Rare musical recital at Villa Maria Academy
Villa Maria Academy hosted a rare piano recital on the 24th featuring Mr. Harry Tierney and Miss Lucille Oliver from the Virgil Piano School of New York. Mrs. A M Virgil spoke on the Virgil method, praising technical development and comprehensive musical study, as audiences applauded both performers’ virtuosic works and promising futures.
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Villa Maria Academy
A .M. Virgil
Virgil Piano School of
New York
Harry Tierney
Lucille Oliver
Virgil
Tierney
Beethoven
Delacour
Olsen
Choppin
Bach
Greig
Strauss-Tausig
Nicode
Liszt
Miss Oliver
Mi o na tablets advertised with guaran teed refund
Local druggists declare war on stomach troubles with Mi o Na tablets offering a 50 cent box refund if unsatisfied. The ad promotes Mi o Na as a stomach strengthener and cure for digestive issues and lists The White Pharmacy as seller under guarantee. Also notes a bankruptcy notice for Patrick Wyrick in Bluefield West Virginia with a May 23 meeting for creditors.
Dreams of founders of Paden City shattered
The West Virginia town of Paden City faces a court ordered sale on May 15 under Justice W. M. Willis. Once thriving with mills and shops it now stands desolate as the court authorizes auction of the land and improvements due to litigation and failed development.
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New York
Geltry
Monte Cristo
Paden City
W. Va
Doncer
Paden
Carthage
Rome
Mohammed
Palem City
West Virginia
Paden Valley Company
Wctioh
W. M. Willis
Wetzel County
Mass Convention Called for Mercer County Republican Voters
A mass meeting of Mercer County Republicans is set for May 16 1908 at 11 00 A M in Bluefield to appoint 24 delegates to the State Nominating Convention in Charleston and to select county officers and a county Executive Committee with district based voting and provisions for filling vacancies. Signed Isaac T Mann Chairman and E Rowman Secretary Bramwell W Va April 4 1908.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Mercer
Charleston
West Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt
Aljoresaid
Agsesnor
Mass
Rock
Beaver Pond
Haet River
Plymouth
Dumping Branch
Isaac T. Mann
Charman
Rowman
Bramwell
W. Va
Opening of Rich Coal Fields Tied to Regional Railway
A new Youghiogheny and Cheat River Railway contract will trigger the opening of one of the east’s richest coke coal fields. The 20 mile line from Fayette and Preston counties, with $1,000,000 estimated costs, taps about 32,000 acres of coal lands and links to broader expansion backed by Ki W Mudge and titans of finance.
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Monongalia
Preston Counties
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Buckhannon
Northern
Monongahela River
Yooughiogheny and
Cheat River Railway
Youghiogheny and
Fayette County
Preston County
Connellsville
Somerset County
Maryland
Chbiophyle
Ki. W. Mudge
Pittsburg
J. W. Thompson
A. L. Keister
A. Overholt
Pass to the Rescue Story of Philadelphia Settlers Caves
A historical note recalls how early Philadelphia settlers dug caves into riverbank for shelter until homes could be built. Elizabeth Hard aided her husband in mortar and sawing while food ran low, and her cat delivered a rabbit that fed them at noon.
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Philadelphia
Sel
Theat Journal
Elizabeth Hard
Elizabeth
Mister Jones’s Visit and a Blushing Surprise
Edwin Jones arrives at his girl’s home to find no one in the hall. The eight year old brother reveals the sister is in the drawing room blankly staring at her mirror and whispering to it that Mr Jones’s arrival is sudden, causing a shy blush.
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Edwin Jones
Miss Wrinkle
Edwin
Mr. Jones
Dogs and Infection In Constantinople 1865 Cholera Epidemic
A historical note describes a cholera outbreak in Constantinople in 1865 triggered by a dog entering from an infected district. The dog, kept by a dragoman, led to infection of the household and rapid spread through the city, reaching the sultan's palace.
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Constantinople
Clergyman Reminds Widow of Husband’s Happiness in Heaven
A judge consoles a widow with the belief that her husband found happiness in life and in death, stressing his heavenly peace and the enduring memory of their bond.
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Jack
US Hannas Green Seal Paint Advertisement
Fragmentary ad copy references a talking point about a man marrying on his deathbed for his fortune and questions about loving such a person. Includes phrases like Where does she live and a buyer's remark about a green seal paint product by Hanna.
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Puck
Hanna
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Piedmont
Compton Bros., Dentists
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Yan Noah
Nazareth
W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
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Bland Street
E. Fournier
Lake Charles
Beall Drug Stores
District Court of the United States
Patrick Wyrick
Lin
Patrick Wyricck
G. J. Holbrook
Youghiogheny ,and
Cheat River Railroad
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Alien
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Allen
Artistic Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
Stieff
Shaw and Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg, VA
C. W. Whitmore
Americas
Ferdinand Westheimergsons, Distillers
Cintineau
O. — Lewisville
My. St. Joseph
A. L. Hawkins
Bland St
Holmboe & Lafferty
Higginbotham and
Princeton Aves
Clarksburg
Empire Building
Athens
Ohio
D. P. Crockett
Raleigh Terrace
Crockett's Drug Store
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Wytheville, Virginia
Wytheville, Va
the Home Furniture Co
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
First National Bank
Wotary Puublic
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
W. H. Cunningham
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