University plans to extend campus and add science building
West Virginia University officials discussed two land acquistions and a major chemistry building project to expand the campus. A new three story science structure facing Prospect Street would house 500 to 1,000 students with a large auditorium and daylighted labs. Officials expect bids in March for construction starting April 1, 1922, with occupancy targeted by February 1920.
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Unif West Virginia
Morgan- Piece
State Board of Control
Falling Run Hollow
Presen
University Farm
Monongahela
Woodburn Hall
University Wat
Board of Control
James
Johny S. Darat
Y Hares
George
Howard Gore
Clarks
T Sie Board of Education
Paul A
Philadelphia
Morgantown
P Etesty Law School
Lakin
Taft
Paul’ Wigs
1. C. White
Prospect
University Street
Moo Y Street
Ogistry
Lewtay
Cal
Prospect Street
Board Nine
Board of Education
End Clark
University
Archi
Paul Davis
Ont
Wilmington
Senares
Orthmore College
Davis
Gove
Washington
Unit
Virginia
Charlottesville
Univer of
Chiicago
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Ity
Nebraska
SOS of
Wisconsin
Ag Winasiim
of Gentral
Cor
Eri High
Praepeer
Sea Lobny
Dids
Dean's Kidney Pills and WV vital statistics law cited
An old advertisement recaps Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. Snyder praising cure of kidney trouble. It also references West Virginia’s new vital statistics law requiring death certificates for burials and penalties for noncompliance, plus notes school officials purchasing the State School Journal and Educator.
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Dean
Shepherdstown
John Snyder
Hill
West Virginia
Vital Statistics
Registrar of
Viral Statistics
Scarlet Fever and a City Consent Law Change
A medical note outlines scarlet fever symptoms, contagion, and potential complications such as kidney inflammation and deafness, then reports the state legislature raising the age of consent from fourteen to sixteen with a severe punishments clause and exceptions. It ends with a shopkeeper's wary sales pitch about a fur coat and a humorous misnaming of it as mar tin.
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Gate
Bright
Soaked Up. Calino's lesson on water cycle for son
Monsieur Calino explains to his son how water from brooks travels to rivers and then to the sea. He adds that sea water is absorbed by sponges at the bottom, illustrating a simple natural history query in a fatherly dialogue.
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Monsieur Calino
Calino Junior
Calino Senior
Monsieur
Monsieur Gallino
Fletcher’s Castoria Ad Claims Burdock Blood Bitters Remedy
An old advertisement urges parents to give Fletcher’s Castoria to children and promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for languor fatigue headaches and upset stomachs. It advises asking a druggist about price and availability.
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Burdock Blood Bitters
Price
What constitutes beauty in a hand debate
A Remtieman responds wisdom and wit to two young women arguing about beauty of hands. They seek the elder’s view. He advises that beauty lies not in form but in charity and giving, saying the most beautiful hand is the hand that gives the most aid to the poor.
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West Virginia
Charleston
LS Bureau of Markets and
Caw Missioner of
James H Stewart
Eastern Panhandle
Panhandle
Trusty Mocormyr and the porter’s return anecdote
A narrator recalls Trusty Mocormyr teaching by example that she would use a rare drink only once. At a house, Wife refused a offered drink, Ruth asked for porter, and a waiting boy delivered a porter with a small man who wore straps and a badge. Mrs. Siddons laughed at the scene.
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Ruth
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J. Frank Marsh
State Board of Educating
George W. Jenkins, Jr
Morris P. Shawkey
State School Journal
Alldrus
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Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Carnally
Aindy
Ale
Martin
AO. 1
Fletcher
Castoria
Fenea
Met Who Quality
Mocormyr
J. Y.blackford
Shenandoah Junction
W. Va
Adeater
Staunton
Ben Davis
Miss Loud
Mann’s
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town
Old Reliable Marble and Granite Works
Pecan
Eggs and Poultry
Benj, Hartzell
M. C
E. D
MO. H. Schoppert
Fancy Grocer
Center In
Cigars Tobacco
Welshans
Main Street
Geo. M. Beltzhoover
Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr
G. P. Morison
Martinsburg
King and College Streets
Bell Phone 417
E. Douglas Davis
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Roy S. Proctor
Weeetebien
Winchester
S. M. Langford
Martinsburg, West VA
Carl Owens' Drug Store
Harrison Schley General Insurance
Jefferson Security Bank
DR. Fahrney
Hagerstown, Maryland
Diagnostician
H. C. Marten’s
Muarutactuter Ot
Arniss
Japan
Gleason
Muller
H. C. Marten
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