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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>December 22,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>IN CITY AND COALFIELD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Expressmen Busy</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> A well known passenger conductor was asked
how the rush was on the clinch Valley yesterday and said the express business
was unusually heavy. When asked whether the shipments were heavy on
eastern or western traffic he said that both were active. Liquor going
west and turkeys coming east kept the expressmen busy all day.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>