Notice of Dissolution Southwest Virginia Railroad Company
Notice is given that at a April 6 1908 meeting in Philadelphia the Southwest Virginia Railroad Company adopted dissolution of the company under West Virginia law. The board will convert assets to cash, pay debts, and distribute remaining funds pro rata to stockholders after six weeks notice. President L K Johnson to file resolutions with the West Virginia secretary of state.
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Guntal
Southwest Virginia Railroad Company
Ate of
West Virginia
Room Arcade
Philadelphia
L. Kk. Johnson
The Reach for a Double Life Ends in Quiet Loss
John Oldfield, a successful yet one minded businessman, plans to retire early by living on a modest income after amassing 100000 in bonds. He pursues a life of refined leisure while his porter Collins enjoys family time and simple happiness.
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John Oldfield
Oldfield
Grindstone
Collins
Porter
Iis
John O'dfield
Oldfeld
Florence Norton Remembers Coline Oldfield
The fragment recalls Coline Oldfield, noting he seemed comfortable in retirement. It mentions Oldfield died three years after gaining independence and his doctor suggested he might have lived longer if he stayed in business. Florence Norton signs the reminiscence.
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Coline
Oldfield
Florence Norton
Aberystwyth College Yell Inspires Welsh Spirit in Sport
The Loudon Globe quotes Aberystwyth students praising a Welsh college yell used in athletic contests. They claim such a shout would uplift youth and even inspire a caterpillar, with a pew opener rushing to defend his country.
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England
Wales
Aberystwyth
Loudon Globe
The Birth of Christ Date Disputed in Early Church
The exact date of Christ’s birth remains unknown with early churches disagreeing on timing. Some celebrated in spring or winter, while December 25 emerged as the general observance after Christianization of northern heathen Yule celebrations.
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Christ
Judea
Mississippi official recalls colored man paying justice with possum
A Mississippi official recounts a wedding fee given to a justice of the peace as a big fat possum by a colored citizen. A year later the justice asks the groom how married life suits him. the reply jokes that he wishes he had eaten the possum instead.
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Mississippi
Justice of the Peace
Darky
Joe
The Best Authority Flettie-Harry Trusted Man
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows Lettie praising Flettie-Harry as always trustworthy after he told Clara so herself last evening. The exchange highlights personal trust and credibility between characters.
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Flettie
Harry
Clara
Lettie
Boston ‘Transcript
Vindication. The Lady Calls for Husband’s Aid in Burglary Standoff
A fragment from Harper’s Bazaar depicts a woman asking a retreating intruder to wait for her husband, who dismissed the warning as rubbish, revealing tension in a domestic burglary moment.
Not Really Necessary Weeping Relative Chicago News
Weeping relative pleads as a doctor remarks the patient may not have long to live. The exchange reflects emotional strain and uncertain prognosis captured in a Chicago News mood piece.
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Chicago News
Poor Food and Prudent Eating Advice in Humorous Exchange
A quip-filled exchange contrasts a physician’s blunt talk with a motherly warning about eating habits. The dialogue features a brusque doctor, a witty proverb, and a note on a mouse bird that steals with bold fearlessness, illustrating comic rural wisdom.
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Puck
Bobby and Sis Stirring Romance Rumors in London Opinion
In a light exchange, Bobby suggests an engagement with Mr Snooks due to his ceasing pennies. The playful banter hints at social gossip and engagement rumors in a London Opinion column.
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Bobby
Mr. Snooks
Sis
London
Get Away Year Bacon The Leap Year Banter
A brief exchange notes single men unafraid of leap year as Seabert jokes that once women prepare to leap men promise to jump Yonkers Statesman style banter captures a playful postcard tone.
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Bacon
Seabert
Yonkers
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed for Piles
Advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as especially good for piles and says it is sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Tidewater railroad scheme pivots on Rogers funding
Henry H. Rogers secures a seventeen million loan for the Virginian railroad project with Standard Oil holdings and personal guarantee. The plan links Tidewater with Kanawha and Michigan and Toledo and Ohio Central lines to create a 970 mile route from Chicago to the seaboard, shortening coal traffic to Great Lakes ports. A Kanawha bridge at Carbondale is the goal, with funds partly raised by Kensington and Western acquisition.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Virginia
Equitable Trust Co
Redmond & Co
Rogers
Great Lake Ports
Seaboard
Kanawha
Michigan
Toledo and
Ohio Central
Toledo
Toledo and Ohio Central
St. Mary's
Ohio
Marion
Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Louisville
Tidewater Railroad
Pennsylvania
Tidewater
West Virginia
Great Lakes
Norfolk and Western
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cinccinneti
Hamilton
Dayton
Kanawha River
Carbondale
W. Va
Kensington and Wastern
Dying of Hydrophobia in New York
William H. Mearsh, a wealthy manufacturer, is dying of hydrophobia per the Pasteur Institute. Experts arranged his affairs today and witnessed lawyers and businessmen attending by appointment. Mearsh lay in bed settling matters as signs of the illness advanced.
