Prayer and Inspiration Note Tide in a Local Page
A devotional snippet quotes biblical text and Tennyson urging prayer. The short card preserves a religious reflection line and a page marker Seees 5116. The excerpt emphasizes faith’s power in daily life.
Bluefield Promoters Route Through Virginia and North Carolina
The Bluefield good roads promoters travel toward Charlotte passing Wythe and Carroll counties in Virginia then through Surry Forsyth Davidson Rowan and Mecklenburg counties in North Carolina. The document highlights granite quarries tobacco manufacturing cotton mills and southern cotton production plus coastlines roads water power and overall resources along the Lakes to Florida Highway.
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Bluefield Good Roads
Charlotte
Wythe and
Carroll
Virginia
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Surry
Forsyth County
Davidson County
Rowan County
Mecklenburg County
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United States
The Great Romance of American Transportation
The piece extols transportation as humanity’s defining achievement from ox carts to airships. It rails at the persistent pursuit of better systems, cites Lakes-to-Florida highway and the railroad builders Harriman Gould Huntington Hill, and argues movement of people and goods drives culture and progress.
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Gould
Huntington
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Transportation evolution and the railroad's future role
The article reflects on transportation's changing nature from railroads to potential future modes. It argues railroads built a vast empire yet may yield to trucks, airships, or electric distribution while stressing transportation remains indispensable and will evolve with technology and needs.
Cleverness and humor cross poesy and bricklaying tales
A fragment from a British soldier flogging scene contrasts humor with punishment. A man quits poetry for love and bricklaying while a doctor’s gag about golf leads to a laughable insistence on continuing music. The soldier’s joke under flogging turns on being the wrong man.
New England Industry Faces Import Wall Debate
Charles P. Stewart Shington argues in Last Night's Mail that Eastern manufacturers seek higher import barriers as Western and Southern lawmakers highlight rapid industrial growth in their regions. He notes Latin American trade shifts and the tariff question shaping Congress and upcoming elections.
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Charles P. Stewart Shington
New England
Congress
Poet Thomas dies at recl ity, age listed in obituary notes
The fragment recalls M. Thomas who wrote the poem above and died at her recl ity week ago last Sunday at age of T1. Her early years included an interest in classics and work as a typesetter. She moved to New York and joined Harper's Magazine staff in 1908 and contributed to Century Dictionary. Her verses fill fourteen volumes.
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Henry Vyile Alden
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Editorial on mine disasters and Florida manufacturing boom
The piece argues mine accidents kill many workers and calls for preventive safety efforts. It also comments on Florida cities pursuing manufacturing plants as part of a regional boom, noting outsiders should learn from Florida and that other communities must offer stronger incentives to compete.
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Great Britain
England
Nashville Banner
Jacksonville
Florida
Clarkeburg Telegram
Jacksonville launches three year Florida boom advertising drive
Jacksonville begins a $360000 campaign funded by local business leaders under the banner Believers in Jacksonville. The effort marks a new era in Florida advertising aimed at boosting community life beyond resort promotion to attract residents and investors and to draw new manufacturing ventures.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Shorty Cuts From Exchanges
California's climate vindicated it has produced America's beautiful girl. Indianapolis. Wanted to know which a man will tell the biggest lie about his golf game the size of the fish he caught or how many miles his car will run on a gallon of gasoline Lynchburg Advance.
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California
America
Indianapolis
Lynchburg
Nature Helps Man in War Against Pests
The article argues humans must continually battle pests from disease to tigers, aided by science in balancing nature. It cites mongoose introduction in the West Indies to kill rats, but insects rose as lizards and birds declined, upsetting the ecosystem. Dr. Austin Clark of Smithsonian studied St Vincent where the chicken hawk fed on lizards before mongoose appeared.
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West Indies
Austin Clark
Smithsonian Institution
Island
St. Vincent
Changes in Predator Diet Shift Prey Scarcity
A report notes lizard supplies dropped, enlarging the mole cricket population that lizards depended on. Chicken hawks then moved to feeding mainly on the increased mole crickets, according to Dr. Clark.
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Clark
Emerson and Horace in the Radio Age
The article contrasts Emerson, Horace, and Aristotle on reading pace, praising the rapid modern spread of ideas. It reviews the final report of the Commission for Relief and Herbert Hoover, highlighting precision in wartime logistics and the value of practical enterprise in a spiritual effort.
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Emerson
Germany
Horace
Aristotle
Commission
Be Relief
Herbert Hoover
Tom Sims Telegraph Ticklers Charleston Tongue Twister
A humorous column riffs on Charleston dance culture with absurd guidance and quirky observations. It weaves playful bits about shoes, coins on toes, dummy steps, and casual misdirections, ending with seasonal verse and scattered cultural anecdotes.
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Aided Invalid Girl
A testimonial from Mrs. L. Babcock of Appleton praising McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets for an invalid child nine years old who gained seven pounds after eight boxes. The letter urges use for underweight children and warns against imitations, offering money back after thirty days if not satisfied.
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McCoy
Babcock
America
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Take away wholesale profits to curb bootlegging
British figures show the international bootlegging ring lost 15 million dollars last year. The blockade made wholesale profits unprofitable, depriving backers of funds while retail moonshine persisted. The core remedy is erasing wholesale profits, then continued enforcement will tackle the remaining challenges.
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America
Variety in Food Is Essential Says Surgeon General
Dr. Hugh 8. Cumming argues a single ideal food does not exist and stresses balanced diets. He notes beef alone cannot meet both protein and fuel needs, while fruit lacks sufficient protein, and bread with additions offers near balance. He warns against excess meat and highlights digestion and cooking impact on nutrient absorption.
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Hugh 8. Cumming
United Public Health
From Girlhood to Motherhood and a Woman’s Remedy
Through all periods of their lives thousands of women suffer backache pains inside headaches and nervousness symptoms of a local derangement. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the great remedy said to overcome such ailments. Across America women tell others this medicine has restored health and joy of living and drives demand for the popular women’s remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
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