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West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
When Seen .Afar.

rs matrimony an. ideal condition.
asked the little one.
IN perspective it is" answered her
mother, with a quick glance in the di-
rection of the man who was reading a
newspaper at the breakfast table
Chicago Post
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
For n Man,a Only n Man.

Mr. Bixby-The.e I've let my cigar
20 out. Do you know. It spells q CT.
gar no matter how good it is, II you
allow il TO 20 out:
Mrs. Bixby-Yes. A cigar IS good
deal like NAN in that respect-PittS
burg Press.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
SparfnE His Feelings.

Hettie-Now that you have broken
your engagement with Fred, shall you
return to him the diamond ring he
gave you?
Minna-Ce Certainly not. Hettie. 1t
would be cruel to give him a thing
that would be a constant reminder of
the happiness he had missed. Boston
Transcript.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
Tough Flour.

Mrs. Youngbride-I've come to com-
plain of that -four you'sent me.
Grocer-Whit was the matter with
4?
Mrs. Youngbride-It was tough.
made pie with it. and it was as Eluch
as my husband could do 10 cut it
Philadelphia Press.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
Her COOkinrr

She-You say she won three hus
bands By her cooking:
ue-That's What she I'D.
But how Gid she get rid Of the hus
bands after she won them:"
"oh. believe her cooking had some
thing to do with that too."-YonkeFs
Statesman. sgssp
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08

To be tricky and shrewd. that IS not
culture nor is it joy: but'to be square
and frank. that is culture, and it is
happiness.-Schoo!m
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08

The Chiffon, the first sailing vessel
on the great lakes, passed through d
troit river in 1919.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08
PARKERSBURG
Real Estate.

A very desirable farm Of 81
acres, located on the best street In
Williamstown. The improvements
consist of a Groom dwelling, large
orchard. The land Is of good quail
ity and we'll watered. This proper
ty Is located so as to be accessible to
Marietta as we'll as Petersburg and
Is a very desirable tract. Price
IS 900.
One acre located on the Parkers-
burg and Marietta car line, close to
US. Engine plant; beautiful stu
alton for home. Price, $500.
A splendid farm Of so acres, To-
Gated three miles from Parkersburg.
The improvements consist of a 10
room dwelling, barn, and every
necessary outbullding; orchard of
selected fruit. The land is In a
high state of cultivation and well
watered. Price, s. 600.
100 acres IF land between Park
ersburg and Marietta, on new street
car line; land all of fine quality and
Is so situated as to make 1t suitable
to cut up into smaller tracts. price,
Sig, 900.
s. lots close to Terrapin PARK In
Parkersburg, In location rapidly
enhancing In value. Each lot 20
by 1I6 feet to an alley. Price,
$1,000.
City Property.
A very desirable, new, 6 room
house In good location, handsomely
finished In hardwood. Price, f.,
800, Terms very easy.
A special bargain ina three-story
brick business corner In one Of the
best locations In Parkersburg.
Will sell for $4,000. on long time.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08

In rev fanman o1@nay aeepeM We
IN charge Of competent agent from Cincimsti
and Chicago via Louisyiiie, View OrionS
Houston. san Aatonio, n Paso and Los Age
les % San Francisco. Rates Tor berths les has'
acTfpkive matter and fun particulnfS. addRo
=. a. RiehteT. Travelling a gent IIl1n0ts ceDfsf
Railroad, sIs Para Baiidins. Rittsbarx p,
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-08

Investments
IN PARKERsBURG
Are in BeeChWOOd
The Industrial City.
The streets are being graded.
Natural gas lines are being laid.
Every city convenience Is there.
Electric cars are giving splendid
service.
We have Our own special car
line.
A beautiful athletic purk has
been laid out tor the amusement OF
Beechwood residents.
A fortune can be made In Beech
wood lots.
The street car Service Is the best
10 the City.
A S Ct. fare takes you there.
ALL RED CARS connect for
BEEcHWOOD.
We stand ready to Put a tenant
n every house you build.
The demand for houses Is enoE-
nous
The houses already built are the
admiration of all who behold them.
Call and get free car tickets.
SIoo, COO. WORTH OF HOUS-|
rs HAVE ALREADY BEEN
ERECTED. Where In all the
State can you find anything to
Squal this record?
We expect to land another big
Industry soon.
Get IN on the ground moor WhIeI
you have the chance. If you don't,
you lose the best opportunity ever
offered 1: this section.
Remember, we sell lots for $3.50,
small payments down.
\ Parkefsburg Land Co.
Citizens Bank Bldg.
Mitchell & Shrewsbury, Local
Agents. 2o4 Fourth St
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08
A

