Virginian Officials Inspect Rail Route from Roanoke
A party of Virginian railroad officials and MacArthur Brothers representatives left Roanoke for an inspection of the road bed built by MacArthur Brothers. They traveled from Pembroke to Glen Lyn, riding the private car Dixie and proceeding along the tracks to verify grade acceptance for laying rails.
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Virginian Railroad
MacArthur Bros
Roanoke
Virginian
MacArthur Rothers
Dupuy
Fernstrom
Knight
Hagmeer Elmore
Taylor
Messrs
A.V. MacArthur
MacArthur Brothers
D. Madden
David Sloan
H. W. McGee
A. E. Snyder
Pembroke
Glen Lyn
Betmoke
Dixie
Eilell
Norfolk and Western
Perbroke
Stevenson as He Talked in Reminiscences by Crane
Walter Crane recalls Robert Louis Stevenson in a smoking room circle. He notes Stevenson's artificial speaking manner, clever comebacks, and habit of weaving audience remarks into his speech. Stevenson's striking appearance included a long pale face, lank hair, penetrating eyes, and a sardonic smile, often in black shirts unlike Geneva’s white fashion.
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Walter Crane
Robert Louis Stevenson
Geneva
Eclubland
Stevenson
Advertising wit on a piano organ prank
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader recounts an Italian advertiser who tested a clever organ prank. A placard warned that the interior had been removed and vowed relief after a dose of Sure Cure Cough Mixture, suggesting better returns if money were spent on legitimate newspaper advertising.
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Ife
New Orleans ‘Times-Democrat
A Lion Tamer's Secret
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt describes a training method where a lion cub grows with a full grown boarhound. The cub fears the dog and accepts restraint, with the dog acting as protection for trainers as the lion becomes rambunctious later. The method relies on early socialization to secure future control.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
The Story of Zero and Fahrenheit’s Thermometer
The term zero derives from Spanish meaning empty. In 1705 the Prussian scientist Fahrenheit used snow and salt to test cold, marking a zero degree as the lowest temperature. He built a thermometer from zero up to 212 at boiling, with freezing at 33.
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Fahrenheit
Ile
DeWitt Kidney and Bladder Pills Promised Relief
The notice promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as prompt and thorough in strengthening weakened kidneys and alleviating bladder inflammation. Sold by all.
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DeWitt
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New York
Bluefield
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
West Virginia
Follansbee
Bland Street
Fat Top Insurance Ageny
General Insurance
W. VA
Est Agency
Daily Telegraph
Bluefild Book & Oldtlowery
Elk’s Building
Bordegee
Utica
Grande Gle Kincaid & Wood
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Elks Building
Saddlery Sale
M. GC. Whitlow Hardware Co
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Turks
Samuel Turk
Pringeton Avenue
West Va
Benjamin
Alfred Benjamin and
Schloss Bros
Shumate Clothing Company
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