Richlands News Notes March Update
Rosa Brown returns to finish school on Big Creek after measles caused dismissal. Attorney W B Spratt is ill at home. Miss Nina Gillespie visits Cedar Bluff relatives. Town council approves gravity water supply from three miles away. J B Hunt returns from Bluefield Williamson trip.
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Richlands
Rosa Brown
Big Creek
W. B. Spratt
Nina Gillespie
Cedar Bluff
J. B. Hunt
Bluefield and Williamson
The Long Road From Farm Tools to Modern Agriculture
The article traces why farming lagged behind other sectors, noting ancient tools found in Egypt, the lack of farming innovation for millennia, and the contrast with established governments, armies, and arts while mass hunger persisted in early eras. It reflects on historical neglect of agricultural problem solving.
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British Museum
Setit
Egypt
Everybody’s Magazine
Lord Kelvin Arithmetic Tales in Class and Courtroom
A readable reminiscence of Lord Kelvin highlighting his playful errors in arithmetic and a near disaster. The anecdotes include a miswritten sum on a Glasgow blackboard, a humorous exchange about seven times nine, and a warning moment in a Lords House discussion.
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Lord Kelvin
Glasgow University
Morefarlane
Lord Kelvin Himeself
House of Lords
Water as an Explosive Power Remaking Earth
A Popular Mechanics passage describes water as an unseen explosive force that reshapes rock and soil. It details how freezing water expands in cracks, splitting rock, and even cracking tree pores with gunshot like blasts.
Funny Jersey Quote From Off-Duty Bronx Cop
A New York Globe snippet recalls a Bronx policeman on sick leave after pursuing a runaway horse. He muses on passersby and a German porter who vanished then reappeared saying he was “Over in Jersey,” joking about Jersey towns with different names.
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Jersey
Broadway
Dey Street
Hin
New York Globe
Jury Exemption Cited Over Debt in Loulon Chronicle
A juror asked to be excused after admitting he would rough up a debtor to collect £5. The court dismissed him as unsuitable for the panel. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as gentle and prompt, sold by druggists.
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Kennedy
Shake Well In A Bottle Kidney Trouble Cited In Ad
An old advertisement warns of rising kidney trouble and links symptoms to arterial waste. It suggests a home remedy using Compound Karyon, Fluid Extract Dandelion, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla mixed and taken in small doses with meals and at bedtime.
Do Not Crowd the Season
A compact 1900s style column notes the urge to enjoy spring sunshine while warning of flu and pneumonia risk. It advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective, then shifts to public notices about stock sales and school bonds in Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
West End. Drug Co
East End
Bluefield Pharmacy
Dressy suspenders patterns and fashion notes
Pattern options in six sizes from 32 to 42 inches bust. Send 16 cents with number 2055 to receive the pattern by mail. Article notes high front ruffles on skirts, dress embellishments like drop ornaments, and two Japanese style suspender designs. Includes trim and fabric suggestions. Also contains political notice from West Virginia election officials and party guidelines.
Republican State Convention for Parkersburg 1908 Call
Official notice directs a Parkersburg convention on April 29 1908 to select four delegates at large and four alternates to the Chicago Republican national convention June 16 1908. It details county delegations based on Roosevelt 1904 votes and lists participating counties and representation.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
State Central Committee
Wood
Chicago
United States
Supreme Court of Appeals of
Theodore Roosevelt
Deleg
Barbour
Soeeerery
Boone
Fowsae
Biaston
Scsees
Sreenbrier
Hampshire
Seaie's
Nas Eas
Eevee Coon
Jockbon Nice
Jefferson
Kanawha
McDowell
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Waacan
Pocahontas
Pyorio
Randolph
Fifth District Republican Convention Called for April 27
The Fifth district Republican committee calls a Linnton Linntington Cabell West Virginia mass convention for April 27 to nominate a congress candidate and elect delegates. districts receive apportionment totals and no alternates or proxies allowed. The Mercer county mass convention on April 4 at Bramwell selects 24 delegates for a June Chicago national convention and 36 delegates for Huntington April 27.
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West Virginia
Linntington
Cabell County
Congress
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Dele
Weles
Gates
Boghs Pvcesiks
Coball
Ciedewcey
Clase
Haiad
I. Ork
Tavernas
McDowell
Neseese
Wyoming
Republican Congressional Committee
Fifth
Mercer County
Bramwell
Eersburg
Supreme Court
Huntington
Heaver Pond
Rock
East River
Plymouth
Jumping Branch
Beaver Pond
Republican Party
Isaac T. Mann
le Howman
Poca hontas Coke Co. Stockholders Meeting Reheld in March
Notice: the regular annual meeting of the Poca hontas Coke Co. in Cramwell Mercer county West Virginia was adjourned from February 7 1908 to March 12 1908 at 10 o'clock a m at the same offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Coal and Coke Company
Kelley& Moyer
Bluefield
Mercer County
West Virginia
H. R. Roudenbush
W. P. Hawley
Foutz
Board of Education
District of
Beaver Pond
Mercer
District
ER. L. Bowman
Pocahontas Coke Co
Cramwell
Pocahontas Coke Company stockholders meet March 12 1908
The Pocahontas Coke Company calls a stockholders meeting at its Bramwell West Virginia office for March 12 1908 at 10 a m. A resolution will seek liquidation winding up affairs and dissolution and surrender of the charter to the state. Secretary A Bang signs dated February 12 1908 with three dates 2 12 19 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Coke Company
West Virginia
Bramwell
Mercer County
A. (. Bang
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Elks Opera House
Geo. H. Brennan
America
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Witifulkawestern
Roanoke
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagertown
Richmond
Pullman Sleeper
Lynahhburg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Tazewell
Nort’a
Clinch Valle
Nora
Clinch Valley Division
Kenova
Wayne
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Virginia
Holmboe & Lafferty
Higginbotham and
Princeton Aves
Clarksburg
Empire Building
Athens
Blks' Opera House
Adelaide
Thurston
Francis X. Hope
WE & EL
Shufflebarger
Sohn Building
W. VA
B. M. Cohen
Booker & Crenshaw
H. Kelly & Moyer Building
Loulon Chronicle
Avend
Wyoming C.c
Republican State Committee
Republican County Committee
H. C. Woodyard
Postoffice
Spencer
Virgil L. Highland
Postofice
J. K. Thompson
R. B. Bernheim
Pro Tem
North Carolina
Quark Shipper
PAY & Express
the Cousins Supply CO
Richmond, VA
Stockholders’ Meeting
Nannie M. Harman
Care Tip Top Supply Company
Siorsee Eeeley
Deaniens
Columbus
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Bluefield Trust
Bankers and Brokers
Bluefield Transfer Co
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