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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>December 8,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>BRINGS $8,500,000</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Southern Property Bid is for
Reorganization Committee</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Norfolk, Va., Dec. 7--The Norfolk and
Southern Railway property late today was bid in for$8,500,000 by Rathbone
Gardner, of New York, in the name of the Norfolk and Southern Reorganization
committee.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>