Winning a Pair of Gloves
Miss Anita Ford seduced by Keen's deliberate manner pays a kiss in the library. She receives gloves and a proposal, then returns them, embracing a turbulent arc from shame to love. The tale ends with marriage as the resolved outcome of a perilous romantic misstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Ford
Miss Ford
Leslie Ford
Pierce Keen
Keen
Mr. Keen
Mr Keen
Anita
Express
T. Eugene Draper
Local Notes and City Visitors N take trips and family news
Miss Nellie Carter of Joanoke visits Miss Bessie McCulloch in South Bluefield. T. B. Roach leaves for Portsmouth to attend his brother J. J. Roach's illness. James Estill Brown goes to Charleston after a city visit. M. B. Butsler and John Shields return from Roanoke. Misses Lucy Stewart and Annie Hearn plan a Salisbury visit. Calvary Baptist Church hosts a Christmas night program with children from the Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Carter
Joanoke
Bessie McCulloch
South Bluefield
James Estill Brown
Charleston
City
Lucy Stewart
Annie Hearn
Salisbury
N. C
Calvary Baptist Church
Curious Fish Farms Milk Cutlets From Ink Source
An old article describes cuttlefish farms along Great Britain's coasts where ink is milked from the creatures. Tanks connect to the sea, thousands of cuttlefish kept per tank, guarded to prevent fear-induced ink release. Best cuttlefish said to come from China. Also veiled ad copy for Cascasweet medicine and DeWitt products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
China
December 27 History Highlights Include Early Leaders
On December 27 events span 1742 birth of George Whitefield founder of Calvinistic Methodists who died in 1770. In 1811 a theatre fire in Richmond, Virginia killed over 60 people. 1828 banker Rowland Stephenson fled with a million dollars. 1831 Roger B. Taney became US attorney general. 1847 birth of the Duke of Norfolk. 1858 London’s New Adelphi Theatre opened. 1862 Thurman attacked Confederate works near Vicksburg. 1892 cornerstone laid for Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Whitefield
Richmond
Rowland Stephenson
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
United
Duke of Norfolk
Adelphi Theatre
London
Duke of Norfolk Birthday Remains A Royal Lineage Highlight
Henry Fitzalan Howard Duke of Norfolk born December 27 1847 stands as head of Great Britain peerage and second rank to the princes of the blood. He chairs state processions as earl marshal and held roles as London councillor mayor of Sheffield and postmaster general. The Howard family traces Saxon roots and Roman Catholic leadership in the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fitzalan Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Great Britain
England
London
Sheeffield
Seversl Ducal Howards
Meeting of Bluefield Building and Loan Association
The annual stockholders meeting will be held January 17, 1907 at 11 a.m. in the First National Bank building Bluefield West Virginia to elect a board of directors and conduct other lawful business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Building and Loan Association
First National Bank
Bluefield
W. Va
David BE. Johnston
G. M. McCulloch
G. A. Shirey
A. W
Wks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Korte
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co
McCarhy
Kennedy Cash
Bluppiel
Ayj
West Virginia Brewing Co
West Virginia Brewing Company
Huntington
West Virginia
W. E Stuart
Keystone
Belmont Cafe
Cohen
Stuart Street
Tabie
D- Mootle
Kelly & Moyers
T. B. Roach
Portsmouth
Ohio
J. J. Roach
M. B. Butsler
John Shields
Roanoke
E. C. de Witt & Co
Chicago
Ill
DeWitt’s
Mt. Vernon
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Dillard, Dillard & Brown
J. R. Dillard
Gho, L
Dillard
F. J. Brown
Jaw
Sith
W. P. Hawley Mase, Co
Carter Furniture Company
Carter Furniture Co
Toph
Vernan Flonr
Princeton
United States Coal and Coke Co
Gary
McDowell County
E. 9
Crozier Coal and Coke Co
Elkhorn
Matoaka
Harless
Giotto
Dr. Holand
East End
W. A. Swan
Ola
Daily Telegraph
Kramer
Sioux Pub, Co
Southerland
Box
Btatiano
New York
Opia
Yesters Volon Offic
Tompisos
Roauoli
Viveiota
T. T. Carter
Jutice
Lazarus Bulldlog
Ing
Forois
Arvan
Specifl
Thornton Clothing
Bluefield, W. VA
Cash Store
Dr. Reed
Great Western
J.S. Burnett & Co
Kinzer
Bland Si
Bluetipld Brewing Company
Bluepield
McLescott
Breso'y
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