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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1910
Page
4
Bluefield Evening Leader notes its second class matter status from April 1906 and lists subscription rates and contact details. The Monday afternoon issue for June 6 provides carrier pricing and payment terms, with frequencies for daily, monthly, and quarterly plans and the address at Bluefield West Virginia.
A long discourse argues for attracting outside capital to Bluefield to spur industrial growth. It cites the South's need for capital, foreign and domestic, to develop railroads and manufacturing, and warns that without inviting opportunities and protection investors will turn elsewhere. The piece aligns with a Manufacturers' Record editorial urging engagement with external funding for regional progress.
The Bluefield Leader resumes publication after a two month suspension due to damage at the Nia plant. The paper returns with a refreshed appearance and is reported to have improved generation by Reckley Mexwnn and colleagues amid ongoing production and distribution efforts.
An appeal to coal and coke operators to request a free booklet titled Rust and How to Prevent It. Detroit Graphite Co of Detroit Michigan promotes the pamphlet, with a testimonial from Chas Geisser of Great Falls Montana praising Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a blood purifier and recommending it, noting availability at The White Pharmacy.
A Country Life In America excerpt praises sheep for land maintenance. Ewes clear pastures by eating grasses and especially weeds and bushes, transforming chaparral into smooth turf. Angoras excel, but ordinary sheep can do strong work with proper management, as one pasture turned from thorny solidage and chaparral to bushless, weedless, thick turf in five years.
In St. Louis on June 6 the Sisters of the Visitation began a tercentenary celebration of their order. The observance continues with tomorrow's parades and costumes, and a pageant highlighting 200 years of their work. A solemn high mass of thanksgiving opened the events, led by Very Rev O J Moog with a sermon by Archbishop Glennon.
The biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Fuel Men opens today with about 500 delegates present. Proceedings will center on electing officers and rules for the general offices and the organization. The headquarters are in Peoria. Blooming plants and hardy vines advertised from Fallon Florist Roanoke Va for 1.80 cash.
During a furious Paris storm a janitor was hit by a falling box from an upper story in Rue de Quest. The box contained 4000 gold coins and notes. An elderly woman claimed the money as her savings saying she hid it tied to a drainpipe outside her window.
A collage of witty literary line snippets from Chicago Record-Herald, Lippincott's, New York Sun and Catholic Sedan, showing humorous exchanges and misheard phrases about manners, marriage talk, and theatre criticisms, all presented as era-style epigrams and snippets. The fragments evoke a lively, gossipy tone of early 20th century press.
Notice states J. J. Perdue Deputy Sheriff Merver County West Virginia issues pistol license for photography use. Court of Pan County to review on a specified date. Mentions reserved seat tickets at Curtis Pearson Co store corner of Princeton and Higginbotham Avenues for the 1969 Music Festival.
Notice of stockholders meeting of The Hadassa Brooks Company held May 70 1910 in Baltimore MD. Resolution adopted to discontinue business and surrender assets under WV law. President and secretary actions to proceed with dissolution and publication of the plan.
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