Baseball scores and upcoming exhibition on Tower grounds
National exchanges include St Louis and Pittsburg 9 to 4 Cincinnati 4. Chicago 7 Philadelphia 6 New York 3 Brooklyn 3 Boston 1 American 3 1 New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 2 Detroit 4 in ten innings Cleveland 2 St Louis 6. Bluefield Tigers and Russell College of Lebanon Va meet Saturday afternoon in a planned fine game on Tower grounds.
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Boston
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Bluefield Tigers
Russell College of
Lebanon
Tower Grounds
Moundsville Mound to Be Destroyed for Track Expansion
The world’s largest ancient mound at Moundsville will be torn down after R. J. McFadden secured council permission to extend a track from the mound to his nearby property. He plans to start within weeks, drawing dirt from the relic to fill the track. Residents urge state purchase to preserve the historic site.
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Moundsville
R. J. McFadden
Union Station
McFadden
United States
Graham Girl Married in Roanoke Local News
Miss Clara Wade of Graham Virginia a stenographer for J K Townes was secretly married to Hal Ballou of the Ballou Fruit Company Roanoke on Wednesday She left Salem on business asked Townes to release her and after missing train No 3 she and Ballou went to Washington arriving at 9 30 They will reside in Roanoke and Salem friends extend best wishes.
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Salem
Roanoke
Clara Wade
Graham, Va
J. Kk. Townes
Wsws
Hal
Ballou Fruit Company
Wilkn
Mr. Ballou
Washington
Roanoke Man Wins High School Excavation Bid
M E Long of Roanoke awarded the excavation contract for the high school site with a 68 cent straight bid. Competing bids listed separate earth and rock prices from G W Berry to Bailey and Hutton, with various cents per unit for earth and rock.
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Roanoke
M. BE. Long
Earth
G. W. Berry
L. A. Lowder
T. Litz
G. €. Johnson
W. M. Seay & Son
J. D Shott & Co
M. E. Long
Garland & Wade
P. J. Long
S. K F. Stowers
Ay Chambers
Bailey & Hutton
A. G. Hearn
When Children Smoked in English History
The excerpt recalls tobacco use through eras from Hawkins introducing tobacco to Elizabethan tastes and King James's opposition to Anne and Charles H. era schooling with pipes. It notes a 1702 Garraway's coffee house account of a three year old smoking a pipe with adult-like ease, illustrating early-child tobacco exposure.
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Hawkins
England
James
Elizabeth
Walter Raleigh
Anne
Charles H
Jerevin
Garraway's
Leeds
Ireland's enduring pipe solace for hardworking women
A correspondent notes women in Ireland, especially aged laborers, favor the short cutty pipe with strong tobacco. In country districts they smoke as men pass the pipe for a draw, while in England older women rarely smoke. The cutty pipe is a long standing vice among Ireland's poor women.
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England
Ireland
Limerick
Physicians See Cooper Stomach Theory Stir New Orleans Medical Field
In New Orleans the sale of Cooper's preparation has triggered debate among doctors over his theory that the stomach drives health. Some physicians praise its results on chronic liver kidney and stomach ailments, while others warn it may be a passing fad. A well known local physician notes improved patient reports and says he is inclined to credit Cooper's medicines as benefiting public health. The White Pharmacy notes nationwide success.
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New Orleans
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
United States
Tobacco use claimed origin of habit in famine days
The London Chronicle notes that the habit began with tobacco being used to dull hunger during famine years, linking consumption to relief during scarcity.
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London Chronicle
His Spasm of Economy
A lecturer recalls a frugal old man who lost four wives and tried to save on headstones by inscribing only their Christian names Emma Mary Hester Edith on small stones with arrows to a central epitaph stone. The anecdote illustrates misdirected economy.
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Emma
Mary
Hester
Edith
The Money Man and Community Value
A philosopher notes money holders measure community worth. Dustin Stax counters the idea, saying true value is what the community gives to an individual. An ad promotes soups, salves, and laxatives from DeWitt's and Kennedy’s, touting quick relief and purity. Dr. King's New Life Pills are recommended for liver and bowel cleansing.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Dr. King
Wigs in Court in England Retain Traditional Headgear
The Philadelphia North American notes English courts cling to wigs for judges and barristers. Since 1827 wigs use white horsehair, handmade from global sources. Average wigs cost around 30 dollars, full bottomed versions about 60 dollars, and many lawyers own only one.
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England
France
Russia
China
South America
King's Counsel
House of Commons
Philadelphia
Ways of the Law
A Toledo lawyer notes that law excludes side issues. A new Ohio judge tells a witness the prisoner is not on trial for writing his own name but another’s. The remark underscores focusing on the core charge rather than peripheral matters.
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Toledo
Ohio
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W. Va
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White Lead & Color Works
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Princeton Ave
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Wall-Paper
Mercer St
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Richlands Brick Co
J. N. Harman
Richlands
Virginia
Westinghouse
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Felenmeier Brew
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W. E. Stewart
Keystone
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