Railroad display features historic Baltimore and Ohio exhibit
Wheeling will host a unique commemorative week June 15 to 21 marking West Virginia’s semi centennial and the Baltimore and Ohio’s 60th anniversary as a major line. Major Pangborn leads the exhibit with historic engines, a 1850 Pioneer replica, and a first passenger car replica from 1830 drawn by a rail horse in a pageant recalling early American railroading.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake Bay
Ohio River
J. G. Pangborn
Wheeling Centennial Committee
Pangborn
John Spurrier
C. W. Galloway
Yesteryears
MP. Spurrier
Mitchell Kirby
Roseby’s Rock
Abner T. Ingles
Joseph J. Brady
James Brannon
William Fleming
Ephraim Provance
Annapolis
Baltimore Fire Department
Maryland
Henry Gassoway Davis
John Smith
Baltimore
President Lincoln
President Street Depot
Camden Station
Washington
Z. T. Barber
Martinsburg
A. W. Thompson
Peter Coper
Tom Thumb
William Galloway
W. Calloway
Concentration and the straight path in thinking
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt urges single minded focus for teachers and lawyers alike. It argues one clear objective at a time sharpens teaching and legal argument, dismissing distractions from the path to essential facts.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Wasted Medicine
A veteran drug clerk notes that even the most careful pharmacists must redo prescriptions when errors occur. Overdoses in liquids or powders happen, but conscientious clerks discard the entire mixture and prepare a fresh prescription to avoid harming patients.
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New York Times
Seeing the World at Home Brings Universal View
Quote from Booklovers' Magazine argues travel alone cannot cure provincialism. It claims true vision comes from using one’s eyes to perceive one’s own surroundings as richly as distant locales. The piece endorses mindful awareness over mere movement in search of landscape and glory.
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Alps
Rockies
Booklovers’ Magazine
Inconsistent Patriotism and Money Meant for Office
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum noting a patriot’s focus on more than pecuniary gains. He argues that wealth allowing independence from money concerns does not prevent political exclusion or biased treatment in campaigns.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Profane Golf and the Question of Women Players
A Buffalo Express quote questions if golf suits women. It recalls a man playing and stopping to swear, sparking a brief debate on propriety and gender in the game.
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Buffalo Express
Adversity and Prosperity Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A reflective quote notes that while many can endure adversity, far more falter when faced with prosperity. The author, Thomas Carlyle, contrasts resilience in hardship with weakness in success.
World’s Greatest Livestock Show at Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco plans $175000 in livestock prizes plus $225000 for trotting races. Livestock will be on display for ten months from February to December 1915 with moving pictures and lectures, and cattle from Angel Island quarantine will be moved to the exposition site. Daniel O. Lively leads the livestock department promising the finest exhibition yet.
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San Francisco
Universal Expositions
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders’ Association
Harbor View
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association
England
New Zealand
America
Department of Livestock
Wnion
International American Dominique Club
Red Breeders’ Club of the World
American Light Brahma Club
United States
Oder
Daniel O. Lively
Lively
Heptasophs Society Opens Annual Session in City
The fraternal insurance group Heptasophs with about 75 000 members began its yearly gathering in this city today as delegates arrive from numerous states across the nation.
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of Heptasophs
Massachusetts Medical Society Holds 1820 Anniversary Meeting
The Massachusetts Medical Society opens a two day session at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston to celebrate the 1820 anniversary of its foundation. Notable physicians and members from the medical community gather for discussions and ceremonies.
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Medical Society
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Medical Society
Copley Plaza Hotel
Heptasophs in Session in Louisville June
The supreme conclave of the Improved Order in Louisville Kentucky opens a session. Delegates from chapters across the region gather to discuss rituals and governance. Leaders outlined plans for charitable work and fraternal expansion during the meeting.
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Louisville, Ky
the Improved Order
The Servant Question and Household Trust
Women spoil servants through lack of trust, a fault more with educated mistresses. A mature mistress should guide with clear methods, teach work details, and avoid nagging to reduce daily discord and build responsibility.
Floating Gardens Across Time and Space
Floating gardens have appeared worldwide from ancient days, both natural and man made. They thrive where floods threaten terra firma crops, as in Kashmir with famed gardens and Mexico’s Xochimilco chinampas. Chinampas are soil covered floating masses of plants secured by poplar stakes forming living hedges around the islands.
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Delos
Natal
Apollo
Artemis
Pliny
Vadimonis
Calaminae
Lydia
Kashmir
Xochimilco
Mexico
Philadelphia Ledger
First Curtain Call for Voltaire’s Merope in 1743 Paris
The first curtain call occurred February 26 1743 in Paris after Voltaire’s Merope impressed the public. Fans demanded to see him and, in a famous moment, dragged him to kiss the Duchess de Villars and her daughter-in-law. The scene sparked wild acclaim as the author was publicly honored.
