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Newspaper

Bluefield Evening Leader

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1909

Page

6

Local Welch notes weekend visitors and legal staff returns

Welch log lists County Clerk Ro Bernheim and Circuit Clerk W Burbridge Payne back from Cincinnati on No 4. Several residents and guests are mentioned visiting relatives in Wytheville Cleveland Glasgow and Princeton. Attendees include Bayard Taylor seeking law admission and L C Anderson with D J P Strother in Washington for Supreme Court matters.

Welch Bernheim W. Burbridge Payne Cincinnati Court House J. Rhodes W. A. Wilson Camille Gibboney JM Gibboney Wytheville Bayard H. Taylor Thessalia Giles County J A. Strother Bayard Taylor W. L. Taylor M. L . Taylor Thos. P. Connelly Cedar W. Va James P. Flannagan J. S. Clark Princeton Ira J. Rhodes Maud Howitt Bramwell Isaiah C. Herndon A. M. Herndon Goodwill Leola Sanders Oceana W. R. Taeger War Neck McDown County James A. Strother Henry Rawle Columbus Rey Thos Crowe Ladies Guild William and Douglass Leckie William Leckie Concord Normal School Athens Andrew Leckle Swathmore College Pennsylve W. W. Whyte and Sons Cincinnatt Lottie County Imeger Dudge G. J. Coat L. C. Anderson D. J. FP. Strother Washington Supreme Court of the United States Mr. Strother W. W. Hughes Richmond Federal Court City

Mongoose Triumph in Deadly Cobra Fight Scene

A witness describes a four foot mongoose engaging a cobra in a fierce battle. The mongoose dodges lethal strikes, seizes the snake by the neck, and disables it with calculated bites. The encounter ends with the cobra dying as the mongoose consumes a portion of its foe.

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French Convicts and a Murky Tale of Injustice

A garbled report references French convicts and a notorious murder case, mentioning a Pend Foracolo and Crepe Gatien. Inferences point to a controversial trial involving wealth, friends, and a climate of fear, with vague ties to a Balvatton-like city and a questionable average crime rate.

Balvatton Ben Niles Terebie Dean

Inside a shop's crooked shadows of theft and vanity

A narrator vents about store life and petty schemes in a bustling shop. The speaker describes faulty clocks, bad ventilation, and inflated prices, noting rivals as undercutters. The piece recalls spylike surveillance, flirtations, and a blunt craving for pay for misanthropy in a comically harsh diary tone.

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