I'd ruther lay out here among the trees,
With the singin' birds and bumblebees,
A-knOwin' that I can do as l please,
=. Up thar in the city,.
For l really don't 'xactly understan'
Where the comfort is for any man
In walkin' hot bricks and usin' a fan CO
And enjOyin' himself as he says he can,
Up thar in the city.
It's kinder lonesome. mebbe you'll say,
Alvin out here day after day
In this kinder easy, careless way,
Rut an hour out here's better'n' q day
Up thar in the city.
rs for that, just look at the flowers aroun'
A-peepin' their heads up all over the groun'
And the fruit a-bendin' the trees way
down:
You don't inc sech things as these in town,
Or, ruther, in the city.
As l said afore, sech things as these
The flowers. the birds and the bum'lbees
And alvin cut here among the trees, -
Where sou can take your ease and dos
Make it better'n the city.
Now, all the talk don't mount to snuff
Bout this kinder life a-bein' rough,
And I'm sure it's plenty good enough,
ana, tween yon and me, faint as tough
AS Twin in the city.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08
Forever Honored and Forever
Mourned.
ROSWELL P. FLOWER.
Born Aug. VIII, MDCCCXXXIV.
Died Nav xiii. MDCCCXCIX.

The finish Of the marble portion is
statuary finish and of the metal light
antique.
The making Of the tablet was intrust-
ed to J. & K. Lamb of New York. who
carried it out in a style of the early Ital-
ian Renaissance work.
George c. Tyler and William F. Con-
nor have returned from their European
tour and have a budget Of news regard
ing the attractions they have secured for
the firm Of Liebler 4 Co., of which they
are the two heads. During the coming
season Viola Allen, James O'Neill, Kyrle
and Edward J.. Morgan will ali star un-
der their management. Duse will open
her American tour at the fremont thea
ter, Boston, October 20 next. Her roper
toire will consist Of the D'Annuncie
plays, La Giaconda," "Citta Morta"
include past successes, some Of which
have been previously seen here and some
have not: Miss Allen appears in Hall
Gaines The Eternal City" Mr.. O'Neill
n a new Russian play, MI; Bellew in "A
Audrey" and Mr.. Morgan in 'The
Christian" Contracts have also been
closed for the appearance during the sea-
son of 19OS-4 of Rejane, the great French
coincidence; Vesta Tilley,- the clever En-
glish music hall artist, and, lastly, Signor
Ermete Novelli, the greatest Of Italian
to be had outside the fold Of the theatre
cal trust.
Here is good news for the dear girls:
Magistrate COnnortOn, in q case before
him decided that every girl 10 years old
should have a new dress at least once a:
month. A young girl was on the stand
charged with stealing some money from
a neighbor. The man thought she had
bought a new dress with it, although the
girls father declared. that he gave it to
ter, and as a rule give her $$335 a month
to dress on. although he is a working
PLANTATION was sodna 'FYes,, it does
look reasonable" answered the magis-
trate.- Every girl 1S years Of age should
have a<ne~~dresy"at teust Once 4 month.
ought to pay for having the old one
made over. No young girl can. look pre-
sentable and make -arsood marriage @un.
less she has g new dress, at least once Il
MONTH EYert. father should see that his
daughter gets q new dress every thirty
days, h-they~%d6 they VIII have little
trouble with their daughters. ! shall, dis
Lea >Se1r fst 81 ls9 u.s. eNS seiesa i q, 81 KIN Il Sf' hses
money to bnyh prssttttysttlothees:' Of course,
his honor is :now the most popular man
in New York among the girls. But he
needed 1t. He is the. Judge who last week
tsdecided that asi1ather 'hadss Ia fight to
spank his daughter III public IL he caught
o ne ss,es e g'i Is = ol yegRF f Ts', %, in dis,
very much as though-the Judge was try
ing to square himself with her highness.s
the young person. 49,
~. "a -. 5000. $4,000 &4ssstesF.eesgEss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

she now? Oh, she was married the next
winter to one of my great friends. By
the way, he met me one day last week
and recommended me by all means to try
such and such a brand of smoking to-
bacco. Said he always smoked it and
foundi it particularly nice for use in the
house. you know my wife is very fond
Of tobacco" he said.
Yes, l know, and many a time when 1
am smoking this cheap little briar l tell
it some of my secrets. It's my miss
Susan" pipe.-New York Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

