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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
5
Local brief items report travel and visits by residents including J C Miller, G P Johnson, Mr and Mrs Toney, H Volcher, R G Windows, James Thoway, and Miss Moran Riggs among others. Short anecdotes follow including a Chop Suey recipe tale, comic exchanges, and a note about Eastern embalming lore. A final line urges ordering Christmas flowers from East End Pharmacy.
Grace Methodist Church schedules Sunday School at 4:50 AM with the superintendent on Hicks Street. A pastor sermon follows. Junior League gathers at 7:80 PM for a Beechwood Camp sermon. Hamilton pastor at Bland Street presides over Strong Man service at 2:10 AM. Traveling visitors welcomed. Presbyterians invite all to morning and evening services with Sunday School at 4:15 AM and sermon at 11. Christin Church notes Bible school and Communion, with a morning sermon on Lone Galas in this Religious Term.
A fragmented transcription notes a judicial scene involving a defendant named Snythe and proceedings that test a poor fellow’s endurance. The text hints at an arrest, a progression of events, and difficulties faced by the accused as the case moves forward in Baltimore.
In a fragmentary dialogue Vinele Ezra and Eben argue about indulgence and restraint. The excerpt hints at moral critique of leisure excess and its reputed dangers, with lines about staying up late and failing sight as a cautionary note.
A fragmentary item notes a child and a laugh, with garbled text implying a remark about humor. The readable portion cites a person named Mie Meeting and a line about politeness and a smile, but key details are missing. The piece resembles a stray newspaper blurb or caption with unclear context and characters.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a Gallant widow and a handsome bachelor debating ages with the woman asserting forty and the man bristling at a claim of being merely twenty eight. The overheard exchange hints at a social tableau of romance and reputation.
A fragmentary police report notes reckless driving with unclear dialogue about an injury and a sting. The readable lines mention a wife, a cut hand, and a person named Theekless driving while a question arises about a nail.
Reverend TS Hamilton Wilh delivered a sermon to the Woodmen of the World lodge at Grace Church in Pecohwood Camp. Members remained respectful as the lodge met in the lodge room at ten o'clock.
A fragmented clipping praises The Salvation Army founder William Booth and the Army's work. It acknowledges encouragement from Christian leaders and mentions community support, prayer, and the Army's obedience to its mission. A brief ad offers Christmas tree services and furniture-related inquiries from J. Hutchinson Jr. in Rich Creek.
Public notice that the undersigned will apply to the Board of Affairs of Maetold West Virginia for a franchise to lay and operate plant and for manufacture of land of entering streets in Maetold city. Details in the application on file with the City Auditor. Signers include G T Epling and J M Sanders among others. Weather 16, 1009. Place your order now for Christmas flowers with Easy and Pharmacy.
Schedule shows trains from Roanoke to New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Richmond with Pullman sleepers and parlor cars. Also lists connections to Philadelphia New York Lynchburg Cincinnati and West Coast routes via Shenandoah Valley lines with multiple departure times and intermediate stops. For details call Norfolk and Western Railway Roanoke Va.
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