Robert A. Spencer acquired the paper and renamed in the Raleigh Register.
Bluefield had two newspapers, the Bluefield Telegraph and the Daily Journal
The Journal ceased daily publication
F.R. Swann began published Charleston Evening Mail
Clarence Wayland Watson founded the Briar Hill Coal Company
Justus Collins opened Collins Colliery and the Greenbrier Coal & Coke
William Conley earned a law degree from WVU
John Dickinson moved to Charleston from Malden
Samuel Dixon and partner organized the MacDonald mine
The first Douglass High School graduated its first high school class
Legislature provided for two levels of teacher certificates
Aretas Fleming returned to practicing law
Henry Harrison Hunter won blue ribbon at World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago for quality of sand he mined and processed
Graceland was completed
The Great Bend Tunnel was lined with brick arching
Joseph Harvey Long arrived in Huntington to buy the Herald
John Jeremiah Jacob died and was buried in Indian Mound Cemetery
Chicago World's Fair has a West Virginia state exhibit
John Joseph Kain left the Diocese of Wheeling to become Archbishop of St. Louis
John Q. Dickinson moved Kanawha Valley Bank into a substantial new building
Virgil Lewis was awarded an M.A. in history from WVU
The N&W Railroad built its main line along the Big Sandy River
Joseph Long moved to Huntington to buy the Herald
Daniel Lucas left the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Bill McKell built his home at Glen Jean
Johnson Camden McKinley moved to Wheeling
C. F. Millspaugh left WVU to become curator of botany at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
High-quality semibitumious coal from Davis' Big Vein was displayed at the Chicago World's Fair
Sistersville became the nation's premier oil-field boom town
Henry Schmulbach opened his Wheeling inclined railway to riders
William Edwin Chilton became secretary of sate
Pittsburgh's William Flaccus and Son bought a tannery along the Buckhannon River
Telephone switchboards were installed at Bluefield
The city of Parsons was incorporated
Charles Ward's boilers were showcased at the Chicago World's Fair
Ward Engineering Works built the Mascot for the U.S. Engineering Corp
Clarence W. Watson joined his father and brothers in the mining enterprises
Chitwood Hall was completed at WVU
The earliest Whipple Company Store was constructed in Glen Jean for Collins Colliery Company
The country began an economic depression
The Woodson family moved to Huntington
