Miss Elsie Dix Bitten By Snake on the Ailsa coast
GREENSPRING Sept. 25 Miss Elsie Dix of J W Dix was bitten by a copperhead snake on Saturday evening while descending cellar steps The snake was under the steps and sprang hitting her above the ankle Dr Smoke treated her and reported she is out of danger The snake was killed Also notes on local happenings: new house completion Mountain Roe E H Strobridge moving in Birth announced a healthy boy to Mr and Mrs Albert Brown and other community updates including revival services and local visits
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Greenspring
J. W. Dix
Hisie Dix
FR. Smoke
E. M. DeHaven
Mountain Roe
E. H. Strobridge
W. Shade
Cumberland
Albert Brown
W. E. Brown
Ollie May
Public thanks for Chamberlain's Colic Remedy
Mrs T N erall of Gowanda New York expresses gratitude to the Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She states severe pain from a summer complaint eased quickly after taking a dose and notes the medicine is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
T. N.erall
Gowa
N.Y
Serbian Frontier Troop Movements Reported Amid Tensions
The dispatch notes troops advancing toward the Serbian frontier for several days. Five cavalry regiments and additional infantry are deployed on the frontier while interior units reinforce the border. N. Lanham and child have returned to Washington after visiting relatives.
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Serbia
Satoniki
iAapeceiatamsine
Have ‘Porder
Lanham
Child
Washington
Historic Bank Ledger Fragment Shows Assets and Liabilities
The document lists resources including loans and discounts, overdrafts, cash items, and due from other banks. It also details banking house, furniture, currency, and various coin amounts. Liabilities show capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, dividends, deposits, and notes payable. Total figures reach 77,540.491.
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U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
U.S
State Bankrs
Local Markets Corrected Prices and Market Notes
Prices offered by local buyers for wheat corn hay and other commodities are listed with retail and wholesale figures. The report includes butter live poultry hay sheep lambs calves and other farm goods with prices per unit and per head, noting the markets correct as of the day before publication.
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Choice Creamery
Virginia
Strikes Target at Real Distance by U S Battleships
Nine battleships tested firepower off the Virginia Capes despite rough seas and cold winds. A turret on the Georgia reportedly hit a target with two shells at 7000 yards. Tugs Sonoma and Patuxent and the ammunition ship Lebanon delivered battered targets and returned to sea. Michigan Florida and Utah tied up at Hampton Roads to replenish coal bunkers.
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Norfolk
Uncle Sam
Virginia Capes
Georgia
Sonoma
Patuxent
Lebanon
Michigan
Florida
Utah
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Results
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, non calomel remedy for biliousness and sluggish digestion. It claims a relief guarantee with a 50 cent bottle and a spoonful at night, promising no salivation and suitability for children.
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Dodson
Angel Johnny and the morbid tale on the rug
In a grim vignette a boy named Johnny nails a baby to the floor drawing a weary parental admonition about spoiling the rug. The macabre scene unfolds with a chilling tonal detachment characteristic of grim humor.
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Angel Johnny
Johnny
Noisy Demand for Loud Underwear Stirs Laughs
A humorous exchange features a man demanding the loudest underwear ever made to locate it among his wife and children's clothes. The gag highlights his exaggerated need for visibility in the morning.
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Father
Boston Flags and a Pot of Beans Design Idea
A conversation notes city flag choices. One speaker cites Boston and suggests a simple design motif using beans and fish symbols to create a meaningful visual. The exchange hints at informal symbolism guiding local vexillography.
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Boston
Morning Papers and Breakfast Banter
A domestic scene shows a couple in morning ritual over newspapers. The husband asks about breakfast while the wife notes she is nearly finished the morning papers and plans to glance at the newly arrived evening edition.
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Babington
Designing Women in the United States Noted
A humorous exchange notes there are 1,037 women architects designers and draftsmen in the United States. The conversation shifts to a jab about pyorrhea as a joke, reflecting light social chatter about professional women.
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Bill
United States
Jill
Irreverent Exchange Reported at The Red Dog Bar
A terse, slang filled fragment recounts a bartender confrontation at a bar named The Red Dog with taunts about cigarettes. The crude dialogue features a speaker addressing a bartender and a young man in a mocking tone.
