davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
SEATEAEEnTT
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
In the state of West Virginia.
. 49,. : . r,...t.... ,r..1 n ,sn.

~ Tue 5LAto VI w 6ht tITKIuM.
At the close OF Business. March o. 1897.
RESOURCES.
Looms and Discounts. sl7l s53.l0
O9er Drafts. l0iU.?2
U. Z. Bonds TO secure circulation a5,WO.0O
Premiums on U. y Bonds 10000
Stocks. securities. ETC.. 25.5OO.cU
Banking house, furniture & fixtures 12,IA.5S
Due from National Banks mot Re.
serve Agents S,O2J21
Due from STATE Banks and bankers s.7l0.H
Due from approved reserved agents 67n.S
Checks and other cash Items 1850
Notes of other National Banks 23j.0O
fractional paper currency, uickels.
and cents. 2G2.85
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VIZ:
Specie l54Si.95 o. 200 ..
Legal Tender Notes, i0oo59o 2'''S''2'
Redemptionfund with U. $. Treas'r
5per cent. OF crculatlonl 1,l25.00
Due from U. =. Treasurer. other than
Is per cent. redemptin f1nd.) 1880
Total. s3l7,s0I.6s
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid In lOO.000.00
surplus Fund. 21,l2..27
Undivided profits. less expenses
and taxes paid 1,555.c0
National Bank notes outstanding 2l9s0.00
Due to other National Banks 3,lDS.sB
Due to State Banks and bankers 2pBl.li
Dividends unpaid 2l6B.n0
Individual deposits subject to ch'k li7,82l.37
Tctal. ssI7.Sol.o8
STATE er West Hfrgbifa, Go,a,tyer Harrison. IS:
j. Lee Raymond. Cashier OF the above
named Bank, do solennly swear that the
above statement is true 10 the best of my
knowledge and belief.
LEE RAYMOND. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of March. 1897.
b. W. BoGGSss. Notary Public.
Correct attest:
X X. l. l. I H5sstfs9 ia. directors.
Al LODGE.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
TERMS OF SALE

One-third cash on day of sale, one
third on the 4th day OF August, 1897.
and one.third on the 4th day of August
1898, taking from the purchaser notes
for said deferred payments with inter
est from day of sale and good personal
security, and lien will also be retain.
cd on the land sold
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
. HARVEY tIaf w. HARMER,


1. L. G. Tetrick, clerk of the circuit
court of Harrison county, do certify
that Harvey w. Harmer whose name is
signed to the above notice of sale, has
given bond as required by decree of sale
entered in said cause.
Given under my hand this the 3rd
day of March, 1897.
&c. TETR1oK.
17-4t. Clerk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

And advantage to you. of good Dry
Goods merchandising over the indiffer-
ent kind is that you re assured money
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

discrimination against women in the
of the company, he said that women
were not considered desirable risks,
and the company made no special point
way of benefits offered ii the policies
of working up business with them. In
the first place, it was explained, women
have not he same strong physical
makeup as men, and are therefore
more prone to injury. And again when
injured, they are more slow in recover
ing from injuries, End a loss to the
company on the, same kind of injuries
to women are almost a third again as
much as in the case of men. 1t was
stated that the indemnity guaranteed
to the assured in an accident policy
was intended to make up for the loss
Of value of them. Even in the case of
men the companies require that in the
application 1t shall be stated just what
the weekly income is and in no case IS
the indemnity of the policy in excess
OF this amount. If it were, it would act
as premium On fraud, as when a man
was injured it would pay him better
to remain at home and draw his &C
cident insurance than to get out again
and work at his business. 1t was ex-
planned to the reporter that the COM
panies were obliged tc be constantly on
their guard against frauds. Women
have figured frequently on frauds per-
petrated upon insurance companies.
This is true not only of accident COM
panies, but of life insurance companies,
even at the present day, refuse TO issue
policies to women, while others refuse
to make the husband Of a woman the
beneficiary under the terms of the
policy, but will write epolicies for the
benefit of minor children and will issue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
MEALS OF THE OLD ENGLISH.
bre9 kfast is Z Recent Invention in
Vict0rias Country.