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Voltaire
Alain Chartier
Can't Keep a Good Man Down Lincoln Quotation
A Lincoln admonition on self improvement and resisting envy or obstruction. The speaker urges a young man to focus on personal growth, noting jealousy rarely helps and suggesting that dwelling on perceived injuries harms all associated with the fallen effort.
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Abraham Lincoln
Doctor Son Builds Promptly Paying Practice After Graduation
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a medical graduate, now a practicing doctor for one year, who has already established a loyal patient base. One family pays bills promptly on the 10th of every month.
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Detroit Free Press
Local Cartoonist Jokes About Sensitive Photo Plates
The Baltimore American quotes a cartoonist who quips about cruelty in art, saying he hates placing graphic subjects on his plates because they are such sensitive plates. The remark reflects lighthearted media humor.
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Baltimore
A Literary Noise in the Periodical Room
In a humorous aside the dialogue notes the rasping sound of magazines being filed in the periodical room suggesting busy shelving and tidying of periodicals.
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New York American
Marcus Aurelius quote on swarm and bee ethics
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius states that what is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. It highlights a shared fate between individual and collective welfare.
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Marcus Aurelius
Nine forage crops in a single year observed in Italy district
Agricultural experts touring northern Italy report a dry gravelly Milan area yields nine forage crops annually aided by irrigation. Watered by city sewage from Milan main canals, fields stay green most of the year supporting dairy farming and large cheese exports.
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Italy
Milan
American Commission On Agricultural Cooperation
Wreck Near Cleveland Leaves Fireman Miller in Serious Condition
Local railroad officials have not yet determined the wreck’s immediate cause near Cleveland. Engine 498 arrived in yards for viewing, with 444 sidelined at Finney after heavy damage. Train 5 carried relatives of A F Gillespie to his funeral near Tazewell as Fireman Miller remains gravely ill.
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Cleveland
Finney
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
A. F. Gillespie
Man Arrests Stir After Break-In at Rogers Tyler District
About 2 oclock yesterday afternoon a Negro cook cried for help in a residence area near Rogers and Tyler streets causing excitement. Reports say Fonce Cole, a Black man known to police court circles, entered the cook's room after prior incidents on Raleigh street including a shooting.
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Rogers and
Tyler
Fonce Cole
Raleigh Street
Fonce
Social notes from Tazewell and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Sherman Moseley visit friends in Graham. Miss Margaret Leese of Tazewell shops in the city. Miss Mary W Lemmon of Tazewell visits sister Mrs Solter. Mrs W Easley leaves for Radford to attend Montgomery Presbytery. Rev S W Moore and Miss Virginia Hearn depart for Radford to attend Presbytery. Several residents travel for visits and commencements with relatives and friends in Draper, Athens, Wytheville, Pottsville and Philadelphia.
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Margaret Leese
Tazewell
Mary W. Lemmon
City
Mrs. Solter
M. E. Sameth
Virginia
J. W. Chapman
Wytheville
W. Moore
The
Presbyterian Church
Radford
Montgomery
Virginia Hearn
Miss Watson
They Got Left By The Train
John and Betty ages five and four along with their parents began a railway journey on Monday but missed the train as the engineer rang the bell. They tried again next Sunday to go to Sunday school but again turned back saying they got left.
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John
Betty
New York Post
Figs Too Heavy to Lift
A description from the Philadelphia Inquirer notes a fig tree in Oceania with tiny leaves and flowers yet bearing fruits possibly the largest on earth. The round fruits can be so heavy a man cannot lift them and kernels are roasted like chestnuts but hard to digest. The piece also mentions a vast trailing trunk with dense foliage and a fig fruit measuring eight teen by fifteen inches, plus another tree with leaves one and a half feet long and one foot wide.
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Oceania
Indian Archipelago
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Subtle Difference in Irish Expression
An article notes that the traditional bull of Ireland reveals an Irish talent for subtle meaning rather than mere blundering. A bystander comments on a fox hunter whose horse fell, noting that dying crossing a fence would be acceptable whereas dying on the flat field would ruin a man’s reputation.
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Ireland
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Thomas Carlyle
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Graham
Cole
Harman
No. 3
Miller
Cook
Fonece Cole
Negro
Mrs
Sherman Moseley
J. D. Nuckols
Swords Creek
Gussie Kinder
W. R. Wimmer
Allen Street
R. E. Moore
W. L. Sexton
Hoge Mason
Joseph Mason
E. S. Pedigo
Draper
Landcraff
Joe
Mallory
Sarah Friedman
Cincinnati
S. Benjamin
Princeton Avenue
J. C. Akers
Lelia Bailey
Athens
Concord Normal School
J. J. Lincoln
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Elkhorn
Sid Patton
Erwin, Tenn
Norfolk and Western
George Callahan
Isadore Cohen
Jewelers
Madame Krumpetz
Elks Opera House
Keith
Hayama
Imperial Japanese
Louise Carlisle
Dan Delmar
Tripple
Citizens Underwriters Agency
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield, W. Va
Peery, M. Wb
Bida
Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield Normal & Business College
W. WW. Cunningham
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