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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
2
Second class matter April 1906 at Bluefield West Virginia Post Office. Contained in the ad are rates for daily publications including one year six months and one month options. Addressed to handle all communications and remittances for the Blue Stone Publishing Company.
Citizens and property owners oppose Doc Fudge liquor license on Raleigh Street. Indictment for selling without license looms, but council members Kahle and Worley ignore locals and side with Fudge. Polls show voters and police concerns about a red light district, with seventeen gamblers reported at one time and women and children exposed to drunken crowds as debate continues.
Bland County officials discuss a proposed arterial road from the Bland area to Fuller Gap to shorten travel from Rocky Gap to other points. The plan hinges on cooperation with Moroor County and a land exchange agreement, with proposed routes and right of way details outlined.
The new state road law outlines county engineer duties including road and bridge supervision, material testing, plan approval, and annual reports. It mandates division into road precincts, sectioning for annual work, sale of road sections, and per capita taxes to fund road maintenance.
The Argus Gold Mining Corporation develops the Tellurium veins on the Fluvanna Goochland border Virginia. Assays from Dover Laboratory show over $20 per ton, with a modern plant planned at $150000. Directors Fred Kipper John Krug Wesley Atwood and Charles Gelderler back the venture amid expert support and hopeful outlook for Virginia gold.
Classified glimpses reveal personal ads seeking a 34 year old mining man in Truckee California seeking a wife age 18 to 30 with good sense and home prospects. Also ads calling for Virginian and West Virginia salesmen for Argus mining stock plus local notices about milk delivery and a lost ten dollar bill. Includes small furnished housing request and old feather bed offers.
The event offers dancing from 7 30 to 11 p m bathing from 1 p m to 11 p m and vaudeville and moving pictures from 8 p m to 11 p m with ice cream soft drinks a pavilion and penny arcade indoors and outdoors included
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