Some time ago inquiry was made III
Notes and Queries as TO the hours at
hich our ancestors took their meals.
The following abstract Of a lecture de-
Iivered by Mr.. darcy Power at the Lon
don Institution will give information
on the subject:
Mr. Power said the old English had
three meals a Cay Of which the chief
NEAL was taken when the wark of the
day was finished The first meal was
at 9, dinner was about 3 o'clock and
supper was taken just before bedtime
The Normans dined at the old English
breakfast time or d little later, and sup
per ct p. m. In Tudor times the
higher classes dined at II and supper at
5. but the merchants seldom took their
meals before II and 6 O'clock The
chef meals, dinner and supper, were
taken in the hall both by the old Eng
lish and the Normans, for the parlor
did not come into use until the reign of
Elizabeth.
Breakfast did not become a regular
meal until quite lately, and DR.. Murray
in the Oxford Dictionary" gave 1869
as the date of the earliest quotation in
which the word occurred. The meal did
not become recognized until late in the
seventeenth century, for Pepys hab-
! itually took his draught of half pint
of Rhenish wine or a dram of strong
waters in the place Of a morning meal
Dinner was always the great meal of
the day, and from the accession of Hen
ry ". to the death of Queen Elizabeth
the dinners were as sumptuOus and ex-
trayagant as any of those now served
Carving was then fine art. Each
guest brought his own knife and spoon.
for the small fork was not introduced
| int England until Thomas Coryate of
Odcome published his "Crudities" in
1911. Pepys took his spon and fork
with him to the lord mayors feast in
1863. The absence Of forks led TO much
stress being laid upon the act of wash
ing the hands both before and after
meals and to the rule that the left
hand alone should be dipped into the
cuEnon dish, the right hand being oc-
cupied with the knife. The perfect din
ler at the best time of English cookery
consisted Of three oCurse s, each com
plete in itself, and terminated by
| Subtlety or device, the who'll being
| rounded off with Ypocras, after which
the guests retire into another room,
where pastry, sweetmeats and fruits
were served with The choicest winec
The English were essentially meat
eaters and it was not until the time of
the commonwealth that pudding at
tanned its extraordinary popularity:
il ceed, the first mention of pudding in
the menus of the "Buckfeast" at St
Bartholomew Hospital did not occur
until 1710, and in 1872 is an item of
five shillings for ice.-English Notes
and Queries
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
FRONTS FOR OPEN COATS.

For wearing with open coats it is
necessary to have a variety of fronts.
and an exceedingly pretty style is
made Of soft surah silk, with a lace
yoke, cut in three points, each being
outlined with a frill of ace. It is a
very good plan to line these fronts with
thin muslin, matching in color the
material of the front They should
then be buttoned down the centre of
the back, and for neatness sake
draWstring at the waist is advisable.
Another pretty idea for fronts is to
take rows of ribbon alternately with
strips of tussore insertion; about four
widths of ribbon AID the same of in
sertion will be sufficient. When these
are run together gather them into a col
lar band, and your front is complete.
band OF ribbon tied round over the
collar band in neat little bow at the
back gives the necessary finish 1t is,
of course, necessary to wear these
fronts over an underfrOnt, which can be
simply made of plain silk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

to single women policies of an invest
ment character, which are taken Out
with the idea of thus saving money 10
god advantage.
What has been said relates to the
rules of the majority of companies III
the accident business. Of course, there
are a few exceptions, and now and
then a company will be found which
will issue a full indemnity policy TO
a. woman. In such cases the price paid
is likely to be a good one, and the as
sured must belong to what is known
as the preferred class OF risks. All
applicants for accident insurance are
classified as to their occupation, and
the premium charged for the insurance
is governed accordingly. Women engag-
de in occupations which are regarded
by the company as hazardous are not
considered as insurable risks by any or
the reputable companies doing busl--
ness. This bars those who are en-
gagged in factories at work on machines
and in Kindred occupations. The pre-
ferred class includes those working in
offices and stores as clerks steno-
graphers, cashiers, etc.
Soon after bicycling became widely
popular several of the companies sent
out special form Of policy to cover
injuries received while riding on
bicycle. The Price charged for this
kind Of policy was low, and it was ex-
pected that a lucrative business would
accrue to the company from this new
department. This policy offered a
small indemnity to men; but if Wo-
man wanted the policy she was obliged
to accept it without the indemnity
clause The reason for this was ex-
planned to be on the ground that wom-
en- were not as strong and hardy IS
men, and the liability to injure among
them was too great for the company
to carry at those rates. The bicycle
policy was pushed by the agents Of
many of the companies until 1t became
known that this kind of business was
not what was expected Of it. While
the policies are still issued by the
companies when demanded, there Is no
wild rush to obtain the business among
competing organizations.
In order to obtain accident lnsur-
ance, an application must be made in
writing upon blanks furnished for that
purpose by the company. In these
applications statements of decidedly
personal nature is required, and the
agents in the field are obliged to use
-reat diplomacy and tact in asking
women the questions necessary. The
statement of j woman as to her age is
always a delicate one, but in an inSrr-
ance application it must always be ac-
curately put down, or else the policy
could be contested. Sometimes agents
find it necessary to promise the strict
est kind of professional secrecy before
they can obtain the information de-
sired. Then there are questions asked
as to the character Of the occupation,
whether the applicant has ever had
"fts'' or disorders of the brain, and
what the habits of life are, all of which
makes the first step for a woman in
obtaining a policy rather enbarrass-
irg-rTew YORK Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

