The Colonel Will Not Run for President in 1912
Theodore Roosevelt declares he will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination in 1912. He says nominating him would be a calamity and urges friends to block moves toward his nomination. The statement was relayed by Wallace Bachelder after Roosevelt's departure from Vermont.
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Associated Prosa
White River Junction
Theodore Roosevelt
Wallace Bachelder
The
Rough Riders
Bachelder
New York
Vermont
Aldermen to hear second reading on revenue net
Monroe residents and officials gather as Aldermen convene for the second reading of the revenue net with a possible third. Dr John Blair visits his brother R Kent Blair in town. Clarence Holt, patient at Freshmerian hospital, is improving. R M McKenzie moves from Concord to Charlotte to become local agent. Dr Hutchison reports home improvements including a new porch and interior upgrades.
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John Blair
Monroe
R. Kent Blair
Clarence Ie, Holt
Freshmerian Hospital
Hols
Radicad Ten
R. M. McWkenzie
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Concord
Charlotte
Game Company
PB. Hutchison
Humtersville Note Guests Attend Local Events
Miss Annie and Nancy Summerow of Charlotte visit the Misses Smiths this week. Meyers Barrard Bradford and Lester Cross traveled to Due West for a late week commencement. John Caldwell and daughter Ruth attended the funeral of Lynn Irwin from Mt Vila. Irwin died Monday night of indigestion. remains brought home. funeral at A R P Church. Survived by wife and five children. Lawrence F. Ranson heads to Florida then Way Cross, Georgia. Misses Ona Cheat and Lena Brown at Monroe Missionary Convention. Annie Blair Cathey of Croft visits Aunt Hattie Bradford. Fred L. Blethe visiting town friends.
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Meyers
Barrard Bradford
Lester Cross
Due West
Latrer’s
John Caldwell
Ruth
Mt. Vila
Lynn Irwin
Irwin
Mt. Vlla
J. M. Bigham
Noel
Damages Sought Against Mexico Over Crop Losses
A. E. Coops, agent for a fruit express, says American growers in Mexico will petition the state department in Washington to seek 140000 dollars in damages from the Mexican government. The claim cites wrecking of railroad bridges by the Insurrecto forces causing losses of cantaloupe and tomato crops in two Mexican states.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
A. E. Coops
Fruit Express
Mexico
State Department
Washington
Where Is Castro Search Continues After Gibraltar Ranging
A June search at Gibraltar for Cipriano Castro the ex president of Venezuela has yielded no results. Authorities say the hunt will go on with latest advices indicating no trace found yet.
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Castro
Associated Press
Washington
Gibraltar
Cipriano Castro
Ned
Venezuela
Postum Milkless Coffee Improves Manager’s Health
An extensive creamery manager credits Postum with improved digestion, relief from fullness and heart palpitations, and enhanced mental sharpness enabling better office work. He notes initial trial issues, then wife’s follow through with box directions led to continued Postum use and no coffee at table. The letter promotes Postum from the Postum Company, Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Vis
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Miss Jeb Whitfield Guest At South Tryon Home
Miss Jeb Whitfield of LaGrange N C arrives today as guest of Miss Eleanor Alexander on South Tryon Street. She has been visiting Miss Kramer of Durham. Miss Alexander hosts informal entertainment tomorrow and a Country Club supper Saturday night for Miss Whitfield with guests Misses Eleanor Alexander Flora Bryan Camille Durham and Messrs H C Jones William Duffy of Baltimore and Dr Myers Hunter.
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Miss Alexander
Jeb Whitfield
LaGrange
N. C
Eleanor Alexander
South Tryon Street
Miss Whitfield
Miss Kramer
Durham
F. M. Simmons
Country Club
Flora Bryan
Camille Durham
Messrs
H. C. Jones
William Duffy
Baltimore
Myers Hunter
Miss Antoinnette Glenn Visits Miss May Oates In Choir Pulse
Miss Antoinnette Glenn, living with Mr Ren wick Wilkes, spends the month with Miss May Oates. The two young women form a delightful association, Glenn a solo soprano and Oates a solo contralto in the First Presbyterian choir.
