Primary Elections and the Style of Tickets Debate
The piece discusses the primaries issue in New York Virginia and West Virginia. It cites Dr Charles Eliot criticizing the Massachusetts and Virginia ballots for lacking clear party tickets. It notes the difficulty of voting for many candidates and the public’s desire to control government through primaries while acknowledging the experiment's challenges.
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New York
Virginia
West Virginia
Charles Ae Elliot
Massachusetts
Aly Five
Eliot
New York Times
England
United States
Asquith
Indianapolis News
America
China
Warsaw
A Patchwork of Opinion and Advertising Asks Questions
Fragmentary column mixes political nerve with humor and ads. It discusses reforms, primary reform anxieties, a Bristolized governor notion, tax sales, bridge card revenue, Belgian relocation jokes, a wingless chicken gag, a poet, New Year’s resolutions, and a Catarrh Cure advertisement with testimonial claims and a money-back pledge.
Cure for Cold Evokes Nationwide Health Costs
The article notes people travel far to find health cures as throat and lung troubles from neglected colds rise. It extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as dependable for curing colds and preventing serious diseases, sold at East End Pharmacy and Suefield Pharmacy.
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East End
Suefield
Tax Payers Notified to Pay Taxes by January First
Rock District residents are summoned to tax collection dates in December at Spanishburg Rock Montcalm Matoaka Hiawatha Manking Bramwell Roseville Cooper and Tabor's store. Nonpayment by January 1, 1910 will lead to compulsory collection as prescribed by law. Deputy for I J Ellison M C signs the notice.
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Rock District
Spanishburg
Eighty Cent Gas Debate in New York Market
The Washington Times reports on gas pricing and a six percent dividend on New York Consolidated Gas Company stock as a sign the 80 cent rate can yield fair returns. Gas in Washington could follow suit if local overheads remain lower, with coal and coal-operated expansions planned in Kentucky and Virginia districts feeding the Louisville and Nashville line.
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New York
Consolidated Gas Company
United States Supreme Court
Waich
Theompany
Consolidated Gas Company of
Washington
Washington Gas Light Company
Consolidated
Ges
House
Senate
Congress
New York City
Sas
Bluefield
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Railroads Loom Over Rich Kentucky Coal Fields
The Wasioto and Black Mountain Railway plans to extend 40 miles into Harlan and Letcher counties linking with Louisville & Nashville lines. The project expands coal regions with Elkhorn coking coal and multiple seams, attracting capitalists and major operators, boosting development in Kentucky Tennessee Virginia coal fields.
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Kentucky
Mack Mountain
Harlanounty
Middlesboro
Wasisto & Black Mountain Railway
Harlan County
Harlan
Leteher
Harian
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Wasioto
Louisville & Nashville
Pich
Tennessee
Virginia
Harlan and Letcher County
Elkhorn
Astern
Northern
Ashers
Wasioto & Black Mountain
Buy a Barrel of This Flour William Tell Flour advertisement
A promotional notice touts William Tell Flour by the barrel from Ansted & Burk Company. It claims price protection against wheat market fluctuations and crop conditions, and promises finest grain, white bread, light biscuits, and pastry. It urges readers to ask dealers for the flour and highlights cleaner milling standards.
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Ansted & Burk Company
William Tell months and coal handling surge
The report notes higher coal handling than ever since the line began operation with few mines idle on the Cumberland skies division. Labor shortages trouble some operators who cannot run mines at full capacity. Six months ago conditions contrasted sharply as about half the economy...
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Cumberland Skies
Sleep During Sunday Services Compared to Child on Car Ride
Mrs Spreckles confronts her devout husband about dozing in church. He compares himself to a boy who falls asleep before a Sunday car ride, arguing the ride still benefits even if the boy naps during it.
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Charles
Mr. Spreckies
Willie
Newark News
Emigrant Potatoes Taxonomy and Translation
A brief Irish proverb compares emigrant potatoes to people abroad, noting that Irish seed potatoes grown in the colonies outperform Scotch or English varieties. The tone mocks colonial figures Lord Machonnell and Sir Gavandoutty in a satirical aside about governance and exports.
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Lord Machonnell
Sir Gavandoutty
Tomestead
Woman Puzzle Quips Draw Grumpley Reproof
An epigram boarder quips that woman is a puzzle without an answer, provoking a sharp eye roll from Grumpley. The light exchange appears in the Boston Transcript style of wry, domestic humor.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Wigg-At Play Draws Crowd Before Rush Sends Many Home
At the first night of Scribbler's new play a large audience attended but many spectators departed early to avoid the ensuing rush, according to a Philadelphia Record report.
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Sccribbler
Hiladelphia
Torpedo Departing From Gun Reaches 40 Knots Speed
The torpedo exits the gun at a speed of 40 knots per hour, indicating rapid propulsion as it clears the launch barrel.
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Missouri
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Mann
Herald-Courier
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Hall
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The
Washington Times
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Bell County
Continental Coal Corporation of Chattanooga
Four Mile
Barboursville
Continental Coal Corporation
Straight Creek
Left Fork Coal Co
Kettle Island
Imade
Kentucky-Virginia
William Tell
Benjamin Franklin
First National Bank
Cial
U. S. Government Supervision
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Northfork
West VA
the First National Bank OF Northfork
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L. G. Toney
R. B. Parrish
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State Depository
Union Bank & Trust
Superior Supply Company Mine Supplies
Bluefield, W. VA
PIG
Pocahontas
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Castner, Curran & Bullitt
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Ohio
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Chicago
Mull, Blyth & Company
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J. M. Echols
South Bland Street
Norfolk & Western RY
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Carolinas
Alabama
Florida
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W. B. Bevill
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