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New York
William H. Mearsh
Pasteur Institute
Marek
Montrealer Jumps From Twelfth Floor in New York Hotel
Percy W Marl ing aged 55 of Montreal leapt from the twelfth floor of a New York hotel and died. He occupied a room overlooking the inner court and shed his outer garments before his leap. The body was found terribly mangled. He had told a clerk yesterday of hard times for insurance agents.
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New York
Percy W. Marling
Montreal
South Carolina Delegates Back Bryan for President
Columbus May 20 The state Democratic convention adopted a resolution directing its delegates to vote for William J Bryan at the national convention for the presidency.
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Bryan
Columbus
S. C
William J. Bryan
Atlantic battleship fleet sails to sea near Flattery
Seattle dated May 20 reports the Atlantic fleet lines up off Flattery and will begin rounding the ex flank at 3 o clock tomorrow morning as part of naval maneuvers.
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Seattle
Washington
Cane Flattery
Northwestern Point Passage to Strait of Juan de Fuca
Fragmentary text notes a vessel or expedition moving from extreme northwestern United States toward the Strait of Juan de Fuca and proceeding toward Padget Sound. The sentence suggests a maritime movement in the Pacific Northwest.
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United States
Strait of Juan de Futa
Paget Sound
End of Cleveland Strike Nears After Arbitration Progress
May 20 Cleveland reports greater progress in settling the street railway strike through arbitration. The Municipal Traction Company agrees to reinstate old employees as new but preserves preference for current workers, prompting union objections. Strikers may return as new men during a temporary phase while arbitration for future status proceeds. An armistice is in place and violence fades as talks continue.
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Cleveland, O
Dupont
Municipal Traction Company
State Board of Arbitration
Election of bishops underway at Baltimore conference
Baltimore May 20 The Methodist Episcopal election of bishops by the general conference began today with two ballots. The first produced no result and the second’s outcome will be kept secret until announced by the presiding officer tomorrow.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal
General Conference
Heaven in a World of Suffering Quotes from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
A Harper's Bazaar passage quotes diverse voices on heaven and happiness. A lifelong invalid yearns for relief from pain while a wife fears her husband’s potential death on trains. Others seek safety for children and a just world. a coloured girl recalls pride in a marble bust. The piece distills wishes for simple, shared contentment: clean conscience, purpose, love.
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Harper’s Bazar
They Go Together
A humorous exchange between a young wife embracing physical culture and her husband. She asks how she is built and he replies she is built like a watch, prompting her to joke about needing jewels. He then chides that a man who compliments a woman is an idiot.
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Henry
A Force Proportioned to Its Frame Quote by Madison
The passage reflects James Madison on the War of 1812 showing that a free government grows stronger as it is tested. It asserts that the Union safeguards freedom and safety for all and gains strength with each challenge.
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S.S. 8
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
James Madison
Inevitable Change in Wardrobe Sparks Banter
In a chaste exchange from London Opinion, Mrs Spenders muses about adopting "new womanish" attire and wearing men's clothes, while Mr Spenders jokes that such clothes are not expensive, reflecting social humor on gendered fashion.
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Mrs. Spenders
Mr. Spenders
London
Honest keeping and misused commandments in exchange
A Cleveland Leader quips about honesty and ownership of the commandments, illustrating a sharp exchange where one party accuses the other of claiming moral standards as their own. The dialogue hinges on accountability and the misattribution of ethics.
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Cleveland
Quotable Quips and Pest Control Verses
A compilation of humorous exchanges from US and Montreal papers and a Paris sewer solution. A witty woman declares marriage by others terms, a train passenger jokes about sitting on a hat, and London and Paris field notes describe electrocuting rats with a live wire to deter pests.
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Paris
London Spectator
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as not constipating while its laxative principles gently move the bowels. It notes children like it and that it is sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
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