Spouses Debate Spending During a City Shopping Trip
A professor and his wife visit a department store to buy household items and a Shakespeare edition. The couple debates budgets and purchases, balancing frugality with a desire for culture as they tour rug, linen, cutlery, and grooming items and consider sending a book to a relative.
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England
France
Germany
Prof. Sparrowkins
Titus Anas Sparrow
Marcus Aurelius
Napery
Yarrowkins
Sheffield Steel
Professor Sparrowkins Purchases Frugal Home Goods
In town the Sparrowkins discuss budgets as they buy tablecloths, a skirt, a shirt waist, books, a razor, and book cases. The total nears forty dollars, sparking debate about expenses and the value of thrift versus purchases.
When Wanderlust Awakens and the Call of Travel
The speaker reveals wanderlust as a restless urge to tramp sparked not by grand ships but by small, sensory cues. He notes how sights like a dock, winches, and the smell of smoke can ignite a longing to roam, while another man is drawn by the scent of smoke on a ferry or train, regardless of destination.
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Vna
Wasder
Happenings in Millwood Chronicle of local visits
Millwood Virginia notices many residents visiting relatives including Miss Katherine Garvin of Boyce visiting Miss Bessie Garvin and Miss Rosa Poe visiting Mrs A L Glasscock. Several locals return from trips to Winchester Charlottesville Baltimore and New York while others attend a dance at the Garver home and a child improves after illness.
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Millwood
Katherine Garvin
Boyce
Bessie Garvin
J. R. Shiley
Winchester
Mis Ea Holland
Charlottesville
A Lindsey
Berrys
Rosa
Poe
Caisie Robinson
Lucy Jolliffe
Bosie Morgan
Baltimore
B. S. Morgan
Bethel
W. M. Glasscock
J. B. Lindsey
B. 9. Crawford
Upper Marlboro
Joseph Crawford
R. C. Randolph
J. C. Jones
New York
Europe
Isaac Glass
A. L. Glasscock
Daisie Robinson
A. L. Glage
H. M. Nelson
Long Branch
Ricanor
Lindsey
J.T. Lindsey
Mullikin
Marlboro
Crawford
William Ritter
Newport News
RH. Ritter
Elizabeth Sowers
Washington
Marys McKay
Rosa Poe
Clarence Glasscock
Jacob Garver
Wardensville News Highlights From August Community
Wardensville reports H R Orndorff building a new store with carpenters nearly ready for roofing. A R Heltzel returns from Winchester with his wife after May hospitalization. Rev C D Gilkeson leads Presbyterian meetings three miles north. Local teachers attend Moorefield institute. various residents travel for work or illness. crops and prices noted with a gloomy winter outlook.
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Wardensvelle
H.R. Orndorff
A. R. Heltzel
Winchester
Moorefield
J. Hawkins -Orndorff
Capon Sridge
Hannah F. Miey
Orndorff
Furnbit Wagon Company
Ward Ornedorff
Realistic Health Ad Praises Castor-Las Laxative Powder
An old advertisement extols a laxative powder Castor-Las as a safe effective way to purge impurities. It frames a healthy, strong person as keeping the system in order with regular doses, advertising physicians’ endorsements and various sizes for sale at druggists.
New Drug Poslam Offers eczema Cure in Stores
A new eczema remedy Poslam becomes widely available through druggists after initial direct-from-lab sales. Dispensers report rapid itch relief and healing after first use with claims of curing chronic cases in weeks. Experimental samples offered by mail from Emergency Laboratories, 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City.
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Franck Baker & Son
Winchester
He - Emergency
Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Delightful Picnic Honors Miss Eva Taylor and Mr Kent Taylor
A large group of young people enjoyed a picnic this afternoon at the Rouss Springs grounds. Miss Minnie Taylor hosted in honor of her sister Miss Eva Taylor and Mr Kent Taylor who depart soon for Springfield Massachusetts. Guest Miss Emily Dooley of Philadelphia visits Miss Eliza Diffenderfer.
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Rouss Spring
Minnie Taylor
Eva Taylor
Kent Taylor
Springfield
Mass
Emily Dooley
Philadelphia
Eliza Diffenderfer
Macedonian Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Megers George and John Craig and father Mr Hiram Craig spent days in Carlisle Pa. Annie Emilie and Susie Smith and Susie Bauer visited Winchester. Mr and Mrs Charles Funk visited Winchester. Mrs S J Violette visited with Mrs Joseph Piter. Miss Alice Graham returned to Hampden Sidney Va after visiting Rev Dr James R Graham at North Braddock street.
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Macedonia
Megers
George
John Craig
Hiram Craig
Carlisle
Annie
Emilie Smith
Susie Bauer
Winchester
Charles Funk
J. ‘Violette
Joseph Piter
Mieses Smith
Baker
Charles Harper
Opequon
Alice Graham
Hampden-Sidney, Va
James R. Graham
North Braddock — Street
Miss Belle Visit Returns With Miss Faulkner
Faulkner, who has been visiting a friend in Mindte town, returned this morning accompanied by Miss Tucine Faulkner of that place.
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Belle
Train Schedules Mention Bristol and Intermediates
Norfolk and Western timetable notes westbound and northbound trains with Pullman sleepers and cafe cars. Mentions connections at Roanoke and Philadelphia, listing destinations such as Bristol Bluefield Norton Welch and Harrington. Various departure times appear. some text is garbled.
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Berryville
Dany
Bristol
Pullman
Bien
Bluefield
Po . Norton
Welch
Inter Stations
Roanoke
Gary
Flor Shenanoah
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Sparrowkins
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Lee Calvert
Timber Ridge
Hatter
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Maryland
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Thomas & Co
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Hansbrough & Carter Bldg
E. D. Snapp
Eugene Snapp
Staunton, Va
Union Bank of Winchester
Depository
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George W. Grhu
R. W. Haymaker
Court House
S. Main
Monmouth Street
M. M. Lynou
Trustec
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Shi bin
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Atty
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