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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
1
A bold real estate report highlights booming operations and a phenomenal big deal shaping growth. Local builders and firms push forward amid strong market signals and expected investment in properties and development projects.
Confidence returns to Bluefield as building activity nears 470 000 dollars with major projects including a 110 000 dollar post office and a 125 000 dollar high school. Investors from Roanoke buy 55 lots, signaling rising real estate demand and continued economic expansion.
John J. Mueller, the man who shot Regina Reed near Mount Washington last March, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison after a jail vision from the slain girl. A letter from a medium, claiming Regina’s spirit spoke through a chum, urged Mueller to confess for his soul’s salvation.
Crown Point Ind June 18 two men and three women were injured along the race course as preparations for the big automobile race progressed. A signal man was struck by a flying car and is dangerously injured and may die.
Adolph Segal president of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co and Receiver George H Earle arrived in New York for a government led inquiry into the alleged sugar trust Attorney General Wickersham also participates in the investigation Dr A T Graham and his son in law W E B Hundy of Belfast Mills Va were in the city en route home from an eastern trip The Graham family allegedly holds a monopoly on the pill business in Russell county
Senator Hughes delivers a stirring address denying authorship of the Democratic Platform. He asserts he did not write the platform and defends Bryan against critics in a tense chamber. The exchange centers on party guiding documents and political authorship claims.
Thacker reports a surge in coal traffic and improving business after months of stagnation. Labor shortages limit output at three nearby mines while new railroad staff and company changes reshape operations. A local electric plant foundation is set, and town issues include disruptions from trains and a note on recent community leadership changes.
Washington June 18 Senator Hughes of Colorado delivered a stirring speech defending William Jennings Bryan accusing the Democratic platform of being drafted by representative Democrats and approved by the Democratic convention. He asserted Bryan wields unprecedented influence in the United States.
Swiss balloon Helvetia flies from Zurich crossing Mount Blanc covering 400 miles in eleven hours. Friends of Mies Maytie Malone mourn the loss at her home 625 Princeton Avenue.
In Louleville, Kentucky a duel left both participants dead after a quarrel escalated to gunfire. The incident references names rescripted in the blurred text, with a note of a local revival and a move to assume a college presidency in Florida.
A speech by Lauriusburg Mia Jute at St Joseph's College faces strong comment as Cardinal Gibbons condemns women's political participation. The cardinal supports women's rights in faith but argues against women voting or holding office, warning of moral decline if politics are pursued.
Washington reports include the election of Rev. J G Pierce as All Bowls Church pastor and Rev Edward Everett Hale as chaplain of the state. Tax on fonnels and ores rises. Callinger opposes free weed pulp for paper. Charles Taylor arrives to coordinate Wright plane tests. readiness for a belt of the machine upon aviator arrivals. Japan to take 80 detlog in Italian treaties.
New York court crowds swarm the gallery as the Gould divorce case unfolds with sensational testimony. Herbert Schiff, once a valet for the defendant, is said to have been hired by Howard Gould to dig up evidence against his wife, raising further drama in the proceeding.
Hartford June 18. Mrs Gilbert declares intent to aid Christian Science church reforms and to go to Boston to oust Augusta Stetson and followers from a Brookline house of mystery. She says she will establish an independent church and expose alleged mismanagement. Mrs Eddy died last July and was buried under her own house, according to claims.
Readers claim sightings of a solar eclipse vary widely from place to place as Maefield residents report none. Dr W H Taylor of Richmond notes the event was visible in China and other foreign areas, while many locals were left in darkness and warned against claiming a sight.
Macon Georgia June 1. An officer Oscar Abel of the police force killed Emma Raymond, an inmate of a bawdy house, then shot himself. Developments suggest Abel feared exposure for entanglement with the woman and the case alarmed the police department.
A June 18 social in Pocahontas Virginia features a dance held at the Masonic Hall led by Miles Carey with assistance from Sidney Bloch. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Solfaweh, Mr and Mrs J. Baneh, Mr and Mrs Lawford, Mrs Wawley, Mrs Bloch, Marion Preneh, Parker Wright, and many others from Welch, Kermit, and Richlands areas.
The regular meeting of Dineetone Council No. 196 will be Saturday evening June 19 at 4 oclock in the council chamber. All members are urged to attend as some officers are now die and should be elected or filed. W. O Brunner, Secretary.
William Welch, charged with burglarizing the Balem post office, is confined in Roanoke Town Jail awaiting trial. He will remain there until the next term of the United States court, set for June 22. Welch was arrested in Baltimore.
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