Classified tomato plants and garden offerings in Roanoke
Classified ads from Fallon florist Roanoke Va list fine transplanted tomato plants at 1.00 per 100 and other garden stock Sweet Potato and Celery plants. Also money to loan on Bluefield real estate and a housing inquiry. Last line references a 19th century newspaper note on British officers in India and the spread of a game.
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Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
Pactra Tatiaiaenaaiapeatiae Beameemaaa
David Greenspon
Fallon
Florist
Bluefield
J. Holland
Speerre
Daily Telegraph
International Polo Cup Series Opens at Meadow Brook Hunt Club
The International Polo Cup began at Meadow Brook Hunt Club Westbury New York with an American victory five and a half to three. Stars include Harry Payne Whitney Larry Waterbury Daveraux Milburn J S Phipps R L Agassiz and C C Rumsey. English contenders led by Leslie St George Cheape Vivian Lockett Noe Edwards R G Ritson with Lord Wodehouse and F M Freake as reserves.
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New York
Meadowbrook
Westbury
Harry Payne Whitney
Larry” Waterbury
Daveraux Milburn
Leslie St. George Cheape
Vivian Lockett
Noe Edwards
R. G. Ritson
Lord Wodehouse
F. M. Freake
Meadowbrook Club
Philadelphia
Newport
Boston
Washington
Narragansett Pier
Chicago
San Francisco
Cotton Carter Stars In Fifth Infield Highlight
In a tense game Pocahontas fields well led by Linkous and Greear as Mollinéux and Yale lock move prompt. Ehrman suffers a finger split and is replaced by Potts while Prince returns from injury with a three putouts at center. Bluefield fails to score after a strong early effort.
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Tas
Gilliland
J. Guydosh
Pocahontas Hoae
Aba Fluiter
Rae Ee
Odham
Linkous
Ball
G. Guydosh
Greear
Chicago
Ehrman
McConnell Cowell
Mollineux
KB Kr Carter
Philadelphia
St. Louis
R H Sweeney
Scott and
Schalk
Bluefield
Brown
Plank
Lappo
Mitchell Wampler
McAllister
Pocahontas
Washington
C. Os
Carter
Johnson
Ainsmith
Beattie
Guy Dosh
Clauss House
McKee
Guy
Boston
Poston
Cleveland
Batteries Collins
Carrigan
Gregg
Steen
Carisch
Detroit
Alto St. Louis
New York
Cotton” Carter
Sutter
Prince
Kee
Mollinéux
Molly
Yale
Looney
A. Ehrman
Potts
Bluefield Defeats Pocahontas 10-3 on Home Ground
Bluefield beat Pocahontas 10 to 3 on Pocahontas grounds. Beattie started for Pocahontas, retired after the third. Guydosh relieved and fanned eleven. Carter pitched well for Bluefield as the visitors built a five-run fifth inning and led 10-1 before Pocahontas mounted a late run.
Dr Howard's Digestive Aid Sells Fast at Half Price
Drugstore owner C H Goodykoontz marketed Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 50 cents with money back guarantee. Hundreds sold, none returned, praised for quick relief of dizziness headaches poor digestion constipation and straining after meals as a popular dinner pill in large cities.
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C. H. Goodykoontz
Dr. Howard
The Sour Milk Habit in East Africa Tribes
The Masai and other tribes of British East Africa keep milk in calabashes or gourds adorned with cowries and beads. They clean the containers with charred ligiye wood, which imparts a smoky taste. Stale milk is blended with fresh to curdle, and ages old sour milk is highly valued.
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British East Africa
Zinj
A Light Plant Nucleus in Oil City Family Talk
A Oil City girl jokes about starting a light company after hearing electricity powers her mother’s hair. She quips that grandpa has gas in his stomach and suggests forming a light company, reflecting local community humor in the Oil City Derrick.
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Oil City
Political Palmistry in the Washington Star
A dialogue mocks political instincts, with a statesman praising a hard worker and Senator Sorghum questioning whether the praised man is a routine laborer or a golfer, highlighting a satirical view of political image judging.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Morley Quote on World Successes and Trials
A brief quotation notes that the greatest worldly achievements come through repeated effort, spanning many trials and seconds, thirds, or even fiftieth attempts, reflecting on perseverance.
