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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
4
A fragment from the Bluefield Evening Leader includes editorial stances on the Hughes vs Wiley seated dispute and calls for thorough investigations into alleged fraud in McDowell and Mingo counties. It also notes historical timelines and political figures from 19th and early 20th century contexts.
The Independent Herald argues against relocating the state normal school branch from Athens to Hinton. It extols Athens as a clean, saloon-free town better suited for the school despite rail transport limits, while denouncing Hinton as a dirty railroad town with saloons. It also notes a public forecast of rough seismic periods affecting the area.
In the Circuit Court of Mercer County West Virginia notice is given to WM F Lewis that on December 3 1910 between 9am and 6pm at John R Dillard law office in Bluefield depositions of the plaintiff and others will be read in a chancery action. If deposition is not completed on that day it will continue at the same place and hours until finished. Depositions are authorized by a deed of trust dated July 5 1907 and relating to property in Mercer County described in the notice with a sale to occur at the Natal Bank of Mien on a specified future date. The notice is signed by counsel for the plaintiff.
In a late 19th or early 20th campus tale, Matt Bacon, a popular student in a newly coed college, writes a bold note offering a violet token to Natalie Ayres. She accepts cryptically, a violet is found in her book, and social mockery swells around him until a public moment clarifies feelings, ending with misread signals and a hopeful twist.
A young journalist recounts a wartime Portsmouth assignment when a chance to publish a peace treaty leaked to him through a Russian copyist. He devised a plan to secure an exclusive telegraphic transmission, risking ethics for fame and a lasting career breakthrough.
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