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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
6
Brief items spotlight notable locals with brief notes on daily happenings. Names, places, and events highlighted as a quick peek at ongoing community life.
An OCR readout shows a jumble of names and places including Cedar Mat Vie, Beamsont, New Yor, Graham, Philadelphia, and Graham, with scattered references to people such as Miss Lewtiew and Miss Jars. Mentions of hospital, politics, and church events appear amid unclear dates and actions, yielding a fragmented local notice style.
Nonsensical OCR fragment mentions Halley’s Comet near Earth and scattered historical references. It reads like a garbled mix of dates, names, and events with no coherent narrative or identifiable individuals, organizations, or places to anchor a clear summary.
The report details bonding fund allocations and salaries, noting amounts in the current fiscal year. It mentions tax levies, the Patriot fund, and allocations for building repairs and salaries, with estimates of total obligations and projected revenue from taxes to cover the year’s expenses.
A stream of visitors from Lynchburg, Crampwell, Pocahontas and beyond flocked through the area yesterday. Notable names include Joe T. Letter and Mrs. Carson, with reports of hospital plans for Elizabeth Galloway and social calls by Mrs. and Miss Beavers, Walt HL, and Jim Beavers. Local business and property concerns surface in a ledger of engagements and a tax levy note.
Delinquent personal property taxes for 1907 and 1908 in Blhefield must be paid by September 15 1909 to avoid levy. Each delinquent parcel will incur a $1.00 levy fee as provided by law. Collectors LEE & HAWLEY at Kelly Moyers Building Room 12.
Beasley and Weet real estate agents completed another Bluefield property sale today. The BL HL Cooper dwelling on Pearls Street sold to A. J. Burton of Raleigh county, who will make the home here in the future.
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