Way 1908 Schedule Highlights for Rail Line
Daily timetable from Way to Princeton Kegley Matoaka Herndon Mullens Mathen Slab Fork Lester Eccles Herberton Page Deepwater with connections at Deepwater for Chesapeake & Ohio and at Matoaka for Norfolk & Western. Additional trains run daily except Mondays and Sundays with slight time changes. S. M. Adsit, General Passenger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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A. M
Princeton
Kegley Ly
P. m
Matoaka Ly
P.m
Herndon, Ly
Mullens, Ly
Mathen, Ly
Slab Fork
Lester
Eccles
Herberton
P. m. Ly
Page
Deepwater
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Matoaka
Norfolk & Western Ry. S. M. Adsit
Norfolk
Hand for a Crusader Love Trial in Gloucestershire
A London Notes and Questions item retells a Gloucestershire church tale of a crusader and his wife. To win his freedom the wife cuts off her hand and sends it to Saladin, who fulfills his oath and frees the prisoner.
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Gloucestershire
East
Saladin
London
Rise of Dialect Shows Local Speech Evolving
A Boston Transcript note explains how New England boys say Stig ’im while western boys say Sick ’em. The piece traces this shift as a natural drift from Take him to So take him and finally to Stig ’im, illustrating early local dialect formation through common dog commands.
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New England
New York
Boston Transcript
A Perfect Chicken Pie From Boston Post Recipe
A recipe instructs to braise a chicken in water till tender with salt, then thicken the broth with flour and butter. It guides making a biscuit-like crust from flour baking powder salt and butter, lining a dish, adding the chicken and gravy, covering with a top crust, venting, sealing edges, brushing with butter and baking about two hours.
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Boston Post
Chance and the unknowable forces behind coin tosses
The London Chronicle muses that chance is a confession of ignorance as the flip of a halfpenny involves nerve, muscle, and manipulation. If one could calculate the forces from leap to return, one might buy the world, but that knowledge remains out of reach, preserving luck as the essence of chance.
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London Chronicle
First Chinese Arrival in Europe and Early Trade
The text notes Europe’s near ignorance of China before Genghis Khan and the ensuing contact era. It recalls that Chinese first appeared in Europe around 1300 and that the initial Europe China commercial exchange began circa 1320, marking early cross continental contact.
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Europe
China
Genghis Khan
Cathay
New York
Call on R. M. Fox for Xmas goods
Advertisement states R M Fox offers Silverwars cut glass china and jewelry for Christmas. Mentions Kodol natural digestive juice product with a claim of digestion aid and relief, sold by all druggists.
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R. M. Fox
Inventions Born of Childs play and Insight
The piece recounts how Argand devised the lamp chimney after his brother's experiment with a bottomless oil flask. It also notes the telescope’s origin from Dutch spectacles makers children who peered through lenses at a weathercock, inspiring their father to build a new toy and later the telescope.
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Argand
Subtle Female Pushes Men Toward Practical Garb
A Times-Democrat item argues women push men to shed finery for useful attire and to adopt traditional roles, noting men fear marriage and often drift toward unsuitable partners who tempt them toward wedlock. The piece frames female influence as shaping male fashion and life choices.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Politician’s Daughter Quips on Pre election Promises
In a Kansas City Journal snippet, a politician’s daughter jokes about meeting her prospective spouse. The exchanges hinge on pre election promises and the idea of marriage as a consequence of political choice. Harold confirms the engagement amid witty refusals.
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Kansas City Journal
Doubtful Breakfast Dilemma Spoofs Tea Coffee Choice
A guest negotiates the morning beverage with a quick wit, asking for coffee if tea was served yesterday and tea if coffee was served, finally suggesting chocolate if the drink was a tea coffee mix, capturing a playful Pathfinder quip.
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Watter
Pathfinder
What became of the old fashioned man who was satisfied
A note questions the fate of an old fashioned man content with a simple life and a "good thing" as it appears in the Atchison Globe. The brief item hints at nostalgia and social change reflected in the newspaper column.
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Atchison Globe
No Halfway Measures
A Washington Star quote notes a misread compliment to an opera singer and suggests praising him as the greatest living tenor would have offended him. The piece contrasts this with a joke about posthumous music via the phonograph. It also mentions funeral cloth colors in Russia distinguishing by age and marital status.
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Washington Star
ManZan Pile Remedy Promise From Goodykoontz Drug Co
Personal experience claims ManZan Pile Remedy provides immediate relief for all forms of piles with a guaranteed price of 50 cents from Goodykoontz Drug Co.
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Goodykoontz Drug Co
DeWitts Little Liver Pills Marketed Broadly
Advertising copy touts DeWitts Little Barly Risers as the best pills for liver relief. The pills are described as small and pleasant with wide sale through many outlets.
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DeWitt
Kentucky Joe in jail on post office robbery charges
Kentucky Joe alias H C Miller remains in a padded cell at the city jail under guard after a police blotter filing listing him on charges of carrying a gun trespassing and post office robbery. Neighbors read of his capture in the Daily Telegraph and flocked to see him but were turned away. Police note he is suspected in multiple states and reportedly possesses maps to guide companions. Rumors swirl about payroll robbery connections and a Windsor hotel safe incident, while officers and secret service men press for evidence.
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Kentucky Joe
H. C. Miller
Miller
Daily Telegraph
Joe
Post Office
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Rand and McNally
Gary
Windsor Hotel
North
Jit
Fatty Dorn
Anoiecer
Patty
Bluefield
Secret Service
St. Regis
Srvice
Robinson
Ireland
Smith & Wesson
Water Rents Notice From Bluefield Water Works
The Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company announces that beginning January 1 1909 all flat rate rents must be paid in advance. Metered service rents are due by the 1st of the month following service. Bluefield West Virginia November 2 1908. 11-5 to 12-31.
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Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oritha
George D. Clarke
Ramsey Street
Virginian Rai
Booker & Crenshaw
Reems
Kelly & Moyer
Bluefield Brewing Co
Bluefield, W. YA
Thomas E. Peery
N. & W. Railway
Normal and Business College
R. L. Burgess Electric Co
Princeton Avenue
Russia
Haont
Wood
Ghas. J. Kinzer
Typewriter Exchange
A. A. Wygal, Mgér
State Bank Building
Columbus
Ohio
Graham
John Walters
Graham, VA
R. L. Speas
Foleys
Baldwin Piano Factories
Baldwin Company
the Duvall Music Company
Bluefield, W. VA
Richardson Hardware Company
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