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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
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riSvil}e Pa. Mis-. Louisa GlittitA aud
son. of Midlletowr. Mr.. William Griffith
Of Baltimore and Nh Robert Griffith, of
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Brick Works at Bacon Hill.

James Mallen, former manager for the
Mccullough Iron Company at North
East, and n Mr.. Newcomer. a retired
banker of Philadelphia. will, it is re-
ported, establish Il new brick plant at
Bacon Hill. along the railroad, nearly
opposite the W. Hooper Hanna works.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
PORT DEPOSIT.

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week
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visiting Nil. Robert SttrhcE's.I.
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Zen that greatest of all
jewels, health, is often ruined in
the. strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If 4
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in its early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive the
dread disease from the system. 1t
is not a cure-all, but it is certain
cure for coughs, colds and all
bronchial troubles. You can get
DR.. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Good Advice
To Sick Women
Mrs. George A. Hess Has Had
Sufficient Experience To
Give Advice.

"Just let me tell you what Rex
all Mucu-Tone did for me-" writes
Mrs. Hess of Sc Brown Place,
Jersey City, n. j., to Hill Bros:
"'For five years | had been
growing more and more feeble. L
was weak, run down and nervous :;
suffered with pain in my back and
side constantly, and was unable
to obtain any relief whatever. 1t
seemed as if my cup of trouble
was already full when I was over
taken by catarrhal bronchitis and
for five weeks was confined to my
bed.
Nothing seemed to help me,
and l was in deepest despair when
a neighbor advised me to try
Mucu-Tone. From the first dose
l experienced relief. [ succeeded
in breaking up the attack COM
pIeteIy in twenty-four hours, and
at the end Of week | felt like a
new woman. To-day l am III per-
feet health: something l have not
known for years. l therefore feel
safe in advising all women who
are nervous and broken down to
buy a bottle of Rexall Mucu-Tone
and take it as directed.
"Mrs. Hess letter literally de-
scribps the ailments that many
people in our OWE community are
suffering from, said Mr.. Hill, OF
Hill Bros. eff you have these
symptoms it means that some part
of your system has been attacked
by catarrh. One after another the
organs become deranged, the liver
and kidneys are no longer able
to purify the blood, and the heart
becomes affected; sleeplessneSS,
melascholia and despair follow.
You grow weak and haggard,
have pains in the back, under the
shoulder blades, and bearing
down pains in the lower abdomen.
You have probably thought that
you are merely run down and
need a tonic.
eyes, you are run down, yoH
do need a tonic, but you need
more than a tonic, you need a
remedy that will clean the mu-
cous membranes. ReXall Mucu-
Tone does that. No matter how
slight your weakness or depres-
sion, You need Mucu-Tone. No
matter. how bad your catarrh,
Mucu-Tone will quickly cure it.
"Our confidence in Rexall
Mucu-Tone is based on the knowl-
edge of what this remedy has
done in thousands Of cases. We
know it will benefit you. If it
dOesn' t you come to our store and
we will refund you the purchase
price. We are putting out trial
bottles on this guarantee at so
cents" Hill Bros.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
A NIGHT Attack.

Last night the little daughter
of Mrs. Brown, as she sweetly and
peacefully slept in her little bed
near the window, was attacked by
a death-dealing demon known as
Group Whooping Cough, and but
for the timely use of Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar, which
she always keeps handy, the life
of the little one might not have
been saved. Kenndey's Laxative
Honey and Tar is different from
all of the old-time cough syrups
and is best for children because
it acts on the bowels, is harmless
safe and certain. Contains no
opiates. Sold by Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Closing Out Sale

7 Bridgeport organs, $3.50 to
$3.50.
l Smith American organ, $40.
1 Columbia photograph, $3.50.
IA Singer N. F. machines, 1915
to S..
4 American No. 7 machines,
1915 to 81.
2 Union machines, each S..
3 Domestic machines, each S..
] Love machine, 1915.
I high arm Singer, Sc.
l New Favorite, $3.50. {.
I U. S. No. 1 Singer, Sc.
81 all kinds of machines, $3.50
to 1915.
SO Columbia disc records.
Is Zonophone disc records.
Liberal Discount or Spot Cash.
Terms-$1 to SIS down on each
machine and organ purchased,
balance 81 to SIS monthly.
Repairing of organs and ma
chimes promptly and properly
done.
Write me, or call at
401 Diamond Street,
Sistersville, W. Va.
L. L. FISK.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
LOCALLY
pENNED