A weekly newspaper at Pana. ILL.,, has
begun the republication Of the Bible in
serial installments. 1t is bound to sup
ply it's subscribers with interesting liter
allure which they have never read.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

with theaters in Boston, Chicago and
New York. Weber & Fields will have
three ~all-star companies playing in these
cities, each remaining only three months
in one place. The regular New York
company opens here, while the Willie
Collier company opens in Chicago and
the other one in Boston. At the end Of
three months the companies exchange
cities.
Among those who arrived on the Lu-
cania were George c: Tyler, manager for
firm. Mr.. Tyler announced he had en-
gagged Vesta Tilley and Signor Ermete
| Novelli. The contracts with Nine. Re-
jane, Nine. Duse and Miss Viola Allen
nave been referred to heretofore in dis
patches. Vesta Tilley makes a specially
of male representations, but MI. Tyler
proposes to have a comedy written for
after next in this country and then go
to London. The engagement of Signor
Novelli is also for the season of 10000,
beginning about January l, 1903. He
has been playing recently in Paris. Nine.
Rejane will come for a tour Of fifteen
repertoire will include eight plays, five
of which have never been seen in Amer
lea.
Trinity Church Of Watertown, N. Y,
has been enriched by the addition to it's
walls Of a memorial tablet in memory Of
the late Roswell P. Flower. At the re-
quest Of Mrs. J. B. Taylor, daughter Of
the late governor, a design for the tablet
was made by Charles r. Lamb of New
York. The tablet is of white marble,
richly carved. with mosaic demonstrations
Of Venetian gold and color. In the CEN
ter is a bronze portrait plaque of MI.
Flower in alto relief.
The inscription under the medallion
and in the lower part Of the tablet is as
follows:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The respect for the United States navy
which is said to be conspicuous among
foreign powers undoubtedly dates from
July 3, 1898, when Uncle Sans ships
did a little m"anoeuvering off Santiago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Chicago is now claiming the lowest
death rate Of the cities CT the United
States-13.SS per 1000. Only get your
population estimate high enough, and
you can get your death rate as low as
Won DleuSe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The London Graphic's sage remark
that if the advantages of direct Can
adam service with fast steamers are as
great as is alleged it is surprising that
capitalists have not put money into such
service, is one that applies with force to
a good many enterprises that are being
exhibited nowadays by promoters who
profess to be on the ground floor"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

According to Prof. Oscar P. Heinsel,
the latest wrinkle is in evidence along
the Atlantic coast, where the earth has
risen in places from ten to twelve feet,
probably as a result Of the volcanic and
seismic phenomena; and perhaps a SIM
liar rise in farm property may follow
the reported shake west of the Missis-
Sippi river.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Miss May Yohe told the lawyers that
her jeweiry was worth $500, ~0OO-anyhow
$15O,000, and then, so the report runs.
took between $4,000 and $4,000 in
settlement for her loss, paying $500 Of
this amount to her lawyers. 1t is a safe
estimate that the advertising which the
actress has secured by reason of the ep-
isolde is worth much more than the jew
els.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The loss Of a hand by a prominent
1owan, from a cancerous growth said to
he due primarily to a crushing hand
shake. will not deter Americans from
thus displaying their admiration Of pub
lie men, any more than an occasional re-
moval of a tongue deters smokers
from the use of the weed out of fear Of
smokers cancer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

York city from Europe. He came on
the water, and not in the air. His ocean
air voyage is something for the sweet
bye and bye.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

After all the shaking they have re-
ceived Of late, it might be supposed that
the people of the island of St. Vincent
would be 50 used to earthquakes that an
occasional tremor would only make
things feel homelike.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The killing by Il Chicago negro who
was Quick at getting the DROP" should
adminish men who are keeping bad
company" 10 be careful not to move the
pistol hand to the hip pocket unless they
mean business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The rain of furniture upon the mob
which attacked the Moderate Club in
Venice might be tortured into a volumi-
nous invitation to the assailants to take
the chair,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Great Britain's work of rcconstruc-
ton in South Africa seems to have made
a good start, without an Andy Johnson.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

