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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
4
An ad urges using Eaton Crane & Pike writing papers for love letters and all formal correspondence. It boasts superior stationery with uniform correctness, high quality aniline dyes, and a distinctive style that appeals to discerning readers, offering a wide line of colors for display.
Mr Isaac T Mann and family of Bramwell will sail from New York on Monday May 17 for a three month European tour. Miss Lettye Crawford returns from Clarksburg to visit her brother Norman Crawford. A V Rawn Majestic Collieries Co superintendent Cedar leaves for Denver and western cities. Mrs Tucker Board of Berwind visits Roanoke and Bedford with Lucile Garrett. New line of ready to wear clothes, shoes and slippers advertised by J I Horton 20 Bland Street offering up to 20 percent savings.
Bramwell resident Pritchard was brought to the city with a broken thigh after being struck by a mine car at the Thandie Coal Co on Crane Creek. A public notice states a state license to carry gustal will be sought in Mercer County Circuit Court on May 17, 1999. the applicant is a deputy sheriff residing in Coaldale.
A collage of notices from Caliclic, Presbyterian, Christ Episcopal and Grace Methodist churches lists Mass times, sermons, Sunday school, and midweek prayers. It notes pastoral assignments, visitors from Bramwell and Northfork, and a Bland Street organist appointment.
Smith's Greater Shows opens at Union Park for a week with a trained animal circus featuring lions tigers leopards jaguars boarhounds and other wild beasts. The Italian band is a drawing card and the special train from Pulaski will reach town early tomorrow as tents go up for Monday's opening.
Dayton Ohio May 15 a three year old Seth Hardesty was lured from a street by a stranger and driven away in a car. Police have issued a general alarm and are scouring the city for the missing child after the man approached while the boy played with others.
Thomas J Deverle a Roanoke resident and former Confederate soldier died at his home 115 Franklin Road aged 70. He served in the Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry and Forty Second Virginia Infantry and was a member of Wr. Watts Camp Confederate Veterans. He leaves a widow and five children Robert Oscar Lee Minnie and Meude. Funeral scheduled for 4 PM at the family residence with burial in Fairview cemetery. pallbearers from the local Confederate Veterans camp. O M Deverle, manager of Flat Top Fuel Company, attended the funeral.
Scelsi's Royal Italian Chamber Band joins Smith's company to present an afternoon program of selected sacred works at Union Park. A rare musical treat is promised, highlighting a refined lineup and tomorrow’s performance.
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