Wonderful Cave Discovered Near Engthoul Belgium
A quarry region near Engthoul Belgium reveals a grand cave with vast chambers and musical crystal formations. Local mineralogist Mr Doudou identified it after streams vanished, and explorers report basins of clear water and a frosted snow like floor. Court documents from Winchester Virginia cite a Master Commissioner order to locate John W Hook’s property and debts with notice to creditors.
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Engthoul
Belgium
Bk, Doudot
Doudou
Railway expansion in British India reaches 29 097 miles in 1906
By 1906 the operating railway length in India stood at 29 097 miles, a gain of 7 980 miles over the decade. State lines grew by 5 046 miles, totaling 21 917 miles, while native State lines rose from 2 002 to 3 471 miles. The Madras Railway remains the sole remaining original guaranteed system with 904 miles.
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British India
Lotel
India
Ostrich Farm Near Nice Records Surprising Growth
London Tit-Bits notes an experimental ostrich farm near Nice started two years ago. It began with 32 birds, 25 from California and seven from Abyssinia, and has produced 110 offspring to date. Maintenance costs about £2 16s per third per year, plume sets average £40, and ostrich life is about eight years.
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Nice
California
Abyssinia
London
Three Sherwood Triplets Become Sea Captains
Mrs. Catherine Sherwood bore triplets Franklin Francis and Frederick at age 52. All became sea captains and lived past seventy. In Charleston D C the brothers once visited the same barber at different times in one day and each beard grew unusually fast.
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Catherine Sherwood
Franklin
Francis
Frederick
Charleston
D. C
Watch for the Blind Uses Tactile Hour Buttons
A new watch for the blind uses movable relief buttons on the dial to indicate hours, with a strong pointer for minutes. The wearer feels the dial to locate the low hour button while the minute hand position marks minutes, aided by a circular plate with a notch guiding button drops.
Suffolk Ballot on Novel Beans Votes to Keep Works Open
In Glemsford Suffolk workers at a mat factory faced three months notice. A deputation proposed a 10 percent wage cut to keep the works going. Each worker vot ed with a bean or pea in a jar ballot. Seventy five beans and nineteen peas were cast, so work continues as usual.
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Glemsford
Suffolk
Warts Shown Communicable by Experimental Findings
A writer notes recent experiments suggesting warts are communicable. Inoculation of healthy tissue with wart material reportedly causes new warts, implying an ultra microscopic germ. The piece urges individuals with warts to remove them promptly.
Unique brick spire torn from Jefferson Street Baptist church
A distinctive brick spire from the Jefferson Street Baptist Church in Providence RL has been demolished. The structure stood entirely of brick to the apex with bricks individually crafted for their position.
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Providence
Jefferson Street
Baptist
Decree Orders Refer to Chancery Commissioner in Huntsberry Estate
The decree at June term 1909 directs a Chancery Commissioner to identify creditors of John A Huntsberry and their distributive shares, settle the Trustee Herbert S Larrick’s accounts, and report any pertinent matters. A public notice warns creditors to attend the August 24 1909 proceeding at Ware and Larrick Winchester Virginia for further action.
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John W. Hook
Corporation Court
Alto
Winchester
Frederick
John Hook
Natrace
John A
Auntsberry
John A. Huntsberry
Herbert S
Larrick
John A. Iunteberry
John A. Hummsberry
Refuge Section News Happenings Among Local Families
REPUGE V fo Ag reports social visits in the refuge area. Residents discuss travels to Charleston W Va and Luray while noting a near snake encounter and a horse incident. Local people and guests attend a White Post event and a Stephens City athletic gathering amid family visits and health updates.
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Weedon Ewing
White Hall
Elizabeth Ewing
Nellye Golliday
Charleston
W. Va
Boyd .A. Wise
Oklahoma
H. A. Wise
Homer Golliday
Harpers Perry
Annie aLuck
Langth
L. A. Brinker
Carroll
Neville
Mapler
G. R. Anderson
Ella
Wadesville
Carroll E. Neville
Nellye - Golliday
White Post
J.W. Clevenger
William Maze
Luray
John Galliday
Stephens City
Carroll B. Negile
Clevenger
Canterbury
Woubiter
Stephens
Janes Williams
Daugh Hey
J. 2
Conner
Stage Line connections and officials named in Bluemont notice
Fragmentary ad notes train connections at Bluemont for Kerry Ae and Winehaster via Stage Line and At TMugmans with a line from Winchester. It lists officials LLACKART and Gaur Myr, plus TARDWICK and W.H. TAN Dab. It mentions Washington and an address 70S loth St. in a city notice advertising services.
Marriage License Issued for William Deres and Sarah Gordon
A marriage license was issued today at the county clerk’s office to William Deres and Sarah Gordon both colored of this county. The note emphasizes discretion about family matters and avoiding boasting of wealth or ancestors.
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William Deres
Sarah Gordon
County
Nature's penalties and human retribution compared
The text contrasts nature's penalties as remedial and reformative consequences of actions with human penalties seen as vindictive and punitive. It argues that natural consequences serve reform while man’s penalties resemble hate and deserved punishment rather than serving justice.
Queer Town Names Highlight Oregon Pioneer Era
The text explains how Oregon towns earned strange names as pioneers settled the far western state. It notes odd fortune related terms and first notable occurrences tied to these place names.
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Oregon
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Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Stock Carnival
Obert Worsley
Virginia
Pulliam
S. W. Piccadilly ST
EI Rem Bearenin
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Berryville
Axp
Front Royal
Monarch
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Waterlick
Valley of Virginia
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Conbine
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D. A. Thomas & CO
Hagerstown
Maryland
A. CG. Slonaker & Son
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Winchesters
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Newport News
Jlucgh Saalupton
T. T. Wall's
Kidson Live Stock Co
Boyce
Southwest Virginia
Geet
Piinis
P.O. Kear
Engle Yard
Engthoul Belogium
Farmers and Mérchants National Bank of Winchester
A. J. Tavenner
Com’r
Harry R. Kern
John M. Steck
R. Gray Williams
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Flerbert
Daviass—Glaize
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M. M. Lynch
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Union Bank of Winchester Depository
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