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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
3
A bustling 1909 style classified page lists Christmas flowers from East End Pharmacy and various ads. Items include rental offers for a seven or eight room furnished house, a job printing office and house, coal land buys near Norfolk Western and Virginian railways, a reward notice for a lost gold locket monogram A RC, a $5 reward for fire alarm arsonist, and a residence rental at No 17 Reese Street with contact Strader.
An editorial and statements by John Mitchell urge widespread installation of telephone systems in mines to speed rescues and cut deaths. Mitchell notes Indiana has about fifty mines at risk and cites European and U.S. mining injury rates. He argues telephones could direct ambulances and surgeons to the mouth of mines and save lives, and underscores public and legislative support for such safety measures.
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