Ohio Coal Roads Expand Coal Car Fleet Dramatically
An Ohio survey finds Hocking Valley, Ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan have boosted coal car equipment by about 6,000 since 1900, with total cars reaching 23,000 across the three lines. Despite wear and repairs, roads deployed extensive measures to keep cars in service, aiming to meet rising demand and sustain a prosperous mining season.
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Hocking Valley
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Central
Kanawha
Michigan
Hocking Valley Railroad
Sesson
Notice to Teachers Examinations Schedule Set by Board
Notice to teachers outlines examination dates for September October January February April May and July on the first Saturday and August on the first and third Saturdays Primary tests to be given in May and August Boxwell tests scheduled for the third Saturday in April and second Saturday in May By order of the board of examiners Maurice M Bryson clerk uo dé 52
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Boxwell
Board of Examiners
Maurice M. Bryson
Uo Dé 52
Two Papers for 1.25 Dollars Special Farm Offer
By special arrangement with the New York Tribune company the Messenger Herald and the Tribune Farmer can be furnished for 31.25 a year. Also the Tri weekly Tribune and the Messenger Herald for 1.75 a year. Subscriptions must accompany the order. The Messenger Herald Printing Co.
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New York Tribune Company
Messenger & Hlerald
Tribune Farmer
Tri-weekly Tribune
Messenger & Herald
The
Messenger & Herald Pt’g Co
Wine of Cardui touted for female weakness remedy
An elderly Portland note promotes Wine of Cardui as the cure for female weakness and irregular menses. The testimonial claims nine months of suppressed menstruation, back and head pain, swelling, and eventual relief after nineteen days of treatment, urging women to buy two bottles.
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Congress St
Portland
Save
Sode
Gardai
Cardus
Sealed Proposals For Sale Of Three School Houses
Carbondale Special School District invites sealed bids for three school houses in York and Waterloo townships. Bids due noon on the specified date. Board may reject any or all bids. Deliver to Clerk W H Watkins Carbondale Ohio. Oct 22 by order of the Board.
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Board of Education of
Carbondale Special
York Township
Waterloo Township
W. H. Watkins
Carbondale
Ohio
Board For Education
Appointment of administrator for Anna L. Brown estate
The undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Anna L. Brown late of Athens county Ohio deceased. Dated this 11th day of October AD 1303.
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Anna L. Brown
Athens County
Ohio
How Not to Get Old and the Cost of Wealth
A moral from old editorials contrasts the hedonistic creed of youth with thrift. It cites a New York Herald Thrift piece warning that devotion to appetite delays aging, while Nortonville News notes savers are slandered by loafers. The piece urges self-reliance and hard work over public praise or blame.
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New York Herald
Nortonville News
What supports the sun in the heavens
A jumbled provocation of early 20th century quips and odd phrases from Kansas City Independent and Detroit Free Press. The snippets mix playful schoolyard dialogue about beams supporting the sun with a clipped remark on comfort and sincerity, plus a scattered note about friendship needing integrity.
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Kansas City
Homeseeker's and Colonists Rates Advertised by Ohio Central Lines
Travel agents are urged to call for full details of Homeseeker's and Colonists Rates. Tickets go on sale on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
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Homeseeker’s
Ohio Central Lines
Jet coal and its jewelry uses described in old text
A description explains cannel coal a bituminous substitute called jet or candice coal. It burns with bright flame providing light and was used as a substitute for candies by English speakers. The name evolved to cannel and 36 remained. A York shire variety is made into jet jewelry.
Still Victim Echoes in Feathers and Lash Jests
The Kansas City Journal quotes a quip about Featherly and his wife, noting his claim of being a victim of her drooping eyelashes before marriage and now a victim of her tongue lashes. The dialogue satirizes marital tensions with playful barbs.
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Featherly
Kansas City Journal
Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil Ad
An old advertisement extols Hagee's Cordial of Cod Liver Oil as a strengthener suitable for those with routine work limits. It claims to cure nervousness sleeplessness indigestion and mal assimilation without a greasy taste or emulsion, sold by druggists and prepared by Katharinon Cremizal Co St Louis So.
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DeWitt
E.G. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Hagee
Katharinon Cremizal Co
St. Louis
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