ECCENTRIC STAMPS INSPIRE WARTIME COLLECTORS PASSION
A postal official notes stamps gain value from rare finds and misspellings. Examples include a twopence blue Mauritius altered to Post Office Mauritius bought by the Prince of Wales for £1450, a British Guiana 1 cent with Tatimusque, a Cape of Good Hope 2d blue, and upside down Swan stamps from Western Australia selling for up to £400.
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Mauritius
Prince of Wales
Post Office
British Guiana
Cape of Good Hope
Western Australia
London
The Sorrowful Tree of Persia and Its Night Blooming Glory
A Persian tree known as the sorrowful tree opens its blossoms at night after the first star, flooding the ground with white flower dust by dawn. The tree’s fragrance resembles evening primrose, and cuttings regrow quickly. Nearby grows a twin tree that blooms only in the daytime.
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Persia
Strong Rooms and Fortified Banks Worldwide
The Park of England houses a vast strong room with a sixty six foot deep concrete foundation and seven foot deep lake topped by iron plates. Doors weigh four tons and are drill resistant. Comparisons note the Imperial Ottoman bank in Constantinople with steel fortifications and heavy concrete and masonry walls over thirty six feet high and thirty tons of alloy.
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Park of England
Imperial Ottoman Bank
Constantinople
Circulation of the Blood and its Discovery
The text traces early beliefs about blood movement from Aristotle and Alexandrian doctors to medieval surgeons and barbers. It notes that the true concept of a continuous circulation returning to its source, driven by the heart, was demonstrated by Harvey in 1528.
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Harvey
Daily Telegraph Classified Tide of Needs
A reflection on want ads as seen by George Eliot and their echo in the Daily Telegraph. The passage frames classifieds as a surge of human claims creating a visible social presence.
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George Elliot
Local militia company forms in Dluefield elects officers
Dr F W Smith is unanimously chosen captain with L Valor and G M Mord named first and second Lieutenants as a recruiting drive begins. Officials set to recruit sincere members while Governor to fund maintenance once the section is drawn up next Wednesday.
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Bailey
Dluefield
F W. Smith
di L. Valor
George M. Mord
Smith
State Militia
Taylor
Blitfield
George M. Ford
Vailey
West Virginia Endorses Roosevelt for President
Col John W Carpenter of Salem an alternate delegate to the Chicago convention says West Virginia Republicans back Roosevelt for president first last and all the time He reports Texans and other Republicans share the sentiment and that the entire ticket in West Virginia would win a large majority if Roosevelt is the nominee
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John W. Carpenter
Salem
Chicago
Col. Carpenter
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Texas
Southwest
Lone Star
West Virgin
Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt
Justice of the Peace
Contagious Diseases Reporting Duty Emphasized by West Virginia Board
The West Virginia state board of health, led by Dr. Crockett, urges physicians in counties with local boards to promptly report contagious diseases under treatment. Local boards must file quarterly reports detailing disease cases, actions taken, and outcomes. Failure to comply carries a misdemeanor with a $10 to $100 fine.
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State Board of Health of
West Virginia
Vb. £. Crockett
County Board of Health
Stat Board
Humber
Connellsville coke fields exceed 100000 tons weekly
The Connellsville coke fields produced over 100000 tons for the first time since February, with the upper fields contributing the larger share. The bulk of the coke remains the property of United States Steel Corporation.
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Connellsville
United States Steel Corporation
Way a Traveler Identifies an Englishman by His Hat
A traveler notes that Englishmen wear their hats firmly and closely to the head while others like Americans and southern Europeans wear hats more lightly. He uses an incident with a London Times to illustrate the habit and the derb y.
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Europe
London Times
New York Press
Educated Beards in Paris Reach Artistic Heights
Samuel G Blythe notes Parisians cultivate facial hair as a cultivated garden. He admires the elaborate beard styles from square-topped to heart shaped and the care with which men train whiskers into terrace and vista effects. Whiskers become a mark of celebrity rivaling poets and painters.
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Paris
Boulevard
Tropics
Nature
Samuel G. Blythe
Everybody’s Magazine
Moonlight brightness beats half moon by nine to one
Researchers Joe Stebbins and F C Brown used a selenium cell to measure moonlight at different phases. They found the full moon shines about nine times brighter than the half moon due to differences in reflection angles and surface roughness.
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Mary
Mll
Joe Stebbins
FC. Brown
Child S transportation of ballads by an American editor
The London Saturday Review notes it is humiliating English men reflect that Francis James Child completed five volumes of English and Scottish Popular Ballads, though he did not live to finish. It lauds him as founder of a school and a scholar who could transmit learning and zeal.
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Francis James Child
Child
London Saturday Review
Dessert Delight from JMLL O Tops Simple Family Budget
A quick easy dessert with seven flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry Chocolate Cherry Peach. Prepared by adding boiling water, ready when cool. Promoted as economical, a 10 cent package feeds a large family and available at all grocers.
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Jell-O
Clothing sale cut prices by a quarter at Horton store
J L Horton at 26 Bland Street announces reductions on clothing for men and boys hats shoes and gents furnishings and ladies waist and skirts with a claimed 25 cent savings on every dollar to close quickly for cash.
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J. L. Horton
Bland Street
Serpent in the Wheat Fields and the Lost Ring Mystery
Eben Grabble on a mowing machine loses a ring given to Katie Ball. A neighbor Moll Tinker spots the ring later, leading to Eben's flight after Moll Saul witness. The ring bears initials BEG and C B, and Moll Tinker later recalls finding it. A man finds Eben's horse unattended as Eben disappears.
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Eben Grabble
Eben
Feben
Airth
Katie
Katie Ball
Moll
Sahe
Ole Hall
Kate
Molly Tinker
Ben
Moll Tinker
Hen
Kr. A. Mitchel
DeWitt's Litle Marty Risers Sold Nationwide
DeWitt markets Litle Marty Risers as small safe and gentle pills available at all druggists.
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DeWitt
Marty
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S.S.S
S S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Bluefield Normal & Business College
Yates
Coa Fields
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball
Oliver, Underwood, Remington and Smith Machines
W. H. Cunningham
Bluefield, W. VA
Dr. King
All-Throat
Bluefield
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
W. VA
First National Mask Building
Louw Disetance
woOraRey
Rlie
A. D. Wood, M.D
Thornton
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer
BeWitt
The
Daily Telegraph
F. W. Smith
RL. Taylor
Ford
Miliary Company
Connellsvile
Col
Curtain
State Board of Health
Rayo Lamp
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
M. McCulloch
Presidenon
Sec'ty and
Treas
Fat Top Insurance
AgenGy
General Insurance
Bluefield Ldest
Intermont Electric Co
Bluefield Beer
Pilsener
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
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