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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
7
Eleanor Pravklin Bsn in the future day Evening Post reports on footbinding in China, noting a widening exposure to Western observers. The practice persists despite modern trends, with some young women resisting while many continue to endure painful binding.
A tale from New York contrasts a Southern traveler seeking Black locals in Harlem with a guide who directs him to a large Black community. The piece weaves in oddities, a Toledo firm promising $100 for catarrh cures, forestry premiums in Fitchburg, new water blasting for coal, and notes on West Coast apple trees and moonshine raids in Florida.
The report notes West Virginia remains the leading state in carbon black production in 1920, followed by Louisiana, Wyoming, Montana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. It discusses substitutes like lampblack and natural gas impacts, and explains carbon black uses and quality differences for various applications.
A parrot at Shrewsbury, after twenty years in captivity, proves capable of laying an egg. Capt. Bo C. Riwell of Granville Street Copthrone Shrewsbury notes the bird’s remarkable longevity and recent death of a parrot at another house.
A man named Amin sits beside a young widow and her child by a bench. The child asks if he is married, and Amin replies he is not. The child turns to the mother and asks what advice she wants her son to ask him.
Five Missouri Magee brothers join Frank Magee of El Paso in a years long search for La Mina Perla a mine said to hold a vast fortune from Spanish padres hidden fifteen miles from the Mexican border near Chihuahua City The cache reputedly required cedar and mahogany timbering and involved 600 feet of shaft work as Senor Mendoza and others push the excavation amid border town interest and newspaper reports
An old advertisement touts Gude's Pepto-Mangan as a cure to fatigue pale appearance and low vigor. It claims the product builds blood quickly, improves health with meals for weeks, and promises renewed strength and life, urging readers to consult a drapeist and buy from druggists.
Norfolk and Western railway timetable lists May 29 schedule with connections to Hagerstown Shenandoah Junction Havre de Grace Philadelphia and New York. Sleeper cars and dining service available plus transfers at Roanoke and Ha gerstown Junction for connections. References include Williansca Winston-Salem and Roanoke offices with general passenger instructions.
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