Nellie Custis rose lore and a London tabloid turn
Extract recalls a legend of Nellie Custis and her rose blessing for lovers, recounts a Washington era belief in the rose’s virtue, and contrasts it with a modern trend of women’s brief current-events coaching in London salons. The piece also notes a Bristol Virginia railroad wreck where a wounded engineer urged others to be cared for.
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Nellie Custis
Lewis
Nellie
Washington
Rose
Jacqueminot
Bristol
Engineer’s spotless record amid wreck underscores duty
A veteran Southern Railway engineer died after a wreck, insisting on proof he had not touched liquor despite pressure from four men who swore he had not been drinking. His legacy centered on an unblemished record and unwavering duty, urging youth to consider their own legacies.
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Bush
Southern Railway
Nemo
Martinsburg
Mark Twain
Central Africa
New York
Mark
Beware of dangerous catarrh cures in old quack ads
An old newspaper snippet warns against mercury based remedies for catarrh. It highlights Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as unsafe due to mercury content and urges buyers to seek genuine products only. The piece notes the product is sold at drug stores and priced at 50 cents per bottle.
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Michi-gan
Hall
F. J. Claveney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & &Co
Rates of Tollon Valley Turnpike Vehicles
Toll rates listed for various vehicles and loads on the Tollon Valley Turnpike. Includes per 5 mile charges for two seat autos, one seat runabouts, livestock, horses, wagons, and steam-powered vehicles. Signed by Shirley Carter, 85 m Director of Valley Turnpike Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Carter
Valley Turnpike Co
Valuable Horse Singed By Fire at Berryville Show Grounds
A small fire at Berryville horse show grounds damaged valuable horse Gay King owned by J T Temple. Sparks from a kettle overheated by a veterinarian started the blaze. Max Whornberg saved the horse. Lee Jackson Hefflebower led firefighting efforts and the blaze was extinguished. The horse is expected to recover in about two weeks.
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Berryville
Gay~ King
J. T. Temple
Temple
Max Whornberg
Walter R. Abell
Gay King
Lee
Jackson Hefflebower
Winchester
Mary Strowbridge Dies After Typhoid at 12
Mary Strowbridge age 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Strowbridge lived near White Hall died yesterday afternoon at home after a month long typhoid fever. She leaves her parents three brothers and two sisters. The funeral is Sunday at 9 from the house to Pine Grove Church with Rev Lawrence officiating and interment in Pine Grove graveyard.
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Mary Strowbridge
Andrew
J. Strowbridge
White Liall
White Hall
Pine Grove
Mr. Lawrence
Returns To the West
Capt. Henry Schneider of the government textile department, after recovering at his South Braddock street home from severe double pneumonia, left this morning for St. Paul Minnesota to report for duty in a large leather establishment.
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Henry Schneider
Government Textile Department
South Braddock Street
St. Paul, Minn
Spent Vacation in Clarke with St. Louis Star Reporter
Mr. Carl H. Richmond of the Washington bureau of the St. Louis Star is spending his annual vacation with Mr. William Burch at his Clarke county home. He spent today in the city and plans to return to Washington tonight.
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Carl H. Richmond
Washington
The
St. Louis Star
William ‘Burch
Clarke County
Richmond
Guests Return From Charles Town Dance in West Virginia
Mrs. Ames and the Misses Ames of Brookline Massachusetts along with Mr Theodore Lurman of Baltimore and Mr Lu cien Carr III of this city returned to Winchester this afternoon from Charles Town West Virginia where they attended a dance last evening at the Powhatan Hotel
Doctor Love Returns From West Visit To City
Doctor W S Love has returned home today after spending weeks visiting relatives in Kansas City Missouri and attending the Alaska Yukon Exposition in Seattle Washington.
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Love
W. S. Love
Kansas City
Seattle
Wash
McIlwee's Livery Travel Deals in Fairfax Lane
Traveling men special terms offered by McIlwee's Livery with low prices. Both phones listed for contact in Fairfax lane.
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Mcilwee
Fairfax Lane
Mr. Frank M Cohen Visits Hagerstown Friends
Mr. Frank M. Cohen of Hagerstown Massachusetts has spent several days in town with friends.
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Frank. M. Cohen
Hagerstown,Ma
Don’t Injure Your Health Castor-Lax Ad
An old advertisement extols cleanliness of the bowels and promotes Gans Castor-Lax pure castor oil as a tasteless, odorless laxative. It claims physicians endorse it and lists 25 cent and 1 dollar sizes available at reliable druggists.
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Physicians, Inc
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Evening Star
Evry
Evening Star Publi Company
Virginia
Mako Bole City
Mattoe
A. ©. Clayden
Brunswick
New York City
Evening
Virgin Ae
Lot
Bell
London
Metropolis
Henry Bartier & Go
Red Bud-Laws Party
U. B. Church
4Hn Alh.s Kl
C. V. Depot
West Water Street
Snowdrop
Springdale
Wiil
Tolor
C. H. Hamilton
W. L. Zirkle
Summit Point
McCorkle
W, Va
Tollon Valley
Clarke
Charles Town
Paxton’s
S- H. Hable
Blue Mountain House
Pen Mar
Aana
Carolina’s
Peruvian Guano Corporation
Richmond, Va
Charleston, S. C
B. Cunningham
Martinsburg, W. Va
C. E. Ridgeway, Ridgeway, Va
Wi Blackstone
Aes
Methodist Church
James Cannon, JR
Blackstone
Atkiison Farm
Opequon
Hillyard
University College OF Medicine
Vicennia
Tistri
Iodaks
Miller’s Drug Store
R. B. Kater
S. Market St. Bell
Portland
U.S
Glaize & Brother
J. W. Rosenberger
Winchester, VA
H. & W. Seabright
North Main Street
Thresher
Mies
Ripvon
W. Va
Pp. O. R
Charlestown
Louis G. Levy
New Yorks
Hotel
Evans
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