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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1890
Page
2
A federal judge in the circuit court has ruled that North Carolina cannot impose a $500 tax on each brand of fertilizer sold in the state. The decision ends this controversial levy, criticized as unjust and harmful to farmers who paid the tax through higher fertilizer prices.
Judges Bond and Seymour hold the fertilizer tax in the American Fertilizer Company case unconstitutional as a tax on commerce beyond the state police power. They strike the $500 license tax as invalid and not within proper authority. The ruling cites recent US Supreme Court decisions and aligns with other industry concerns about state funding.
A Gala Week in Asheville from September 3 to 6, 1890 combines rifle team sport with a money making sale of 102 acres along Merriman Avenue. The prospectus touts Asheville as an all year resort with growing industry, fine schools, tobacco market and hard wood timber nearby, urging visitors to invest in residence lots and see aspirational city development.
The note touts Mt. Mitchell area with 6717 feet peak and 18 nearby summits, promising rail and electric services, a 10–12 thousand population growing over seven years, and easy Asheville distances. It outlines a sale terms plan with staged payments and railroad fare incentives, plus a Summer organ sale by Atkinson Reynolds & Co and Luppen & Bares Sourseas Music House Savannah GA offering parlor and church organs with payment plans.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad offers round trip tickets to Raleigh for attendees of the Republican State Convention with sales Aug 25 to 28 and return by Aug 31. Fares from Charlotte 7.45, Salisbury 6.30, Greensboro 4.30, Winston-Salem 5.60, Durham 1.65, Goldsboro 2.75, with intermediate points in proportion.
A promotional note extols the high standing of a pleasant liquid fruit laxative, praising its qualities and universal approval. It asserts widespread benefit and mentions endorsements by G. J. Stcxen and a sale by R. Buackwauls.
The article promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Sarsaparilla as universal remedies for blood disorders and liver kidney issues. It extols Electric Bitters for malarial fevers and various ailments, with guarantees of satisfaction or refund. Pills claim safe vegetal ingredients and bowel stimulation. It highlights poison ivy blood purification and eradication of sores and scrofula.
Poor OCR yields a fragmented ad copy for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming benefits for salt rheum fever sores and skin eruptions. It mentions a relieved appetite remark from a woman who previously lacked appetite after using Hood's Saras? and failing to eat. The passage reflects old time patent medicine advertising style.
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