old railroad ties to lay a passable eight foot roadway with 60 foot turnouts, with work starting within ten days and costs estimated near five hundred dollars in spring cleanup.
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Joint
South Bluefield
South Bland Street
Daily Telegraph
Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company
Mr. Becker
Becker
Mr. Dawson
Gillette
S. N. Worley
Worley
O. L. Alexander
Special Committee
Dawson
Hill
Alexander
South Band Street
Thanksgiving dessert flavor note and local sales ads
A collage of local ads notes Blue Ribbon Vanilla for desserts and calls attention to a big auction at Dilger's. It mentions 3:30 pm openings and future daily times, plus Thanksgiving flower orders from East End Pharmacy West End Drug Store and Bluefield Pharmacy with an upcoming Homer's confectionery opening announcement in Saturday columns.
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Dilger’s
East End
West End Drug Store
Bluefield
Homer
Dilger'’s
Discount for tax payments ends November 30 1907
A notice offers a 24 percent discount for paying taxes between the current date and November 30 1907. Readers are urged to pay to receive the discount. Office at Telephone Building Bluefield West Virginia. W P Hawley deputy sheriff to 11 13 to 30. Reminder of Dilger auction at 3:30 this afternoon.
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Bluefield
W. Va
W. P. Hawley
Turnkey at Huntington Jail Kills Woman
Womans shooting by the jail turnkey Simms at Huntington county jail on Wednesday night. Mollie Boland colored dies after being shot in the stomach following an argument about visiting a prisoner. Simms claims self defense after an attempted struggle. Local witnesses report colored quarter unrest as Simms is held for hearing.
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Huntington
Simms
Mollie Boland
Boland
Daily Telegraph
Jim Justice
Trusty
County Court Advances Road Works And Pauper Care
The county court at Princeton voted to raise funds for a county road from the east end bridge to the ridge gap and allocated amounts for grading and completion. A committee will oversee bids and start work promptly. The court also decided the county will pay for pauper care, with a contract for pauper care let on December 10. The county may reimburse Bluefield for city pauper expenses and consider refunds of city payments beyond its ordinary assessment.
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Princeton
East End
County Court
Eso
Bluefield
Attempt to Wreck Passenger Train Near Coeburn
An attempt to wreck train No. 11 on the Clinch Valley division near Coeburn failed when the engine struck an obstructed track. The cause of the derailment was a spike placed on the rail with clear intent to wreck the train. fortunately the speed was not high, avoiding disaster.
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Clinch Valley Division
Coeburn
Barber Harry Holt Returns to Bland Street Shop
Harry Holt resumes management of his Bland Street barber shop after several weeks of illness. The article notes his return to work and the shop's ongoing operations.
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Harry Holt
Bland Street
Dr King's New Life Pills Endorsed for Safe Internal Cleanse
A historic ad touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a large measure to abuse of the bowels, urging use to avoid danger. The pills are claimed to be safe and gentle, guaranteed to relieve headache biliousness malaria and jaundice and sold at drug stores for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to Meet in Bluefield
Delegates at Clarksburg voted yesterday to hold next year’s gathering in Bluefield, promising a possibly record turnout. The order includes nearly fifty lodges in the region, each with more than a hundred members, and continues to grow rapidly.
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Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Multiple Global Incidents Reported Across Cities
Berlin reports Count Puckler committed to Dalldorf asylum as lunatic. Lusitania steamer 175 miles west of Fastnet, near record pace. Dryden explosion kills seven, four injured at Grand Trunk Pacific site. Altoona mill suspends amid $1.75–$2 million liabilities. Fire in Franklin kills five children of Thomas Severally. Hodges family tragedy in Newton with gas deaths. Chicago banks ready to resume cash payments if New York does. Panama bond offers flooding treasury. large bids awaited. New York elevator accident at Metropolitan Life kills two, cause unknown.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Metropolitan Life
Joseph M. Barry
Census Report of Cotton Ginned Through November 14 1907
The census shows 7,311,202 bales of cotton ginned from the 1907 crop to November 14, with round bales counted as half. State totals include Alabama 761,138 bales and 8,370 ginneries, Florida 35,565 bales and 237 ginneries, Georgia 1,875,011 bales and 4,439 ginneries, North Carolina 401,852 bales and 2,603 ginneries, Oklahoma 491,274 bales and 924 ginneries, South Carolina 847,455 bales and 3,119 ginneries, Virginia 3,674 bales and 83 ginneries. Sea Island totals show Florida 14,492, Georgia 22,681, South Carolina 5,535. Total ginned by November 1, 1907 was 6,128,562 bales. figures for November 14 are subject to minor corrections from gin reports.
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Washington
Sea Ieland
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Virginia
Sea Island
Dixie Flyer to Run Daily Chicago to Jacksonville
The Dixie Flyer will inaugurate permanent through passenger service between Chicago and Florida on January 5, operated by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the Southern railway. The daily train travels Chicago to Jacksonville via Nashville and Atlanta. A supplemental Chicago and Florida Limited will run to St Augustine starting the next day during winter tourist season.
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Chicago
Florida
Chicago and Eastern
Illinois
The
Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Nashville
Atlanta
Chicago and Florida Limited
St. Augustine
A Testimony on Annie Bradley Acknowledgement Case
Washington reports the paternity admission by ex Senator Brown for two Bradley children was presented via witness Col. Maurice M. Kaigh and attorney. Mrs Bradley appeared composed off the stand as Major King testified to her nervous state and ongoing relations with Brown despite arrests for adultery.
