Lewisburg Seminary Rebuilt as Major West Virginia Girls School
The largest girls school in West Virginia, once destroyed by fire in 1001 1% has new stone and brick buildings costing over eighty thousand dollars. A twenty six thousand five hundred dollar building funded by Andrew Carnegie houses classrooms an auditorium with one thousand seats an Art Hall a Literary Society Hall and a gymnasium. It offers English and Scientific English Classical and Business courses with stenography typing and bookkeeping. The Conservatory of Music is the largest department with 154 students and seven instructors. The home life is attractive and Lewisburg is famed for hospitality and culture.
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Andrew Carnegie
Conservatory of Music
Fa” I
Montgomery County
Virginia
Roanoke River
Shawsville
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Alleghany Springs
Crockett Springs
Wood
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
Floyd Courthouse
Linkenhoker
GEO C Barnett
Vinton, Va
Abigail Rogers Wades Ashore Stirring Puritan Settlement Tale
A ship from England brings emigrants including Abigail Rogers to a Massachusetts settlement. She wades in the shallow water laughing, attracting stares from Puritan onlookers. Hugh Baltons tall rescue leads many to label her a witch, while Hezekiah Stonehedge records the tale. Abigail’s origin remains unknown aboard, bewitching the locals with her bold arrival.
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England
Massachusetts
Hezekiah Stonehedge
Abigail Rogers
Hugh Baltonstall
Bewitched Sailors and a Hidden Inheritance Saga
Abigail, under a witch’s spell, flees with a sailor aboard to escape Brone hedge and his schemes. Hugh Saltonstall uncovers a plot by Abigail’s uncle to take her inheritance and impersonate her. The truth emerges when Abigail returns to England with Saltonstall, restoring her rightful property.
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Abigail
Hugh
Hezekiah Stonehedge
Hezekiah
Hugh Saltonstall
Bronehedge
Saltonstall
England
Dean's Kidney Pills Ease Back Pain Claims
Bluefield residents endorse Dean's Kidney Pills for backache tied to kidney issues. Miss Gray Nicewander reports relief after using the pills bought from John L Crockett's drug store. The ad promises the pills cure backache and headaches with satisfactory results and prices at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as United States agent.
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Bluefield
Gray Nicewander
Barton Street
W. Va
Dean
John L. Crockett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Doan
Briesie AS coats and trousers suit fine wool mix
Coats and trousers offered in mixed wool fabrics such as cheviots and flannels with plaid and striped effects. Styles include single and double breasted cuts with various finishes. Quality typically sells for 16 dollars, advertised at Siz.
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Siz
Straw Hats Offer A Fresh City Selection At Rising Prices
The store advertises a broad straw hat assortment now at its peak with new blocks and styles. Hats range in price from 75 to 150 dollars equivalent in city currency, featuring Java split straw and high crown effects.
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Java
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Old Lewisburg
China
Lewisbure
R. L. Telford
Marion Supply Co
Stocok
Marion
Yetley
J. Moffett
M. D
ST. Louis
Bluefield Normal and Business Institute
W. H. Cunningham
Crockett & Graham Block
Bluefield, W.va
Daz
Windsor European Hotel
Opp
Bluefield, W. Va
Daily Telegraph
Bleufield
Kcarthy
Eug
Hi. H. Kennedy
Cashier
Sbluppiald, W.va
Pearson
Bland St
Chamberlain
Laros
Medical College OF
Christopher Tompkins
Memorial Hospital
City Free Dispensary
State Penitentiary Hospital
City Almshouse Hospital
F. M. Reade
Richmond
Briesie AS
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Morris Rosenberg
Princeton Avenue
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Lynchburg
Norfolk
Smbenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagerstown
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Columbus
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Ohie
Cafe Car
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Pullman Sleeper
Tastewell
Norton
Clinch Valley
Ogee Valley Division
Webb
Pocahontas
Bramwell
Norfolk and Western Hallway
W. B. Bevill
AROKS
Cocca
White’s Pharmacy
Altamont
Centran
Cohen
Great Central Route
Gall Por
W. E. Stuart
Mgr. Kaystons
Browns Photo Studio
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
Ohmer
Cor. Cherry and Beneca Hts
Fort ST
Detroit Michigan
Keystone, W. Va
Kater
Cp. Gd. Edwards
Pase
R Traffic
Otncinnatih
Secret Society News
Reigh
Binefield Lodge
No. S. A. M. Tno
Masonic Hall
Bland Street
Bluerfield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Flame
West Va. Baking Co
Bluefield Ave
West Va
L. Morris & CO
Ww.a
W.S. Crockett F. D
Ndertaker
Prince Building
Cail
Parlor Graham
Korn Dennison AY
W. Pennington
Garter & Chandler
Lazarus Building
Ww. Va
T. W. Kirkbride
Harrisburg
Hartie
Penn
Jas. R. Philips
Pittebure
J. L. Silverman
Wm. H. Holmes
J. W. Anderson
Pitteb
Hartford
Claude W
Blupfield, Wva
Daily Hack
Talcott
Ballard & Dunn
Nathan A. Michelson
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