Roads and river bridge urged for Glenwood district
A reader letter to the Natural Bridge District Board of Supervisors laments eight months without road work on the Glenwood side and urges bridge safety improvements. The note requests blasting a roadside limestone vein near the Glenwood bridge and questions bridge height after the November flood. It also calls for countywide road repairs before winter and mentions Rev. C R Womeldorf’s Brazil interview in the Gazette.
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Board of Road Supervisors
Natural Bridge District
Roebridge County
Red Supervisors
Glenwood
Glasgow
Sherwood
Glinword Bridge
Riehwon Newa
C. R. Womeldorf
Moranham
Brazil
Womeldorf
Great
South American Republic
United States
Brazl
Sao Paulo
Ram's Horn Reflections On Virtue And Struggle
A reflective sermon excerpt urges readers that healing follows salt in speech and that success lies in character, not wealth. It warns against sowing sin seeds, notes leaders use big planks, and emphasizes doing one's best today to shape better days ahead.
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Cough and Lung Ailments
Annie E Springer of Philadelphia reports Dr King’s New Discovery cured a long standing hacking cough. The ad promises relief for throat chest or lung troubles with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle. It also touts Rocky Mountain Tea for monthly health and urges readers to ask their druggist.
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Annie E. Springer
Howard Street
Philadelphia
Dr. King
Fragmentary Ad Reads Hoot Cough Syrup For Sale
Sparse OCR fragment shows an ad style note about cough syrup tasting good and presumed sale by a vendor. details are incomplete and unclear.
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Ihrer
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Sore Feet
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease a cooling powder that eases tight shoes relieves bunions corns and swollen feet. It claims to relieve pain and provide comfort while you walk backed by 30 000 testimonials and available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents sample sent free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Addres Allen S. Olmsted
le Toy
N. Y
Home Remedies From a 19th Century Manual
A fragment outlines old fashion cures for common ailments. It lists mud packs, chest rubs, and turpentine-scented cloths for colds, lemon and finger tests for teething, wormwood for bruises, wormwood tea for worms, hot water and rest for nosebleeds, and licorice powder for digestion.
Deaf benefit aid to Nicho von Institute Ear Drums
A wealthy woman funded the Nicho von Institute with ten cents to supply free Ear Drums to deaf people unable to afford them. The address listed is 1241 Che Nicholson Institute, 780 Eight Avenue, New York.
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Nichovon
Che Nicholson
Eight Avenue
New York
A Little Nonsense Dialogue Snippet
A humorous exchange features a teacher and pupils debating self effort, a worried cigarette joke about a coffin, and a doctor remark about being overworked. The Maddox couple discuss rain hindering shopping while a junior partner jokes about ribbons for a typewriter and a flustered Mrs McElroy notes her husband buys ribbons for his wife and daughters.
Devorox Anti-Divers Aids Kids with Bedwetting Relief
Da E Devorox claims his product combats incontinence bedsoil in children and adults, offering instant relief for $1. Sold by B H Gorrel, a local druggist.
Those Days in Old Virginia serial in Ladies Home Journal
Laura Spencer Porter completes a novelette on Virginia life before the war highlighting gentry social life fetes courtships and marriages. The serial will appear in The Ladies' Home Journal under the title Those Days in Old Virginia. Shaker Digestive Cordial is praised as a cure for stomach trouble with herbs and plants sold by druggists for 10 cents to 31 per bottle.
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Virginia
Laura Spencer Porter
Old Dominion
James
Ladies’ Home Journal
Old Virginia
Copper mining profits exceed other ventures in early 20th century notes
The piece highlights huge gains from copper stocks at Calumet and Hecla Mines and the Amalgamated Copper Company. It cites a laborer who turned wages into 500 shares worth nearly $400,000, plus many former employees amassing tens of thousands. It references Solon M. Allis and quotes John W. Mackay on mining investments.
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Calumet
Amalgamated Copper Company
Solon M. Allis
OL. E
United States
Tucson
Arixooa
Bisbee
John W. Mackay
Honanza
el Progreso
Pickets Sold For Convenient Route to Lexington North and South
Pickets sold to New York New Orleans Washington and Memphis provide a convenient route for passengers traveling to Lexington and the North andSouth. Students and others can return via this service, with information cheerfully furnished by an agent in Virginia and Roanoke, Virginia.
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New York
New Orleans
Washington
Memphis
Lexington
Sream
Tijena Vista
W. B
Devile
G. PL
Roanoe
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Th. Pierce
Gollen
Pig
Mia
I. A. Kane al Norris
Wata Co
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Wale
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B. H. Gorrel
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CAS USA
Centaur
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Richwoud
Buena Vista
Lynchburg
Richmond
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Clifton Forge
Pere Eene Ween Wees
Neeee
Lane Reese
Loursville
Lesington
Falla
New Castle
Virginia Not Springs
Cincinnati
Louisville
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St. Louis
Pullman
Campbell
John D. Potts
A. Iichmond
B &Q
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Vass
Ly Strinsury Junction
Tapos Road
Winchester
Stephericon
Arpet’s
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Dattimore
Charlestown
Stephenson
Whichester
Middletown
Copon Road
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I. &O. Railroad
the Weekly Gazette
Japan
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New York City
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U.S
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A. Snow& CO
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Shenandoah
Juneturay
Basle
Buona Vista
Roanoke Natural Bridge
Bristol Knoxville
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Knoxville
Arstel
Pulaski
Ronnolke Natural Bridge
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