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Antoinnette Glenn
Engagement of J A C Wadsworth and Mary Henkle
In Lenoir this afternoon the Wise and Other wise Club will announce the engagement of Charlotte resident J A C Wadsworth and Le noir’s Miss Mary Henkle. The October wedding plans and a green and white luncheon mark the forthcoming social highlight of the fall.
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Lenoir
J. A. C. Wadsworth
Charlotte
Mary Henkle
Wise and Otherwise Club
Miss Henkle
L. R. Henkle
Henkle
J. A
C. W
North Carolinas
Armistead Burwell, Jr
Wadsworth
J. W. Wadsworth
Marriage of Miss Josephine Prather and Dr T D Webb
Mrs Walter Scott returns from Mt Airy to report the wedding at Central Methodist church Mt Airy between Miss Josephine Prather and Dr T D Webb of Statesville officiated by Rev J F Kirk. Attendants included Misses Prather Booe Chapmaun Sanford and others with eight bridesmaids in white and yellow satin. A bridal chorus, yellow white floral decor, a reception at the bride's mother home, and out of town guests from Statesville Bristol Winston-Salem Greensboro and Charlotte.
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Walter Scott
Mr. Airy
Josephine Prather
Mt. Airy
T. D. Webb
Statesville
Central Methodist Church
J. F. Kirk
Ine
Beman
Lridal
Sarah Booe
Walkertown
Frank Cooper
Margaret Chapmaun
Spartanburg
Charles D. Prather
Mount Airy
Mary Sanford
Mecksvile
Claude Evans
Carrie ~Ainsley
Stuart
Mclean
Nadine DeVault
Bristol
Gaston Galloway
Gertrude Smith
Carl Wortham
Durham
Alene Gellaway
Freq Ramsey
Briggs Prates
Joe Carter
Lillie Prather
de Ashcraft
Dabe of Honor
Ben Cooper
Marion Prather
Margaret Sydnor
Julia Prather
Joseph W. Prather
Webb
Lee Ashcraft
Winston-Salem
Peters
Greensboro
G. E. Estess
Allen Mills
J. M. Devault
Margaret Devault
Charlotte
Mrs Ham's Visit and Local Notices Highlight Charlotte
Multiple short items note Mrs J H Ham leaving for Greensboro to visit Mrs Clay Williams, Mr and Mrs W Abell at Linville for weeks, Mrs Lilly Richmond traveling to Davidson Kanaga and Chautauqua NY, Mrs Latta Johnston injured but recovering, Mrs I C Harrison plus Mab Harrison headed to Rome GA, E B Laird attending Laird family reunion in Birmingham, and wedding news of Lila Harrell Carnes and Harry Samuel DuVal with detailed ceremony. Mrs H J Knebel to sing at Second Presbyterian.
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Mrs. Richmond
Lilly Richmond
A Guest of Mrs Grier at 209 West Eighth Street
Miss Minnie E. Johnson of Randolph Macon College visits Mrs. S. W. Grier at 209 West Eighth Street and leaves next week. Mrs. J. L. Staten and daughter Miss Virginia Staten plan a visit to relatives in Georgia then head to the mountains in western North Carolina where Mr. Staten will join them later.
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Grier
Minnie E. Johnson
Randolph-Macon College
S. W. Grier
West Eighth Street
J. L. Staten
Virginia Staten
Georgia
North Carolina
Mr. Staten
Mrs. Eben Hutchison Returns Home Restored Health
Mrs. Eben Hutchison arrived home from Salisbury where she spent seven weeks at the Whitehead Stokes Sanatorium. Friends are glad to learn she is fully restored to health.
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Hutchison
Eben Hutchison
Salisbury
Whitehead Stokes
SAW A OSTRICH FARM AND CLUES OF TRAVEL
SAW A OSTRICH FARM reports Mr and Mrs A J Hagood and family visiting Hot Springs and enjoying an ostrich farm. Master Parks Hutchison Dalton son of C F Dalton is ill he is five years old this Sunday. Dr H C H Russell retired US Navy surgeon visits his sister Mrs H G Link after eighteen months in Europe. Rev Leroy Newland and bride Miss Sarah Louise Andrews to return to Charlotte Saturday night. they will stay with Mr and Mrs Thos Andrews at relatives in the eastern part of the state.
