Miller Train Control touted as 100 percent efficient on trials
The Miller Train Control Corp reports its device has operated on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois main line for nearly three years with 100 percent efficiency under various climates. Major railroad managers are considering adoption, and securities allegedly gain market value once deployed on other lines. Information requested from The Train Control Securities Co. Riggs Building Washington D.C.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
THE
Train Control Securities CO
Riggs Bldg
Washington, D. C
February To Be Rigid Freezer
A notable winter omen tale from Winsted Connecticut notes a cold February after sensing signs in January. A Woodbury weather prophet and a family aunt attribute a spider, a caterpillar, and a pansy bloom as predictors of an unusually severe cold spell ahead.
Chamberlains Tablets Praised by Farmer in New York
I B Wixon of Farmers Mills New York says Chamberlains Tablets are the best he has ever used for stomach and liver disorders. Obtainable everywhere.
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I. B. Wixon
Farmers Mills
N. Y
Lost Handsome silver card case reward
Missing silver card case described as handsome and valuable. Reward offered for return. Contact 826 Amherst St with details or to arrange delivery.
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Amherst St
Tom Waters at Empire Tonight Show Highlights
The Mutual Film Corp engages Tom Waters and Mrs. Waters from Some Party for a special at the Empire. The program includes Does Advertising Pay a comedy and The Red Circle serial with Lynch Trio and child wonders. Adm 10c up and down.
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Tom Waters
Mutual Film Corp
Red Circle
Lynch
Teft
Teeetes
Matinis
Mme Olga Petrova to star in My Madonna at Metro
Olga Petrova appears Monday night in My Madonna a five part Metro subject revived after her rousing Vampire appearance. Supporting cast includes Guy Coombs formerly with Kalem and other favorites.
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Olga Petrova
Madonna
Guy Coombs
Kalem Company
Adm. Loc
NME
Miss Susan Reid Williams Ill at Home
Miss Susan Reid Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs R Gray Williams is confined to her Amherst street home with grip and is quite sick.
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Susan Reid Williams
R. Gray Williams
Amherst Street
Planning For New Methodist Church
Rev. Neel, formerly of Capon Bridge and now a pastor in Alderson West Virginia, has helped his congregation gain fifty five accessions in the conference year. His flock hopes for his return by the general conference meeting in late March at Alexandria Virginia, as they plan to build a new ten thousand dollar church on the north side of the river.
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Register Neal
Capon Bridge
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Alderson
W. Va
Winchester
Frederick County
Alexandria
Youth Charged in Forgery and Horse Theft Case
A. J. Rutherford aged 17 of near Shepherdstown was arrested in Hagerstown for forging Frank Trump's name on a $22 check drawn on the Farmer Bank of Shepherdstown and stealing a neighbor Mrs. Coxs horse. He fled with the horse to Sharpsburg but abandoned it. the horse was returned. Rutherford admitted the charges and awaits trial at Charlestown jail.
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A. J. Rutherford
Shepherdstown
Hagerstown
Frank Trump
Farmer Bank
Cox
Sharpsburg
Rowland’s Mill
Charlestown
Mrs Amelia S Evans Homebound From Memorial Hospital
Mrs Amelia S Evans who has been in Memorial Hospital for several months for rheumatism and heart disease has improved enough to be released to return home in Kernstown.
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Amelia S. Evans
Memorial Hospital
Kernstown
Sarah Zane Fire Company Debuts Brockway Truck
The Sarah Zane Fire Company unveiled a Brockway Type B combination chemical and hose truck from American LaFrance Elmira N Y. It features a 40 horsepower Continental engine electrical lights and starter 30 mph top speed capacity for 1000 feet of hose two 35 gallon chemical tanks 200 feet of chemical hose and ladders pike pole axes and siren. The unit cost 3500 with 10 still owed and a fundraising drive in the Faulkner building on South Main Street invites public support.
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Faulkner P
South Main*street
Prohibition Bill Details and Restrictions in Virginia
The bill defines prima facie evidence of guilt as possession of a federal license or more than one gallon of whiskey or wine or three beers or any quantity of intoxicants outside a bona fide home. It forbids manufacture, sale, or keeping for sale of all specified liquors and any drink producing intoxication. It bans drinking in railroad stations, boat landings, public vehicles, clubs, fraternities, lodges, or meeting places, and bars women and minors from receiving liquor.
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Virginia
Letter from John Brown Jail Auction Brings 352 Dollars
A letter from John Brown written from the Charlestown jail on November 27, 1869 while awaiting execution was sold as tautographs at the Anderson Galleries, bringing in 352 dollars.
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John Brown
Charlestown
Anderson Galleries
Purchase noted by New York buyer George D. Smith
In New York a few days ago George D. Smith was the buyer. The letter was addressed to a Miss Sterns of Springfield Mass in reply to a note of condolence from her.
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New York
George D. Smith
Miss Sterns
Springfield
Mass
Partial solar eclipse to be visible in Virginia February 3
Editor Samuel M Barton clarifies a January 21 article on the February 3 sun eclipse noting it will be partial in Winchester Virginia. The eclipse path begins in the Pacific, crosses South America and the Atlantic near the Azores, with no oil price impact expected.
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Winchester
Virginia
Pacific Ocean
South America
Atlantic
Azores
British Isles
John Shannon Dies at Smithton West Virginia
John Shannon died at his Smithton home after a brief pneumonia illness aged 85. He married Mary Machyr Johnson in 1859. she died two years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs. E. Jett McConnell of Clarksburg and son William Claude Shannon of Smithton. Registrar note follows about vital statistics reporting.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John Shannon
Smithton
Mary Machyr Johnson
Winchester
E. Jett McConnell
William Claude Shan
Virginia Grannies To Be Registered Under New Vital Statistics Law
Under the new vital statistics law midwives must register at once with the registrar of vital statistics nearest them. Dr P W Boyd is registrar for the city of Winchester. In the county districts midwives must register with the registrar.
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Winchester
U. S
Washington
Treasury Department
Anniversary of Their Marriage
Mr and Mrs Aaron Boxwell celebrated the fifty first anniversary of their marriage in the city. They were married in the parlor of Hotel Berkeley at Martinsburg West Virginia in 1865. Mrs Boxwell was formerly Miss Susanna Davidson and is the sister of the late Mr David Davidson of this community.
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Aaron Boxwell
Berkeley
Martinsburg
W.va
Boxwelly
Susanna Davidson
Davia ‘Davidson
Boxwell Marriage Family Visit Noted In Frederick County
Mr and Mrs Boxwell of Frederick County marked their marriage with a family gathering. Twelve children were born to the couple, nine survive, and all nine visited their parents on Wednesday along with several friends. Mrs Boxwell remains in good health while her husband has been feeble for years.
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City
Boxwell
Frederick County
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Proclaims High Efficacy
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as most effective for lingering coughs and hacks. A claimant states after taking it, coughing ceases and relief follows repeatedly, praising the product’s curative action.
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Chamberlain
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