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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
2
A stray mixed breed dog named Blule wanders into a Ridley Park home. The cook feeds it and children bond with the animal. Parents plot to remove it at night but a five year old’s plea “Bwoole loves me” leads to sparing the dog, who finds a safe home.
In the upper Gulf of California lies Tiburon Island, a tiny goatsless isle said to harbor fierce sharks and cannibal Seris. The islet draws ethnologists and archaeologists despite its isolation and perilous reputation.
A New York Sun report describes women who dine at an uptown restaurant at lunch just to glimpse celebrities. They order light fare while craning for any sighting, whispering excitedly of actors and idols as they study each moment for scrutiny.
A veteran recalls Major Tinks as an impous chap and notes a night ambush where a stalwart Confederate captured the major. The prisoner’s treatment and his return to camp are mentioned, along with the subsequent march and a two piece tobacco exchange.
The City of rid Sell issues a notice inviting bids at 72 o clock on the tat day of JW 10 for the complete trading of Ut portion of Enet Princeton Avenue from Boat And Overhaad Fridge to the corporate Henle of the COL of Fthneteta. Bids may be rejected at the Board of Affairs or Auditor. J TAKERS, Auditor.
Mike Francis a Syrian aged thirty five was killed at the coal wharf on the Norfolk and Western when an elevator being repaired by him started moving. He was badly mangled and died shortly after. A brother in Wheeling has been notified.
The Linwoods defeated the Covenanters this morning on Tower field to win the juvenile championship of the coalfield. The score was tied in the eighth. Linwoods scored in their half of the ninth with three men on base to seal the victory.
Washington reports the Payne Aldrich tariff law raises internal revenue on smoking and chewing tobacco cigars and cigarettes. The tax on tobacco is now eight cents per pound up from six, small cigars tax up to 75 cents per thousand, and consumers are already bearing higher prices from both tobacco trusts and some independents.
City of Mexico July 1. The Mexican International Railway running from Ciudad Porfirio Diaz near Eagle Pass to Durango via Torcon, with a Monclova to Monterey branch, merged today into the National Railways of Mexico, consolidating with the national system.
Dr D P Crockett, president of the county board of health, left tthis afternoon to investigate several cases of smallpox reported in the Widemouth section. The text then shifts to describe the Japanese game Ken and its hand signals, explaining its theory and the way players determine superiority in the trial.
A Dickensian style line compares a boy’s shop with his father’s rail work to humorously define value. It pairs a mechanic father who builds locomotives with a commuter father who runs two trains daily, then cites Marcus Aurelius on virtue and vice.
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