Prayer at railroad meeting by Rev George R Stuart
An annual gathering of railroad conductors and engineers heard Rev George R Stuart deliver a prayer praised by the audience. The preacher likened life to a train and God to the railroad’s manager, requesting guidance, safety, mercy, and divine protection for workers and their families on every curve, tunnel, and era of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Stuart
South
George Stuart
Stuart
Grand Central Station
Notice of dissolution by Southwest Virginia Railroad Company
At the April 6 1908 annual meeting in Philadelphia the Southwest Virginia Railroad Company unanimously resolved to discontinue its charter and corporate franchise. The board will convert assets to cash, pay debts, and distribute remaining funds pro rata to stockholders. The president must publish notice in a newspaper weekly for six weeks and file certified resolutions with the West Virginia secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Virginia Railroad Company
West Virginia
Avesde — Building
Philadelphia
Southwest Virgina Railfows Company
Board of Diroeters
State of
South West Virginia Railroad Company
I. Kw. Johnson
Dailyrogram Bluefield Business and Music Classes
Advertisement for Bluefield business courses from 9 to 4 including shorthand typing bookkeeping mathematics rhetoric and commercial law. Evening sessions 4 to 7 for music instruments and 7 to 10 for core studies. Cincinnati Tailoring Co offers suits to order at 15 dollars and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailyrogram Bluefield
Cincinnati Tailoring Co
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe candy like digestant and antacid. A 50 cent case claims to cure worst dyspepsia and stomach misery, alleviate gas and sour odors, and enable hearty meals with no indigestion or headaches. It highlights a readable formula and household usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notting
Pan American Railway Progress Report From Pepper
Charles M. Pepper reports to Senator Davis and the Panama Railway Committee on Pan American links from New York to Buenos Aires. Rail lines reach Bolivia border, with plans to extend to Tupiza. 128 mile Bolivia segment to Uyuni under a New York syndicate contract. Chile advances allow near continuous transcontinental travel, Ecuador’s Guayaquil to Quito nearing completion, and Colombia links tied to Medellin. Pepper estimates total New York to Buenos Aires route at 10 400 miles with 3 600 miles remaining future rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Pepper
Kenny G.davis
Permanent
Panama Railway Committee
State Department
Pepper
South America
Department of Commerce and Labor
Davis
Argentine Republic
Bolivia
Buenos Ayres
Tupiza
Speyer City Bank Syndicate of
New York
Lake Titicaca
Uyuni
Chili
Ecuador
Guayequil
Quito
Columbia
Bogota
Magdalena River
Magdelena
Medellin
Caribbean Sea
Mexico
Track forcing progress reaches Meherrin to Norfolk line
The Virginia Tidewater railway force has reached Meherrin and is laying a side track. Regular trains are expected to run from Meherrin to Norfolk soon. Work continues westward from Meherrin with a small crew and difficult cuts slowing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meherrin
Norfolk
Mcherrin West
Telegraph Want Ad: Fifteen Dollars For April Twenty Second
The notice advertises a Telegraph want ad priced at 15 dollars with a date of April twenty second. It implies a classified insertion length and payment instruction for readers seeking space.
The Making of a Piano Wood Study
A survey of piano construction notes the essential role of spruce sounding boards and elm frames. Veneer woods such as walnut mahogany oak ash maple cherry or rosewood provide beauty while yellow poplar backs the veneer and maple and cherry serve for bridges and levers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Aoe
Wreck Close Call Delays in Brest Train Station
A British traveler recounts storing railway papers in a Breton cupboard and narrowly missing disaster when the Brest train wreck the day before halted their plans. Signs at Quimper station warned of the catastrophe in which carriages toppled into the river and many injured or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittany
Brest
Consin
Stitt
Quimper
Hodgson Pratt
Savage Crabs Clash in Fierce Janan Combat
A vivid depiction describes the most savage crab in Janan engaging any rival in instant combat. Claws clash as sand flies, one exhausted crab yields a severed claw trophy to the victor, illustrating a brutal warrior crab battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janan
Behr
Arctic Degree and Mail Teams in the Far North
Lida Rose McCabe describes Alaska as the world’s only place with unrestricted Arctic right of way. In winter vast territories are sealed in ice making dogsled routes essential for mail and government service. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as gentle on the bowels and approved for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Alaska
United States
Lida Rose McCabe
St. Nicholas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
Compton Bros., Dentists
State Bank Building
Bluefield
W. VA
Gompton Bros., Dentists
Bluefield, W. VA
Hiloqen
Nazareth
W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South Bland Street
Fat Top Insurance Agency
General Insurance
Staoenly
Westinghouse
A. GC. Motors
The
Bluestone Traction Company
Kelley & Moyers Building
George B. Stuart
Pan-American Railway Progress
WCR
Virginian
Kennedy
Artistig Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
Stieff
Shaw and Stieff
Brangm
Main Street
Lynchburg,, VA
We Whitmore
Wytheville, Virginia
Wytheville, Va
the Home Furniture Co
Hotel Dennis
Atlantic City, N.‘J
Ocean
Walter J. Buzby
A. L. Hawkins
D. P. Crogkett
Raleigh Terrace
Crockett'’s Drug Store
Altamont
Bar
Esvee
B. M. Cohen
TME
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
First National Bank
Jmfice
Wotary Piblic
Bluefield Normal & Business: College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
W. H. Cunningham
Klukfield
A. D. Wood, mM. D
Thornton But
King
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!