Children’s Home Society plea aids Virginia orphans
Graham Daily News highlights Virginia Children’s Home Society needs funds and homes for thousands of needy children, noting the 1900 charter, no state aid, and a June campaign to raise money for new buildings. It cites influenza surges, 1148 legal members, and a receiving home as urgent, urging Virginians to help.
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Virginia
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
C. E. Pleasants
Seventh Street
Richmond
Sunday School Convention Program at North Tazewell
The Sunday School Association schedules a North Tazewell convention next Thursday with a full program of addresses, demonstrations, open discussions, and officer elections led by Pastor Rev. Diggs and others. Local reports note visitors and residents attending events, with updates on personnel and activities in the region.
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North Tazewell
Sunday School Association
John M. Newton
Samuel W. Moore
W. G. O'Brien
T. G. Diggs
W. W. Arrewood
John J Parsons
Katherine Groh
Diggs
FE. W. Hughes
Baseball fever grips small towns in the Bluestone area
The piece describes hot summer baseball in Falls Mills Nemours Bluestone Junction Fails Mills and other nearby towns. It notes tame and fine games between these communities and mentions Hackman West Graham and Brush Fork as teams capable of fielding nine players. The Pinestone Junction Live Wires faced Nemours in a recent clash but struggled, with the Bluefield Daily Telegraph report cited at the end.
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Fails Mills
Flat Top
Nemours
Bluestone Junction
Falls Mills
Hackman
West Graham
Brush Fork
Pinestone Junction
Powder Town
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Water Pipe Ordered as Council Moves to Begin Project
The council approved rushing a water system improvement in Dills spnne area with pipe ordered by J R Ande gon and the water committee to handle details. A town marriage in Tazewell saw Harvey Dailey wed to Dolly Perdue with ceremony by Dr John Moore Crowe.
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S. M. Graham
Yesteday
J. R. Andegon
Water Committee
Tazewell
Harvey Augustus Dailey
West Graham
R. E Dailey
Dolly Lillian Perdue
Coaldale
John Moore Crowe
George Perdue
Harry Padbury
C. 3
Pippin
Graham
Lift Off Corns Magic Drops and Freezone Ad
An advertisement touts Fyrrezone for instant relief from corns with a simple drop and lift technique. It also promotes Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. A note claims PreeZone as a discovery of a Cincinnati genus. Also mentions a 4800 ton kerosene shipment to France aboard a British tanker from Tampico.
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France
Tampico
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Itching Skin
The ad touts Zemo as a reliable remedy for eczema itch pimples rashes and blackheads. It claims rapid relief overnight and instant itching stop with a safe antiseptic liquid priced 35 cents for the standard bottle and 1.00 for extra large. The E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio distributes it.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Mother's Debt Myth Leaves Leaning Turrets in Benares
Bhupendranath Mass writes that a Hindu temple at Benares bears leaning turrets said to honor a son’s mother. Tradition holds the temple once teetered as the son boasted of repaying his debt, then blasphemously prayed, and the edifice began to topple, teaching humility to visitors.
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Bhupendranath Mass Weites
Journal
The
Royal Society of Arts
India
Benares
Cardul praised as remedy for womanly troubles in old ad
Mrs. J B Gadd of Hixson Tennessee recalls suffering left side pain and sleepless nights until Cardul helped. She reports two bottles improved her strength and cured the trouble after her baby was born. The ad urges other women to take Cardul for headaches backaches nervousness and fatigue. Numerous decades of use are claimed.
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Hixson, Tenn
Cardus
Mr. A ON
Magnolia Sttreet
Jacksonville
Pia
West Virginia University grants multiple honorary degrees
Morgantown June 14 final graduation exercises marked the semicentennial commencement as West Virginia University conferred several honorary L L D degrees on James Frederick Brown Charleston Aretas Brooke Fleming Fairmont William Eilsworth Glasscock Morgantown William Alexander Mactorkle Charleston Earl William Oxlebay Cleveland Ohio Livia Simpson Poffenparger Charleston Albert Plakeslee White Parkersburg Israel Charles White Morgantown In absentia honorary L L Cp degrees went to former Governor Geo Wesley Atkinson Charleston Secretary of War Newton Died Baker Washington Ambassador John William Davis Clarkburg former Governor Henry Drucy Hatfield Huntington and others.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Trotter
Robert McNutt McElroy
Princeton University
Morris P. Shawkey
State Superintendent of Schools
L. L. Dpd
James Frederick Brown
Charleston
Aretas Brooke Fleming
Fairmont
William Eilsworth
Glasscock
William Alexander Mactorkle
Earl William Oxlebay
Cleveland
Ohio
Livia Simpson Poffenparger
Albert Plakeslee White
Parkersburg
Israel Charles White
L. L. Cp
Geo. Wesley Atkinson
Newton
Baker
Washington
John William Davis
Clarkburg
Henry Drucy Hatfield
Huntington
Vidhor Matthew Impson Hughes
Portland
Gre
Daniell Willard
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Moors Hope in Granada Tale of Wishing Bell Legend
In Granada the Vela tower of the Alhambra is guarded by one family since the conquest, where a wishing bell supposedly grants a husband to a girl who knocks it. Escamillo, a grandson, assists by lifting girls to reach the bell as gratuities rise to at least a peseta, with tales of Tangier coffee houses echoing “Yerga” for return of Moors.
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Granada
Alhambra
Escamillo
Camilio
Strait of Gibraltar
Save Pennies Waste Dollars
A brief urging readers to choose a reliable printer to cut costs. The message emphasizes economical printing choices and long term savings for budgeting entities. It presents a call to action without additional details or endorsements.
New York Guard Demonstrates Emergency City Protection
Ten regiments of the New York state guard staged a test mobilization to defend the city. Armored trucks ferried armed guards to public buildings power houses and utilities while secrecy heightened tension. About 10,000 men participated under Brigadier General Dyer and Adjutant General Berry with ammunition issued and barred access for press.
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New York
New York State Guard
Hayes
Seventh Infantry
George R. Dyer
Seventy-First Regiment
Manhattan
Berry
Swinburne Called War's Poet by Nelson Collins
Nelson Collins writing in Century proclaims Swinburne the world war poet. He cites Songs Before Sunrise to support the claim noting Swinburne opposed rulers and supported Italy's freedom. The piece argues Swinburne anticipated wartime doubt and highlights poems like She Red Laugh written in 1005.
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Swinburne
War
Nelson Collins
Century
Mr. Collins
Frederick of
Naples
Napoleon II
Francis Joseph
Italy
France
Europe
Mazzini
Carducet
No royal road to success or learning
The author argues hard work beats idleness in any office. Five hours of steady effort can outpace longer but lax effort, and over time the diligent people progress while shirkers fall behind. The piece stresses personal potential and that limits depend on diligence.
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Tlese Saumie
Hope and legislative record in California
The piece extols hopeful striving and notes a unique legislative feat by Assemblywoman Mrs. Hughes of Butte County in the recent California session, where every bill she introduced became law.
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California
Hughes
Butte County
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Children’s Home Drive
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Princeton Ave
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