Wanted workers and tradesmen in early 20th century Virginia mines
Classified notices seek experienced arciatune winders machinists blacksmiths and welders with age and marital status details for Guyan Machine Shops Logan WV. Also a blacksmith for a mine on the main line N and W with wage range 4.00 to 4.50 daily. Includes farm listings and wartime employment ads plus stray horse and mule reward and government exam notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arciatune
Guyan Machine Shops
Logan
Jin
Smith
Daily Telegraph
Chicago Grain Market Reports From Rector Barham Brokers
The Chicago grain page shows wheat for July at 2.40 and Sept at 2.35, corn around 1.58 to 1.56 with Sept at 1.47, and oats in the 0.61 to 0.68 range. Cash close lists Wheat No 4 hard western at 2.72, Corn No 2 mixed at 1.73 to 1.75, Yellow at 1.73 and 1.54, and Oats No 2 white around 0.66 to 0.67 with standard 0.64 to 0.66.
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Chicago
Class A Roads designated in Raleigh county
The Raleigh county court lists three main Class A roads under the new state law. The Giles Fayette and Kanawha turnpike runs 26 miles from Mercer to Fayette line, the Guyan river road spans 18 miles Beckley to Wyoming line, and the Logan turnpike covers 34 miles Beckley to Boone line. Total length 79 miles designated as first to receive state and federal aid.
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County Court
Raleigh County
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha
Mercer County
Fayette
Guyan River
Beckley
Wyoming County
Logan
Boone County
New State House Sought to Cut Costs and Centralize
The new state road commission will occupy the senate chamber as offices, a move praised for saving about 150 dollars monthly and seen as evidence the state needs a new state house. Lawmakers split on new burdens but acknowledge selling central Charleston property could be wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Senate Chamber
Charleston
Norwegian Lutherans Combine Form New Church
The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America unites 500000 congregants from three prior bodies after years of negotiations culminated in a St. Paul ratification meeting at the auditorium. The fusion creates a single national church authority for Norwegian Lutherans in America. In a separate note, inventors claim a patent for ankle strapped shoe assist devices enabling walking on inclined roof spiked frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Thrift in West Virginia Schools Gains Attention
Thrift in public schools becomes a live issue per state department reports. Teachers aid in forming thrift classes as the next term opens. Piedmont pupils saved waste paper, sold it, and funded library additions. Other towns planted school gardens to be tended by pupils over the summer.
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West Virginia
State Department of Schools
Piedmont
Warning note warns against counterfeit $1000 instrument
Warning warns against buying a 1000 dollar note dated Norton Virginia May 8 1917 payable to CC B Hancock and Chas I Fuller at the National Bank of Norton endorsed by C B Hancock and Chas I Fuller. Note mailed from Bluefield West Virginia May 29 1917 to Chas I Fuller Norton care Wise Hardware Co. A duplicate note issued. C P Hancock Denmark reports 6300 motorcyclists.
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Norton, Va
CC. B. Hancock
Chas
Fuller
National Bank of
Norton
Wise Hardware Co
C.B. Hancock
Bluefield
W. Va
I. Fuller
Care Wise Hardware Co
C. P. Hancock
Cincinnati Wins Opener as Schueler Hit by Pitch Alters Mood
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 2 to 1 after three Cincinnati hits in the third inning. Schneider left after being struck by a batted ball in the ninth. Batteries Cadore and Meyer for Cincinnati. Schupp and Sh wrote the game for Chicago as the Cubs were held to four hits. Seattle?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. Thompson
Groom
Philadelphia
St. Louis
R. Johnson
Loog Philadelonia
Severold
R Johnson
Schang
White Sox
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Danforth
Scott
Lynn
Harper
Gallia
Ainsmith
Cleveland
Coveleskie
New York
O'Neill
Shocker
Love
Nanauaker
Walters
Reds
Cincinnati
Schneider
Cee
Cadore
Meyer
Eller
Wingo
Schupp
Cubs
Demaree
Wildness J
Red Cross Commission Ships To Aid France War Relief
Washington reports the American Red Cross commission heads to the Atlantic to organize relief for French troops and destitute. it will set up recreation centers and emergency medical resources, directing wartime aid in France and other needy areas with Waylon M. P. Murphy, a Guaranty Trust Co. vice president and army major, leading.
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Washington
American Red Cross Commission
America
France
Atlantic
Belgium
United States
Wayson M. P. Murphy
The
Guaranty Trust Co
New York
Army
Root heads American commission to Russia arrives in Siberia
Elihu Root and fellow members of the American commission to Russia arrive in Irkutsk on the way to Petrograd. Welcoming crowds at major stations cheer the visitors and hear speeches urging courage and hope for Russia while affirming broad American sympathy for the Russian democracy.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
London
Elihu Root
Russia
Petrograd
Mr. Root
A Valuable Bird and Its Habits in the United States
The piece profiles the rough legged hawk from its northern breeding range returning to the United States in September and October and staying through April. It notes its large size broad wings and a dark breast band as identifying marks and its tame nature. It cites Dr A K Fisher and the US Biological Survey on its role as a key predator of meadow mice along with occasional small mammals.