Good country butter at Black s
Grocery. 4,25-1t*
Frank Kuehne went to Smith
field this morning.
J. II. Pringle of Marietta, was
in the city last evening.
Frank Hicks returned this aft
ernOon from Cameron.
w. p. Norris and son Perry
left this morning for Smithfeld.
c. c.. Carroll of MiddIebOurne,
went TO Waverly last evening.
Good country butter at Black s
Grocery. 4,23-lt*
F. j. Ewing of st. Marys. was
in the city today visiting his fam
lily.
WANTED-Girl for kitchen
work; wages $3.50 per week. APP
DIV at Hotel Wells. 4,24,2t
O. J. Daugherty Of Proctor,
was in the city on business last
evening.
FOR SALE-Good team of
heavy horses; well matched ;
weight 5000 pounds. John Steal
ey. 4.3-tf
Mr.. and Mrs. MARGIN" Orr Of
Wallace. are visiting relatives in
the city.
FOR SALE OR RENT-Seven-
ro"n plastered house, with hH Il
and III modern improvements. m
quire of DR.. C. E. Kahle. 4.3-1m
=. =
The family of George Lazear of
New Martinsville, is visiting rel
atives in this city.
:.
Jack Reitz returned to Weston
yesterday afternoon, where he is
engaged in business.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Sistersville Household
Will Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches of
bad back removed; to be en-
tirely free from annoying, danger
Gus urinary disorders is enough to
make any kidney sufferer CRATE
full. To tell he = this great change
can be broue about will prove
comforting W rds to hundreds OF
$ stersviIle ?nlders.
Mrs. 'Cf. {. Davis, wife of G. G..
Dav:s. BIZ age master, Of oO4
Morton ,enue, Moundsville, w.
Va. 5: "The curative action
Of FANS Kidney Pills is so man.
;r 81 and the results obtained fol-
row so quickly after a course OF
the treatment that the user cannot
but come to this cOnclusion-the
remedy acts as represented. Lum-
bago prevented me from STOPPING
or every time I attempted the
movement sharp twlnges caught
me lust across the loins. [ noticed
they were always much more
pronounced when I contracted a
cold, and during one Of the at
tacks, very anxious to rid myself
of the circumference, when L no.
ticed some statements about
Doan's Kidney Pills in our news
papers / was induced to go for a
box. If everyone in Moundsvllle
receives as umdoubted benefit from
the use of this remedy as [, | have
not the slightest hesitation IN
saying that sufferers from back
ache or kidney complaint in any
form who will take this prepare
ton according to directions
need have no fear about results. 1"
For sale by all dealers. Price,
80 cents. Foster-Milburn COM
pany, Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan s
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Moths In Carpets

If the moths have got into ths
carpet it must be taken up, thor.
oughly shaken and ironed with l.
tlatiron as hot as it will bear with.
out scorching. Then literally sprin
kle the floor where it is to lie with
spirits of turpentine, pouring it into
any cracks there may be betweel
the boards. Some people sponge the
right side of the carpet with spirits
of turpentine before ironing, but
this is not necessary and is extreme,
ly dangerous in a room where there
is a fire.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends ia
tally, but by choosing the right
medicine. E. II. Wolfe of Bear
Grove, Ia, cheated death. He
says: "Two years ago I had kid
ney trouble, which caused me
great pain, suffering and anxiety,
but I took Electric Bitters, which
affected a complete cure. | have
also found them of great benefit
in general debility and nerve trou.
bic, and keep them constantly on
hand, since. as I find they have
no equal" D. A. Henderson,,
druggist, guarantees them at soc.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
NOTICE..

In the District Court of the
United States for the Northern
District of West Virginia.
In the matter of The Tyler
County Milling Company, cor
poration, bankrupt, in bank
ruptcy, to the creditors of The
Tyler County Milling Company, a
corporation, of Friendly, in the
county of Tyler, and district
aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on
the 9Th day of APRIL, A. D.,
1905, the said The Tyler County
Milling Company was duly adj
judged bankrupt; and that the
first meeting of his creditors will
be held at the offices of Geo. w.
johnson, in the City of Parkers-
burg, w. Va, on the End day of
MAY, 1905, at l o'clock in the
afternoon, at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, examine
the bankrupt and transact such
other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
GEO. W. JOHNSON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Parkersburg, W. Va, April II,
1905. 1851
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
This Will Interest Many Men.

B. J. Longwell, the Wheeling
publisher, says that if anyone af-
aicted with varicoceIe or are
weak where perfect men are
strong, will send their address to
him at Wheeling, W. Va, (send
no money! he will direct them to
: perfect cure. He will tell you
how he was cured after years OF
search for relief. Hundreds have
tested this with success. Write
today. 4.21-d&w.h
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure con-
tains not an atom of any harmful
drug, and it has been curing
coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough so long that it has prov
en- itself to be a tried and true
friend to the many who use it.
Sold by Opera House Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Hogs RoneS.

