Desk of Carved Secrets Sparks a Hospital Romance
Franklin Deane wins a house surgeon post by outthinking peers and courts Florence Miller. He then buys a carved antique desk revealing a steel secret drawer with a will that makes Florence heir to her uncle. He offers marriage, she accepts on equal terms, and says she will repay his proposal with a fortune-enabled vow.
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Franklin Deane
Medical College
St. Luke's Hospital
Deane
Florence Miller
Florence
Enoch Gordon Tie
Dr. Deane
Miss Miller
Enoch Gordon
Kodol Promoted for Dyspepsia and Digestion
Kodol is presented as the best known preparation for dyspepsia digestion and stomach troubles. It digests all foods and is pleasant to take. It is sold here by all druggists.
Delegates Arrive for Missionary Society Meeting
The thirteenth annual Wo man s Foreign Missionary Society of the Holston Conference opens with arrivals by train. Delegates from various districts gather for the afternoon session featuring organization at 3 00 P M devotionals at 8 00 P M prayer for the Holy Spirit praise for blessings and a district secretary led story of the year.
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Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Holston
May Day Fire Sacrifice Rite From Scottish Highlands
The Gentlemen's Magazine article notes a May Day custom in Callender Perthshire where boys dig a circular trench, bake cake on embers, and blind draw pieces with one blackened. The boy who draws the blackened piece must leap through flames, a ritual once requiring human sacrifice for summer fertility.
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John Sincatr
Segiland
Callender
Perthshire
Gentlemany Magazine
Grandpa in the ark joke from the House of Commons
A famous grandfather in the English House of Commons chats with his granddaughter. She asks why his hair is white. He says he was in the ark. She quizzes him about Noah Shem Ham and Japheth and concludes he must be a beast. The exchange ends with a playful misfit of biblical names.
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House of Commons
Noah
Shem
Ham
Japheth
Tam
The Evil Eye Myth and Its Remedies Across Ages
A look at the belief in the evil eye during the middle ages. Folk remedies included amulets and actions like laughing spitting and somersaults to ward off the curse.
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New York American
Evolution of the letter i and the rise of the dot
A historical note explains that the small i lacked a dot until the fourteenth century to distinguish it from e in hurried handwriting. The i was once used where i is now, and printers in the Netherlands introduced the i and j distinction later, with the j becoming dotted because it derived from the I which bore a dot.
Value of Religion and Trade Quips in Early Morn Messages
Quotations from Rev Mr Goodman and merchant Mainehantz on religion and church trade. Includes a proverb about the early bird and worm. Mentions carnations for ladies at Homer's Confectionery and an invite to order Sunday ice cream at the store.
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Goodman
Mainehantz
Philadelphia Preas
Homer's Confectionery
Electric Bitters praised by New York man for stomach and liver relief
Mr. Frank Conlan of 436 Houston Street New York lauds Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver issues and weak kidneys. The tonic is said to regulate digestion purify blood and restore vigor with a 50 cent guarantee at all druggists.
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Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
Graham College Names Dr Samuel A Baer as President
The Graham College board offered the presidency to Dr Samuel A Baer of Harrisburg Pa He accepted and will lead the college next season Beers background includes Franklin and Marshall College Reading Berks County and Harrisburg roles and praised by Henry Houck deputy PA superintendent of public instruction The inviting dinner party featured Mr and Mrs Robert Lazenby and several others as guests.
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Graham College
Samuel A. Baer
Harrisburg
Graham
Baer
Syron W. King
Pittsburg
Henry Houck
Public Instruction of Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College
Keystone State Normal School
Reading
Two Extra Policemen Authorized in Graham
Due to a week of burglaries and attempted burglaries the Graham mayor approves appointing two additional policemen. The council believes more officers will deter night raiders and notes that high idle time in the area correlates with increased crime.
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Graham
Moonlight Social At West Graham Park
A lively moonlight social drew a cheerful group to West Graham Park on Thursday evening. Guests played lawn games and sang many songs before gathering for a bountiful spread.
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Merry Party
West Graham Park
Graham Park
Record 10 Be Proud Of Homer Anderson at Roanoke College
Homer Anderson returns from Roanoke College with four silver medals won on field day in the one mile run the 440 yard dash the pole vault and the running broad jump. He missed the best athlete award by three points and earned a right end football position with an excellent last season.