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Reginald Pierpont Darling
the Red Dog
Terbaccer
Interested Affection and Mercenary Warble
Poem fragment notes mercenary singers near and pause to declare love for land driven by profit. It frames patriotic sentiment as incidental to material gain. The tone blends irony with praise of wealth as motive.
Science of pyrography teased as homeschool pie study
A dialogue hints at homeschooling for a child with a blunt remark about teaching beyond a stated topic. The exchange mentions pyrography planning and broader pie science as an alternative.
Veterans reunion headlines and travel notes in city bustle
Mr John W Burkholder and Mr Jesse Sowers of the Grand Army of the Republic leave for the veterans reunion in Washington. Mr and Mrs R W Baker of Union City and Mr and Mrs George O Baker of New York City are registered at Hotel Evans while in the area. Mrs N A Jones of Philadelphia came for the Nash Graber wedding held last evening and Miss Julia Taylor departs for Washington to visit friends.
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John W. Burkholder
Jesse Sowers
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans
Washington
R. W. Baker
Uneion City
George O. Baker
New York City
Hotel Evans
N. A. Jones
Philadelphia
Julia Taylor
Friendship The Gift of Being a True Friend
A concise reflection on friendship from Henry David Thoreau. The speaker values personal happiness in loving a friend over material wealth and suggests true friendship is its own reward and divine in nature.
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Thoreau
Sheep as Weather Prophets
Shepherds claim wool texture foretells weather. Crisp wool signals dry spells, while limp soft wool suggests an approaching storm. The old belief links sheep fleece to forthcoming rain and atmospheric changes.
Danger Passed through Time and Tender Hope
A reflective line suggests happiness softens past hurts as one learns to smile at life’s good things and trust that old pain cannot harm again.
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pAt Ge Taon
Capit Park
Capit Ol
W. T. Knight
Pote Np
Ailsa
London
Altoona
Varibountis
Limestone
Tagpis
Ste! Mills
Jan
Pinsk
Dnibe
Mackensen
Lougishin
Jassie River
Volbyhonian
Lutsk
Dubne
North
Petrograd
Vinsk
Dwina
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Bucharest
Carso
Rumania
Poland
Balkans
Greece
Bulgaria
Balkan
Turkey
Ivanoff
Galicia
Volhynia
Ation
Patris
Athens
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Winchester
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Tota
Frederick
I. H. D. Fuller
H. D. Fuller
R. T. Barton
Wim. A. Bell
John J. Ridgeway
Madge Affleck
N. P
Elsie Dix
Woodmen of America
W. Z. Adams
Pine Grove
Edna Durr
Baltimore
Marion Marrett
J. Barrett
U.S. Fries
United Brethren Church
Singers Glen
Son Enn
Frederick County
Court House
Kester
Elling
Erick County
Stephens'City
Gardner, Grim
Jno. H. Ebersole
Herbert S Larrick
Valuable Realty
Lula
Elliott Et Als
W. Elliott
Isding
Circuit Court
Freder County
High View
Jas. W. Elliott
Herbert S. Larrick
Circuit
Herbert S. Law
Hilda’s Hall
Bishops of the Diodese Episco
Pers Ferry
Sonny Preparatory
Oor
Ariah Pendleton Duval
Les Town
W. Va
Stuart Hall
Homas & Messer
W. Baltimore St
Baltimore, Md
the Peoples’ Bank, Inc
Oeensiine City
State Corporation Commission
Eugene I. Chiles
Cassier
Peoples Bank, Inc
Stephens City
Eugene E. Chiles
J. M. Steele
John A. Hinkle
H. A. Dinges
State of
Eugene St. Chiles
Geo. A. Samsell
Merkets
Tcarkedd
Baltimor
Peoria
George
Jacer
the Quality Shop
Ryan & Orndoff
Livick’s Drug Store
Main Street
Livick’s
Apple
G. P. Read
Duane Street
Albion
C. L. Robinson
Charles Town
Rouss Garage
Sts
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