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Washington
Senator Brown
Annie Bradley
Arthur Brown
Martin Montgomery
Anna M. Bradley
Maurice M. Kaigh
Salt Lake City
Keign
Bradley
Col. Kaign
Mrs. Bradley
Democratic National Committee Opens Meeting in Indiana
Democratic National Committee members gathered in French Lick Indiana on November 21 to attend a meeting called by National Chairman Thomas Taggart. Officials expect talks on the timing and location of the next meeting and possibly the national convention. Taggart called the gathering a social affair.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Louleville
Columbus
French Lick
Ind
Democratic National Committee
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Bankers Indicted Overmisappropriation at Brooklyn Bank
Kings county grand jury indicts Howard Maxwell former bank president Arthur Campbell former cashier and William Gow director over 145000 misappropriated from Car rie M McGuire estate. Maxwell charged with forgery and grand larceny Gow overdrawn nearly 24000 and Maxwell nearly 73000 in overdrafts.
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New York
Kings County Grand Jury
Borough Bank of Brooklyn Today
Howard Maxwell
Arthur D. Campbell
William Gow
Carrie M. McGuire
Maxwell
Campbell
Gow
Heavy Liquidation Hits Major Rail and Steel Stocks
The New York stock market opened fractionally lower with heavy liquidation across many names. Baltimore and Ohio, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Erie, Louisville and Nashville, New York Central and Atlantic Coast Line were principal sufferers as Chesapeake and Ohio sold ex dividend one dollar. The steels held up, Chicago grain sagged, and New York cotton rose about 50 cents per bale.
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New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Erie
Louisville
Mauretania Will Not Break Any Records
Wireless messages report the Mauretania will not break records on its first voyage due to heavy weather and headwinds. The ship is expected to pass Sandy Hook lightship around noon and dock about 2 PM. It carries 15000 dollars in gold, the largest single shipment moved across the ocean by a vessel.
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New York
Mauretania
Sandy Hook
Graduate Military Cadets Ahead of Time
The War Department ordered the first year class cadets at the military academy to graduate early in February to ease the army officer shortage of about six hundred. The step aims to help officer recruitment until Congress funds a permanent fix.
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Washington
War Department
Military Academy
Congress
Lake Shore General Manager critically ill in Chicago
New York Nov 21. General Manager Handy of the Lake Shore Railroad is critically ill with pneumonia in a Chicago hospital. His recovery is doubtful after a visit to the city for a consultation of officials about the switchmen's union demands when he was stricken.
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New York
Wall Street
Handy
Lake Shore
Chicago
Switchmen's Union
Half Million Dollars of Relief Fund Stolen in Italy
Rome reports that more than half a million of funds raised to aid the 1905 Calabrian earthquake victims were stolen. The government commission says mayors landlords councillors and contractors profited most and many prosecutions are planned.
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Rome
Hartje Divorce Denied by Pennsylvan ia Courts
Mrs Mary Scott Hartje won a complete victory as a Pennsylvania court affirmed Allegheny county court ruling that refused to grant F Augustus Hartje a divorce. Hartje, Pittsburgh millionaire, had sued for divorce.
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Philadelphia
Mary Scott Hartje
Dvorce
F. Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg Milionaire
Pennsylvaaia
Allegheny County Court
Hartje
Bryan outlines deposit guarantee plan amid banking calm
Washington November 21 William Jennings Bryan visited the capital and spoke on banking policy. He urged the government to guarantee all deposits in national banks and reimburse banks for losses, arguing this would restore confidence and prevent withdrawals while proposing postal savings as a partial solution.
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Washington
William Wings Bryan
Wington
Cotter T. Birdge
Bryan
Congress
Tran Missippi Congress Officers Elected for Ensuing Year
The Trans-Mississippi Congress at Muskogee elects officers for the year: President J B Case Abilene Kane Vice President Ike T Preory San Antonio Secretary Arthur F Francis Cripple Creek. Resolutions include river improvements and protest against a post rebate pass.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Trans-Mississippi Congress
J. B
Case
Abilene
Kane
Ike T. Preory
San Antonio
Tex
Arthur F. Francis
Cripple Creek
Colo
Commercial Club
Cow Bluffs
Iowa
Missou River
Gulf
Cour
Pavelp
Henry T. Clark
Omaha
Creat Pavienti
Railroads to Advance Iron Freight Rates
Eight freight committees representing twelve railroads met in Wheeling to revise the rate schedule for iron and steel from Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and New York with an expected rate increase. The conference included lines such as Pittsburg and Lake Erie Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and Pennsylvania lines west of Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
New York
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Buffalo
Rochester
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Pennsylvania Lines
Lake Erie and
Grand Trunk
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Joint Street Improvement Committee
South Bland
Superior Supply CO
Dilger
L. E. Tierney
W. H. Thamas
R. E. Bolling
W. B. Hicks
Asst
Flat Top National Bank OF
United States
Dire E. Peery
W. D. Thornhill
P " Kelly
B. 8. Pedigo
J .D.honeker
B. Hancock
Col. L. B. Tierney
R. M. Garrett
B. L. Bailey
W. H. Thomas
C. O. Wright
B. A. Heller
BE. Carter, Pres
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Edwin Mann
W. C. Pollock
Cashier
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
Luefield
W. V
Bent
Negress
Great Order
Berlin
Count Puckler
Dalldorf Asylum
Queenstown
Lusitania
Fastnet
Kenora
Ont
Grand Trunk Pacific
Dryden
Hamburg
J. F. G. Moeller
Altoona
Franklin, Pa
Thomas
Newton
Mass
Jessie F. Hodges
Treasury Department
Panama
Dixie Flyer
Brown
Brooklyn — Institution
Gourt
WARTS
Conall
Tran
Mississippi Congress
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
Maine
Sublette & Barnes
Foley
West End Co
East End Pharmacy
Blue Pharmacy
Mt. Vernon
George Elliot
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