National road proposal and Parkersburg gambling debate in Bluefield
A 1909 note discusses federal road plans from Atlantic to Pacific and calls for direct routes via cooperation with states. It critiques Parkersburg’s handling of saloon violations and gambling, peering at Sunday moving pictures and cigar shops with slot machines, and questions enforcement of laws across cities.
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Georgia
Atlantic
Pacific
Huntington
Beatinel
Parkersburg
Civically Curious Musings and Ancient Punditry
A curio-filled column sketches headlines and derides political figures. It weaves jokes about Abdul Hamid, Wickersham, and Senator Daniel with quips on fashion, whiskey, and the wine of public life, ending in a note on fabrication and misattribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Daniel
Good Roads Conference Emphasis in Baltimore Meeting
Prominent figures in the good roads movement gathered in Baltimore last week to urge federal action for national highway improvement. The talks highlighted waterways and inland navigation as vital to better transportation, with states like Ohio already expanding their highway networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
Ohio
Argus Gold Mining Corp in Virginia poised with Tellurium mine plans
The Argus Gold Mining Corporation advances a $2,000,000 Virginia project centered on the Tellurium property and the Big Sand stone vein. Plans call for a modern milling plant costing about $150,000 and a deep 4,200 foot potential pay zone with ore values around $15,000 per ton as development accelerates under seasoned mining leadership.
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Virginia
Union
Argus Gold Mining Corporation
Treasury
Commodore Stockton
R UN
Pomenen
Comstock
Ledeo
Richmond resident touts vast gold mine prospects in Virginia
A Bluefield Evening Leader report recalls claims from P P Jenkins, a Richmond resident, about the Argus Gold Mining Corporation property near Tellurium. The piece mentions historic rumors of Moore Stockton mining over $1,000,000 in gold and a single day pay dirt yield over $100,000, plus forthcoming railway sleeper changes and extended routes aiding passenger service between Lynchburg, Roanoke, Richmond, and Cincinnati.
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Virginia
P. P Jenkins
Richmond
Argus Gold Mining Corporation
Bluefield Evening Leader
Commoore Stockton
Pullman
Bluefield
Cincinnati
Lynchburg
Roanoke
W. B. Bevill
Norfolk
Wstern Ry
State Highway Commission Seeks Bids for Road Work Near Wytheville
Virginia bids due June 1909 for about 6 miles Wythe county near Wytheville 6.25 miles in Tazewell and about 4 miles in Wise. Inspectors schedule May 25 26 27 at Wytheville Tate Well Norton to review. Plans at county clerks offices. $250 certified check per bid. Right to reject bids. P St J Wilson State Highway Commissioner. X N Easley agent promotes insurance. Also rental and dressmaking notices follow.
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Wythe County
Wytheville
Tazewell
Wise County
Tate- Well C. H
St. Charles Hotel
Norton
WANTS FOR RENT IN BLUEFIELD AREA POWELL ALLEN PARK STS
Classified rental notices list seven properties with various room counts on Powell St Allen St Park St Princeton Ave Beasley St and Pulaski St plus two store rooms Bluefield Ave. Also a for sale box ball bowling alley ad promising $10 a day and crushed limestone supply by W H Coffmas Co Bluefield WV. A missing two month old brown shepherd with white head spot and tail tip sought by George E Mann 110 Tazewell St New.
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Powell St
Allen St
Bath
Princeton Avenue
Park St
Princeton Ave
Beasley St
Bluefield Ave
Pulaski St
Easley & West
George E. Mann
Tazewell Street
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Aatter
W. V
Bluestone Publishing Company
Chicago
Chicago News
Abdul Hamid
Grover Cleveland
The
Washington Herald
Constantinople
Mohemmed V
Wickersham
Supreme Court of the United States
Carrie Nation
Carrie
Cain
Richmond News-Leader
Office OF
State Highway Commission
P. St. J. Wilson
X. H. Easley
X. Y
Bluefield Avenue
Crystal Steam Laundry
Pocahontas
W. H. Coffmas C
W. Va
Vaughan
Central
Roo
Rice
Rogers Street
Lawrence E. Tierney
R. E. Bolling
William H. Thomas
W. B. Hicks
KE. H. Hasley
Check Fidelity Banking & Trust CO
West Virginia
Bluefeld Typewriter Exchange
Standard Fuel & Supply Co
Kelly & Moyers
L. Lazarus & Co
Cincinnati Dental Co
Cincinnati Dentists
Compton
Grand
the Hipp
Ita
Rinaldo
Herbert Swift
Cornet Viratoso
Lazbetts
Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens
Werhewlay
Sn Old Shirt
NEW Altamont News & Cigar Stand
New Altamont Hotel
Busy Bee
Real Estate and Rental Agents
Eureka and Hale Land Co
BEURY
Pres’t Morriss Watts
Vice
Pres't Citizens Underwriters Agency
General Insurance
A. H
LAND
Sec
John M. Wirgman
WM. McCarthy
Philadelphia
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Bram
Fidelity Banking & Trust Co
Pocahontas, Va
Polizick
LL. A. Toopk
In, Cashtez
First National Bank
Caplinpata
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