A Warned Path Against School Fads In The South
A Lynchburg News editorial cites a Cleveland committee report showing eighth grade pupils struggle with basic arithmetic and spelling when fads push frills into curricula. It warns Southern schools to stay with essential, lasting math and language skills over fashionable reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee
Cleveland
Ohio
Western Recorder
Faddista
Citizen
Lynchburg News
Paris Doctor Warns Fat People Face Greater Danger
A Paris physician warns that motherhood is more dangerous for stout individuals as it is harder for a fat person to move quickly. The column surveys varied topics from unions of Chicago widows, royal households, to explorers and inventors, ending with remarks on wealth and philanthropy.
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Advertisement
An 1890s style ad touts Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy for digestive distress and related symptoms. It claims to remove acids from the stomach strengthen weak stomachs and cures indigestion with a money back guarantee. Sold by W. B. Dillard Drug Co Salem Virginia with 50 cent bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyner
W. B. Dillard Drug Co
Salem
Newspaper Access Boosts Reading Skills and Geography Knowledge
An experienced teacher states that pupils with home newspaper access become better readers spellers grammarians and punctuation users and read more understands more and acquire practical geography knowledge in about half the time compared with others. The newspaper is an important factor in modern life.
Woman in cab causes rooftop caper on New York street
A solo female rider in a brown silk gown rode unaccompanied in a cab near Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue. After a riotous outburst including a kicked cab roof and missiles, she calmed, was arrested for disorderly conduct and intoxication, then released after promising to reimburse damages. The incident drew a crowd and involved police at Longacre Square and West Forty-second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
Seventy-first Street
Broadway
O'Connell
Yale
London
Jeremiah
Longacre Square
Walsh
West Forty-second Street
Bobby
Meat 9
West Side
Sweeteer
Remarkable relief claimed for New Great South American Kidney Qure
Distressing kidney and bladder disease supposedly relieved in six hours by a new remedy sold by W. B. Dillard Drug Co in Salem Virginia. The advertisement touts immediate relief of bladder and kidney pain and rapid cure for both sexes with quick water retention relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Dillard Drug Co
Salem
Pride and modern living raise the cost of living
The agricultural statistician Dr Powers notes pride as a key factor in higher living costs. He recalls times when shoppers carried baskets to markets, now goods are delivered, raising expenses. The piece also advertises Kodol Digestive Aid and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve sold by W B Dillard Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W. B. Dillard Drug Co
Working man spurs meat price via vanity says Dr Powers
Dr Powers an agricultural statistician notes vanity drives higher cost of living. He states the working man refuses dog meat and demands the best cuts, like tenderloin steak, making him the best-paid laborer on earth, per the Louisville Courier Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Powers
Loninville Courier Journal
Old Time Christmas Feelings From Georgia Tune
A vintage verse celebrates an old-time Christmas across landscapes from valley to plain. The ad copy promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil to quicken healing of cuts burns and bruises for farmers mechanics railroaders and laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciorgia
Thomas
Death of a Christian Baby in Hollins Area
Death notice reports Mattie Frances Jamison aged 28 died at about four o clock after angels welcomed her spirit. Survived by husband C Jatoleon five children and large family. obituary praises her as devoted mother Christian wife and daughter. Poem and local ad follow with general call to Roanoke jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Jatoleon
Hollins
Mattie Frances Jamison
Salem Loan and Trust Company Annual Stockholders Meeting
The regular annual meeting of Salem Loan and Trust Company stockholders will be held at its Salem Virginia office on Wednesday January 9 1907 at 11 o clock a m to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and transact other business as may come before the meeting.
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Salem Loan and Trust Company
Salem
Notice to creditors and debtors of Jas KE Day estate
All persons holding evidences of debt against the estate of the late Jas KE Day, deceased, are notified to present them for settlement. All persons indebted to said estate will come forward and settle. Executor H D Howgert, Roanoke Virginia. Also advertisement for Xmas candies from Schilling Bowman grocers with phone orders and Salem address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. KE. Day
H. D. Howgert
Roanoke
Schilling & Bowman
Main Street
Salem
Not the only girl doctor in the state era
A Radford born physician Dr Irene B Bullard is noted as the state’s only woman physician at the Eastern State Hospital for the Insane and praised for her learning and service. Another female physician Dr Margaret Painter of Salem is also highlighted as a strong contributor to the Marion asylum staff.
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Irene B. Bullard
Radford
General Hospital Board
Eastern State Hospital For the Insane
Williamsburg
Bullard
Waisworth
Madison
Wis
Farmville
Pulaski County
Boston Medical School
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Birmingham
Ala
Dr. Bullard
Meta G. Bullard
Dante Bullard
Virginia
R. E. Cook
Margaret Painter
Salem
Marion Asylum
Distressing Death At Roanoke Shops In Virginia
Mr. J C Farmer of Roanoke Machine Shops in Vinton was accidentally killed yesterday afternoon when a car he was under was struck after trucks were removed for repairs. The incident left a widow and four children, with Farmer described as about forty five and well known in the county. He was brother in law to Mr S E McGuire and his death is mourned by many. Burdock Blood Bitters testimonial appears in the notice. Local ads for E L Miller & Co list supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Farmer
Roanoke
Vinton
Farmer
8. E. McGuire
Honor Roll for School No 20 Cave Spring District 1906
Honor roll lists for week ending December 7 1906 and December 14 1906 at School No 20 Cave Spring District. Names include Catherine Kittinger Lillie Henry Oscar Kittinger Effie Hunt Sarah Harmon Howard Henry Eldridge Hunt Ballard Coon Wiley Coon Claud Kittinger Arthur Roberson Annie Harmon Katie Martin Nannie Stover Mary Wiseman Harvey Wiseman Armand Kittinger and others. Teacher Mary L Turner.
