Notable Cross-Borough Visitors and Arrivals Gather in City
Seer S J Hale of Pageton and P W Massie of Athens visited the city last night and yesterday on business. Several residents including Miss Alice Reese ill at Giles street home, and Miss Delia Moye funeral ties prompted travels. A host of visitors from Princeton Cedar Bluff Matewan Chicago Bristol Welch Montcalm and Bramwell were noted among others. Mrs M J Chisholm returned after a two month Clifton Forge Lynchburg trip. Death calls to Eggleston Pearisburg pulled E P Godbey Claude Stafford and others from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Chisholm
Clifton Forge
Lynchburg
Camel Vengeance Tales and Berlin Police Folklore
A London Telegraph tale recounts a camel exacting revenge on a harsh boy, tearing his skull before calmly resuming travel as bystanders arrive. A Philadelphia Record quip mocks Berlin police bans on swimming after a boating accident, noting authorities forbid swimming in the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palgrave
London Telegraph
Berlin
Selmidt
Krauss
Schmidt
Muller
Philadelphia Record
Electric Bitters Prove Worth to Civil War Veteran
David Parker of Wayette New York, a Gettysburg veteran who lost a foot, praises Electric Bitters. He says they cured his stomach trouble after costly doctors failed and now serve as a tonic keeping him strong. Available everywhere 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Wayette
N. Y
Gettysburg
Soils Sourness Key to Poor Yields Warns Morgantown Station
J H Stewart of the agricultural experiment station urges farmers to test soils for acidity rather than blame poor land or bad seasons. Aimed at boosting clover and grass stands, the program offers free soil analyses to detect sour soils and guide affordable remedies, noting thirty percent of recent sick soils were acidic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stewart
Agricultural Experiment Station
Morgantown
Amsterdam Girl Who Cut Designs With Scissors
A centuries old tale of Joanne Koetren of Amsterdam a child prodigy who made light and shade by cutting on white paper over black. She created landscapes marine scenes flowers and portraits earning honors from Peter the Great and the German Empress and inspiring a monument by her husband Adrian Block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Holland
Joanne Koetren
Europe
Peter the Great
Germany
Leopold
Royal Art Gallery
Vienna
Adrian Block
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Young Men’s Clothes
Ederheimer, Stein & Co., Makers
Ederheimer-Stein
E. S. Pedigo
Ea Aew
Liberty Credit Co
Bivefield Ave
Bell
S. J. Hale
Pageton
P. W. Massie
Athens
City
Alice Reese
Giles Street
Robert C. Honaker
Princeton
M. H. McGuire
Cedar Bluff
Bluefield
J. M. McGrath
G. T. Blankenship
Matewan
G. T. Ellis
Chicago
W. H. Rader
L. B. Rush
Bristol
Mrs. Rose
Welch
Washington
Mrs. Myers
Montcalm
Frank Archer
Bramwell
Eugene White
Roanoke
St. Paul
Maggie Hancock
Prince Edward County, Va
M. B. Hancock
Wyoming Street
Harry Bowen
Philadelphia
E. P. Godbey
Eggleston
Henry G. Hunt
Claude Stafford
Pearisburg
Delia Moye
Ora Peterfield
Tazewell
Dr. C W Greever
J. W. Gildersleeve, Jr
H. Sf.peery
W. F. Harman
A. B. Henry
Major Henry
J. Powell Royall
West Virginia
Baltimore American
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Normal & Business. College
Pitman, Gregg and Kimball Shorthand Systems
W. H. Cunningham
W. VA
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Enger
Yirc
Iinian F
Marien Mullens
Oaka
Deepwater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Matoaks
Norfolk and Western Ry
ADSIT
Norfolk
Virgin
ONC
Japan
Nickel
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Felenmeier Brew
West Vrrginia Brewing Company
W. E. Stewart
Keystone
West Va
Mas, Lettie Goodwyn
Albert
Princeton Avenue
NEW Altamont Hotel
J. M. Warren
Prop
R. L. Speas
George B. Clark
Virginia Steam Laundry
Princeton Ave
Makita
Berth Desslees
Columbus
Ohio
W. L. McGraw
Elks Opera House
Les Murry
Norman Ackett
NEW York Herald
Wm. C. DeMille
Margaret Turnbull
SLASS
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