promenade. Further out in the sound
has been constructed an artificial cavern,
which will be one of the great attrac-
ticn. Descending to the bottom of the
cavern, which is really the bottom OF
the sound, the visitor will see through
the windows of the cavern electrically
lighted water filled with fauna and the
living creatures Of the deep. The other
buildings are the northern museum, mil
itary, naval, historical. mines, horticul-
tural, agricultural and transportation.
One of the features will be the cele-
bration of the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the reign of King Oscar. Many OF
the royal families Of Europe will visit
Stockholm during the celebration and
see the sights of the exposition at the
same time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

Stockholm, March 21.-Hundreds of
the thousands Of touring Americans
who have an unusual inducement to
leave the beaten paths of continental
travel and penetrate the domain of the
northeTner. Sweden, Denmark, Nor
way and Finland. These races, all of
them Scandinavians, have united for the
purpose of giving a great exposition
n Stockholm, Sweden, opening on May
Is and lasting until the first of Octo-
Der.
A quarter of a century has been given
by these painstaking Norsemen to per-
feet the arrangements for this EXPOSE
ton, and with the possible exception Of
the worlds fairs at Chicago and at
Paris, it promises to excel anything of
the kind. Certainly in unique exhibits,
with which the rest of the world is I'M
familiar, the Scandinavian exposition
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
INSURE NEW WOMEN
Can Get Accident Policies if They Are
Wage-Earners.

AS a result of the widespread popu
larity of the bicycle among women and
the large number Of accidents which
have followed in its train, attention
has been called to the insurance
companies and the rules which thay
have established relating to the accept
ing Of women as insurable risks.
Many woman after reading of some
serious mishap to enc of the members
of her sex, Or after having had some
narrow escape from injury herself, has
decided that is would be q good thing
for her to carry accident insurance,
and has at once set herself about the
business of obtaining a policy. Upon
approaching an agent she has been
surprised to find that the company
does not care to entertain an applica-
ton for insurance from her except on
the death only" plan, unless she is
e-earner and receives a stipulated
sum for her labor each week, and even
in such a case the majority Of the &C
cident companies place the limit of
weekly indemnity at $40. If she be not
a wage Garner, then the policy issued
by the company provides for a given
SUN IN case Of death by accident. In
case the sum desired is $4,000, the as
sured is covered against accidents gen
orally as follows. In case of death,
$4,000; loss of both hands, $4,000; loss
Of both feet, $4,000; loss Of one hand
and one foot, $1,000; loss of both eyes,
$4,000; loss Of one eye, S1,700; loss OF
one hand or one foot, S1,700.
Such a policy costs from s2G 70 s25
a year, depending on the company
selected. For the same amount Of
money all business men and those with
incomes from stocks and bonds. real
estate or other sources which demand
personal attention. can obtain the
above protection with the added fea-
ture of an indemnity Of S25 week in
case they are so disabled by an &C
cident as to be laid up and kept from
attending to business.
When manager for one Of the lead
ing accident companies, whose home
office is in this city was seen by re-
porter and asked the reasons for the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

will be pre-eminent, for it's people are
Iprodigiously rich in folklore and ira
ditions, which form connecting links
with the past as far back as fifteen cen
turtles.
Stockholm has been called the Venice
of the north, and the natural beauty of
it's situation will make the exposition
grounds doubly attractive Nature has
not been depended upon, however, to
supply all the beauty, although every
advantage presented has been seized up
on and made the most of. The exposition
grounds are located in the handsomest
part of the suburban country and have
two seaports, one facing the famous Gulf
Of Bothnia and the other on what is
called the Deergarden park sound. The
exposition grounds run into the royal
park Of the Deergarden, one of the most
beautiful bits Of landscape in Europe.
Instead of sheltering the exposition
in one or two great buildings. the plan
of the architects of the beautiful white
city at Chicago has been followed, and
a number of magnificent structures,
artistically grouped, have been erected.
The entrance to the grounds is by new
boulevard over the Deergarden bridge,
the road being vast plaisance laid out
with lawns, playing fountains and
flower beds. There is also marine
entrance from the harbor.
These grounds can be reached in a
fifteen or twenty minutes walk from the
heart of the city. A multiplicity of
steam launches will run from various
parts of the town to the grounds during
the exposition, and the water journey
will probably be the most popular
among the visitors. Stockholm proper
is cut into by the water in every i'm
agineable way, and no matter in what
part Of the city the visitor may be it is
to the waters edge.
The new boulevard mentioned is one
of the fenst avenues on the continent,
being lined with the fine modern resi-
dences of the wealthy and shaded with
great lime trees. Street cars run
through it to the exposition grounds,
and by using these visitors can make
the journey in a very few minutes.
The grounds themselves are excep-
tionally handsome. They are laid off
in terraces, sloping down to the water
on either side, with great rugged hills
in the background topped by the his
toric geological gardens of Skansen.
The largest Of the buildings is that
| devoted to industrial and manufacture
! ing exhibits. 1t is said to be the big
| gest wooden structure ever erected,
| and it is certainly one of the most i'm
posing. 1t has a floor surface Of 1900
square meters, of which the Swedish
exhibit will take up $500 square me
ters, the Danish 5000, Norway 5000
and Finland and Russia together 1000.
Russia is taking unusual interest in the
| exposition, and in many departments
will make exhibits exceeding in richness
those which it made at the Paris worlds
| fair.
The towers running $50 feet into the
air on the Industrial building have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
HOW BABIES ARE SMOTHERED.

