Local Contractor and Insurance Contacts List Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows names and offices for Millay, Broksr and Big Reel Supply Co, Ol and Gas Well Contractors Supplies, Richard Scott general contractor rooms 423 and 331, Frank Stout attorney third floor, Robert R. Wilson lawyer, West Virginia Casualty Co, Tasurasce Meams 643-45, third floorRoums 313-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Reel & Supply Co., Ol and Gas Well Contractors’ Supplies
Richard Scott
West Virginia Casualty Co
Kennedy laxative syrup and Dr Shoop’s Croup Cure ads
An ad page features multiple remedies including a pine resin drink called Pinenles and a Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup. Dr Shoop’s Croup Cure is marketed as fast acting for croup with no vomiting and a pleasant taste. Sold by Stone and Mercer and general dealers.
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Wille
Winnie
Willie
Kennedy
Stone & Mercer
Dr Shoop
Sweet Melody Flour Piles Relief Ad
Piles find quick relief with Dr Shoop's Magle Ointment designed for piles and intended to work with certainty and satisfaction. It promises relief from itching and protruding or blind piles, disappearing like magic. All dealers stock it.
Sweet Melody Flour Ad Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An OCR fragment touts KODOL as a digestive aid to be taken after meals. It claims relief and states KODOL approximates digestive juices and digests what you eat. Sold locally by Stone & Mercor.
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Lucy Stovall
Titan
Pope Honareca
Wesk
Stone & Mercor
Health Coffee Health Coffee Dr Shoop promotes safe wholesome blend
An advertisement touts Health Coffee as a clever mix of parched cereals and substitutes for real coffee. It claims flavor matches coffee, notes it is wholesome nourishing and safe even for children, and says it is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Preventics Candy Cold Cure Tablets Ad
A vintage ad touts Preventics candy as a safer cold cure that head off colds and grippe and may prevent pneumonia or bronchitis. Sold by all dealers in 5 and 25 cent boxes, recommended at the first sneeze.
Beewihit's Carbolized Witch Hagel Batve Relief
Piles of text promotes Bee DeWihit's Carbolized Witch Hagel Batve as relief with exaggerated claims. Advertises imitations as inferior and notes Stone & Mercer as sellers.
Automobile Widow tale sparks courtroom conflict and divorce bid
Elizabeth Bradbury seeks divorce from Ned Bradbury over a chromed car quarrel. The judge and lawyers debate property, use of the automobile, and a plan to reclaim the car from a Westminster garage as Elizabeth pursues a quiet divorce while navigating fears of the sheriff and Ned’s alleged infidelity.
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Elizabeth
Kenmcky
Jolnaon
Afra
Wheeler
Cary
Ned
Othore
Tinfeter
Besa
Sage
Clara Lincar
Bess
Pat Lawsr
Elkin
Tim
Eilzabeth
Westminster Waraze
Lincoln
Chia
Fillenbeth
Appleby Coach Company
Nelen
Elkina
Elisabeth
Appleby
Ted
Neddy
Max
Dialect Humor From An Early University Exam
A Philadelphia Ledger item uses snippets of dialects to illustrate how written Scots differs from spoken speech. The anecdote recounts an Alwr ded university examination where Irish and Scotch students respond to questions in hybrid forms, culminating in a humorous miscommunication about Pharaoh’s death and a farmer’s thrift minded quip about a $50 loan.
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Beotch
Scotland
Alwrded University
Jowlind Scotchman
Wchol
Egypt
Phawroh
Phawraol
New England
Connecticut
Grikly
Ony Delog
Philadelphia Ledger
Emma Summers the California Oil Queen and Business Leader
Emma Summers, known as the California Oil Queen, is profiled as a decisive businesswoman who built wealth through land and oil investments in Los Angeles. Described as refined, fearless, and deeply involved in the oil trade, she earned respect for competence and hard work, despite gender barriers.
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Californis
California
Emma A. Bunmuiere
Ten Angines
Doe
Jose
Galum
Jofuejos
Inducary
Succesa
Gonina
MDS
Emma
Mle Wade
Los Angeles
Phix
Aril
Nil
Abe
Summers
Iris
Household Tips From Harper's Bazaar for Careful Living
Practical advice from an early 20th century column on grooming, home upkeep, and clothes repair. It covers posture and fitness to stay looking younger, bathroom organization and cleaning, stain removal from tablecloths, radiator disguising, mending rubber garments, oiling floors, old-garment care, and drawer organization with simple improvised fixes. Notable tips reference Harper's Bazaar style guidance and domestic routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
N Bazar
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Empire Building Directory
Strong Again
Buite
Alliter
Bixth
Room
C. T. Arnett
Charkaburg Fuel Co
Cook Coal & Coke Co
Clarksburg Telegram Co
Pristera and Publishers, First Door, Mainstreet
Harry Douds
Empire Sign Co
8. L Butters
8. R. Johnson
Fairmont Coal Co
Fifth Door
Pairmont & Clarksburg Traction Co
Pitth
BR. A. Haynes
H. B
Sloan Physicians
B A Hill
Holmboe & Latterty
W. H. Holden
T. M. Hood
Hops Natural Gas Co
M. B. Black-Krohmo Milline
Metropolitan Lifensurance Co
Life Insurance
Millay, Broksr
Sars W
Albert L, Lohm
O'Gara Coxl Mining Co
H. M. Paterson, Lawn R
Wm. H. Polling
Pittsburg & Fairmont Fuel Co
Pardee-Cartin Lumber Co
B. F. Shuttleworth, Jr
Phystelio
Jour Co
Sperry & Sperry
Frank Stout
W. H. Taylor
Lawrer
B. ¥. Thompson
Roums
Robert R. Wilson
Frank G. Bland
G. Ty Hume Sergue
Angs & Naturalist
Hin Tor
Bins Fleecely
Lin Malstresd
Africa
Trh
Mer Namzy
Emma A. Summers
Severn
Carclesmnes
Etorpagy
Orite
Sher
Holt Tom
St. Louis Republic
Tront
Kilkee
Kidvey Remy
Wria
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bing
Awmton
N.Y
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, NY
Rate & Hasse
Main St
Bell
Reteve Isigeron
Btomath
Simmons Plumbing Sher
Pike St. Hams Shore
Foleys Honey
TOUR
Hodo
Fenaseatos
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