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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
2
Entered as second class matter April 5 1906 at the post office at Bluefield West Virginia under act of Congress March 3 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By mail cash in advance Daily one year 4.50 Daily six months 1.75 Daily three months 1.00. The notice provides rates and mailing details for the period.
A garbled OCR passage discusses policy, arms week, and public aid debates. It mentions Parliament style terms and a looming tariff bill, with unclear references to actions and outcomes. The readable content is too fragmentary to extract concrete events, dates, or named entities.
The Washington state good roads exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition features a modern laboratory for testing roads and a scale model of rock crushing for road building. An auditorium seats 300 for illustrated talks on construction maintenance and dust prevention. The project, built on a concrete foundation, will house the University of Washington highway engineering department.
Father Madden preached at Conception Monastery urging the Good Roads movement. Jefferson township supervisors awarded seventy eight miles for dragging contracts at 50 to 70 cents per mile with two rounds of scraping. Filings show sections chosen for grading before dragging begins to maintain roads at about 50 dollars per mile yearly.
One hundred dollar reward offered for cure of catarrh by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F J Civeney and Co of Toledo endorse Gheney for honest handling of transactions. Walding Kinnan and Marvin, Wholesale Druggists of Toledo, attest to the firm. Cure advertised as directly affecting the mucous surfaces with testimonials, free trial and price listed per bottle. Take Hall’s family pills for constipation.
Wants listed include pupils for violin and guitar by Prof B B Schoenbaun a graduate violinist with years of experience. Also notes about phony contact and address Duvall Music Co 1% Priace avenue Bluefield West Virginia and a busi ness guarantee ad for monitors and crushed limestone by W H Coffman Coxe Co Bluefield West Virginia. Also real estate and home sale notices for Bland street Cot age Franklin street and nearby properties with cash or installment terms.
NSW fuk Western Leave 7 20 a m for Roanoke Norfolk and all points of the Shenandoah division Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to New York via Hagerstown Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke to Norfolk 5 55 a m for Roanoke Richmond Norfolk Dining Car to Roanoke Parlor Car Roanoke to Norfolk 12 40 p m for Roanoke Lynchburg and intermediate stations and the Shenandoah Valley Philadelphia and New York Sleeper to Philadelphia and New York Galecar Gary and Roanoke 9 18 p m for Roanoke Lynchburg Richmond Norfolk Pullman Sleeper to Norfolk Roanoke to Richmond Leave Bluefield 8 20 p m for Kenova Columbus and all points West and Northwest Pullman Sleeper for Columbus and Cincinnati Gate cars S10 a m Pullman Beeper for Columbus Cafe Dining Car leave 8 20 p m and 2 06 p m daily for Tazewell Norton and intermediate stations Arrive from Norton and points on the Clinch Valley division at 12 20 p and 7 05 a m Leave 00 a m for Welch and intermediate stations Leave 10 45 p m for Williamson and intermediate stations Leave 2 15 p m for Welch and intermediate stations For additional information call on Agent Norfolk and Western Railway W B Nevis [sic] tation Pant Agent Roanoke Va
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