Missionary sale and town notices in Gilliam area
A little missionary group will sell cakes candies and ice cream at 215 Princeton avenue Gilliam and Ford store Saturday starting at 1 o'clock. Cinderella In Flowerland show postponed due to high water trains and costumes. Charity sale and public notices include party announcements bar association meeting and forthcoming courthouse events.
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Princeton Avenue
Gilliam & Ford
Flowerland
Mercer County Bar Association
Princeton
Mercer County
Joseph M. Sanders
West Virginia Republicans plan April 29 convention in Parkersburg
State central committee calls a Parkersburg assembly in Wood county to elect four delegates and four alternates to the Chicago Republican National Convention. Delegates must be certified ten days ahead. a party primary or convention will select delegates with notices at least thirty days prior.
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T. Mann
Kk. L. Bowman
West Virginia
State Central Committee
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Supreme Court of Appeals
Theodore Roosevelt
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Puumam
NMEOE
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Upshur
Webster
Clarksburg
Republican Party
H. C. Woodyard
Postoffice
Spencer
W. Va
Virgil L. Highland
Sacred Chinese writing and the Mon War Sher lodge
A New York Tribune excerpt describes Chinese reverence for written characters, the practice of burning waste paper in sacred furnaces, and the Mon War Sher or Club of the Beautiful Writing as a Chinatown elite society supporting the keeper and assistants with voluntary contributions.
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Confucius
Chinatown
United States
Society of Mon War Sher
Club of the Beautiful Writing
New York Tribune
Meaning of merchant shifts from foreign trade to general seller
London Notes and Queries argues the term merchant historically meant wholesale foreign trader with ships, citing Chaucer and Proverbs. It notes modern usage broadens to include anyone selling by the unit, such as eggs, changing the time honored definition.
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Marchaunt
Betwice
Middelburgh
Orewelle
Venice
Argosses
London Notes and Queries
Webster’s Home Squadron Last Words At Deathbed
Daniel Webster, days before dying, dressed and walked with a servant to the library. He gazed at fishermen offshore and the sheltered pleasure boats near his home, remarking that the home squadron was safe, then never left his room.
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Webster
Daniel Webster
Sudden Shadows Make Plants React Quickly
A Strand Magazine note explains some plants are highly sensitive to shadow or umbrella shadows. Even a slight contact can trigger leaflets to close and leaf stalks to turn down, as if startled by movement or light.
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Strand Magazine
Delight Sugar Corn and Green Seal Paint Ads Noted
An assortment of advertised items appears: Delight Sugar Corn canned goods and Hannahs Green Seal Paint offered by Eureka Hardware Co. A testimonial from O S Woolever of Le Raysville, NY credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing a twenty year health issue, praising its quick healing of sores and wounds.
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Hannah
Eureka Hardware Co
Bucklen
O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
N.Y
Manitoba Editor Praises Stomach and Liver Tablets
Well known Manitoba editor endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as valuable for biliousness from sedentary life. Describes gentle, effective digestion aid and head clearing action. Price 25 cents with free samples at West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy. USB Hanna's Green Seal Plant
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Manitoba
Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Emerson on Wealth and Humility in Duty of Respect
The speaker argues that true dignity rejects wealth as a basis of power. He states no man should feel superior for broad lands, as one can endure poverty while remaining morally free. Wealth should not buy respect or authority, and riches do not determine worth.
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Emerson
Seeing the Alps In Conversation
A brief exchange recalls a roadside breakdown opposite the Alps. The speakers express unexpected charm and interest in the scenery, framing the encounter as a pleasant surprise amid travel misfortune.
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Alps
Confusing Note on Saturday Crowds in Philadelphia and Boston
A fragmented clip notes crowds on Saturday with confusion about going there and mentions Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe. It hints at readers fond of literature via novels but lacks a clear event or date. The text combines stray phrases about crowds, places, and newspapers.
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Philladelphia Inquirer
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