Pocahontas society hosts holidays and plans for visitors
In Pocahontas January events unfold with Mrs. Barbour returning from Bristol to enroll daughter Alice Coleman at Virginia Institute. Miss Estelle Kabrich and Miss Lilian Hensly resume studies, while lavish German Club gala and multiple social gatherings mark the season. Merriwether wedding guests from Louisville and New York planned for January 15 in New York.
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Pesahontas
W. T. Barbour
Bristol
Alice Coleman
Barbour
Virginia Institute
Estelle Kabrich
Lillian Hensly
Coleman Merriwether
Louisville
New York
Florence Hirsch
J. D. Hirsch
Metropolis
Merriwether
Pocahontas
New York City
India McAllister
Baltimore
Alice Coleman Barbour
Mary Cox
Alice Dennen
Masonic Temple
Townland
Boring Holes In Glass By An Optician Plan
An optician describes a method to bore glass by using a heated drill bored into quicksilver for hardness, then sharpened on a whetstone. The drill is moistened with camphor and turpentine to keep the bore moist, enabling glass to be drilled like wood.
Otters Used by Natives to Fish in India
Report notes otters in parts of India kept by locals to fish. Otters are tethered when not working, wear plaited straw collars, and appear contented as they hunt aquatic prey.
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India
Railroad Tragedy In Laeger Claims Local Worker
Last night about 8 or 9 o clock a colored boy named Wilmore, a railroad employee, seated himself on the track and was run over by a work train backing onto the sidetrack, instantly killed. Mrs Annie Davis spent last Monday with friends and relatives at Davis. Raider, formerly in Welch, returns to Taeger to occupy his old Arcade hotel stand. Mr and Mrs E P Miller journeyed to Bluefield to accompany the remains of Mrs Miller's brother Walter Lowry to Abingdon Virginia. Browning of Laeger Drag Company returns from Bluefield after a two day family visit. Weather today featured heavy snowstorms alternating with bright sunshine.
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Bluefield
Dying Glasses and Careful Cleaning Tips
A New York Test article with a shopkeeper and customer discussing damaged delicate sherry glasses. They cover best washing methods using clean towels, white soap, hot water, and air drying, noting that proper technique and materials prevent streaks and breakage while offering tips like using alcohol cautiously and polishing with soft paper.
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New York
Farewell Chat Ends With Bosses Hint Of Gossip
In a London Tit Bits item, two partners spar with a staff member who candidly claims a five-year career and a high salary. The senior partner exposes the ruse, noting the ad was for a different position and that the man has only fifteen months in service.
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London
Americanism In England Satire Sparks Public Dispute
A fragment from an Eng lish tale features an American heiress delivering a spoof about a major pastiche game. She accuses Mr Herries with nerve and mocks Pax's smile while feigning a dark plot involving Jews out west and a sly escape with Margh and a Captain in a cheeky exchange.
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Herries
Pax
Luke
Market Quotations From Bluefield Brokerage Firm
Market quotations reported by the Bluefield Brokerage Company describe prices of stocks bonds and other securities. The firm operates from the Third floor of the Kelly and Moyer Building in Blackfield West Virginia.
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Bluefield Brokerage and Commission Company
Kelly & Moyer
Blacfield
W. Va
New York Cotton Market Opens With Mixed Sessions
The New York cotton market shows opening action with Jan, March, May and July contracts quoted. Jan opens high at 1054, low 1047, closes 10528. March moves 1065 to 1078 intraday, closes 1070. May ranges 1062 to 1072, closes 1071. July trades around 106...
Hyomei Offered With Guarantee By White Pharmacy
An advertisement promotes Hyomei as a direct air inhalation cure for catarrh. The White Pharmacy guarantees refund of the price if Hyomei fails to benefit the patient, asserting catarrh is highly common and germ based. It touts the risk free test and the druggist’s assurance to buyers.
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White Pharmacy
Hyomei
Cured of Lung Trouble by King’s New Discovery
C O Floyd of Kershaw S C reports eleven years since a near consumption escape. He says weight fell to 145 pounds with constant cough until he began Dr King s New Discovery for six months. Cough and lung trouble vanished and weight rose to 170 pounds. Thousands healed yearly. Guaranteed at all drug stores, $1.00 trial bottles free.
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C. O. Floyd
Kershaw
Dr. King
Water rates to rise for metered takers at Bluprind Water Works
Notice to Binefield Water Works patrons announces that from January 1 1905 water will be charged on meter later and that owners not yet metered may request installation by phone or tether. Bluprind Water Works and Improvement Company Bluefield West Virginia December 10 1907. A testimonial extols Electric Bitters curing lame back and kidney trouble with strong praise and customer satisfaction. Sold at drug stores for 50 cents.
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Binefield Water Works and Improvement Co
Bluprinld Water Works and Improvement Company
Hluefield
W. Va
J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Nader
Wl Drug
Tide of needs reciprocal in want ads described
A historical newspaper excerpt notes George Wiliot’s phrase about the want ads shaping a rising tide of human claims. The passage emphasizes how the classified notices reflect ongoing social demands and the presence they create within the community.
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George Wiliot
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W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South Brand Street
Poerhontag German Club
Tazewell
G. L. Byrum
Baach
Pocahontas Society
William Alderson
Metropolitan Cloth, Company
H. M. Smythe
the Headlight
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Stonewall
Gertrude Blackburn
Gary
Jack Freeman
Freeman
Rae Goodman
England
NEW York Stock Market
Chicago
Owen High Low Close
Ranconda
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Atchison
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Colo. FF
Pacific Dia
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Railway
Uimaton Pacific
S. Steel
Western
Central
Praylise
Pete Entade
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil, Company
Intermont Electric Co
Edward B. Warman
Bluefield Bottling Company
West Vrrginia Brewing Company
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Keystone
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
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