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Homer Anderson
Roanoke College
The
Athletic Association
Anderson
Social Luncheon and Card Party at Maple Terrace
Mrs. Lee J Barbee hosted a luncheon from two to six at Maple Terrace race. After tea guests played Five Hundred in the parlor with Miss Ethel Killy winning the top prize for highest card in a three way tie. Others in attendance included Mrs. John Pearson, Mrs. Walter Ridley, Mrs. Lawrence Alexander and Nettie Baird of Fort Spring, and many more.
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Lee J. Barbee
Maple Terrace
Ethel Killy
S. N. Huffard
Lewis Jenkins
Miss Killy
John Pearson
Walter Ridley
Whuefield
Lawrence Alexander
Nettie Baird
Fort Spring
R. Poindexter
Harry Rice
James
Beverly Yost
SN. Muffard
William Frezier
J. H. Hardy
John Tanner
R. B. Williamson
F. K. Dupuy
W. L. Sexton
Mariel Killy
Vivian
Climax Electrical Supply and Construction Company Dissolution
On May 23 1908 the board of Climax Electrical Supply and Construction Company voted to dissolve the firm. A stockholders meeting was ordered for May 23 1908 in Cluefield Mercer County West Virginia to action on the resolution with notice published in the Daily Telegraph for four weeks and copies mailed to all stockholders. W P Hawley and H A Wilson certify the dissolution resolution was passed by a majority in interest of the capital stock.
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Climax Electrical Supply and Construction Company
Climax Electrical Supply and Construction
Cluefield
Mercer County
West Va
Daily Telegraph
Meiling
United States
W. P. Hawley
H. A. Wilson
Local mentions and visits across Graham scene unfold
The column lists a string of arrivals and journeys. Rev L M Cartright’s fine milch cow was killed on the railway Thursday night. Visitors include A J Doss W H Walters B E B Ward and J W Doss from Pocahontas in Graham yesterday on business. Mrs P C Winburn visits relatives at Tazewell. Mrs W E Peery returns home from West Graham after visiting her mother Annie Crockett. James W Honaker of Rocky Gap in Graham on business. recently released from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. James E Greever of Twin Branch visits his parents C P and Mrs C P Greever. Annie Killy of Vivian returns from Roanoke College commencement exercises. guest of Mrs R B Williamson. Nettie Baird of Fort Spring visits Mrs Lawrence Alexander. Mrs Harry Rice of Indiana leaves for Newport to visit sister Mrs Atlee Smith. Fred H Hughes of Bramwell in Graham on business. Bertha Greever leaves for Witten’s Mills and Five Oaks to spend time with relatives. Dr C D Townes of Martinsville arrives from Huntington after WV medical board meeting. to stay with Mr and Mrs H C Calloway.
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P .C. Winburn
Tazewell
W. E. Peery
Annie Crockett
West Graham
James W. Honaker
Rocky Gap
Graham
Honaker
John Hopking Hospital
Baltimore
James E. Greever
Twin Branch
C. P. Greever
Annie Killy
Vivian
Salem
Roanoke College
R. B. Williamson
Nettie Baird
Fort Spring
Lawrence Alexander
Harry Rice
Indiana
8. N. Huffard
Newport
Atlee Smith
Fred H. Hughes
Bramwell
Bertha Greever
Witten’s
H. C. Calloway
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Kinzer
Kinzer Kinzer
Chas. J. Kinzer
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Bluefield, W. Va
Bluefield Transfer Co
N. & W. Bagange Room
Baddare
Coluwibus
Ohio
Romance of
Missionary Society
Herman
Charleston News and Courier
Daily Velegrapy
Pia Veld
Graham Dany News
Telegraph
Robert Lazenby
F. T. Akers
Mary Dinwiddie
Sallie Jamison
May Calloway
Evie Lazenby
Florence Monroe
Messrs
Edger Lazenby
M. DB
Moonlight Social
Nina Dodd
Wilson Street
Irene Embry
Ana Kwhbry
Hdm Onham
Georgie Bonham
Lena Saunders
Rosalie Hicks
Earl Sluss
Nannie Livesy
Frank Tylor
Mark Barbee
Joe Davidson
Welch
Fatty Graham
Dhuester Crockett
Boss Huffard
Hub Rateliff
Speck Bruce
Hluestone River
Mileh
L. M. Cartright
A. J. Doss
W. H. Walters
B. E B. Ward
J. W. Doss
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