200 Acre Farm For Sale Near Shepherdstown
A 200 acre farm for sale near Shepherdstown offering 40 acres of bottom land and mixed terrain. Includes a weather boarded barn 50 by 80 feet, timber on 3 acres, fencing, water on site, and substantial crop potential with 40 acres in corn and 48 in wheat. Part smooth and rough land, balance easy to farm. Sale terms: $75 per half cash, balance over three years, available before February 15 1919.
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Shepherdstown
Sandford
Baland
Winter snake encounter ends with quick dispatch by woodcutter
W. Garver of Midwood reported killing the first snake of the season while cutting wood. He claimed a spread-headed moccasin, described as almost deadly, appeared and he quickly dispatched the reptile in Tengih.
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W. Garver
Midwood
Tengih
DuPont Emplove Tells His Story Of Dreco Relief
A Petersburg man describes his lifelong stomach and rheumatic pains and credits Dreco with providing relief after many medicines failed. He praises its herbal roots, calls it safe and effective, and urges others to try it through local merchants.
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Thomas BE. Condrey
DuPont Company
Grove Avenue
Petersburg
Drees
Nurses Produce Wild West Picture Show at French Base Hospital
Nurses at a French base hospital staged a living picture show without film or props. They invited a Roumanian countess and a Woolly West performer for thrill rides and improvised imagery using placards to simulate sun and cacti as they performed for the troops.
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France
National
West
Imagination
Vacaresca
Roumahia
Roumantia
Thanks to Sowers and friends for music tribute
A note of gratitude expresses appreciation for Sowers and friends who shared sweet music at the funeral service for Mr. BY.
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Mr. BY
Aceoe
Early 19th Century Debate on Hollow Concentric Spheres
Fragmentary remarks recount John Cleves Symmes's proposal of hollow concentric Earth spheres as a habitable interior. The source notes his voyage idea and memoir fragments describing matter divisions and gravity concepts leading to the hollow Earth theory.
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John Cleves
Ture
Union College
Earth
Outrigger Canoes and Polynesian Ocean Navigation
The text discusses epoch making Pacific navigators of Polynesian and Malay origin. It notes how outrigger canoes enabled long voyages and settlement of distant island groups. It also cites Captain Cook as the first white explorer and highlights how islanders perceived discovery as self made.
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Pacific
Tahiti
Hawaiian Islands
Cook
in =e ‘borney
Quiet Comfort of Reading in Bed, a Literary Gift
A quote from the Ohio State Journal extols bed reading as the ideal fit for pure literature. It warns against overindulgence while praising a setting that frees one from modern obligations and invites peaceful, immersive reading without fatigue or distraction.
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Qhio State Journal
Wellington and Morse in a Fragmented Chronicle
The text traces Arthur Wellesley born in Dublin on April 29, 1769, his rise in the Napoleonic Wars from An n France to Belgium and Waterloo. It then shifts to Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor and artist, Yale graduate, who studied under Benjamin West and chaired the New York Academy of Design.
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Arthur Wellesley
Duke Wellington
Dublin
Arthur
Ann France
Napoleon
Elba
Wellington
Belgium
Bacay
Blucher
Ligny
Quatre Bras
Waterloo
St. Paul's Cathedral
Morse
Samuel &. B. Morse
Yale Y
Benjamin West
England
Academy of Design
New York
Teat Ha
Kup Leer
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