Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promoted in Vintage Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments, praising its alcohol-free formula and safety. It claims benefits for nervous, weak, overworked women and promises free medical booklets and consultations, with endorsements from medical authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Rk. V. Merce
Buffalo, N. Y
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Keven
Spring Weather Brightens Easter Portions of Durham County
Regular correspondent notes mild winterlike Easter with sun and renewed hope for fruit. Local residents Mayme and Lenna Martin hosted visitors. Anna and Fessie O Neal visited W. G. Marshall. Mayme Martin returned from a family visit in Durham County as E L Ferrell plans to work nearby. Z P Ferrell digs a well and Tobe Ferrell visits relatives in Durham before returning on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme
Lenna Martin
Anna
Fessie ‘O’neal
W. G. Marshall’s
Mayme Martin
Durham County
E. L. Ferrell
Durham
Euna
Ethel Cozart
Accident Injures Local Man Threatening Eye Removal
Bushy Fork resident J. Whitefield suffered a ceiling accident when a broken filing struck his eye. Doctors say the eye may need removal. The community notes visits, illnesses, and local happenings from Hurdle Mills to Roseville with calendar reminders and local names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wn. J. Whitefield
W. H. Allen
Jack
David Long
A. V. Moore
Hurdle Mills
Claudie Brooks
Ruth Whitefield
Lova Long
Ernest Moore
Jack Whitefield
R. L. Webster
J. W. Whitefield
Whitefield
W. B. Childress
Roseville
Local Briefs From Durham Area
Short items report a mistaken death of Wily Howard corrected as serious injury in Charlotte, a runaway marriage of Miss Flossie Sparrow, Yearby’s chicken cure ad on page four, Trinity College vs University of Tennessee debate with Durham students winning, J. G. Lunsford’s Raleigh death en route to burial in Person County, little Emma Horner’s death from stomach trouble and Maplewood Cemetery funeral, plus a London Mail joke about a fortune and a note to watch The Rise of Jimmie Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Emma
R. D. Horner
Roxboro Street
Monk
Maplewood Cemetery
Easter Monday Outing Notes From Local Community
The community records Easter Monday outings by Ruth Duncan Ola Long Eva Long and others to the mountains. Mrs Bettie Duncan and daughter visited Mr N M Jordan while Joe Smith Hydie Tillman John Clayton Luther Oakley and Ruth Duncan called at J R Long. Residents discuss superfluous facial hair and hair removal methods. Mr and Mrs H T Stephens have moved from the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Duncan
Ola
Eva Long
Joe Smith
Luther Oakley
Eland Long
Bettie Duncan
N. M. Jordan
Hydie Tillman
John Clayton
Luther
Charlie Oakley
J. R. Long
Arthur Howerton
H. T. Stephens
Corn grows, visitors and births mark Oak Hill notes
Oak Hill reports W. L. Clements planted corn last week and Cardinal realm updates. Miss Ida Williams and Rufus Adcock visited Misses Blanche and Maud Adcock near Nelson. R. W. Wilkerson and N. L. Clements were seen on Oxford streets. Ben West returns from Danville hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Daniel visited A. T. Williams household. I. C. Clements and spouse report a sick baby and A. T. Williams welcomes a ten pound boy. L. F. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Clements
Ida Williams
Rufus Adcock
Blanche
Maud Adcock
Nelson
R. W. Wilkerson
N. L.clements
Oxford
Ben West
Person County
Danville Hospital
Willis Daniel
A. T. Williams
I. C. Clements
L. F.C
Death of Adams child linked to barn fire at Cluster Springs
Information says a barn fire that killed S. L. Adams' young son at Cluster Springs, Virginia, may have been started by an unknown pet with a grudge. A detective is hired to investigate potential causes and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Adams
Cluster Springs
Adams
Our Most Humiliating War and Osceola’s Role
Lynn Tew Sprague argues in Outing Magazine that the Seminole War was the United States’ most humiliating conflict. He notes fewer than 6,000 Seminoles remained in Florida at the start after General Thompson’s murder by Osceola and claims costs of about 30 million dollars and three soldiers’ deaths per Indian brave led.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
United States
Florida
Thompson
Lynn Tew Sprague
Outing Magazine
Declines Invitation From Mrs Raymond on the Twenty First
A young gentleman who failed to learn proper etiquette declines Mrs Raymond's invitation for the 21st. The note reads Mr J Henry Newton declines with pleasure and thanks her for the opportunity to say so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henry Newton
Administrator's Notice for Frances Markham Estate
Administrator John W. Markham notifies creditors to pay debts and all claimants to present claims by March 13 1908 or be barred. Estate of Frances Markham, late of Durham County, probate dated March 13 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Harris
K. Fp, Garrard
Frances Markham
Durham County
John W. Markham
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THE
Royals & Borden Co
Main Street
Citizens National Bank
Mann 'Tocol
Ies Font Co
Boston
Harvard
Morrisville
MIT
Argo
J. B. Thompson
Brooksdale
Recorder
Chesley Remmer
Wilburn P. Richmon & Bros
John Richman
Mr. Monk
Louise Laws
Grandma Laws
Grandma
Our
C. A. Monk
Home Savings Bank
Wily Howard
Charlotte
Flossie Sparrow
Squire J. E. Owens
Edgemont
Yearby
A. W. Horton
E. B. Hobgood
Trinity College
University of Tennessee
Durham Boys
J. G. Lunsford
Raleigh
London Mail
Rise of
Jimmie Johnson
Oak Hill
Cardui
BCI
R. V. Pierce
N. Y
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina
Observer
Sunday Observer
the Observer CO
Charlotte, N. Cc
Durham Photo Supply Co
P.C. Durham
N. C
Addres AS Medicine CO
Marine Bidg
Chicago
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