Roosevelts Tariff View Praised by Editor and Debate on Bridges
A December 10 1903 issue discusses President Roosevelts praise for rural delivery and telephones, cites tariff discrimination against Filipinos, and urges building bridges over the Shenandoah to ease travel. It voices support for toll free public access and notes Clarke and Riverton bridge debates.
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Spain
United States
Harrison
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
Riverton
Warren County
Clarke
Stax expands holiday edition with news for three weeks
The Stax announces a expanded holiday edition over three weeks to meet Christmas advertising rush. It boasts higher news content and circulation growth, claiming the paper leads Virginia outside Richmond Norfolk and Lynchburg. The text introduces the Anderson annexation bill pending in Virginia Legislature and outlines annexation procedure for cities.
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Stax
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Tuer Star
Lynchburg
Anderson
Senate
Annexation Powers Relaxed in Proposed Territorial Bill
The proposal outlines governor appointed circuit judges to hear annexation disputes and set terms. It allows expansion of city or town boundaries with county repayment of debt and school-house compensation. Tax funds must stay in the annexed area for public improvements for five years.
Cuticura Remedies Promoted For Skin and Blood Purification
An advertisement touts Cuticura treatments as a cure for skin humours, rashes, and inflammations. It claims thousands report relief via Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, detailing usage and global availability with pricing and distributor notes.
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London
Rue de la Paix
Boston
Columeus Ave
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp. Bole Props Gar
Magic Lanterns Across Asia and Their Street Show Form
The article describes how the magic lantern spread from China to other regions, noting four instrument types used in street performances. It explains profits, audience sizes, and the economic appeal, and details several usual scenes such as the wicked tiger and the cruel magician, reflecting Eastern folklore as familiar entertainment.
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Middle Kingdom
New York Post
Cartoonish Exchanges Span Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of quick wits and social zingers appears in multiple papers. Dialogues range from a doctor’s blunt cash system to indifferent characterizations and frugal friendship banter. The snippets showcase everyday irony in city papers.
Poem Excerpt Borrowings From Lippincott Magazine
Frank R. Batchelder notes a speaker who borrows many items from neighbors and friends including a frieze veneer cocker chandelier water tank pantry grill and even cash from a bank to settle a bill in a playful rhymed piece.
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Wilson
Park
Grady
Frank R. Batchelder
Lippincott Magazine
Blind man reads color by touch? seaside humor debate.
A humorous exchange questions if the blind can determine color by touch. The Cleveland Plain Dealer tone is cited with a blind man who supposedly felt a red hot stove to identify color, and a playful joke about boat advertising as a creek dries up.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Special Bargains in Silks and Velvets for Men and Women
A bold sale advertises deep discounts on suits and fabrics with prices cut from higher amounts to seven dollars and fifty cents for a range of fabrics and styles. Details include metallic velvets and civics style items offered at low prices.
Hard Luck. She-Because I cannot marry you
A terse depic tion of romantic strain as a character declines marriage to face the world and its creditors. The fragment hints at financial pressure driving personal decisions amid social expectations.
Stockholders Meeting Notice From Winchester Bank
Bank stockholders in Winchester Virginia are notified of the annual election of directors to be held at the Banking House on Tuesday January 12 1904 between 11 am and 2 pm Mo W Rice cashier.
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Suenanpoah
Nat Bark
Winchester
W. Rice
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Taland
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Bertie
Boston Globe
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New York American
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Green
Johnson
Cooper
Agnew
Henry Baetjer & CO
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Lee R. Grim
James B. Russell
Union Bank of Winchester
Savings Department
E. Hoummes Boyp
Rent
W. Stone A
M. Baker
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W. Kurtz
Hues
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Huntsberry
North Main Street
Hbellers
CIA
Silverwar
Stockholders’ Meeting
Bailey & Doxwell
Main Street
Striker & Son
Striker
Evening Star
Winchester Repeating
Moruer
Maric
Harland
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Carson Lime Co
Rotel Property
Equity Improvement Company
Frederick County
Corporation Court
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Winchester Inn
Hotel Winches
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Charles F. Nelson
Ames P. Reardon
Bantz B’ld
Troy
South Main Street
A. H. Jackson
Circuit Court
County OF Frederick
Belle Johnson
Moses Hick
SSS
Moses Hicks
James W. Hicks
Fenton Hicks
Charles Hicks
John Gill
John Powell
Ashby Powell
Virgmia
Chancery
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Rey
Henry Brothers Gearing & Shine
Noonan
Barmer
S. Rosenmeyer
J. C. Fries
E. Water Street
Giuliani
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