Mercer County Farm Bureau Meets Here For Election
The Mercer County Farm Bureau convenes at the chamber of commerce to elect officers and expand its program. Nat T. Frame of the West Virginia university extension service will speak on stock raising standards as farmers from all areas attend amid discussions of a county fair and local business interests.
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Mercer County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Nat T. Frame
West Virginia University
Power firms plan plant at Narrows and mutual transformer
Reports state Appalachian Power Co has ordered machinery for a 1.6 million dollar steam driven power plant at Narrows Virginia to be delivered in 1918. It is also said Appalachian and Norfolk and Western plan a mutual transformer at Switchback to cover power exchange if either plant fails. The Virginian may coordinate rates with Appalachian and N and W for Clark Gap electrification and possibly build a transmission line from Bluestone Junction. The Virginian Bank of Commerce announced bids next Saturday for a two story brick building.
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Appalachian Power Company
Narrows
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Appalachian
North and Western
Clark Gap
Norfolks and Western
Cough Remedy Praised for Whooping Cough Care
A Peru Indiana resident reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy loosened the cough and aided expectoration in her two daughters with whooping cough, describing it as working like a charm.
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Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Peru
Ind
Administratrix Notices for Estate of Sarah L King
As administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Sarah L. King Mrs. Jennie Sweeney gives notice that all claims against the estate must be proven and presented at once. Administrative notice from the estate name appears in this public record.
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Sarah L. King
Jennie Sweeney
Auto Tax Based On Weight Of Machine
The West Virginia legislature of 1917 reformed vehicle tax with a weight based license. A flat ten dollar tag fee was replaced by a scale charging twenty five cents per hundred pounds over two thousand. Taxpayers must file with the state road commission to obtain registration and plates, by June 20, 1917.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Charleston
Succeed in Business by Classifying Roles
The text argues that business success hinges on matching people to two classes caretakers and promoters. It cites Alexander as a promoter lacking caretakers and Caesar as conquering with caretakers, illustrating how imbalanced roles lead to collapse or lasting empires.
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Alexander
Caesar
Augustus
Eyes in Portraits Explain Why Faces Seem to Follow You
A Kansas City Star excerpt explains a simple rule for portraits and photographs. If the subject looked at the camera or painter, they appear to gaze at you from any position. If they looked away, they seem to look aside and never directly at you no matter where you stand.
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Kansas City Star
Blind Dogs and Rats: Scent and Skill Survive Blindness
The piece notes blind dogs and rats rely on smell, touch, and hearing to navigate, learn, and hunt. It argues loss of sight does not impede learning, noting their retina lacks a focal point of vision while other senses compensate.
Rice culture spread from Asia to Europe and the Americas
The Talmud alludes to rice culture, with evidence of its presence in the Euphrates valley and Syria before 400 B.C. It entered Persia from India, then Spain via Arabs, and spread to Italy around 1468 A.D. Spaniards brought it to Peru and other parts of Spanish America in the early colonial era, dates uncertain. Brazil appears to be the Americas' first rice culture.
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Euphrates
Syria
Persia
India
Spain
Italy
Peru
Spanish America
Americas
Brazil
His Worst Book in a Brief Biography Entry
In Charlotte Eaton's A Last Memory of Robert Louis Steverson a curious incident is noted. When asked for his brightest failure the novelist replied Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, calling it the worst thing he wrote. Yet a standard biography lists the same author with that title in his works.
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Robert Louis Steverson
Charlotte Eaton
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Lee Memorial on Gettysburg Field in Virginia Monument Unveiled
Governor Henry C. Stuart of Virginia presents the Lee Memorial at Gettysburg to the Gettysburg National Park Association. The monument honors General Robert E. Lee and Virginia troops, standing near the Bloody Angle. The unveiling capped the Confederate veterans reunion with blue and gray veterans touring the field.
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Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
Gettysburg National Park Association
Robert E. Lee
Washington
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Street
Centre Square
Culp's Hill
West Confederate Avenue
Stuart
Battle Field Commission
Leigh Robinson
Conederate Memorial Lome
General L Ee
Lee
Tragic drowning claims two 12 year olds at Panther
Alma Hardiman and Cora Wilson, both twelve, drowned at Panther while peers swam in the nearby creek. Funeral services were held at Landgraff and the bodies moved to Pearisburg for interment as authorities note a dangerous deep hole with strong undercurrents nearby.
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Alma Hardiman
Panther
J. O. Hardiman
Landgraff
Pearisburg
Cora Wilson
Hardiman
Grace Tyler
Cora Lanter
Dodson's Liver Tone Promotes Healthy Liver Function
Baseless claims trumpet Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. Ad asserts calomel harms the liver and bowels, while Dodson's promises to cleanse the liver, ease biliousness and constipation, aid digestion, and restore energy with a 50 cent bottle.
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Dodson
Calomel
Tragic Creek Accident Claims Two Girls in Virginia
Panther and companions waded at the creek when currents pulled Hardiman and Wilson girls under. A boy who swam tried to rescue them, collapsed. two hours of futile efforts followed before the bodies were recovered. Alma May Hardiman, born April 6 1905 in Landgraff, lay in a home casket as friends from all backgrounds paid their respects. Brief services led by Rev. Bourne, with hymns, and the body was taken to Pearisburg, Virginia for interment.
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Panther
Wilson
Hardiman
Hardinan
Alma May Hardiman
Landgraff
W. Bourne
W. B. Stevens
T. W. Chambers
Isle of
Pearisburg, Va
Era of Good Feeling Recalled Through Century Tour
New York marks centennial nostalgia as President James Monroe arrives on June 9 for a three month preparedness tour to inspect military posts and defenses. The journey from Washington includes Baltimore and Philadelphia before crossing to Manhattan aboard ornate barges.
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New York
James Monroe
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Staten Island
Metropolis
Monroe
Narrows
Manhattan
Monroe Tour Sparks Era Of Good Feeling
A voyage through New York New England and upstate towns followed by visits to West Point Hartford Boston and other cities showcased militia inspections armory visits and gun works. President Monroe appeared in revolutionary attire drawing enthusiastic crowds as media dubbed the period the era of good feeling across the nation.
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West Point
New York
New England
New Haven
Hartford
Springfield
Boston
Portland
New Hampshire
Vermont
Ogdensburg
Sackett’s Harbor
Niagara
Buffalo
Detroit
Monroe
the Times
Florida to build $35 million chain of tourist hotels
Florida plans a statewide hotel chain costing 35 million dollars with backing from Eastern capital. The project aims to boost tourism and attract investment, leveraging eastern funding to expand facilities across major coastal and inland destinations.
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Florida
Eastern Capital
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