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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
4
A declamatory piece in bold tone calls for revealing the anonymous Daily Telegraph contributor known as Citizen. It questions why the author should hide his name and what authority the individual holds to argue on franchising and public policy.
The long running controversy over an American firms advance to Peru tied to port revenues and mineral deposits led to Chile’s involvement after a Peruvian war. Washington seeks arbitration with King Edward as arbitrator. protocols are to be signed soon, with no final binding decision yet.
A garbled OCR blend of quotes and name snippets from multiple papers and texts. It mentions Tommie, Yonkers, Chicago Record Herald, Boston Transcript, and various disjointed lines about youth, justice, and proofreading. The passage lacks a coherent event or clear subjects.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure not cured by Halle Onterrh ure. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claim a 22 year track record and promise to deliver a teleivable remedy. The notice mentions Walding Hinnan Marvin Wholwate and a dr ow erate Tate Malin Pamtiy Pile.
A brief 1909 note from the American Press Association describes a momentary pause between train movements. The item notes events or observations during the waiting period without detailed cause or consequence.
Willis Bates hurries to reach a sale by train with a tight layover on a southern line. On board he encounters a woman, Alice Hurfee, who recognizes him after eighteen years away. They recall family ties and old village life as the journey edges toward an inevitable, unsettled reunion.
On a station platform Bates presses a reluctant Hop Bates to join a city drive and hotel meal, promising a future in his plan. They plot to feign unforeseen circumstances to explain absence from a reform school committee and to secure a life of money and a house, while the woman resists but yields to the old bond.
A list of signers announces an application for a 4 franchise to furnish and sell gas for illumination in Bluefield West Virginia. The document states the right to construct gas mains and laterals and to operate a manufacturing plant, with details on terms found in the Auditor's office and dated November 16, 1903.
Norfolk and Western Railway announces daily departure times from Roanoke for connections to New York Philadelphia Philadelphia and Roanoke via Shenandoah Valley with Pullman sleepers dining and parlor cars. Additional departures from Bluefield for Kenn a Columbus Cincinnati and west routes with intermediate stops en route. W. B. Bevill General Passenger Roanoke Va.
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