Money and jewels vanish as wedding plans collapse
Rock Island Illinois reports Jewett E Warren a Georgia man who planned to marry Blanche B Eldridge has disappeared after arranging nuptials. He allegedly took about $5000 from Mary E Cramer and stole all the jewelry purchased for the niece. Police say no charges can be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Migs
Blanche B. Eldridge
Jewett E. Warren
Atlanta
J. &. Warren
Warren
Mary E. Cramer
Miss Eldridge
Origin of the Spanish flag and its royal symbols
The passage traces the flag's colors to medieval events. Charles the Bold allegedly marked Geoffrey of Barcelona's shield with blood, shaping Barcelona's arms and linking them to Castile Leon Sicily Aragon Burgundy Flanders Antwerp Brabant and other heraldic devices. It notes complex quartered royal standard elements with multiple coats of arms and fleurs-de-lis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles the Bold
Geoffrey
Barcelona
Aragon
Leon
Castile
Sicily
Burgundy
Flanders
Antwerp
Brabant
The Sultans Tears and a Dubious Compliment
A medieval sultan removes mirrors to avoid his face but sees himself by accident and sobs, while the vizier laments. A financier calls a proposed scheme dubious, likening it to a Turkish pasha and his wife. The dying ruler asks his young wife to dress richly so death may carry her away.
Motion of the Gun and Solar System Concepts
The article discusses Herschel’s idea of the solar system moving through space toward a point near Hercules and notes the Sun’s apparent daily movement. It cites astronomical consensus on a curvilinear galactic path and the universe moving toward Hercules. Also includes old advertisements for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Herschel
Hercules
Sir John
Space
Kennedy
All Druggista
Notice to refrain from dealings with J Gordon Biggs
Notice warns creditors not to extend goods or credit to J Gordon Biggs who is under 21. Signed by Mrs A J Biggs mother, stating no responsibility for his debts. Advertisement offers reduced prices to clear stock at Flat Top Book and Stationery Co. and Bluefield Book and Stationery Co. dated 8 19 3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top Book and Stationery Co
J. Gordon Biggs
J. Biggs
Bluefield Book and Stationery Co
West Virginia Bank seeks mandamus on tax deductions
The West Virginia National Bank of Huntington wins a writ of mandamus against Cabell county assessor Dunkle to allow deductions for indebtedness of shareholders under section 67 of the 1907 tax laws. The case questions the constitutionality of section 79 and its effect on bank taxation and due process. The suit argues discriminatory treatment against national bank shareholders and seeks to void the unlawful deductions. The petition notes the bank’s capital and shareholder ownership and asserts extensive tax disparities statewide. Proceedings were set with a returnable date of September 2 in Charleston before Judge George Poffenbarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia National Bank of Huntington
George Poffenbarger
Supreme Court of Appeals
R. G.dutkle
Cabell County
Charleston
West Virginia National Bank, of
Huntington
West Virginia
Petitoner
United States
Million Ton Mark Is Again Passed
Norfolk and Western Railway coal shipments for July 1908 total 964,653 net tons from mines including Pocahontas Tug River Thacker Kenova Clinch Valley fields. Six months ending June 30 show Tide coal and coke, Line coal and coke, with overall totals 5,691,515 net tons for 1908 vs 4,779,302 in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial and Company
Norfolk and Western Railway
Daily Telegraph
Joseph W. Coxe
Pocahontas
Tug River Field
Thacker
Kenova
Clinch Valley
Seaboard Air Line Plans Extensive Railway Improvements
Railway circles report Seaboard Air Line will upgrade its system with ballasting between Bostic and Monroe and new heavy rails from Portsmouth to Norlina. Nine steel bridges costing 220000, dock improvements at Wilmington around 140000, Jacksonville warehouse 50000, Fernandina facilities 10000, Athens terminal 75000, and a Portsmouth coal plant are planned along with a new line to Spartanburg via the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line
Bostic
Monroe
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
Spartanburg
Portsmouth
Norlina
N. C
Wilmington
Jacksonville
Fla
Fernandina
Seaboard
Athens
Mrs Gardner asserts ownership of seized Chicago art goods
Boston August 20 Mrs John L Gardner in a local interview credits her as owner of art goods seized by customs in Chicago. The items were said to have been brought into the United States by Mrs Emily R C Chadbourne under a false declaration listing the goods as household effects. Gardner says she did not know Chadbourne intended to bring them.
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Boston
John L. Gardner
Herby
Chicago
Emily R. C. Chadbourne
Odd Fellows Corner Stone Laying In Elkins West Virginia
The Odd Fellows of West Virginia plan a large event in Elkins for Saturday with the cornerstone laying of the Odd Fellows Home to be built by the order in the state. Special trains will run from several points, and up to thirty trains are estimated to participate.
