Fennister Faces Rival Artist and a Fashionable Fad
In a tale of romance and art, Dick Fennister endures Florence Hovey and Batterly as Florence pursues the fashionable artist. A street parade and a mistaken advertisement reveal Batterly as a photographed illusion, leaving Dick to decide his future with Florence. The scene shifts to a Sixth Avenue agency where cooks reject mismatched tastes, underscoring quirky social aims and personal choices.
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Miss Hovey
Dick Fennister
Florence Hovey
Batterly
Florence
Fennister
Mrs. Hovey
Harry Fulton
Hovey
Mrs. Sovey
Mr. Batterly
Virginia and Southwestern Railway seeks higher passenger rates
The Virginia and Southwestern Railway asked the state corporation commission to raise passenger rates above the two cent level. John L. Kelly represented the company and Attorney General Anderson spoke for the state. The road aims for a three cent per mile rate after showing a 13.45 percent revenue drop under the two cent fare. The case was submitted on its merits with a rehearing and rate increase likely.
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Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
John L. Kelly
Bristol
Anderson
Kelly
Enue
Commission
Regents Plan Week of Commencements for State Normal Schools
The board of regents fixes commencement dates for six normals from June 1 to June 12 and outlines a plan to hold all ceremonies in one week with two parties visiting three schools each. It also notes increased regent involvement during school sessions and a future teachers' appointment process after school closures.
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Board of Regents
State Normal Schools
Fairmont Normal
West Liberty Normal
Marshal College
Athens Normal
Shepherdstown Normal
Glenville Norme
Ihe Board of Regents
Marshall College
Notice of Dissolution for Southwest Virginia Railroad Co
At its April 6 1908 meeting in Philadelphia the Southwest Virginia Railroad Company resolves to discontinue business and surrender its charter. Assets will be converted to cash to pay debts. remaining funds go to stockholders pro rata after a publication notice and court filings. The president will publish weekly notices for six weeks and file certified resolutions with the West Virginia secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Virginia Railroad Company
West Virginia
Arcade Building
Philadelphia
Southwest Virgina Railrowd Company
L. KB. Johson
Cincinnati Tailoring Co Salts to Order 15 Dollars
Cincinnati tailoring firm offers salts to order priced at 15 dollars, with S-22 reference noted. The interjected OCR fragment provides minimal readable details about pricing and supplier name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Tailoring Co
Salts
What Shall We Have for Dessert Try JELL-O
Affordable JELL-O dessert promoted as quick, delicious, and compliant with Pure Food Laws. Seven flavors listed, including Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry Chocolate Cherry Peach. Advert says grocers sell it, no substitutes, can for 12 1 2 cents. Sublette & Parnes. 4-23-51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jell-O
Austin Nichols
Sublette & Parnes
Dr. King's New Life Pills touted as liver bowel purifiers
An old notice promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as reliable purifiers to relieve bilious headaches and jaundice. It invites readers to buy 25c pills at drug stores and warns of April pay day and city tax delinquency notices from City Treasurer D J Lilly.
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Dr. King
D. J. Lilly
Electric Bitters Restores a Dying Man to Health
A Mill Creek Indiana Territory resident recalls near death nine years ago and credits Electric Bitters for his recovery and renewed strength. The ad notes a 50 cent price and a drugstore guarantee. Also included is a creditor notice for O J Ellis deceased, with a deadline of April 25, 1908, and a filing office in Princeton West Virginia.
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Mr. C. Farthing
Mill Creek
Ind
Ter
Fife
Electric Bitters
All Drug Store
O. J. Ellis
Princeton
W. Va
A. M. Sutton
The maker sells a piano directly to you
A piano offered as the maker’s direct sale to customers emphasizes factory pricing and single source purchase. The ad highlights factory access and potential savings by buying direct from the producer.
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God
Sixth Avenue
New York Press
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Republic
Sublette & Barnes
S.S.S
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Ji Dutt
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Bottling Company
Minera
Pinnacl Hock
Bluefield
Lwk
Artistic Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
Stieff
Shaw and Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg, VA
C. W. Whitmore
A. L. Hawkins
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer Building
the Home Furniture Co
Thomas EZ. Peery
M. D
Virginian Railway
Mates
Deepwat
Keeles Mabenu
Malens
Herndon
Matoaka Days
Add
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoake
Norfolk and Western Ry
ADSIT
Norfolk
Virginia
Williams
Scott
Raleigh Street
Bar
B. M. Cohen
Holmboe & Lafferty
Cor
Bluefield Ofice
Higginbotham and
Princeton Aves
Clarksburg
Empire Building
Athens
Ohio
R. L. Morris
King
WE & EL
Shufflebarger
Solon Building
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
First National Bank
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