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United States
A. K. Fisher
United States Biological Survey
The Making of Paper in America
In 1867 the first U S wood pulp paper was made and it spurred knowledge spread akin to movable type. The piece recalls rag paper days, thrift, and the fear of future wood pulp shortages as substitutes emerge.
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United States
Portland Oregonian
Eye of the Storm Where Butterflies Ride the Calm
The article describes a calm zone at the storm center, the eye, where gales ease and rain stops. Butterflies are said to become briefly trapped in this aerial refuge, surviving much as if in a bottle, though motion is restrained.
England Professor Uses Giant Bubbles as Photo Backgrounds
Professor Boys of England created unusually large bubbles by heating soap solution and using a bellows and funnel. Bubbles reached circumferences up to two and a half feet and changed colors in sunlight, inspiring their use as photographic backgrounds.
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Professor Boys
England
Popular Science Monthly
Banana Uses as Vegetable and Garnish
Unripe bananas may be used as a vegetable by halving, stewing twenty five minutes in a little water, draining and serving with a cauliflower cream sauce. Ripe bananas make a delicious meat garnish and can be fried in butter to top a broiled steak.
Love Letters of Wise Men Exchange Tale in Telegraph Note
A London Telegraph quip about love letters frames a quaint scene as a clerk denies readers the book, with a closing jab about advertising in the paper suggesting its value to readers and merchants.
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London Telegraph
Court martial in Welch over shooting charge announced
A West Virginia National Guards court martial convened in Welch led by Lt. Col. Cray to try M. Bruce on a shooting charge. The trial's outcome remains undisclosed as publication is barred until official decision and notice. Miss Hess Graham, farewell honoree, celebrated with friends before her wedding to C. F. Burton in Radford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rubanks
West Virginia National Guards
W. JE. Mel Cray
H.W. Rice
W. BE. Hobanks
C. L. Hailey
A. 3. Guthrie
McCray
Miss Graham
Hess Graham
E. W. Womack
Welch
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Ade
Kentucky
Sullivan
Caples
Y. Z
Care
Gregg
Piedmont Business College
Lynchburg
Red Jacket Consolidated Coal & Coke Company
Red Jacket
X. Y
Care Telegraph
T HI
Winding Gulf Colliery Co
Winding Gulf
Nash Motor Co
Princeton
J. Ke. Keesling
Pocahontas
H. E. Shedd
Appalchian Power Company
L. F. Stenger
Tee
Bland St
Bath
Bland St. A. J. Hearn
Eourt
Red Lot
Easley-Wilson Company
Law and Commerce
Bluefield Avenue
Union Street
Call
Princeton Avenue
RPNT
South Bluefield
M. K. Harmon
Raleigh Terrace
F. Ll. Black
Care Daily Telegraph
West End
Rex Theater
W. J. Keiser
Harry Hardware Co
Central Pharmacy
Liberal
New Lexington
Ohio
J. C. LeFever
Walker Street
D. C
Morgan-Gardner
H. P. Skinner
H. P
Cochrane
H. P. airbanks-Morse
H. P. Callowell
H. P. McEwen
Logan, W. Va
H. X. Morton
R. P. Johnson
Wytheville
Saturday Evening Post
Albemarle Street
C. M. Rousch
Portsmouth
Railway Town
Venable & Ford
Ninth Street
Virginia
Old House
Woodward
Canfield Mig. Co
Sigel Street
Honaker
J. BE. Biggs
Bramwell
Civil Service
J. C. Leonard
Kenois Bidg
Washington, l
Baseball
Pet Chicego
Ccs
Tigers
Pion
N . Rees
Oort Ephmke
Spencer
Stanage
Shore
Cady
H. G. O'Neil
Automobile For Hire
Albert’s
Lettie F. Goodwyn Cosmetician
Marinello
Armature
Electrical Contractors
A. L. Smith
Bluefield Insurance Agency
Eneral Insurance
John F. Land
John A. Udy
Kelly & Moyer Bldg
Frederick L. Black
Princetos Avenue
Chicago Grain Market
Rector, Barham & Taylor, Grain Brokers, Law and Commerce Building
Raleigh
State House
Road Commission
Norwegian Lutherans Combine
Denmark
Pet
Rorgy Ae Ate
Cincinneti
OS Ff
Warsden
Prendergast
Elliott Braves
Pirates
Pittsburg
Poston
Tyler
Tragesser
Grimes
Carlson
Wagner
Rough Legged Hawk
James A. Frazier
Shenandoah Life Insurance CO
Office: Law and Commerce
Welch News
J. Graham Sale
Huntington
Callie Bolling
Stuart
Carr
L. HH. Brindley
IL C. Gray
Christiansburg
B. Hampison Gray
Husband Ice Cream Co
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