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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
3
Virginia League standings list Danville Richmond Norfolk Roanoke Portsmouth Lynchburg with wins and losses. Today’s schedule includes Lynchburg at Roanoke and Portsmouth at Richmond. Postponement and a forfeited game at Richmond are noted with player conduct details.
London court hears William Parker, 28, confess to night entry at Dartmouth Park Hill using a jimmy and tea keys. He previously served fifteen months for burglary and described a planned daytime home raid with a bungalow workshop as base. Parker's written life story Fallen Among Thieves portrays his career and motives.
Mercer County Court Clerk reports numerous applications for one year licenses to sell whiskey wine porter ale beer and similar drinks starting July 1909. Applicants include Cohen & Baker Bluefield, Kelly & Moyers Bluefield, H R Hunter Bluefield, Lazarus Goodman and A Heller Lazarus & Company with locations on Bluefield Raleigh street Princeton avenue and Lynchburg Virginia. W F Stinson of Bluefield is listed.
Public notices listing multiple parties from Bluefield and surrounding towns in West Virginia and nearby Virginia planning sales, leases, or manufacturing rights. Apartments and hotels on Princeton and Mercer streets, plus the Windsor and Corvin Brothers ventures, are named along with dates and locations in Bluefield, Princeton, Godfrey, Glatto, and Minefield.
A faded tale links Sultan Abdul Hamid Abdul and long hidden wealth to Castro and Captain Kidd, with whispers of millions buried or hidden. The piece notes widespread treasure hunts in Turkey and nearby regions, suggesting Castros motive to reclaim wealth before Venezuela’s past president’s fate.
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