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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
5
A long list of residents and guests arrives or departs Bluefield with many visiting Roanoke Wytheville Richmond and Philadelphia. Names include Capt Geo Davis J H Greever E W Maxwell C R L H SB McCorkle Henry Shields and Rev R W Trapnell with several families traveling for business visits and vacations.
The report notes the Bluefield and Roanoke Elks played yesterday afternoon and that Roanoke Elks will return on November 15 this morning. R. C. Lilly, Republican candidate for the House of Delegates, was in the city yesterday afternoon from Spanishburg and Bob spent the day with friends. The Duvall Music Co offers piano tuning or repair with guaranteed work and phone 398.
Capt Arthur Desborough of the British Explosive Commission reached New York aboard the Umbria from Liverpool. He joins two other European mining experts invited by the U S government to teach safer practices, with $150000 allocated for their expenses. He will tour major U S mines including some burning for a decade. He cites a notable six week survival in a French mine as a reference.
Former Senator William M. Stewart recalls in reminiscence how scarce women in early California camps sparked a wild scene when a wagon with a woman arrived. Men crowded Buckeye hills as the woman emerged and received a gold dust donation of 2000 to 3000 dollars, then vanished with her entourage by morning.
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Anti Bryan faction within West Virginia Democrats pushes for a new Independence League state ticket to challenge the current gubernatorial slate. Leaders advocate endorsing the national Independence League ticket headed by Hisgen and Graves. A mass state convention may be called within weeks to place the ticket on petition.
Oscar O Harrah a Colliers West Virginia ticket agent was robbed while two masked men rifled his clothing and hid his wooden leg, forcing him to lie on his bed and watch.
Two men entered a house during a burglary and searched the rooms while a resident was forced to stay silent at gunpoint. They stole watches valuables and $125 while leaving $150 of railroad company money in a boat pocket. The assailants directed the resident to retrieve a wooden leg downstairs.
J. C. Goodwin of Reidsville North Carolina says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve knocked out a bad leg ulcer after a burn in a few rounds with no scar left. The ad guarantees relief for piles sores burns and more and lists 25 cents at drug stores.
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