DAILY SHORT STORIES HIS FOUR GUESSES
In a rustic tale narrated by Purdy, Sairy Higgins teases him with a game of four Sunday night guesses to learn which woman loves him. He flirts through a barnyard world of Marthy Beams, Larry Biggins, and Salty, chasing a perfect match amid moonlit walks and farm life. The ending hints at a possible engagement as Sairy hints at marriage if he guesses right.
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F. A. Mitchel
Larry Higgins
Hern
Sarry
Sairy
Eays Abe
Guls
Larry Bigeins
Marthy
Larry
Thort
Ater
Batry
Barry
Salty
Santry
Milcker
Andele Soya
Lost diamond setting near Tazewell street and Book ore residence
Notice of a lost diamond setting between Tazewell street and Book ore residence with a $5 reward for return to W. Akers residence. Item appears in a 6-8-10-18 classified snippet. Also a rental ad for a 6 room house on Giles street with contact D. B. Baldwin. First National Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Street
Bookore
W. Akers
Giles Street
D. B. Baldwin
First National Building
For Sale Offer on 158 Adams Street South Bluefield
Local notice states a house at 158 Adams Street South Bluefield with hardwood bath and closet will be sold. Contact W A Suiter box 79 Bluefield W V. Date appears as 8 27 1971.
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Adaims Street
South Bluefield
W. A. Suiter
Postoffice
Bluefield
W. Va
Arsenic Poisoning The Torture Before Death
Describes the progression of arsenic poisoning from a single dose through severe pain, burning sensation, vomiting, collapse, and death. Details include intense chest and abdominal pain, bowel disturbance, bluish skin, cramps, convulsions, and prolonged agony lasting hours to a day or two.
Right Hand Rule and Ship Channel Navigation
A discussion of steering norms in London and American driving, noting right side seating to gauge clearance and the practice of keeping to starboard in narrow channels. The text recalls a collision between the Cokin and the Normandie near the Whankille river, with the Normandie descending keeping to starboard and the other ascending toward starboard.
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London
United States
Tt International
Kidney Troubles Warned and Tea Offered
A health notice warns kidneys are hard to detect until severe, listing diabetes or Bright's disease as risks. It promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a systemic cleanser and regulator, advertised for sale by the White Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Channel dispute after Pekin Normandie collision
The Pekin master blamed a sharp river bend for crossing into Normandie’s path, while the house of Lords ruled that sailors must stay inside the channel’s sinuosity and Pekin’s crossing was a fault deserving damages.
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House of Lords
Chicago Tribune
Eye of the Camera in a Maine Youth’s Cave Photograph
Dr. Francia Clark recounts a Maine youth who, while photographing scenery, discovers a cave mouth in a forest. On a dim day he opts for a long exposure rather than a quick snap, steadies the camera on his knee, and studies the semidariness within before continuing his trek through the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Clark
Maine
Cavern photo shows lynx near camera in danger zone
A photographer developing plates recalls a Canada lynx in the cavern center bristling with tar and arched, within springing distance of his camera spot yet the creature continues eating as no danger is noticed. The text then shifts to assorted humorous items and advertising lines.
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Ceveral
Christian Herald
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Yale
W. H. Harry & CO
Princton Ave
THE
Cincinnati Dental CO
Cincinnati Dentists
Dr. Compton
Mgr
E. H. Easley
Princeton Avenue
Fidelity Banking & Trust Co
Bluefield, West Virginia
Rogers Street
H. C. Campbell
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Broadway
New York City
Richmond
South
W. D Arwood
Altamont
Easley & Weat
Sexton and Roberts
Thornton Building
J.C. Nelson
Graham
A. D. Wood
Horiton
Bluefeld
W. V
Bluefield Undertaking Co
Crockett
Princeton Ave
Official
Undertakers
N. & W. Railroad Co
W. H. Foglesong
EYE
Thos
Perry
Enesey U. 6
W. F. Burger
P. O
Morrison Bros. Uni and Mining Engineers
Thornton
West VA
Woman's College
Lovatadt
Connervatoriee
Hina
Viudy
Halenor Eormarkalte
Jamba Nelmon
M.A. LE Pres
Amelia
Tim
Tlow
Bailey & West
Grimsley & Co
Huntington, Charerston
John M. Wirgman
WM. McCarthy
Philadelphia
Agape Ube
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