Right Leg Broken At Bridge Work Near Glen Lyn
G W Brewer of Ballard was rushed to St Luke's hospital with a broken right leg after a fall from a trestle while working on a bridge near Glen Lyn yesterday morning. Also noted are society items, church notices, and local appointments in Bluefield and Keystone with several residents traveling or attending events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Brewer
Ballard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Glen Lyn
Lutheran Synod
C. R. W. Kegley
Corinth Church
Lutheran Synod of
Southwest Virginia
Kegley
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Luke’s Church
Wytheville
A. J. Tynes
Tazewell
Bluefield
Richmond
R. G. Waterhouse
Emory and Henry College
Mr. Waterhouse
Eckman
Residents and visitors in city for yesterday business
A list of people from Glen Lyn Abingdon Matoaka St Paul Pocahontas Godfrey Richlands and Roanoke visiting shopping or traveling in the city with several heading to towns like Dublin Washington Athens and Philadelphia. A roller rink session for beginners is set for this afternoon from two to five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ford
Luray
J. L. Wilis
Glen Lyn
Mrs
D. G. Robinson
Richlands
Symptoms of babies and mad dog behavior explained
Caspar Whitney in Outing explains how rabies in dogs may appear. A change in disposition precedes other signs, with trouble swallowing and a distinct sticky whitish saliva on teeth and lips. Red eyes and bouts of furious barking follow periods of exhaustion.
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Caspar Whitney
Lightning Plugs Hole in Ship as It Sailed
A Duluth docks tale recalls a steamship struck by lightning off Point Aux Barques fifteen years ago. The first bolt bored a hole midships while the second bolt cut the foremast and plugged the hole by entering and sealing the hull, preventing foundering until drydock work ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Point Aux Barques
Washington Herald
Alligator Snapping Turtle Lures Prey With Bait Inside Jaw
The Chicago Tribune describes the alligator snapping turtle as a large reptile weighing up to 144 pounds with a 28 inch shell. It mimics a stone on muddy river bottoms near the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico, using a white grub-like lure in its lower jaw to attract fish before a powerful bite can seal the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Chicago Tribune
Prices Reduced To Retail And Wholesale Trade
Prices reduced to retail and wholesale trade on fresh beef lamb and pork with choicest cuts on hand. Wholesale prices also reasonable. Phone 80. H Ed Thompson advertise It Can’t Be Beat. Medical testimonial claims Elec tric Ditters cures stomach liver and kidney troubles. Endorsed for weakness lame back chills and malaria under guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ed. Thompson
C. M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
All Round Office Training and Music Courses Ad
An advertisement invites enrollment in an all round office training course covering shorthand bookkeeping mathematics and related subjects. The musical department offers vocal piano organ cornet flute clarinet and other band instruments at Normal and Business College Bluefield West Virginia. Kennedy's Loxathee Cough Syrup is advertised as a gentle bowel mover to drive the cold from the system, sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal and Business College
Bluefield
W. Va
Fatal mountain climb tale ends in tragedy
An Independent report quotes a dramatic, broken line narrative of a climber describing a deadly ascent. The speaker recounts being suffocated by wraps, slipping, breaking a neck, dying from pain, collapsing at the summit, freezing, and finally returning home dead from exhaustion.
Will McGinnagan Welcomed to Chicago Police Force
A delegation of Patrick McGinnagan's friends honored him at dinner with a handsome night stick. The new policeman, surprised, thanked them and vowed to uphold his duties, saying the tool would help him serve and honor his manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McGinnagan
Chicago
Poiceman
Phoenician Alphabet Linked to Yankee Antiquity Claim
A New York American quote credits the Phoenician alphabet as the ancestor of European scripts and many others, noting only limited Egyptian influence through hieratic signs used in trade. It lauds the Phoenician invention as belonging to the “Yankees of antiquity.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersia
Arabia
India
Egypt
New York American
A Woman's Era: The Epoch Shift to Female Leadership
The writer argues the nineteenth century has passed and the twentieth is a woman's era. With few exceptions, the author asserts women can do everything men can and do it equally well, reflecting early 20th century gender rhetoric in London prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Real Sequence in a Social Conversation
In a brief dialogue Mrs Premiere asks about obtaining a new gown before a trip, while Mrs Seconde asserts she travels after buying a gown reflecting contrasting social rituals. The exchange appears in a Women’s Magazine Companion column.
Manners carry the world for a moment, character for all time
A reflective aphorism stating manners shape perception and lasting character defines a person across eras, emphasizing restraint and propriety as enduring values in society.
