Elaborate Bankers Banquet Highlights West Virginia Group
West Virginia Bankers Association Group Five, including Mercer McDowell Raleigh and Wyoming counties, met at Hotel Mats for an inaugural gathering. About thirty attendees heard remarks on banking challenges, the new clearing system, and deposits while officers and by law committees were named for future meetings.
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West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Mercer
McDowell
Raleigh
Wyoming
Hotel Mats
Hotel Matz
Ounkers
Z W. Crockett
Bluefield
G. Gwyta
iAuiche
W. B. Irvine
National Jj Bank of West Virginia
Wheeling
Irvine
Stae
D. H. Barger
Matoaka
New York
Capt. Barger
L.A. Hooper
Cant
D. HM. Barger
Edwin Mann
J. L. Vlarne
J. Perry
Bramwell
J. Rovodes
J. Elliott
Muatoaka
R. Wood Bernard O. Swope
Welch
W. F. Alexander
G. EB. Stupalsky
Bane
Witten
C. B. Warly
Stupalsky
W. C. Given
WB. Hicks
Harmon
Sutton
J. W. Alison
Orient Lodge
Powhatan
Odd Fellows
Mingo Counties
W. Va
Tazewell
D. P. Kessler
Cowan
A. J. Wilkerson
Grafton
D. Gannoe
Crawford
Keystone
Grand Lodge
T. W. Zink
Table D'Hote Dinner at Hotel Matz Sunday Evening
Table D Hote Dinner offered Sunday from 6 to 9 30 p.m. at Hotel Matz with fine meal and music. Organizer H H Barnes manager hopes to make the hotel famous through these dinners.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Guarantee Offer
A guarantee allows a refund if two thirds of a bottle is used per directions and the customer remains unsatisfied. The product is sold by all dealers with the option to try it.
Hubbard cuts short senate campaign speech at city hall
Congressman W. P. Hubbard addressed supporters at City Hall urging opposition to Nathan P. Scott in the U S senate race. He criticized Scott’s alleged ties to lobbyists and trusts and urged voters to reject machine politics booze and boodle ahead of next Wednesday’s vote. He left on train No. 16, promising further remarks on Mercer County and statewide efforts.
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W. P. Hubbard
United States Senate
Nathan P. Scott
J. J. Martin
State Senate
Hubbard
Republican Party
John L. Steele
Scott
D. B. Smith
Cabell
J. H. Strickling
George C. Mclntosh
Mclntosh
American Tobacco Company
Mercer County
Hubbard Ends Speech Early Then Departs for Washington
The report notes Mr. Hubbard cut his remarks short and then left on train No. 16 bound for Washington.
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Mr.’ Hubbard
Gretted
Mr. Hubbard
Washington
Leonard the Hairdresser Saves Queen's Hair with Diplomacy
In 1781 Leonard a Gascon hairdresser to Queen Marie Antoinette persuades her to adopt a new enfant coiffure to save her hair. He forecasts a younger look and convinces the queen as court ladies imitate the style, preventing a total hair loss.
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France
Marie Antoinette
Leonard
Gascon
Madame
Paris
Journal Des Dames
A Losing Game And Sleep Talking Lectures
A noted lecturer laments losing $2000 last night as he charged 50 cents per word for his oratory. A skeptical interlocutor asks about poker. the lecturer replies that he talked in his sleep, wiping away a tear in a Puck cartoon vignette.
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Puck
Water at his office flavored with cloves inquiry
A brief exchange after dinner features a spotted question about the taste of drinking water at an office, with a reply affirming the inquiry. The fragmentary dispatch hints at a domestic- or workplace-centered oddity reported by the Buffalo Express.
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Buffalo Express
Anger is a Pure Waste of Vitality
A reflective aphorism arguing that anger wastes vitality, harms others, and diminishes personal grace, urging restraint and wiser reaction.
Classified Want Ad Begs Readers for Pennies
Short notice asks readers to place want ads at one cent per word with fast results. The text imitates a simple penny rate sales pitch for classified listings.
Hubbard at Princeton Hon P B Pennington Introduces
Hon William P Hubbard spoke to a large crowd at Princeton yesterday afternoon. Rev P B Pennington introduced him. After the address Dr J E Martin and Hon A A Lilly spoke on state senate and congressional nominations respectively.
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William P. Hubbard
Princeton
PB. P. Pennington
Cook Aboard Provisions Line Turns Pun
An inveterate wit asks the captain how he gets dinner on a voyage. The skipper replies that they always cook aboard. The wag quips about cooking a board, noting the vessel is well provisioned for the trip.
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London Graphic
Witty Exchange Highlights Clergymen in Banter
In a Boston Transcript record an English clergyman and a Scottish brother exchange a facetious remark about heads. The Englishman quips his head could hold two of his companion’s, who retorts that his head is not empty after all.
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Loth
David
Boston ‘Transcript
Progressing as a newspaper artist in Cleveland Leader era
Quote records a dialogue about a newspaper artist advancing in craft. The artist notes permission to draw cross marks indicating where tragedy occurred, reflecting early sensational reporting techniques. The Cleveland Leader is cited as the source.
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Cleveland Leader
Noble Effort
A brief note from eurson's Weekly describes Cholly facing illness after a woman tells him to think. The quip highlights a mental strain as the cause of his brain fever and asks how he contracted it.
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Cholly
Eurson
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