City and Coalfield News Briefs and Business Notices
Local notices report resignations and job changes at Clocharhatt Cottage and Paper Co and Woitlaker Paper Co Cincinnati with new headquarters planned in Columbia W D Garvin and family to Oklahoma for a drug store venture led by Fred Fal ter of Rast Rod Pharmacy. Separate items note Red Cross stamps offer and church and social meetings plus a restaurant ad and a fire damage update from Hutcherson Co.
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Joe
A. G. Rankin
Clochahatt Cottage and Paper Co
Big Old Company
Woitlaker Laper Company
Cineinaat
Columbia
W.D. Garvin
Famly
Wear
Okla Noma
Mr. Garvin
Fred Falter
Seclion
Local residents return from various trips
Henry Harman came back from a Sutton business trip. J H Gadd of Princeton was in town on business. M H Pedigo returned from Cincinnati after a business trip. H W Shott came back from Staunton after attending the funeral of his uncle R B Shott who died Friday night.
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Henry Harman
Sutton
J H. Gadd
Princeton
M. H. Pedigo
Cincinnati
HW. Shott
Staunton
BR. W. Shott
Whitney Brothers to Perform at Local High School
An eastern critic lauds the Whitney Brothers as a rare fourfold talent in voice and performance. The brothers, with an accomplished accompanist and a top concert pianist, promise a refined, entertaining program at the high school auditorium Saturday night with seat sales starting at o'clock at Flat Top Book and Stationery Company.
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Whitney Brothers
Whitey Brothers
Whitneya
Flat Top Book and Statonery Company
Bine Mouse Play Brought to New York by Clyde Fitch
Fragmentary notes recall the German origins of a stage piece titled The Bine Mouse. Clyde Fitch translated the work for its New York premiere, and initial reception was muted as details blur in the archived notice.
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New York
Boven
Clyde Fitch
German farce draws praise from magazines at local theatre
The Elks Opera House in Ainsee's presents a twenty five member cast next Saturday night. Reviews praise the production and its clever humor as a refined farce with satire on middle aged romance.
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Elks Opera Nose
Ainsee’s
Fite
Theatre Magazine
Paulette Divine
Tate
Mies Ludlow
Mr Fitch
Wagon overturns on way to fire at Stewart and Raleigh street
A fire wagon overturned en route to a blaze at the Thompson building corner Stewart and Raleigh streets. Firefighters rescued Mrs. S. M. Keith from the second floor as Noah Lawrence and others battled flames damaging the upper floor and stock below. The building suffered about 1000 dollars in damage and will require extensive plastering and rebuilding.
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Dave Dunn
Lance
Oto
Stewart Street
Neeton Avenue
Mra
S. M. Keith
Noah Lawrence
Lawrence
Thompson
Stewart
Raleigh
J. R. Hutcheteon
H. BR. Thompson
HL B. Thompson
The Starkey Players Stage Tlauke Homestead at Hikes Opera House
The Starkey Players presented T lauke Homestead despite bad weather drawing a good crowd. The modern home drama explores false love and punishment of the straying wife with a hopeful ending and displayed natural acting distinctive from old stock troupes.
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Starkey
Tlauke Homestead
Hikes
Bionde
Nadtiemces
Stage Players Earn Notice For Fresh Approach
Critics observe a new vigor in a stock company as the cast uses plain speech and avoids overripe phrases. The result is clearer acting, with players appearing more engaged and hardworking on stage.
Refrigerator Cars Birth of the Icebox on Wheels
A New England railroad worker Wilder devised an early refrigerator car in 1851 to ship butter from Ogdensburg New York to Boston. The iced car carried eight tons, sold at higher prices boosting farmers, and the project expanded into regular service without patenting. The plan proved successful and spread quickly.
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New England
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Boston
Wilder
Toad
St. Louis Republic
Sette of Odd Volumes A London Dining Club’s Rules
The Sette of Odd Volumes, a unique London club founded in 1878, meets monthly October to June. It comprises twenty one volumes as members and twenty one supplementary members. The twenty one rules limit temper, topics, talk time, and etiquette with humorous penalties and courtesy terms.
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London
The Major Banks Tip and a Desperate Gambler
A Cincinnati race track era tale shows Major Banks, famed for tipping winners, paring a gambler to ruin. After losing his last ten dollars on Banks advice the man pleads by the riverbank about to end his life. Banks replies with a cryptic promise of a new lead tomorrow at 3.
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Major Banks
Cincinnati
Middle West
Banks
Major
Christmas Cards Free Offer From Rochester Mailer
A Rochester mailer advertises free Christmas card samples from Bluefield Daily Telegraph readers. It promises embossed imported cards in four varieties at manufacturer prices and asks four cents postage to be sent with requests.
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Bluefield
Dora
Dept. A
Rochester
N. Y
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