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Elkins
Odd Fellows
West Virginia
Odd Fellows Home
Detectives Probe Disappearance Of Beilin Daughters
Kenosha Wisconsin August 20 detectives seek clues in the disappearance of Gertrude and Dorothy Beilin aged 11 and 14 daughters of a wealthy southern Wisconsin resident. They have not been seen since Monday night sparking fears of kidnapping for ransom.
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Kenosha
Wis
Gertrude
Dorothy Beilin
Wisconsin
Miners Buried Alive After Wigan Mine Disaster
Rescue teams in Wigan England work in shifts amid fumes and prostrations as they seek sixty missing miners. A public burial will honor those rescued while twenty bodies have already been recovered from the crushed mine.
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Wigan
Eng
Anniversary of the Bradywine Battle observed at Bradywine Springs Park
Wilmington report notes ceremonies marking the Bradywine Battle anniversary with participation from patriotic societies of Delaware Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The event highlighted historical exercises and regional remembrance.
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Wilmington
Del
Bradywine
Bradywine Springs Park
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Receiver for Railroad Appointed in Chicago
M. J. Carpenter was appointed receiver for the Southern Indiana railroad at Chicago this morning. Judgment and actions to follow outline the court's order and control of railroad assets and operations.
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Linton, Jud
M. J. Carpenter
Southern Indiana Railroad
Chicago
Notable speakers lined up for large public exercises
About a thousand people will attend the exercises. Principal addresses will be delivered by Hon. John B. Goodwin of Baltimore, secretary of the sovereign grand lodge I O O F. Other speakers include Hon. Henry G. Davis, Hon. Alston G. Dayton, Judge H. D. Reed, and more from the M E church south at New Martinsville.
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John B. Goodwin
Baltimore
Grand Sire
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F
Henry G. Davis
Alston G. Dayton
United States Court
H. D. Reed
M. E. Church South
New Martinsville
Notice of Dissolution of Mathews & Ashworth Firm
Notice to all parties that the firm of Mathews and Ashworth in Bluefield Mercer county West Virginia has dissolved by mutual consent H K Mathews bought P J Ashworths interests and will assume all debts and accounts and run the business as Mathews and Co August 190s H K MATTHEWS P J ASHWORH S-21-21 lawk
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Mathews & Ashworth
Bluefield
Mercer County
West Virginia
H. K. Mathews
P. J. Ashworth
Mathews and Co
H. K. Matthews
P. J. Ashworh
Lawk
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised by J W Jenkins
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina declares Bucklen's Arnica Salve the best salve the world affords It cured a felon on his thumb and always heals sore burn or wound. Available for 25 cents at drug stores.
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Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
All Round Office Training and College Courses Ad
Advertises enrollment for shorthand bookkeeping mathematics and languages plus vocal piano organ and band instruments at Normal and Business College Bluefield West Virginia. Includes a 1906 testimonial from C N Cornell and note that Kodol was sold by all druggists. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal and Business College
Bluefield
W. Va
Proclamation and Writ of Election for Attorney General
West Virginia Governor Wm M O Dawson orders a statewide election to fill the unexpired term of the late Attorney General C W May. The writ directs elections on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1908 and requires publication weekly for four weeks. State seal and official signatures included.
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West Virginia
C. W. May
Wm. M. O. Dawson
West Virgini
W. May
Charleston
Thia
It Can t Be Beat Klecrc Bitters Praise From C M Harden
It Can t Be Beat. The best of all teachers is experience. C M Harden of Silver City North Carolina says Kletric Bitters does all that s claimed for it. For stomach liver and kidney troubles it can t be beat. Also good for weakness lame back chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee.
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C. M. Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Rock District Levy Estimate for 1908 in Rock District
The Rock district board in Mercer county West Virginia set levy estimates on August 11 1908 to cover building and teaching costs for the current year. It fixes a 15 cent building levy and 25 cent teaching levy per hundred dollars, totaling 10 492 and 17 487 dollars respectively with many line items for salaries operations and building plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Mercer
Rock
Board of Education of
Mercer County
T. B. Wheeler
Board of Education
I. M. Repass
8. A. Toy
Board of Public Works
J. C. Honaker
Rock District
W. Va
Montcalm
Phelps Academy Tuition and Board Rates
The academy lists tuition by level: Primary one dollar per month, Intermediate one dollar fifty, Collegiate two dollars fifty, and Normal schooling at the same rate. Board with furnished room is two dollars and fifty cents per week, with special board discounts for families of two or more. Located five miles from any town near Delorme station in Norfolk and Western country in West Virginia mountains.
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Norfolk and Western Station
Delorme
W. VA
Local firm offers prompt service for any job sizes
The advertisement promises quick attention for all jobs noting no task is too large or too small. It invites readers to visit, write, or phone the business for service.
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