Hat Sale Promoted by Bluefield Mercantile Co
Young men are invited to visit Bluefield Mercantile Co to see and choose from a broad hat selection. The ad emphasizes a practical headwear offering for male customers with convenient shopping at the local store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Mercantile Co
Odd Uses for Fish Noted in Submarine and Barometer Experiments
An inventor proposed using a shark as a propulsion system for torpedoes with electricity guiding its movements. Another idea treats the leech as a living barometer, reacting to atmospheric changes in aquaria. A weather rock in Russia reportedly uses a dead fish for wind direction indication, noted by the Minneapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cece
Russia
Cottus Goble
Miffer
Minneapolis Journal
MULES OF Mexico and their noted prescience on travel
An Exchange observation describes Mexican mules as highly calculating animals that restrict overwork. A riding mule supposedly knows the exact daily distance and will not exceed it, unless pressed by harsher handling, extending a two day journey to three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Mexico
Republic
Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Restrictions Debated
The article traces the history of banning a man from marrying his deceased wife's sister, from tribal and civil law aims to protect living spouses to ecclesiastical misreadings of Scripture. It notes the 1541 act (32 Henry VIII) forbidding such marriage while allowing first cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wits
Bister
Ah Canneil
England
Loudon
Silvery lizards split in two when startled in Australia
In the bush of Australia travelers encounter silvery lizards basking on logs. Startled lizards scatter rapidly and shed tails in panic, with survivors fleeing while the stump tails wriggle on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Population Densities in Major Cities Compared
The article compares urban population densities, noting Manhattan has pockets reaching 630,000 per square mile while Paris averages 79,300 per square mile and New York City at 40,000. It cites London 37,000 and Berlin 67,600 per square mile, from Federation Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Island
Paris
New York
New York City
London
Berlin
Federation Review
A Cheerful Soul Creditor Threatens Weekly Calls
A creditor vows to visit the debtor’s house weekly until the account is paid. The debtor replies with a calm quip suggesting the prospect of their acquaintance ripening into friendship. London Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The Famous Four Discover Excuses for Late-Night Outings
A witty column notes four men Jonah Ulysses Nip Van Winkle and Robinson Crisis who each devised clever alibis after late nights with friends and somehow avoided getting caught. The piece playfully catalogs their legendary excuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonah
Ulysses
Nip van Winkle
Robinson Cri Os
Jute
A Quicker Way
Fragmentary notice presents cryptic exchange and garbled dialogue about rain and lass avoidance. The unreadable text references a minister figure and a tatler style page, with unclear names or concrete events.
Wisconsin man touts De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
Elton resident Bert Uarber reports using four doses of De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills with greater relief than any prior medicine. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Uarber
Elton
Wis
de Witt
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Sherwin-Williams
W. H. Harry & Company
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Bottling Company
Melcher Paint & Paper Co
Union Bank & Trust Company
WM. T. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
Daily
Telegraph
EK. C. DeWitt & Co
Kohol
Georgia
C. N. Yurnell
Roding
Cincinnati Dental CO
THE
CINC
Compton
Mati Dentists
Leader Store
United States
Strobel
Greast Air Navigator
Bat'y
Performing Bears
Louis A. Schcz
Sec
JAS
P. Woolf
Pres
Roanoke
Virginia
Musical Republican Social Club
Keystone
McDowell County
Rinefield
Powhatan
Christ Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Roanoke World
W. L. Turner
Southern Express Company
White's
S. H. Jolliffe
Ellis’ Opera House
A. F. Kelsey
Washington
W. F. Watkins
Atlanta, Ga
T. G. Catlett and Family
James McQuail
Ennis
Philadelphia
D. H. Barger
Hiawatha
City
Shawsville, Va
A. Morrissey
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
J. A. Whitlock
John
Pulaski, Va
Cloverdale, Va
W. R. Thrasher
Glen Jean
W. D. Ord
Landgraf
A. B. Godfrey
Giotto
Princeton
W. H. Thomas
Elizabethton, Tenn
E. F. Kahle
Abingdon
H. K K. Hines
Matoaka
M. B. Hutsler
St. Paul
M. C. Smith
Pocahontas
J. Walton Thomas
Godfrey
Shorty
Anderton
Dublin
BE. L. Bowman
Hunter's Alum Springs
W. F. Moffatt
Washington, Va
Thomas W. Levering
Bramwell
L. Jones
Freeman
William McCarthy
New Bingham Hotel
FP. Medlin
PD. L. Smith
Hardy
J. A. Griffith
A. Griffith
G. M. Ford
Athens
County Teachers’ Institute
Ruth Walker
Jose Tears
Alice Reese
Kekman
J. &. Preston
Ruth and
Nell
Kennedy
Daily ‘Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Ono
Moother
Mother Grey
Wren Re
Sapphons
Mother Gray
Gray Coq LoHoys N.X
Special Stieff
Stieff Piano
Chas. M. Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg
C. OW. Witore
Sluefield Normal & Business College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
SMITH
WH. Cunningham
SV Uyrteld
W. WL
Deere
Goal
J. A. Donahue
Sohn Buildings
King
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