Commodity and stock exchange ledger excerpt with multiple listings
Corrected by the Bluefield Real Estate and Stock Exchange for O Dell Co Cincinnati. Open high low close figures appear for rails and commodities with a variety of tickers such as B&O C&O S&N MK&T N&W NYC Pacific Can P etc. Provisions Grain and Cotton and Pork prices are shown with July and Sept dates and percentage changes.
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Bluefield Real Estate and Stock Exchange
O' Dell & Co
Cincinnati
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
C&o
Cf&i
Mk&t
Manhattan
N&w
Nyc
Pacific
Matt Dodds Case in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has granted a writ of error in Matt Dodds murder in the second degree case. He was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary and remains in Mercer county jail.
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Matt Dodd
Supreme Court
The
Dodd
Mercer County
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Public Notice
Due notice declares DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the only salve from pure witch hazel and claims thousands cured of piles. Warns against counterfeit products and states genuine salve yields cures. Also advertises Hester's Weiner Export and Extra fine beer for family use.
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de Witt
DeWitt
Hester
Tragic Sudden Death After Visit To Sick Sister
Mrs. Plyborn wife of Jacob Plyborn a prominent Wayne County citizen went to Rantington Sunday to see her ill sister Mrs Tolbert Adkine. She arrived around noon felt sudden severe head pain within an hour she died. She had been in her usual health before noon. The case is described as especially sad.
Claims Title to 22 000 Acres of Oil and Coal Lands
Charles Linton now in New York City travels to Clarksburg with an attorney to claim title to 22 000 acres in Harrison Doddridge and Lewis counties. He asserts his grandfather bought the land thirty years ago from C 8 Paugh under an ancient patent grant. Linton plans U S court action to recover the land though current possessors claim the patent grant is void.
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Charles Linton
London
New York City
Clarksburg
Harrison
Doddridge
Lewis Counties
Paugh
Judge Go
Linton
United States
Big brewery project moves forward in city
Representatives of the major brewery company are in the city overseeing the new plant. They purchased a 15 300 square foot lot and plan a main building with one and a half million bricks. Six manager residences are planned with contracts already let. The plant is expected to cost over 200000 dollars.
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Sveral
Pool Room Philosophy and earthly happiness
A fragment contemplates a pool room as a place of minimal reward for effort and contrasts earthly joy with eternal happiness. The speaker muses that many seek heaven afterlife while earthly bliss rarely informs daily life. The tone is reflective and agrarian.
Matters of Opinion About Sweetness and Schemes
A collection of satiric musings on marriage wealth and gender norms. Observations target sugar, clever husbands, fashion resilience, romantic lotteries, and the longing for youth with a humorous tone.
Prompting Self-Examination and Humble Judgment
The speaker reflects on human tendency to excuse personal faults while mockingly noticing others. It contrasts indulgent self-importance with a desire to avoid hearing one’s own sins, urging inward accountability.
Lost Dog Duke Returned Reward Offered
A white and black spotted setter named Duke is reported lost or stolen with a reward offered for return. Edwin Mann requests the dog’s safe return. Also notices advertise seven rooms for rent over N O Hawkins store on Main Street via Mercer Merchandise Co.
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Duke
Edwin Mann
N. O. Hawkin
Main Street
Mercer Merchandise Co
Graves Grocery Co. Liquidating Sale At 105 Princeton Ave
A local notice announces Graves Grocery Co withdraws staple and fancy groceries to stock shoes hats and furnishings. Everything will be sold at cost for cash. Also advertised are Hosters Pale Ale Half and Half and Porter in saloons and a health warning about colds with Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup promoted.
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Princeton Avenue
Graves Grocery Coo
Hoster
Hosters
Dr. Wood
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
A patent remedy claims immediate relief for coughs croup and La Grippe. It works by passing into the stomach and acting at the source, drawing out inflammation and soothing tissues. Sold by all druggists.
Humorous Widow Quips Over Revered Master's Remarks
In a light exchange Mrs Subbubsa jokes about a messenger boy who reads penny dreadfuls and mispronounces words. Her husband questions Bridget's vacation entitlement as she grants a brief break despite objections.
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John
Gayboy
An Old Fashioned Garden and Wedding by Seed
A fragmented verse recalls a quarrel resolved by tradition as a garden scene turns symbolic. Bleeding hearts and bachelor buttons seed the couple’s rift, then fade to a marriage in the old-fashioned way. An advertisement for butter appears amid the memory.
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Cay
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Numero
Hach Day
GLOBE
Bluefield
W. VA
S. Aaron
Wva
Abel Massey
Alfred L. Hawkins
Buverieep
T. .W. Kirkbride Contracto Builder
Reed
Roanoke
Virginia
West
W. S. Crockett, F. D
Undertaker
Prince Building
Bland Street
Richlands Brick Co
Richlands
Tazewell County
WM Hicks & CO
Nathan Sohn
Slannges
A. Lanter
OAK Saloon
Kelly & Moyers
Daily Stock Market
R. E. Shirey
Srrecom
Tenn C&i
USS Com
OSS Pfd
P Gas
St Paul
Wabash
Union
St Ry
Eric
Tex Pac
Max
J. L. Crockert
C. A. Moomaw
H. B. Rockhill
Rockhill Machine CO
W. C. Pollock
First National Bank
W.va
W. McK. Evans
Richmond, VA
Shaler
Papa
My Won
God
Heaven
Earth
Daily Telegraph
J. Blair Parrar
Consulting Public Accountants
Bluefield, W VA
P.O
Paul Jones
Ears Aera Colonial Trust Company
Rich Ar
Envoi
Crump & Staffords
Bluefield Water Works
Geo. H. Hill
Ren Ry
Straus
Gunst
U. S. Navy
Makerj
Arcade Buildi
King
South 15Th Street
Philadelphi
Broadway
New York
Kilby Street
Boston
Citizens’ Bank
Norf
Olk, Va
Neave
Old
Chicago
Hull Blyth & CO
Fenchurch Avenue
Peter & CO
Castries
St Lucia
West Indies
BE. H. Haggart
Kingston
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