Zine bone" in hogs has been eA
plotted altogether too much says as
exchange. 4 small boncd hog IS g
weak hog. \ large. healthy. vigorous
hog must have large bones. strong
muscles attached thereto, for muscle
Is meat. and meat is what hoSs 80
grown for.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
106 Acres; Coal, Oil
Gas in Ohio: $4,000

DwIg: stone walled cellar; well,
cistern; barn; outbldgs; well wa
tered; limestone soil, mostly in
grass; Pm from town: I'm to
school; assorted fruit: Pa wood
land: if it's home L want G. this
at once. Write w. F.. Richmond.
GAINESVILLE, o. 4,24-2t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
IAGENTs-Anybody
Can Do It-AGENTS

We want good live representa-
tives to take orders for "Peuro or
Pearl" Medallions. Entirely new.
Sell at sight. Big money. Exclu-
sive territory given. Agents sup
plies. Novelties up-to-date. Write
at once. Universal Manufacturing
Company, Pittsburg, Pa, 4,21-4t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
DR.. ]. R. FINK
OsteOpathic Physician.
Treatments given at residence
if desired.
SPECIALISTS

For deformities, rheumatic or
paralyt;c contracture, stiff joints
and all such Affections. Long
standing cases of constipation,
diarrhoea, indigestion, headache,
lumbago, nervous conditions,
asthma and rheumatism respond
to our treatment, when all other
methods have failed.
Our cures are due to the read
justment of abnormal conditions
due to falls, wrenches, sprains, ac-
cidents, etc.,. by relieving obstruc-
tons to nerve impulses and free
ing the circulation. Treatments
are always given through gar
mentS.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Every Home that Has a Baby
Should Have a Kodak

There IS so many cute poses that
the baby assumes at home. If you
have a kodak you get them all.
They are nice to show in later
years.
This is only one of the phases
of the Witchery of Kodakery-
there are a thousand others.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Are You Musical! Do you
Sing or Play!

S "
If 50, watch this ad. Here
are few of the latest
and best hits:
Clown on the Farm"
''Blue Bell. ="
"She Rests by the Suwanee
River"
Give Got a Feeling
for You"
"Good-By, Little Girl,
Good-By."
Always in the Way"
Single copies, % cents
postpaid; 5 copies, 81.
Vol. I of Old Time Songs
mailed free with every order
for two or more songs; send
stamps.
Let us nsil you Q description
of our SYMPHONY PIANO
made for ua by an old and reliable
hasten manufactured with an
action md One tn t we could not
duplicat+. ~ anv other make for
less than $500. lark mahogany
case, al the latest improvements,
fully guaranteed for ten years;
a guarar tea that means your
money back if not as represented;
our price $lS7 50.
$47.5o for a fine cabinet organ,
oak or walnut; this maaus the old
reliable Carpenter organ we have
been handling for 20 years other
dealers sell them from $75 to Sloo,
shipped on approval freight paid
to any railroad station, write us,
we viii tel you how we do it.
WILSON'S MUSIC STORE,
514 Seventh Street,
Moundsville, :: W. Va.
=, =, =, =, =, =, q, ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - =
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Dyed May Is, 1889.

John Slippner, a popular young
man of Benwood, was calling on
friends here yesterday.
Mrs. j. X. Smith Of Middle
bourne. was calling on friends and
shopping in the city today.
WANTED-Girl for kitchen
work; wages $3.50 per week. APP
ply at Hotel Wells. 4,24,2t
Hon. w. R. Smith returned to
the city last evening from a bust
ness smission to Parkersburg.
Keep your bowels regular by
the use of Chamberlain Stomach
AID Liver Tablets. There is moth
ing better. For sale by Hill Bros.
LOST-Brooch; on Saturday
evening. Finder will be literally
rewarded by returning same to
306 South Wells street. 4,25-3t
Prof. Loggie gave his usual
dance at the Armory last even
ing. A large crowd was present
and the occasion was highly en-
joyed by all.
:
The,AudiOtrium Orchestra fur
nished music last evening for a
dance given at Smithfeld. The
affair was largely attended, and a
general good time was had by all
in attendance.
Mr.. Brinkmier. a skilled Wheel
ing artist, is now at his studio,
.612 Wells street, taking photo
graphs. Mr.. Brinkmier has two
studios in Wheeling, one here and
many at other places. He has
been so busy elsewhere that he
neglected his business here very
much, and has personally made no
sittings here since 1895, but he
promises to make up lost time
while here and give his patrons
some fine work if they call with
out delay. The charges for the
same will be but a trifle. Mr..
Brinkmier promises to stay as
long as he is kept busy. He sent
signs and advertising last week to
show he was coming, but the en-
ployes at the studio here failed
to put them out, so he arrived
somewhat unadvertised and I'M
expected, but he hopes his friends
and patrons here will not delay
in giving him a little work to do
at once. 4,25-1t wit
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

Mrs. j. X. Smith of Middle
bourne, was calling on friends and
shopping in the city today.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
Kodaks from 81 to S25.

