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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
6
Local items list residents visiting relatives in Virginia and nearby states. Names include Mrs Vivian Keister in Northfork and James McDowell Jr heading to Fine Castle. Several others travel through or to Roanoke Philadelphia Saltville Pearisburg and Charleston for visits, work, or Shriner meetings.
The council met with Mayor Peters presiding. Bills totaling 195.58 for street payroll were approved. A sewer assessment dispute involving McCary was deferred pending testimony from Bedell, Palmer, and the city engineer. An unfavorable building permit for J. B. Brooks was reported and adopted. The Harman stable case was sent back to committee after neighborhood objections. The Must and Must Not police ordinance passed. smoking clause deemed unnecessary. Petitions on drainage, a North Street sewer, and a Frederick Roy Avenue light were referred to respective committees. John M. Ryan was appointed assistant health officer.
The board, via Easley and French, pressed to aid efforts to clean up the city. Permits were granted for small stables and one three story brick building on North street costing 24,700. The recorder was noted for the Price building rise without city approval, and a new ordinance proposes a 2 dollar daily license fee.
The council discussed locating sellers in Bluefield, kept a fee book plan, and reviewed police concerns about houses of ill fame. Actions included approving city property assessment, pursuing equitable real estate valuations, considering a fire limit, and hiring an auditor for city books. A chemical hose wagon contract was directed to the board of supervisors.
A vintage advertisement promotes J. M. Echols' Cash Store with Kinzer's Monday Sales starting Nov 30. It touts King's Little Liver Pill for biliousness and headache, claiming no griping, priced at 25 cents, from The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
Advertising copy notes DeWitt's Carborized Witch Hazel Salve as healing cooling and cleansing. Promotes use for piles and claims broad druggist availability.
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