Knights Templar meeting and Keystone events in region
A busy sequence of notices reports a Bluefield Commandry Knights Templar meeting on Friday August 14 at 8 pm to work in red cross degree. Keystone hosts Republican and Democratic senatorial conventions, a Jolliffe show, and a baseball game with speeches by Governor Swisher and Stuart F. Reed.
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Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandry
VA. D
Red Cross
J. D. McCue
Keystone
Elkhorn
Swisher
Stuart F. Reed
Northfork
Jolliffe
Richlands Falls to Pounding Mill Cedar Bluff Nine
Richlands loses 6 to 4 to a consolidated team of Pounding Mill and Cedar Bluff on Richlands diamond. Peery earned four hits in five at bats and dominated the mound while Steele and Hurt batted well for the locals.
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Richlands
Richlands Diamond
Mill
Cedar Bluff
Peery
Steele
Hurt
Basily
Wysor
Stinson
W. Kitts
Greever
Lester
L. Kitts
McCorde
Duff
P. M
C. B
Ashbury
Hawkins
Frank Hurt
Mayo
Gold and Silver Assaying Process Described in Detail
A detailed account explains melting the sample in a furnace then dipping it in cold water to granulate. The metal is boiled in sulfuric acid, gold precipitates while silver dissolves, and the mixture is refined on copper and lead plates. Copper sulfate forms as metals deposit before final ingot casting for markets.
Dictionary creation tales and a spinach omelet recipe
The text contrasts Johnson and Webster in dictionary making delays and pay, notes the difficulty of Saxon words, and provides a detailed spinach omelet recipe with instructions for preparing, blending, and cooking the dish. It mentions butter cream and shallot, ending with a hot omelet served.
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Johnson
Webster
Smallpox History and Early Global Spread
The account traces smallpox to early Arabian physicians around 000 A.D. and notes its introduction to southern Europe during the Crusades. It describes its rapid spread to Spain to Mexico by 1517, where millions of natives died, then across the Americas. It ends with an advertisement for inexpensive hats from a Metropolitan shop.
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Khazes
Europe
Spain
Sune
Domingo
Mexico
New World
Dr King’s New Life Pills and Kodol Advertised drugs in Bluefield listings
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as effective for constipation biliousness and malaria with a customer named A A Felton of Harrisville New York praising relief. It also promotes Kodol for stomach disorders and urges readers to buy through Bluefield Mercantile Company with fall skirt displays noted.
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Dr. King
A. A. Felton
Harrisville
N. Y
Sheriff Deputies Ambushed During Liquor Raid
Deputy Marshal John Waldron and Deputy Sheriff J E Adkins raided Caroline Gilbert for selling liquor without a license. Ambushed near No 11 works at Gary the officers fired back but hit no one. Adkins lost half his mustache and Waldron had bird shot lodged in his pocket. They jailed the suspect and returned next day to pursue assailants.
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John Waldron
J. E. Adkins
Tug River
Caroline Gilbert
No. 11
Works
Gary
Adkin
Waldron
Death from chloroform in Beckley man’s room
Visitors from Beckley report the death in Beckley of A. F. Campbell. He suffered frequent severe headaches and inhaled chloroform to dull the pain. Days ago he complained of a harsh headache, retired to his room, and was found dead with a chloroform saturated sponge over his mouth. Opinions differ on whether it was self-inflicted.
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Beckley
A. F. Campbell
Roanoke Conference Fails To End Wage Dispute
A brief Roanoke meeting between labor leaders and Norfolk and Western President L. Johnson lasted under an hour. The workers rejected a wage reduction after reviewing a circular from Mr. Maher, casting all 7654 votes negatively.
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Roanoke
L. i. Jonson
Norfolk & Western
Johnson
Queer Expressions as Non Profane Swear Substitutes
A Chicago Tribune piece surveys regional non profane oaths such as gosh geewillikins and jumpin gee whiz noting varied phrases from Pennsylvania sacrifcial polly wogs to sailors great horn spoon and shiver my timbers highlighting the search for non profane exclamations.
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Guesa
Fiehbooks
Penpsyvaniai
Chicago
Chicago ‘Tribune
Vigorous Youngsters and the Lion Tamer Governess
A humorous exchange shows a manager of an intelligence office noting a family needs not a governess but a lion tamer for the vigorous children. The dialogue references a prior provision and a report.
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Tady
Intelligence Office
Graham
No Questions Asked For Lost Dog Claim
A fragmentary note from London Pick Me Up mentions a gent offering to keep a dog. The source text records phrases about ownership and a statement of “No questions asked” regarding the dog’s custody.
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London
Rev Smiley’s cigar scheme sparks service disruption
The plan to pass around cigars and let men smoke during services failed, as described by Grouch and Blink. The trouble centers on the Rev Mr Smiley’s scheme and a lie about choir members’ involvement, with wife’s purchase of the choirs noted.
Bluefield Mercantile Co. Hat Sale Ad
Young men we have the hat for you come and see us Bluefield Mercantile Co. 2t.
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Bluefield Mercantile Co
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Gentle Relief
An 19th century notice touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as acting gently on the bowels to drive the cold from the system and claims it is sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Mountain School Near Town Opens in Secluded Heart
A mountain school sits five miles from civilization in a remote valley. The site hosts primary intermediate collegiate normal and music extra offerings at a monthly rate of one dollar.
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Sherwin-Williams
W. H. Harr
Princeton Avenue
Y & Company
Bluefield, W. VA
Bluefield Bottling Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Melcher Paint & Paper Co
Union Bank & Trust Company
WM. T. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W
Daily Telegraph
EB. C. DeWitt & Co
Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Ga
Cincinnati Dental CO
Unni
Ings
Cincinnati Dentists
DR. Compton
United States
Strobel
Greast Air Navigator
Bat
Perekter
Louis A. Scholz
Sec
JAS
P.woolf
Virginia
Mercer County Bar Association
Princeton
D. &. French
G. J. Holbrook
Hartley Sanders
Court House
Ross & Kahle
Hale & Pendleton
Missionary Tea
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Grace Methodist Church
Estill
W. W. Thomas
North Side
St. Luke's Hospital
KE. E. Collins
Drs. Scott and
Slusher
Powhatan
Tom Miller
Nannie Kelley
Miller
Welch
Isabel Steele
Wheeling
Charles W. Gray
New York
Gray
J. K. Gentry
Gentry
Kenna
Panhandle
United States Steel Company
No. 16
War Magic
W. James
Ames
Sex
Luger
Sig Pour
Mithers Hill
Mad Dog
Miners’ Hospital
Isaiah Lumley
The
Matewan
Jorley
Knox
Hopkins
Harry
Metropolitan Men's Foraioning Co
Bluefield Mercantile Company
Sherife
QUEER
Bluefield Mercantile
Mercer.St
Phelps Academy
Phelps
Kentucky
Alfred Erickson
Norfolk and Western Station
Delorme
Morma! & Business College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball Sheethand ‘Systems
W. H. Cunningham
Taharn
Monet
Special Stieff
Stieff Piano
Chas
M. Stieff
Matus Street
Lynchburg, VA
Whitmore
Aythine
Ding Teta
J. A. Donahue
Sohn Building
Bert Barber
Elton
Wis
Sage
de Witt
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