If the fight at San Francisco was a
fake" Mr.. Fitzsimmons deserves credit
for the ~thoroughness with which be gave
Jefries' face a battle-scarred appear
QQce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The bicycle rider who has been loop
ing the loop is just beginning to tumble
to his business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Duggan, the Canadian designer of
craft for the navigation of heavy dews,
has succeeded in again winning the hon
or of defending the Seawanhaka chal-
lenge cup with a thistle-down flyer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The paragrapher of the Chicago News
seems to 'twit on facts when he says
1T may be that the coal trust is keep
ing up the strike just to get the people
used to high prices"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Mr.. Tracy, late of the Oregon peniten-
tiary, is still on his ummer tour through
the wilds Of the state of Washington,
whence come occasional reports concern
ing his daring in the interest Of a change
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Dr.. Garnault, Of Paris, who disputed
Koch's theory that bovine tuberculosis
is harmless to human beings, %inoculated
himself with it. He has the best of
Prof. Koch in the argument, but he has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The B.. & 0. has given notice that it
will engage no more women StcnOg-
raphers. But the men taken on in that
capacity will become eligible as hus-
bands; so that there is a chance for an
addition to the number of women estab-
lished in charge of happy homes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Forest fires in the woods may account
for the haste of MI. Tracy of Salem pen
%itentiary to get away from favorite
haunts in which the sheriffs seem to b.
unable to catch him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Anent the story that Fitzsimmons
threw the victory to Jeffries in San
Francisco. pursuant to agreement, it can
probably be promised that "Fitz" would
willingly illustrate to the originator of
the story by repeating the performance
on him, that there was genuine force Of
earnestness in the blows he planted Oh
"Jeff's'' p"hysiognomy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Now that John W. Mackay has gone,
there remains only one of the mining
kings who once swayed the destinies Of
the Far West, and that is Senator Stew
art Of Nevada.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The disheartening ravages Of the corn
beetle in Bcssarabia are due Of course
to the seductiveness of corn juice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Another Chicago girl has come to grief
through the use Of a complexion remedy.
Why are girls so reckless in the pursuit
of the kind Of beauty that is only skin
deep?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The swindling Of a Boston man who
was induced to fill a can with gold
pieces for conversion. into sovereigns
which turned out in the end to be copper
coins, was the first appearance of n
clever adaptation from the gold brick
and "green goods swindle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

w. X. Vanderbilt paid $1S,400 for the
picture of "a rag, and a bone, and a
hank of hair"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

There is a vein Of humor in the report
from London that Mr.. Morgan will be
unable to carry his ship deal to compile
ton because he cannot command the
necessary funds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

That Madison platform whose down
fall came near involving Mrs. Nation
1lu>t have contained a weak plank.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

One million dollars in treasure from
Cape Nome on one steamer ought to be
acceptable proof that the people up there
are really scratching gravel for a living.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

There is nothing sinister i'll Gen
Botha'S remark that the Beers have not
been vanquished. The burghers will
make better citizens because Of their grip
upon traditions that nave inspired them
to unexampled heroism.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

If the Earl of Dunraven is made vice
roy of Ireland, it will not be because
he cemented international friendships
by sportsmanlike conduct during his
yachting career.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The German electrical inventor who
has succeeded in talking over a distance
of several miles, without wires, is no
friend Of the wire trust.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The commissary report that the Brit
ish soldiers consumed "a, 900 Of the
sweet in South Africa may account for
the surprising regularity with which the
Tommies got all damned up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Columbia, but American yachtsmen need
have no fear that there will be an in-
ternational combination for the cap
ture of the Americas cup.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Curious some Nebraska special CORE
spondent doesn't wire a story Of a farmer
whose potato crop wao harvested for him
by the earthquake, without cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The only thing that the Armour
Swift-Morris combine will fail to control
in the Chicago stockyards district is the
smell.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The old sailor who reports seeing a
phantom ship on Green Bay must have
had some of the stuff Of which dreams
are made,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The damage to the battleship Illinois
which fetched up on the rocks il
Christiana harbor, is severe, Of course
When steel and rock meet, steel give:
way; and when it constitutes the bottom
Of a ship as heavy as the Illinois there
is always a heavy bill of damages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The Mexican train robbery is ascribed
to Americans probably because of the
Yankee trick the desperadoes played on
thp rOnductOr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The actresses stolen jewels story is an
old one, but May Yohe's version pos
SeSses elements Of novelty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Mother Earth's trans-Mississippi trem-
BILE was merely an evidence of that
tired feeling" in comparison with the
termagent outbreak in the West Indies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

In expressing the opinion that Amer
ica's industrial institutions depend for
their success upon the lives of in
dividuals, the Allegemine Zeitung has re-
verified to. the ancient theory that the
world rests upon the back Of an ele-
Dhant.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

If the Car succeeds in getting together
an international conference to discuss
the subject of trusts. there is one trust
that need feel no apprehension, and that
is the European king trust.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Chicago's %collapsible sidewalks are
working with frequency and dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

Mr.. Rockefeller's new thatch ought to
boom Standard Oil as a hair remover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The platform tumble at Madison may
prompt Carrie Nation to hereafter test
such structures with her Ratchet after
the manner of sounding car wheels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-08

The reported sale Of his picture, "The
Vampire is denied by Sir Philip Burnc-
Jones. 1t was said that w. X. Wander
bi]t had purchased the painting.