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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
4
Data from June shows national banks held 4.32 billion in deposits, a rise over the prior month. The article tracks bank withdrawals and reorganizations, noting shifts in membership and reserve figures as part of a broader financial trend in 1904.
An item notes a 1908 estimate dated June 1 stating a circulation figure of 1 and a monetary value of 85,506,800 with an implied per-unit value of 35.01 dollars. The language is terse and references statewide data without additional context or names.
A striking exhibit at So Cite Studio on Bland Street showcases fifteen fine photographs. The portraits, praised for life like detail, capture prominent figures with expressive realism. Decor features colorful ribbons and a distinctive white border designed by Wal yen, enhancing the overall artistic bouquet.
Fragmentary OCR text from a June report mentions names and places but is largely unreadable. Key entities like towns, people, dates, or events are not coherently extractable. the passage shows garbled phrases and inconsistent spellings.
A string of social notes details visitors and travelers in Bluefield. W. M. Young of Wheeling, Mrs. C. E. B. Fisher returning from Cinelanath, and H. Jolliffe with family in Saltville Virginia are mentioned. Ernest Brace returns to Princeton West Virginia after visiting his parents here. Others include M. Campbell of Petersburg visiting sister Mrs. W. C. Bruner, Miss Annie Lee Stigleman visiting Mrs. W. J. Hutton, and Emlyn Arteris returning from Cardiff to Bluefield. Mrs. Eliza J. Crump visiting granddaughter Mrs. L. J. Holland, then heading to Lewisburg. Dr. J. J. McKanna Jr. and his wife arrive at New Hotel Altamont, guest of his father.
Weather kept patrons away last night but crowds are expected tonight. The Davis Goodwin Musical Stock company will present the three act farce Niobe along with vaudeville hits. The Airdome stage is complete and plans are set for an entertaining show.
Woile introduces updated skirt designs with a sale price of five dollars, two dollars below earlier tags, at Turks department store. The promotion highlights affordable new fashion options for shoppers seeking budget chic this season.
An 1909-era testimonial from Graham Virginia claims MeKanna's Pay bque Cure frees a drinker from whiskey after three days. The note asserts dramatic personal change and recommends the treatment to others addicted to strong drink, citing success stories and a sales context at Bob Pedigo Company.
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions quick relief, fire, practical matters, and a tort, but specifics, names, places, or dates are unreadable. The text lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to form a precise news item or summary.
Detroit March 9 Following the death by own action in his home of Adam M Holden head of Fred S Osborne Co the firm will suspend temporarily Osborne says he cannot gauge the stance Holden had recently worried over a large Ennis Stoppant account linked to the New York firm’s failure last April The suicide occurred after a telephone talk with Osborne who was to meet Holden at 8:30 am
Dramatic club of Graham College presents a locally noted play Because I Love You at the Opera House tomorrow. The Graham and Bluefield talent was praised in Graham and brings a likely well attended performance. Tickets range from $1.25 to $1.50. Also Turks advertises wash waists in the week.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, asserting internal use cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The sponsors offer a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to request testimonials from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with the product sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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