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Cave Spring
Catherine Kittinger
Lillie Henry
Oscar Kittinger
Effie Hunt
Sarah Harmon
Howard Henry
Eldridge Hunt
Ballard Coon
Wiley Coon
Claud Kittinger
Arthur Roberson
Annie Harmon
Katie Martin
Walter Henry
Armand Kittinger
Eme Hunt
Howard Heary
Nannie Stover
Mary Wiseman
Annie Wiseman
Harvey Wiseman
Claude Kittinger
Mary L. Turner
Honor Roll for School No 5 Central District Week Ending Dec 14
The list honors Second Grammar Grade Nanpile Rettinger and Sarah Rettinger. Fourth Primary Grade Joee Sherrard. Third Primary Grade Fowler Garret Howard Johnson Picket Garrett Minnie Conner Ada Martin Ethel West. Second Primary Grade John Ellis George Ellis Bettie Ellis. First Primary Grade Lelia Saul May Sherrard Cecil West May Ellis. Teacher Nellie L White.
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Nanpile Rettinger
Sarah Rettinger
Joee Sherrard
Fowler Garret
Howard Johnson
Picket Garrett
Minnie Conner
Ada Martin
Ethel West
John Ellis
George Ellis
Bettie Ellis
Lelia Saul
May Sherrard
Cecil West
May Ellis
Nellie L. White
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Paris
New York
Hughes
Platt
Berlin
Peary
Julius Grinker
Santos-Dumont
Janan Ie
Nebraska
Shaw
Carnegie
America
New York Times
Elizabeth Cabs
St. J
Tieeppeel
Timagia
Trate
St. Albany
Census Bureau
Washington
Powers
Richmond
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Santa Claus
Jancy
Andro
J. A. Thomason
Stockholders’ Meeting
W. T. YounesEr
Xmas
de Witt
Burdock
Charles Freitoy
Moosup
E. L. Miller & Co
Salem Graded and High School
Cass
Walter Haley
Harry Musser
Grace Goodwin
Mary Hatcher
Ruth Kizer
Naomi Lynch
Fay Morgan
Genevieve McClanahan
Carlane Stevens
Grace Foutz
Mary Bennett
Annie Brown
Mattie Lavinder
Ethel Vandegrift
Hattie Bernard
Ruth Mason
Grady Garrett
Edna Jobo
Walter Pockett
Pauline Hauser
Pearl Bennett
Ethel Carter
Nora Bennett
Sallie Herndon
Bessie Hood
Gretchen Kime
Mary Snead
Grace Ballard
Irene Foutz
Annie Banks
Gertrude Hartless
Edna Whitlock
Lula Bradley
Lillie Early
Sadie Galloway
Gertrude Hooker
Addie Leighton
Melanie Linkenhaker
Ari Smith
Grace Nichols
Ford Elkins
Lottie Littrell
Sarah Moffett
Betsey McConkey
Nora Watson
Harold Robertson
Lucy Atkinson
Miriam Whitescarver
Pearl Scott
Katherine Vance
Ernest Kyle
David McClung
Sadie Miller
George Moyer
Marion Brand
Amine E. Woods
Edith Magee
Louise Pulliam
Marion Thomason
Paul Oakey
Crawford Sheppard
Henry Vaughan
Blanche Compton
Mawie Wade
Roberta Moore
Margaret Taliaferro
Flora Aliff
Gay Goodwin
Mary Lewis
Margaretta Bushnell
Fannie Bowen
Edna Coon
Elizabeth Cooper
Ruth Garrett
Julia Price
Annie Robinson
Clara Wade
Lillie Wells
Annie Perdue
Thomas Cooper
Dorothy Whitescarver
Lena Wright
Beteelle Reese
Kyle Whitescarver
Annie Lewis
Pleasie Hale
Irene Prior
Merriet Porsering
Gladys Moutz
Hattie Young
Harry Cretts
Neruarat Hartleas
Ridgeway Wirt
Owell Preston
Russell Yarbrough
Seconp
Flossie Akers
Vinda Akers
Irvine Akers
Marvin Hoard
Irvine Beard
Louise Denit
Guy Kern
Richard Roberts
Fannie Miller
Burman Bess
Erakine Goodwin
Allen Haley
Everett Rice
Ruth Hoskins
Mabel Mitchell
Jessie Martin
Gilbert Bess
Roscoe Brown
Howard Bryant
Roy Eads
John Herndon
John James
George Lavinder
Warren Thomason
Emmett White
Harvey Woods
Roy Wise
Carry Yarbrough
Fannie Bolmot
Jessie Caldwell
Lucy Miller
Nellie Compton
Mary Goode
Louise Dillard
Annie Shelor
Myrtle Spangler
Lorena Wright
Central District
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