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Rutherford Douglass
Presbyterian Church of
Macon
DuVal
Southern Railroad
Augusta
Parks Hutchison Dalton
C. F. Dalton
D. P. Tutchison
H. C. H. Russell
U. S. Navy
H. G. Link
Russell
Europe
Leroy Newland
Sarah Louise Andrews
Charlotte
Mrs. Newland
Mrs. Thos, Andrews
Miss Whiting to Return Home from Roanoke College Visit
Miss Mary B. Whiting of Connecticut, guest of Miss Willie Young for a week, leaves this evening for home. Both women are teachers at Roanoke College in Virginia.
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Mary B. Whiting
Connecticut
Willie Young
Miss Whiting
Roanoke (Va
Miss Young
Rain Could Shift Charity Lawn Party to Church Rooms
Miss Julia Alexander warns that rain tomorrow after noon will move the Presbyterian hospital charity lawn party to the church Sunday school rooms and parlor. The event runs 5 to 7 and is hosted by the hospital board with Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Barrow arriving today after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ham.
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Julia Alexander
Presbyterian Hospital
the Hospital
P. B. Barrow
J. H. Ham
Prominent Mooresville Citizen John O Conner Dies
John O Conner of Mooresville died at 9 o clock this morning at the Statesville Sanatorium after illness and several operations. He was about 40, a successful business man, and is survived by his wife and two children. His wife, before marriage, was Miss Jennie Creighton of Charlotte.
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John O. Conner
Mooresville
Statesville
Conner
Jennie Creighton
Charlotte
Statesville badge promotes town on captain's lapel
Capt Rowland wears a white ribbon badge proclaiming Statesville as "the Best Town in North Carolina" with the slogan "The logical highway route." The badge was sent by Ned Prince, chairman of Statesville's highway committee.
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Tom Rowland
Statesville
North Carolina
Capt Rowland
Ned Prince
Highway Committee of
Rainfall Totals Shown Across Several Southern Cities
The cotton region bulletin reports heavy rainfall in multiple southern locales. Measurements include Charlotte 1 inch, Florence 1.10, Cheraw 1.40, Charleston 1.40, St. George 1.40, St. Matthews 1.50, Yemassee 1.70, Gainesville 1.50, Lake City 1.10, Batesburg 1 inch, Columbia 1.90.
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Cotton Region Bulletin
Charlotte
N. C
Florence
S. C
Cheraw
Charleston
St. George
St. Matthews
Yemassee
Gainesville
Lake City
Fla
Batesburg
Columbia
May settle dispute between Southern Railway and firemen
Washington report says prospects for an amicable adjustment of the dispute between the Southern Railway and its firemen are brighter, with the crisis in issues believed to have passed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Railway
Allen's Foot-base advertised as instant foot pain relief
An old advertisement promises Allen's Foot-base relieves painful smarting feet corns and bunions and makes new shoes feel easy. It claims to cure sweating and swollen feet and offers trial packages by mail from S. Olmsted in Le Roy N Y with a price of 25 cents plus stamps.
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Allen
FRESE
Ee Amen S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Humtersville
Annie
Nancy Summerow
Misses Smiths
Lawrence F. Ranson
Florida
Way Cross
Misses
Lena Brown
Annie Blair Cathey
Croft
Mrs
Hattie Bradford
Fred L. Blethe
Miss Oates
Danderine
Boono
New Jersey
Windamien
Knowlton Bandsline Co
Chicago
Mrs. Ham
Clay Williams
Telle Sherrill
Linville
W. 4Well
Mrs. Johnston Better
Latta Johnston
Johnston
Merchants’ & Farmers’ Bank
Mrs. Johnston
Rome
I. C. Harrison
Mab Harrison
Laird
E. B. Laird
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta Constitution
du Val
Lila Harrell Carnes
Harry Samuel DuVal
William Beavers Carhart
Howyard Street
Mrs. Knebel
H. J. Knebel
Second Presbyterian Church
California
Bevera
Montha
Meares
A. J. Hagood
Hot Springs
Mis Young
Jones
Carolinas
North Tryon Street
Standard Coal
Standard Ice & Fuel Co
Southern
W. Trade Street
Charlotte, N. C
Rowland
Selwyn
Charlott
Charlotte Orack BR
Edgar B. Moore
the Hub Shoe Store
Prof. Mystery
Corbin Locks
Weddington Hardware Co
East Trade Street
G'Eson
Woolley Coo
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