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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1908
Page
5
A telephone report from North Tazewell claims a Democrat registrar left the registration room on Virginia's last registration day to visit Tazewell for several hours. Republicans protest that the registrar should have focused on voter registration as books closed last night.
A description of table d hote etiquette in Swiss pensions from Outlook. It details how pensionaires identify old hands by soup sipping and bread slicing, the maid s tasting system, and a roteg on that guides the serving order to prevent advantage.
A sundial is the sole example indoors at Holy Trinity Church in Dartfeed. It is fixed on the southeast window ray and measures 5 feet 0 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. Limited light through the stained glass still allows the time to be read from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on sunny days.
Closeout sale promotes reduced prices on cut glass and Parker's Lucky Curve Fountain Pen at Kinzer Jeweler. Advertises Sauer's pure flavoring extracts 10c and 25c with claims of quality and satisfaction.
The advertisement proclaims Sealshipt Oysters as the only oyster reaching consumers in a sanitary state with natural flavor preserved. It claims rival oysters are packed in impure water and exposed to germs, arriving soggy and unwholesome, with fresh shipments every Tuesday Friday and Saturday alongside the finest vegetables and fruits.
The notice promotes a grocery store offering fish and oysters on Tuesdays and Fridays plus a wide range of produce. It invites customers to order oyster stew by phone and lists items like vegetables fruits butter eggs poultry and canned goods with emphasis on reasonable prices and Virginia country cured ham.
W F Mattox assistant cashier at the freight office died about 3 PM after a 24 hour illness septic peritonitis cited as cause. The 26 year old Union Hall Virginia native, member of I C O F and I O O F Lodge No 250, had worked at Norfolk and Western and was last serving as trace clerk and assistant cashier. Funeral services were led by Thomas Priddy from his late home with J B Hicks. His brother Robert arrived on train No 3 and took his remains home on No 16.
A Clinch Valley Lumber Company engine and four cars plunged fourteen feet into the Guest river when a bridge collapsed on a Friday night near St Paul. Four men aboard were thrown into the river. one badly injured, the others lightly hurt. The injured man fell across moving gears as the locomotive settled in the water. About three feet of water covered the river. the workers had just finished a wood gathering trip for fires. M B Eustler, formerly of the city, runs the local lumber firm.
The secretary of state grants a charter to the Stovall Company of Bluefield to conduct a grocery business with capital stock of 5000 dollars, 1500 dollars paid in. Incorporators are C. W. Akers FE. L. Batley W. A. Stovall F. C. Goodall and E. B. Smith, all of Bluefield.
Pearson's Weekly describes two Indian jugglers a lean drummer and a richly dressed performer. The assist man uses a supra tray to mix rice and grain then spins and balances them in a dizzy display. Spectators watch as the grains separate into two heaps without a spill.
West Virginia mining men from scattered states prepare for a Charleston meeting on topics for the coal industry including explosions electricity and steam locomotives. Minutes of the executive committee and discussions by President Page Secretary Robinson and Chief James W. Paul are summarized.
The last report from the chief mine shows four men and two women killed by an explosion of powder while moving from a railroad car to a magazine. In a separate incident five men perished in a tenement house after two men in a scuffle ignited powder, killing the entire party.
Railroads may adopt a pay as you enter fare collection similar to electric lines. The plan follows recent arrests by Pennsylvania detectives of ticket sellers. Conductors would collect fares upon boarding and issue exchange slips with tickets turned in to auditing.
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