West Virginia appoints Col. Arnold head of Public Safety
Lieut Col Jackson Arnold of Weston, former First West Virginia National Guard member, is named head of the State Department of Public Safety known as the State Police. Effective July 1, he will organize with headquarters at Charleston, oversee examinations for applicants, and earn 3000 dollars yearly.
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Weston
West Virginia National Guard
France
State Department of Public Safety
Arnold
Pennsylvania
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Department of Public Safety
State Police
Charleston
Col. Arnold
James Wagaman
Waynesboro
United States
Beulah Lowman
Shady Grove
Hagerstown
Wm. H. Armstrong
Hagerstown Fair Association
J. H. Wade
Boonsboro
Harbron and Tools and Materials Ad Listing
A long catalog style notice lists items for sale or trade including Harbron Nails Horse Shoes Large Iron Wash Kettles Brass Copy and Marcelain Kettles Skiliers Waffle Irons Trace Bull Cow and Halter Chains Farm Bells Screen Doors and Windows American Fence Wire Barbed Wire Saws Black Hawk Corn Shellers Lawn Mowers Files Bolts Loaded Shells Powder and Shot Paint and Oil Department Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil Harness Oil Machine Oil Black Strap Tur nine N C and Gas Tar Gasoline Varnish Japan Dryer Knot Killer White Lead Red Lead Spanish Brown Calcined Plaster Portland Cement Lard Oil Plastering Hair Coal Oil Neat Foot Oil Fish Oil Bath Brick Soap Sulphur Copperas Rorax.
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Paint and Oil Department
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Japan
Ilfracombe A Storied Devon Seaside Town
Ilfracombe, a Devon coast resort famed for steep white cottages and fog of history, traces back to a twelfth century harbor. It hosted among English ports a 1344 shipping council delegation and saw skirmishes near Bloody Meadow in 1646 during Fairfax’s capture. Wrecks and Indian treasures attracted local fisher folk selling to nearby merchants.
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Alfredscombe
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Combe
Council of Shipping
Fairfax
Terracombe
Indies
Sea Buffalo Meat Appears in Pacific Markets
San Francisco markets and other Pacific coast cities report sea buffalo meat entering commerce. Known as sea cows and xen horses, the creature’s flesh is touted as rivaling beef in quality and price with tenderloin at 15 cents a pound. The gray whale provides much of the meat, with a 0-foot specimen yielding as much butcher’s material as 70 cattle.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Pacific
First Quakers Reach Boston in 1650 Voyage Decades Ahead
The first Quakers, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, landed in Boston in 1650 after sailing from England via Barbados. Their arrival caused consternation among Puritans, who scolded the travelers and the rising Quaker presence. The Society of Friends, founded by Fox in 1648, predates these early American visits, with significant roles later in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and beyond.
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Mary Fisher
Ann Austin
Boston
England
Barbados
George Bishop
Society of Friends
Fox
America
George Fox
William Penn
Tennsylvania
New Jersey
Can Shyness Be Cured Source Advice
The text argues that shyness stems from lack of practice meeting strangers. By removing the strangeness and creating regular, nonthreatening encounters, shyness diminishes as familiarity grows. It emphasizes practice and exposure rather than denying social contact.
Gentlemanly impulse in Chicago cafe tale
A mother visits friends in Chicago with her young son, a luncheon at a fashionable cafe forms the backdrop. The boy, the sole gentleman present, is urged to imitate his father and to be polite. He quips that he plans to take a cigarette.
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Brother
Mamma
Indies
Gasoline mileage and axle grease from Chuggins notes
In a discussion about fuel economy, Mr. Chuggins suggests creating a byproduct to cut costs and improve trips as roads are rough. The article also reports on Jefferson county colored soldiers demobilization, with 123 drafted, no casualties, four deaths in cantonments mainly from influenza.
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Enterprise
Jefferson County
Orchard deal closes near Moorefield in Hardy county
The Moore field Nursery and Orchard Company near Moorefield Hardy county has been sold for about 100000 dollars to the Bond brothers Will S. Hiett and an unnamed Berkeley county man and Victor Chancellor will soon take charge. The 500 acre property includes 300 acres of fruit with 13000 apple trees and 73000 peach trees. Top peach yield is expected at 30000 to 40000 bushels this year with good prospects for apples. The site sits in a premier WV fruit region and was planted years ago by a farmers group. the active manager died last fall prompting the sale.
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Martinsburg Journal
Moorefield Nursery and Orchard Company
Moorefield
Hardy County
Bond Brothers
Will S. Hiett
Winchester
Berkeley County
Victor ‘Chancellor
Parkersburg
Teal
West Virginia Extension School
Jefferson
Morgan Counties
Cardus credited with curing chronic headaches
A Texas City woman describes years of intense head pain and nervous distress until trying Cardus. She took three bottles and says her headaches vanished permanently, praising the remedy as effective for female troubles and backed by four decades of use.
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Texas City
Tex
G. H1. Schill
Cardus
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