Careful instructions given all
purchasers, thus reducing the per-
centage of failures, and we also
wish to call your attention to the
variety of styles and grade Of
work we are producing, and to
ask YOU to notice that the photos
made by us are different, not the
common kind, but really artistic
productions. A visit to the
studio will repay you.
A full line of kodaks, films,
plates, Aristo-P PLATING, solo, velox
and Dekko papers always in
stock. Mail orders will receive
prompt attention.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

WANTED-Girl for kitchen
work; wages $3.50 per week. APP,
ply at Hotel Wells. 4,24,2t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

John Slippner, a popular young
man of Benwood, was calling on
friends here yesterday.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

Hon. w. R. Smith returned to
the city last evening from a bust
ness smission to Parkersburg.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25
II. N. STANBERY
owl. AND CONSULTING
ENGINEER
Real Estate Agent.

Having purchased at consta-
ble's sale the property of the Sis
tersville Athletic club, | hereby
offer for sale the grand stand and
fence at the ball park, together
with the lease of the land. Any
ball club will be given preference.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

The, AudiOtrium Orchestra fur
nished music last evening for a
dance given at Smithfeld. The
affair was largely attended, and a
general good time was had by all
in attendance.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-25

Keep your bowels regular by
the use of Chamberlain's Stomach
AID Liver Tablets. There is moth
ing better. For sale by Hill Bros.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-16
OPERA GLASSES.
Poor Ones Are the Cause Of q Hos,
of Ocular Inf1rmities.

Poor Ones Are the Cause of q Host
of Ocular Infirmities.
The woman was not old, but she COM
planned that her eyesight was failing
fast. The oculist was fatherly look
ing old gentleman; consequently he felt
privileged to put few questions de-
cidedly personal and apparently non
professional.
do you go to the theater often?" he
asked.
"Once or twice week"
In what part Of the house do you
sit?
Usually In the top gallery" came
the hesitating reply.
"And now what grade Of opera glass
es do you user
I'm afraid" said the woman, "that
they are not good"
II thought So" said the doctor.
'That's what's the matter with your
eyes. Poor opera glasses are running
them. If I had my way there wouldn't
be cheap pair Of opera glasses on the
market. They are death to the eyes.
A couple Of seasons Of theater going
in the top gallery with poor glasses for
a steady companion are sure to dam
age the best pair Of eyes in town. Bet.
ter a hundred times let the glasses
alone. If you have good, strong pair,
all right-go ahead and use them. II
not, trust to the naked eye for making
out the mysteries Of the play. The
sight will not suffer half so much.
"Poor glasses will not focus proper
ly, and any one who uses them fire.
quently, especially at that distance
from the stage, is sowing the seed Of
headaches, dancing lights and stars,
wrinkles and host Of other ocular in
frmites. Chicago Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-16
HISTORY OF SHEEP.

Associated With Mankind From the
Earliest Known Days.
OF all domeshcated animals the
sheep has from time immemorial been
most closely associated with mankind,
writes R. Henry Rev in Outing. An
erudtte author sixty years ago, having
Iaboriously collated an assortment OF
allusions to sheep made by sacred and
profane writer's, concluded that the
history of these animals Is 80 inter-
woven with the history Of man that
they never existed In a wild state at
all. Biblical history from the time OF
Abel is full of illusions to the focks
which formed the chief possessions OF
the Jewish people and their neighbors.
The spoils Of war and the tribute OF
vassal kings largely consisted Of sheep.
Thus we read that Mesha, king OF
Moab, was a sheep master and render
ed unto the king Of Israel hundred
thousand lambs and hundred thou
sand rams with the wool. Moses after
his victory over the Mtdianites obtain
ed as loot no less than 675,000 sheep,
and long before the Christian era sheep
were cultivated in western Europe.
Spain and Italy possessed them from
an unknown period. although hong after
Rome was founded the inhabitants had
not learned to sheer the fleece, and un-
til the time Of Pliny the practice Of
plucking It from the skin was not Who'll
" abandoned, 80 long that the humble
shepherds Of Syria preceded In their
knowledge OF necessary arts the future
conouerors Of their country.