Big Skirt Season Offers Clean Sweep
A local business touts its best skirt season in history and announces plans to make a clean sweep with a decisive sale. The message emphasizes strong demand and a push to clear inventory.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
6
A local business touts its best skirt season in history and announces plans to make a clean sweep with a decisive sale. The message emphasizes strong demand and a push to clear inventory.
A condensed report notes the thriving summer theatre scene in New York led by Florence Ziegfeld's Summer Revue and a lineup at the Astor, New York Theatre, and Hudson Theatre. It highlights stars, casts, and evolving productions such as The Fortune Hunter, The Spendthrift, and Madam X, with other venues like the Garrick and Criterion continuing runs.
A string of personal mentions lists residents in or visiting the city on various business and travel. Names include H. B. Thompson Bland, J. J. White Belfast Mills, J. P. Woodwitte Pearisburg, Mrs. B. E. J. Haynes Bristol, Col. John B. McKinney Ireland, Capt. E. L. Bailey Williamson’s coal yard, Dr. N. T. Counts Cleveland, M. Stallard Pocahontas division, R. Carter Witten Mill, T. I. Gillespie White Pond Lumber, Norfolk & Western officials Carterton, Mrs. S. Ro Bolton Norwood, Mra OF. Lee Bilinders Tedford, Max Witton, Archie Blerne Greenbush, J. Bo Beier Blunfield, and others noted in fragmented travel and visiting references.
Washington, ihe 30. Col. John Rh. Williams of the Coast Artillery was placed on the retired list today on his own application. He will continue on active duty at the Army War College.
Boston June 30 due to watch overproduction the Waltham Water Company plant shuts today until July 25, idling about 3,500 workers. The factory has closed five times since December and many workers face dire finances. Maine Epworth League delegates from Lewiston and across the state head to Te wfeidn for the general convention.
Merger County West Virginia trustee J A Donohue will sell at public auction the trust property. The five parcels known as lots 10 11 12 13 14 lie in Bluefield Mercer County and are described by Vine Street boundaries and an adjoining 12 foot alley. Sale begins 1 o clock A M July 28 1910 at the front door of City Hall. Terms cash.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists praise the firm and the remedy. Claims describe how the cure is taken internally and sent as testimonials, with price per bottle and broad distribution.
A fragmentary hotel ad invites readers to view furnished rooms at the New Altamont Hotel. It lists rates such as 85.00 for a single and 80 for a double or similar accommodations. The notice mentions Reynolds and a subscription call for The Leader.
A fragment notes Thomas Jefferson as the peer in hi fay with reference to Jefferson crushing wheat during the day, implying a period piece image or description from a historical context.
New York June 20 stockholders of the American Car and Foundry Company meet at Jersey City to elect a board of directors. Said men to Mrs have just used Monitor Pulverized Flour for the first time and praise its effect on bread and cake describing them as beautiful.
Mercer County West Virginia tax payers are informed that the Board of Review and Equalization will meet at the courthouse on June 30 to review property assessments. The process may extend up to twenty five days as needed to hear taxpayer complaints and adjust assessments viewed as excessive. Written objections must be filed before the term ends. Signed by Clerk of Court Norton on June 200 day of June.
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