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John Morley
Notice of bankruptcy for J G Dennis in Bluefield West Virginia
In the District Court of the Southern District of West Virginia the bankruptcy of J G Dennis of Bluefield Mercer County is announced. The first creditors meeting is set for June 20 1913 at 10 o clock in the forenoon at the referee's Bluefield office to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Continuous memorandum notes the required conformity of proof of claim forms Nos 31 32 33 34 35 36 Bankrupt Act of 1898.
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District Court OF the United States
West Virginia
J. G. Dennis
Bluefield
Mercer
Mercer County
H. B. Lee
A. D
How Their Story Ended
In a garden the couple discusses writing a love tale with a heroine based on the woman. They debate mystery rival suitors and how the ending unfolds as they craft their final scene under a leafy canopy. The man promises to write the conclusion, and she smiles at the implied happy ending.
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Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Dark Horse
Trees That Talk Enlist Forest in Wireless Telegraphy
Scientists propose using trees as part of wireless telegraph networks by exploiting their natural electrical responses. The article discusses how tree signals could convey information through the forest, treating woodlands as a communication resource.
Wireless tree telegraphy could aid military communications
The article describes how officers discovered trees conduct electrical current and could transmit wireless signals. By inserting a nail and connecting to a device, trees allegedly vibrate with Hertzian waves to relay messages to other trees and receiving gear. Reports claim clear hearing within three miles.
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Ete
California
Geologic Map Folio Reports Illinois Coal District
The United States Geological Survey issues a folio from the geologic atlas detailing a district in Illinois. The Murphysboro and Herrin quadrangles span Johnson Perry Franklin and Williams counties at the southern edge of Illinois coal fields.
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Murphysboro
Herrin
Tinois
Geological Survey
Illinois
United States Geological Survey
Geologic Atlas of the
United States
Johnson, Perry
Franklin
Williams Counties
Coal, Glaciation, and Lakes in Southern Illinois Basin
Geologic map notes describe Carboniferous rocks from 850 to 800 feet in a Muddy River basin, with flat to gently inclined beds and a history of sea, swamp, erosion, and a late Pleistocene glacier. Lake beds over 100 feet thick and numerous ancient lakes found in southern Illinois and western Kentucky. Major resource is high quality coal mined at Murphysboro with several beds in the northeast. limited coal in the southwest. A copy of the Murphy sheet folio is available for twenty six cents from the geologic survey director in Washington, DC.
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Muddy River
Ilinois
United States
Canada
Illinois
Wester Kentucky
Murphysboro
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Bluefield Worker
R W Clark of Bluefield West Virginia describes severe back pain swelling and digestive issues from heavy flour milling work. After trying many remedies he found relief using Doan's Kidney Pills and recommends them while noting price and sole US agents Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bluefield
R. W. Clark
Beasley — Street
W. Va
Doan
Foster-Millburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Norfolk and Western Schedule Effective May 25 1913
Train times from Bluefield and Roanoke with connections to Lynchburg Richmond Philadelphia and New York. Pullman sleepers and cafe cars listed with intermediate stops including Norton Saeger Williamson Gary and Columbus. Information by agents W B Bevill and W C Saunders in Roanoke Virginia.
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Norfolk & Western
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Pullman Sleeper
Norfolk
Richmond
Pullman
New York
Hagergr Town
Philadelphia
Cap Bluefield
Shenandoah
W. B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Gen
Virginia
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Wolf Creek
Bland County
F. E. Bastian
Narrows
Ee Gue
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Pike County
Kentucky
W. A. Liller
Keyser
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Dante
W. C. Slusher
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India
England
James Gordon Bennett
America
National League
Virginia League
Cheney, Humphries
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Meyers
Louis
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Willis
McLean Heas
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Gibson
Whialin
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Hendrix
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Sweeney
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Brown and
Kling
Seaton
Alexander
Killifer
L. Pet
St Louis
Petersburg
Newport News
Portsmouth
Dibo
Newport New
Meadowbrook Hunt Club
Pocahontas Grounds
Guydosh
C. Carter
C. Ehrman
Hawley
Goodykoontz Drug Company
Bluefield Baking Company
Daniel Webster
Bluefield Bakery
Bluefield, W. Va
McDowell County
D. B. Baldwin
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