Ballinger Disqualification and Congressional Review
A lengthy editorial lampoons Ballinger for ties to large corporations and urges resignation, while discussing the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry and the Senate’s and Congress’ struggles over direct popular vote for senators and major reforms. It notes Indiana’s conventions and predicts Beveridge or Kern for the next term. It closes with praise for Taft’s leadership and recent legislative achievements including the postal savings bank, tariff board support, railroad regulation, conservation, and statehood for Arizona and New Mexico.
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Oklahoma
West
House of Egentatives
Owen
Haskell
Senate
Congress
Indiana
Bryan
Gov
Harmon
Beveridge
Kern
United States
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
Commission
Commerce Court
Three Tightwads in Texas Paper Quips
A Texas paper reports three stingy men in town. One refuses to drink water unless from another man’s well. The second bans large writing by family, claiming ink is wasted. The third stops clocks at night to save wear on machinery. All decline county papers citing strain on spectacles to read daytime newspapers.
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Texas
Food Scarce Circular Describes Mount Ingrue View
Yonkers Statesman notes a circular about Mount Ingrue claiming a dinner table view of the mountain peat. A contrasting reply suggests that may be about all one can see, reflecting scarce resources and skeptical narration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrue
Yonkers
He Wouldn't Die. Mrs Peachblow on Band Fife Invincibility
Dialogic fragment shows Mrs Peachblow questioning why the band bears a large fife supply when he is in perfect health. Mrs Plicker responds with a flippant remark about to tantalize. The exchange hints at gendered cruelty and life’s ironies.
Not Unanimous She Makes Peace After Husband’s Death
Fragmentary report notes Mrs Toogle appears reconciled to the death of her husband Te You though the text is garbled and the scene unclear. The readable wording suggests a domestic or personal matter with no clear public action or outcome.
Summer Discount on Tuition Offered for 1910
A revised notice offers a 20 percent discount on all tuition from January 25 to August 1910. Enrollment before August secures the reduction and scholarship eligibility. The ad touts practical education in shorthand banking and bookkeeping with West Virginia teaching methods and invites applications for a College Journal edition and fall business college prospects.
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West Virginia
Tha
United States
College Journal
Notice to Creditors and Chancery Orders in Chenoweth Case
Creditors of John O Chenoweth deceased must file claims for adjudication with J Frank Wilson commissioner by August 1, 1910. The Consolidated Brick Company and multiple defendants are ordered to present real estate, personal estate, and debt details in a Taylor County West Virginia chancery cause. orders of reference to report on estate assets debts and fiduciary accounts. The commissioner will hear at the Grafton Banking and Trust Company building on August 1, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Chenoweth
Circuit Court
M. D. Allender
Consolidated Brick Company
John C. Chenoweth
Mary E. Chenoweth
Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia
Jacob H. Knapp
Miller Supply Company
Elking Foundry and Machine Company
Charleston Hardware Company
Cincinnnati Sash and Door Company
Wi Moon
R. M. McMillen
The
Home Building and Loan Association
9 Corporation
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Grafton
John ‘C. Chenoweth
Mary B. Chenoweth
Robert Chenoweth
Mary Chenoweth
Robert H. Chenoweth
Robert E. Chenoweth
John
Chenoweth
John D. Chenoweth
J. Frank Wilson
Chancery
B. F. Bailey
Atty
West Virginia Firm Closes and Surrenders Charter
At a May 23 1910 stockholders meeting Geil Coal and Coke Company and Cecil Coal and Coke Company resolved to discontinue business and surrender their charters. Directors converted assets to cash and will pay debts pro rata to stockholders. President to publish notice in a general newspaper weekly for four weeks and file proof with the West Virginia Secretary of State. J B Richardson president and H H Gillingham secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geil Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Ravers
Ohio
Cecil Coal and Coke Company
Stocl
J. B. Richardson
H. H Gillingham
The Canary's Claws in Captivity Tale
A damaged excerpt describes a canary in captivity risking injury as its long walls and cage bars press inward. It warns about neglect leading to entanglement and danger, urging care and timely trimming to prevent harm to the bird.
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Canary
Burt
Pete
Serask
Jesus Beholding Him Loved Him in Brooklyn Sermon
Bishop Russell in Orchestra Hall expounds Jesus special love for the rich young ruler and the cost of discipleship. He notes Jesus invited not forced, urging readers to weigh the demand of the cross and eternal life against attachment to wealth and self.
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Chicago
Russell
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Orchestra Hall
Jesus
Nazarene
Jehovah
God
Rabbi
Israel
Jeane
Hla ‘Courke
Jesus Loved Martha Mary Lazarus and John in Gospel Tale
The piece reflects on Jesus friendship with Martha Mary and Lazarus, noting their devotion and reactions to illness and death. It discusses the resurrection narrative, the concept of sleep as death, and how Jesus demonstrates power over death, inviting readers to imitate Christ’s faith and charity.
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Jesus
Dom
Israel
Bethany
Lazarus
Martha
Mary
Jerusalem
God
Abraham
David
Stephen the Martyr
St. Paul
Adam
Man
John Y
Messiah
Connec
Mare
Sineed Leathy
Righteojoness
Gome
Heaven
Earth
Purgatory
Christ
Barnabas
John
Jessa
Munster
Apostle
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Betabdlabed Mareh, 1870
Hat
Ballinwer
Guggenheims
Dispatch
Ras Sentings Publishing CO
Ballinger
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee
Meyer
Glacier National Park
Arizona
New Mexico
Taft
Business College
Clarksburg, W. NA
Tin
Ballimore
Ohio R. R
Atlantic City
al Ff
Pullman
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Point Pleasant
People’s Pulpit
Amon
Charles T. Russell
Pastor Brookyn Tabernacle
Uke
Tommie
Preston County Court
Daily Sentinel
John Homer Holt
H. (. Chaney
Kingwood
Preston County
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