A Fish Story With a Moral and Public Square Debate
A parable about shared work on an island ends with everyone still hungry as selfish demands and refusals drain the food supply. Separate notes follow on Hagerstown traffic signs and tourist conduct, then a political update in Washington. John W. Davis accepts a Democratic presidential nomination consideration and Annfield estate news concludes the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afty
Cr. Shaver
John W. Davis
England
State Committee
Davis
Shaver
Pepto Mangans Boost for Winter-Weary Readers
An old time tonic ad urges recovery of strength with Pepto Mangan to combat run down feelings from winter. It promotes iron rich blood building benefits and pleas readers to consult their doctor while noting the product is available in liquid and tablet forms. Also mentions a West Virginia Secretary of State charter for Northern Virginia Orchard Company with $200,000 capital and Winchester-based incorporators A Richards K Richards W Painter C Painter N Richards and C P Amory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State of
West Virginia
Northern Virginia Orchard Company
A. Richards
K. Richards
W. Painter
C. Painter
N. Richards
C. P. Amory
Winchester
Fletcher's Castoria Advert Pays Honest Health Claim
An old style advertisement fragment touts Fletcher's Castoria for children with claims of relief for ailments and a parental reminder about using a trusted remedy. It mentions Thomas' Eclectic Oil and Gruen as sellers and lists a price of 60 cents.
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Adverts and Martinsburg Paving Contracts
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to cure ear inflammation and deafness with a money back offer of one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Circulars are free and available from Druggists. In Martinsburg the city council awarded asphalt and brick street contracts totaling $123,000, with property owners paying for frontage improvements on a fifty dollar basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J
Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Martinsburg
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Washington, Alexander & Cooke
Charles Town
McKee Brothers
Shepherdstown, W. Va
A. S. Dandridge & Co
Enumen
Oleomargarine
Nucoa Burrer Company
A. E. Boswell
Stockholders’ Meeting
Sudance
E. E
Shepherdstown
West Va
Dey & Straw
Cumberland
W. H. Knode
Fletcher
Astoria
Gibson's
Burpee
Garden Seeds
A.D. S. Kidney Pills
Robert Gibson
W. Va
Dean
Walter Cato
Hagerstown
Cuthlese
Automobile Dealers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
John D. Rockefeller
Good Hill
Edward G. Butler
Annfield
Boyce
Clarke County
William Watkins
Philadelphia
Butler
Watkins
Bishop Mackey-Smith
Protestant Episcopal Church
Pagebrook
Philip E M. Walker
Robert Page
Sweet Ann Page
Pepio-Mangan
Castoria
Gruen
Orr
Ato R
Beste Sunees
ASR
Pets N Ec
Dadestier
talaDey
the Model Bakery
Milton Kohler & Sons
W. Washington St
C. P. Ambrose & Jira
Berkeley Springs
American Ideal
Shepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
L.A
Ambrose
H. L. Snyder & Company
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