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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
5
General Manager J H McCue of the Virginia and Southwestern Railway Bristol Tennessee says coal traffic is heavier than ever. Demand has jumped 25 to 40 percent in 30 days due to southern mills reopening and industrial resumption.
An advertisement extols Sealshipt oysters packed in porcelain lined boxes surrounded by ice to stay unbruised clean and sanitary. It contrasts with other oysters packed in water and exposed to germs claiming soggy flavorless results. Fresh shipments occur every Tuesday Friday and Saturday.
A series of short notes records travel and visits among area residents. J S Banks heads to Radford while Dr C M Scott leaves for Catlettsburg to visit friends. Others include Dr J C Durst of Pearisburg visiting the city, Morris Watts of Eckman in Bluefield, and J H Parrott en route to Salem.
The opening polo contest at the local rink last night between the first and second teams ended in a 1 1 draw. Neither team showed clear superiority, leaving the standings undecided as both sides scored a single goal.
Bennie Baker scored for the first team after Crozier and Shumate dozed during a chat about a broken stick. Sublette netted the second half goal past R Evans and Godbey as Shumate and Crozier stayed alert guarding and blocking multiple drives. Welch to face Bluefield next week on Tuesday and Friday.
Rev. C. F. Cheelzzli, once a priest of Abyssinia’s Coptic church, proclaimed himself the world’s scientific defender of the black race. He spoke at Scott Street African Baptist Church on historic psychological and ethnological themes. He argued God placed blacks in Africa and accused whites of deception and miscegenation causing a class of misfits.
Checlzzli preaches after noon at the same church on What is that in thy band and at night at the African Methodist Church on Raleigh street with Watch the Glaring Star. The services draw congregants seeking guidance on social equality and moral living.
J Schindel of Hagerstown Md purchases the White Swan Steam Laundry plant on Raleigh street and plans a full overhaul with modern machinery aiming to begin operating by October 12. He brings two experienced workers, R Li Brown and Chas Ryan, to run the plant which will be known as the Troy Steam Laundry. The firm will offer bundle work shirts collars cuffs and all domestic laundry with a cash business model seeking city and coal field patronage.
A Vermont man promotes Dr King s New Life Pills claiming long use yields steady relief from stomach liver and bowels with no fuss Prices are 25 cents and the pills are said to be guaranteed satisfactory at all drug stores
A reader from Reidsville North Carolina praises Bucklen s Arnica Salve as a sure-enough knocker for ailments on his leg last summer. He says the salve knocked out the sore in a few days and left no scar. It is guaranteed for piles sores and burns and costs 25 cents at drug stores.
A public notice from J. B. Williams advertises five years of cleaning and pressing service. The ad invites trade for worn clothes hats and shoes and includes a contact phone and Higginbotham Avenue address.
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