A startling statement was made at an
inquest at Greenwich on the body of a
baby who was found suffocated. DR..
Forsyth, when asked how it had been
smothered, said sit was too we'll known
by those clever persons who attended
the infants mouth Immediately after
birth, anl there was absolutely no
trace left of the crime The Coroner
remarked that this VS. becoming quite
common way for people to get rid of
their infants. The jury, having given
a verdict of 'Suffocation," left the case
in the hands of the police.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
THE EARTH'S MOTION.

One of the Woers enhtdr hhhhohh
One of the wonders Of the coming
Paris Exhibition will be a 360-foot-
tower in which the scientists will eX-
pertinent with a pendulum to ascertain
il it is possible to detect or demonstrate
the motion of the earth. A similar eX-
pertinent was once made by Foucault
under the cupola of the Pantheon, but
the results were far from satisfactory.
In the coming experiment the pendu-
lum will be $50 feet in length, with a
steel globe weighing $50 pounds at its
end.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

been equipped with elevators, and
from these magnificent views can be
had of the grounds, the city and its
environs of wooded isles, inlets and
picturesque country. In the great
cupola between the two towers mid
air restaurant will be operated.
The art palace is the handsomest
in the group. Prince Eugene of Swe-
den, the youngest son of King Oscar,
has taken particular interest in this
department, as he is an artist of con-
siderable skill, some of his landscapes
being compared favorably with the
best of the modern painters. The
building is erected in Moorish style, its
marble-like walls reflected in the grand
canal at its side, with its rich mural
decorations, and the contrast with it's
close neighbor, the machinery hall,
forms an attractive architectural
group. The interior Of the art palace
in the space reserved for sculpture has
been laiG out as q tropical garden, in
which the marble treasures will find
suitable frame, doing away with the con-
ventional museum-like appearance.
From the garden pillared entrances
lead to the rooms reserved for pictures.
The exhibition will be universal. The
most famous of French, Italian, German,
English and American artists will be
represented. Russia will be large
exhibitor in this department and will
send some of its most famous paint
ings.
One of the most interesting of the
exhibits will be in the fishery building.
which has been built partly in the
sound, and is surrounded by a pontoon
bridge, forming charming marine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
OLIVES.

We who are used to the picked olive
have nc idea of the ripe one. Il is
blnish-black, and has not the agreeable
flavcr Of the olive picked green. The
jnjce is oily and the meat black. In
large plantations the olives are gather
ed by hand, men and women climbing
ladders to reach the fruit. In olden
Ii a aTr0smo nmeP 17Ee teswithr
times it was believed that the olive
tree became inproductive if any woman
Under 40 years was allowed to pick the
fruit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

snarl: ia; ich babe es gethan' eyes; |
have done IT'D and pai6 the penalty OF
his chime at the ropes end.
1 received a handsome gift from the
company for the part | took in safe
guarding the gold in the night mail.
Napier Was made a bank manager. But
best OF all, the TWO millions safely
reached their destination, and the final
ciaI crisis in the East was ayerted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
SHALL HE?

Shall | be carried to the skies
On foWeTy beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
Aid sailed through bloody seas.
Col. John Hicks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01
SWEDEN'S BIG SHOW
UNIQUE WORLDS FAIR OF UNITED
SCANDINAVIA.
VENICE OF THE NORTH

The Natural Beauties of Stockholm Give
Added Luster to the Exposition
Grounds and Buildings-A Rival to
Our Own White City of a Few Years
Ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-01

will be pre-eminent, for it's people are
prodigiously rich in folklore and ira
ditions, which form connecting links
with the past as far back as fifteen CEN
turtles.