Graham College Summer Normal ends with new faculty
Dr Samuel A Baer president of Graham College returns from Winchester Va where he conducted a summer normal school for six or seven weeks He will resume work before opening of the school next month hiring Prof Rh R Richards of Richmond as a faculty member Also J H Sluss recalls misidentification as William Jennings Bryan in Cleveland and reports of visiting industrial prospects include Graham furnace buyers and new locomotives as signs of prosperity Local events note hay rides for town youths and Rev Cecil of Southland Fla visiting Mrs A B Sutton and preaching at the Methodist church
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Samuel A. Baer
Graham College
Winchester
Bryan
J.H. Sluss
Cleveland
Sluss
Ohio City
William Jennings Bryan
Seuse
Gen-Teman
City Democratic Committee
Bryan-Struss
Mr. Cecil
Southland, Fla
A B. Sutton
Cecil
Southland College
Williamson denies report of Keystone convention attendance
T N Williamson refutes claims printed Sunday that he attended the Republican convention at Keystone last Saturday. Joseph Keys of Herndon travels here on business. Lawyers Bowen and Stuart of Tazewell moved on legal matters yesterday. Elizabeth Galloway of Christiansburg visits her brother J F Galloway. Crockett and Milne Mitchell return from Lithia Springs dance. Dr Charles A Townes of Gary travels home via Lithia Spring. Mrs J H Baylor and Lois Benhow enjoy Sunday at Tip Top Springs. Elizabeth Tufford reportedly improving.
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Joseph Keys
Herndon
Fi Graham
J. CC. Bowen
Judy J. W. Stuart
Tazewell
Elizabeth Galloway
Chris Finnsburg
J. F. Galloway
R. K. Crockett
H. Milne Mitchell
Graham
Iron Lithia Spring
Tip Top
Baylor
Lois Ben How
Elizabeth Tufford
Social Life at Pocahontas Highlights Local Happenings
Pocahontas Virginia notes include J Gaach nearing completion of a modern Church Street apartment house, school season opening September 7 with Byron as principal, and Bowling Parlor prizes for ladies and gentlemen. Announces Bern House season opening August 24 with "Under Southern Skies." Also mentions local appearances by Lob and Baltimore Tailors, plus multiple residents traveling or visiting in nearby towns.
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J. Gaach
Church Street
Joe Mata
Lillian Sampselle
Williamson
Stetsen Leat
W. F. Shumate
BK. A. Szoenyi
Hines
W. RR. Richards
Hertz
Bern House
Messrs. Smith and Gross
Opera House
When Coppee Sought Honor Banville Declined Nomination
The article recalls Francois Coppee telling Theodore de Banville he wished to join the academy. Banville refused to canvass and mused that a nomination arriving on a silver salver would tempt him to keep the salver, not accept the honor.
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Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Bury It and Guard It With a Shotgun Old Proverb Urges
A wrinkled warning from an old citizen who lost 5000 dollars in a bank says never risk money. He advises burying funds at home and guarding them with a shotgun, as his father did, to keep wealth safe for life.
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Atlanta Constitution
Verbal Bracer for Frazzled Clubman
A light exchange at a club has two members joking about differing afterhours comforts. The first says his wife makes a cocktail when he returns home tired. The second quips that his own refreshments are only a thin fizz.
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St. Louis Republic
All Round Office Training Offered at Normal and Business College
Read our ad for shorthand bookkeeping mathematics and related subjects then enroll. Our musical department features vocal piano organ cornet flute clarinet and other band instruments. Walter Barher of Filton Wisconsin claims De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills helped him after four doses, sold by all druggists.
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Normal and Business College
Binnefield
WI. Wa
Ltert Barher
Filton, Wis
de Witt
First Home Building Co structure nears covering in Big Stone Gap
The first story of the Home Building Company project at Wood avenue and East Pirth Street nears completion with large steel girders set for the upper floors. Ground floor windows will use mammoth pine glass panes, creating a sizable glass area unseen in the area.
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Home Building Company
Wood Avenue
East Pirth Street
Couple Fined and jailed for leaving town
The couple agreed to leave town after being brought back, fined, and sentenced to jail, with the jail term suspended upon departure. Kelly and Tavine have awarded a contract for a 25 by 70 foot two story white brick office on Wood Avenue beside the Home Building Company's hotel.
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Kelly & Tavine
Wood Avenue
Home Building Company
Sign Language Among Servants and Hotel Porters
A Philadelphia Lodger notes that servants and hotel porters in many Thrope cities lack a consistent sign language. Signs on backs and entrances reveal tips, duties, and expectations, with foreign staff in hotels using marks to indicate tipping behavior. The practice spreads through Italy and other regions via hotel staff networks.
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Thrope
Amerintus
Madaine
Italy
Switzerland
France
Philadelphia
American French Gaffe Delights New York Press Readers
In a playful vignette, a traveler riffs on mispronunciations in Paris. A New Yorker struggles with French phrases. waiter reactions mix humor and confusion as language clashes yield witty misunderstandings.
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Wae Wade
New York
Cuntham
Garcon
Garcen
New Yorker
New York Press
Duke in Cairo Declines The Army Advice With Humorous Retort
In Cairo the Duke of Connaught met a veteran wearing the Indian mutiny ribbon. The duke admitted his service and spoke kindly. The veteran advised that military success now hinges on brains or influence, telling the duke to chuck it.
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Duke of Connaught
Cairo
London
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