Railroad Company Commences Business in Beaver
Jacob Achenbush of Hardiner Ine and J B Blackstock of Springfield Illinois, with attorney Poly Tincher, arrived in Beaver to take over the road, reorganize the company, and start operations. The move aims to secure cars for farmers, reduce freight costs, and boost grain trade, with Achenbush as president and Blackstock as vice president, Tincher as counsel, Tracy as secretary treasurer, and Lawson among directors.
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Jacob Achenbush
Hardiner
Ine
J. B. Blackstock
Springfield
Illinois
Poly Tincher
Medicine Lodge
Sas
Beaver
Cmpany
Jacob Achenbach
F.C. Tracy
Harry Nixon
August Achenbach
Jeff's Place Opens In Long & Lawson Building
Jeff Holland opens Jeffs Place a confectionery and cold drinks shop in the Long and Lawson building next to the post office. He expects good patronage due to his local friends and plans nightly entertainment at the Big Tent with Mrs A B Dickson returning from Balko.
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Jeff
Jet
Long & Lawson
Pout
Jeff Holland
Tent Show Arrives in Beaver Back of Stranathans
Chant and Hollands Comedians arrived in Beaver in their private car and are performing in a big tent behind Stranathan store. They will stay through the 4th and 5th celebration as audiences request more shows. The troupe of about twenty soar large and have presented East Lynne St Elmo The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and Roanoke among others. Indias were admitted Monday and patronage has been strong all week. Management is giving away a half carat Karoda Diamond in a gold setting.
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Chant & Holland
Beaver
Stranathan’s
East Lyne
St. Elmo
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Beaver County Teachers Association Resolutions
The Beaver County Teachers Association expresses appreciation for the Normal staff and county citizens after four weeks of preparation. It thanks County Superintendent Ayers for selecting instructors and guiding progress, congratulates faculty members Hill Grattan Jordan Wardell, thanks Beaver citizens, ministers, and Farm Agent Newsum for hospitality and engaging talks on agriculture, and pledges support for future initiatives.
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Beaver ‘Ver County Teachers’ Association
County Normal
Beaver
Ayers
Hill
Sine Grattan
Jordan
Wardell
Newsum
Miso
Erroneous church relations and school praise note
A fragmentary notice thanks the Board of Education and local churches for use of the High School building and asks Beaver papers to print resolutions. It includes a critique of insincere character cultivation and predicts that sham character will collapse under stress.
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Board of Education
Thal Church
Beaver
Sam Snow’s Woolly Head Draws Phrenology Curiosity
A phrenologist examines Sam Snow, a Black man, noting features described as “curiosity and acquisitiveness” and other traits. Sambo reacts with defiance, boasting he can crack nuts with his teeth. The excerpt reflects racial stereotypes and comic bravado in a confrontational scene.
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Sam Snow
Sambo
Havana’s Founding Claims Highlight Cuba’s Oldest Cities
Havana in Cuba, originally named San Cristobal de la Habana, was founded by Adelantado Diego Velasquez on July 25, 1615. It is noted as the last of seven Cuban cities, with Columbus’s date used as a reference point, suggesting few New World cities predate Havana.
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Havana
Old City
San Cristobal de la Habana
Cuba
Adelantado
Diego Velasquez
Turkish Royal Households Explain Sultans Marriages
The article explains there is no sultana of Turkey and that sultans rarely wed. It notes the sultan designates a small number of women called Kadıns as wives, a title granted after a child is born, and states all children born in the harem are illegitimate and of invaga.
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Turkey
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Railroad Company
A. 8. Dickson
Balko
Big Tent
Teachers’ Association
Reneatson A. G
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Tracy
Tracy’s Store
Carter Tracy Hardware
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