Classified sale notices and items from Roanoke area
A string of small ads list items for sale including sweet potato and celery plants in Roanoke Virginia, an apple orchard and residence in Salem Virginia, a business lot on East Princeton Avenue, stock shares of International Educational Publishing Co, two Graham lots near Graham College, and a Keystone West Virginia listing for a Triplex Smithvale pump, boiler and well supplies with contact details for local officers.
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Salem
Virginia
Easley & West
Common International Educational Publishing Co
Care Telegraph
Graham
Highland Avenue
Hill
Old Graham College
W. P. Lifley
Warrenton
N.C
Keystone
W. Va
Smithvale
Houston
Callon
Red Sox Unfurl American League Pennant at Fenway
Thousands of fans watch as the American League championship pennant is unfurled at Fenway Park in Boston with a band playing The Star-Spangled Banner. League officials and notable baseball figures attend the ceremony ahead of the later flag ceremony for the world championship.
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Boston
Mass
Fenway Park
Red Sox
Fines Remitted As Bristol Team Seeks League Refit
Following Bristol baseball teams withdrawal from the Appalachian League Bristol officials protest Smith action on fines Umpire Nickens fines remitted by the league President Smith. Red Munson postpones final decisions and moves to Middlesboro Kentucky for upcoming games while Bristol fans mobilize to stabilize finances and team participation.
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Bristol
Miller
Johnson City Association
Smith
Nickens
Munson
Middlesboro
Golf Club Championship teed off this Saturday
The June handicap cup tournament is scheduled for Saturday with D. W. Hancock the defending holder after a May win with an 86 net. W. E. Gilkerson pushed him to the limit, posting a 90, as iron play and misdirected shots shaped the close contest until the seventeenth hole.
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D. W. Hancock
W. E Gilkerson
Hancock
Gilkerson
Monroe Doctrine Dominates May Golf Contest
Hancock won a tight match as a 15 foot putt sealed victory while Gilkerson faltered. The piece notes Monroe’s exceptional golf and his interest in literature, inviting spectators to witness demonstrations of golf or literature at the course this week.
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Hancock
Gilkerson
Jack Monroe
Monroe
Coal Find Near Colon Promises Big Latin American Venture
A Coloa dispatch reports a major discovery of high grade anthracite coal near Colon, eight miles from deep water. J. M. Hyatt, former vice consul, plans a large Latin American company to develop the field along the Rio Indio, with a surveyed twenty five mile area yielding 2 to 4 foot veins at eighty five percent carbon. A new eight mile railroad will move coal directly to ships at deep water near Gatun Lake.
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Coloa
Colon
J. M. Hyatt
South America
Hyatt
Rio Indio
Canal Commission
Gatun Lake
Insubordinate Animals Spun From Crank Theories Of Crime
A column argues that Lombroso linked animal wrongdoing to human crime, citing bees stealing, doves stealing nest materials, horses rebelling, and even abnormal skull shapes. The piece mocks these claims while noting a June 3 report from Portland, Oregon, on Harrison Albee’s mayoral victory in a nonpartisan election.
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Lombroso
Landit
Bee
Portland
Harrison Albee
The Human Spine and Its Ideal Curve
An osteopath argues no spine is perfect and outlines an ideal curve with twenty four evenly spaced bones. He notes children resemble it more, athletes show deformities, and primate spines differ in strength. Spinal trouble arose with upright walking, with Spencer noting the vertebral column is not yet adapted to posture.
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Umn
Spencer
New York Sun
Aggressive reptiles and the dangerous mamba cobra
The article notes most snakes avoid humans but highlights the mamba and king cobra as exceptionally ferocious. It describes the mamba as likely to attack, even leaping from trees, and the king cobra capable of chasing riders. It adds that some vipers rival offensive behavior and mentions human-like exaggeration in a reptile exam quote.
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Africa
Hamadryad
America
London Globe
Twin Branch Postmaster Examination Planned for June 28
The U S civil service commission announces a June 28 examination in Welch to fill a Twin Branch fourth class postmaster vacancy and other posts as they arise. Salary was 458 dollars last year. Applicants must be U S citizens 21 or older, residents served by Twin Branch post office, and file by seven days before the exam.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Welch
Twin Branch
United States
Washington, D.C
Washington
Ruby Gem Supply from Mogok Burma Lauded by Experts
Gem authorities hail the Mogok region in Upper Burma as producing the finest rubies. The Mogok district, about 100 miles northeast of Mandalay, spans roughly 45 to 61 square miles with potential to 4,000 square miles. Historical mining began in the 15th century under Burmese royalty before 1886 annexation.
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Upper Burma
India
Burma
Siam
Ceylon
Afghanistan
Brazil
Australia
United States
Ruby
Mogok
Mandalay
Kipling
Irrawaddy River
Shan States
Snowstorm entry linked to Snowbound author Whit
A Boston Transcript correspondent notes memoranda by John Whit tier of East Haverhill date Feb 18, 1819 record "First snowstorm of the year" possibly inspiring the poet’s Snowbound. The writer’s son was twelve. A May 9, 1816 entry notes "An elephant came to town" the same day Monroe visited, yet not marked as notable.
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Boston Transcript
John Whittier
East Haverhill
Monroe
Taxi Driver Challenges View on Shortest Path
A Cincinnati Enquirer snippet shows a quarrel over geometry with a taxi driver asserting a straight line is not the shortest route. The exchange features a sharp retort labeling the other as an idiot, highlighting streetwise pragmatism. The brief dialogue underscores urban transportation wit.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Moon Full Question Sparks Father Son Quip
A child asks why the moon becomes full and the father dismisses the query. A quote from Lippincott's and a pair of historical proverbs follow, stressing that great deeds require full effort and courage.
Bulgarians Begin Evacuation Of Rodosto
A Constantinople dispatch reports Bulgarian troops started evacuating Rodosto on the Sea of Marmara as part of actions around the Turkish seaport. The move follows pressures in the broader conflict involving Bulgarian and Ottoman forces.
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London
Constantinople
Rodosto
Sea of Marmoa
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Harman
Lashmeet
Laird Printing Co
W. KE. Moore
Bluefield
McDowell County
Norfolk and Western Railway
D. B. Baldwin
First National Bang
Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
Princeton Avenue
J. M. Newton
Pocahontas
Princeton Ave
Bath
T. H. Becker
SY Rogers Street
Piedmont Business College
Lynchburg
Powhatan Coal & Coke Co
Powhatan
T. J. Auton
Gary
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E. L. Shufflebarger
Coalwood
W. C. Blackburn
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L. J. Holland
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National League
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Lapp
Chicago
O'Brien
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Schalk
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Carisch
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Groom
Henry
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Robinson
Shaon Tyler
Whaling
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Ames
Clarke
Allen
St Louis
Sallee
McLean
Tesreau
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Pittevarg
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Poston
Incinnat
Stone & Supply Company
Martin Buiding
Jas. E. Mayer
Saeger
Berwind
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Virginia League
Portsmouth
Richmond
Petersburg
Newporth News
Newport News
Norfolk
Pet Rachmond
Petersburg Potee Ee
Newport New
HINDS
Panama Canal
Viktor Hinze
Tom
Ivory
Ahee
Pee-Gee Flatroatt
Peasiee- Gaulbert 0
Louisville, Ky
Nixon Paint & Paper Co
Hluefield, W. Va
Isaac Barrow
Ginger
Te Ees
Alewell Mpge
Was Cott
Graham Ice CreamCo
Gratiam, VA
Graham Ice Cream Go
Graham, VA
Bluefield Baking Company
Daniel Webster
Bluefield Bakery
Bluefield, W. Va
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