Longtime community mourns Miss Melinda Haley
Miss Melinda Haley died Sunday and was buried Tuesday at Redmountain Baptist church. The reader notes many neighbors ill or improving, with visits from Dr. Nichols and various relatives. Local events include a birthday party for Reuben Ball and a Bay Leaf High School gathering, plus property sales and schoolPaint plans.
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Melinda Haley
Redmountain Baptist Church
Lucy Nichols
Weldon Hall
Mr. Hall
Dr. Nichols
Lucy Burton
Amanda Wilson
Rufus Jeffres
Ida Jeffres
Grose Jeffres
Gattis Bowen
Lonnie Bowen
Neely Nabors
John Meadows
Luther Jeffres
J. B. Ball
Reuben Ball
Annie Futrell
Bay Leaf High School
Wake Forest
Una Smith
A. A. Carter
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
C. A
Pine Hurst
Pleasant Grove Methodist
R. H. Smith
C. H. Holloway
Manda Nipper
Futrell
D. H. Pugh
Iva
Arva Pugh
Raleich
Creedmoor
Seuse
Luetta Bailey
Zema Peed
Callie Nipper
Mollie
Arthur Lowry
Bay Leaf School
L. L. Brogden
Hurdles Mill: Advice on happiness and self effort
A reflective piece from Hurdles Mill urges readers to focus on personal opportunities, abandon envy, and cultivate hopeful thoughts. It emphasizes inner discipline, courteous conduct to elders, and avoiding hypocrisy and tyranny as keys to success.
Dreamer and duty meet in 1908 community notes
A mix of uplifting civic push and local notices appears. Inspirational exhortation urges unity and action in daily work, followed by a Valentine verse. The Lowe's Grove debating club announces a February 28 debate on whiskey versus tobacco at 3 PM, with participants listed. A tobacco growers' circular from Danville Virginia outlines past actions, current efforts, and a March 17 1908 meeting to adopt new measures and gather tobacco for the association.
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Lowe’s Grove
Danville
Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association of Virginia
H. O
Tobacco Growers of
Virginia
North Carolina
Bright Tobacco Growers’ Association
Outrage in Roxboro County Leads to Arrest
The incident near the Orange county line reports Henry Woods, a Black man, assaulted Miss Bettie Trimm and her mother at their home. Woods was arrested the next day and jailed, with the community noting no fear of lynching.
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Roxboro
N. C
Henry Woods
Bettie Trimm
Orange County
Miss Trimm
Woods
News and Observer
Bridegroom to Return With Edith Woolstencraft to Durham
John L. Eakes a model steam laundry proprietor left for Fulda Minn last Friday to bring back his bride Edith Woolstencraft. The couple plans to settle in Durham where many friends will welcome them as new residents.
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John L. Eakes
Model Steam Laundry
Fulda
Minn
Edith Woolstencraft
Durham
Union Hotel to Open at St Helen by March Fifth
E. H. Murray plans to reopen the St Helen hotel under the name Union Hotel and expects to be ready to open by March fifth. He is arranging everything to ensure a smooth start in good condition.
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E. H. Murray
St. Helen Hotel
Union Hotel
Durham Pythians Favor Lodge Stage Orphanage
Durham Lodge No. 31 Knights of Pythias voted unanimously to back a Stage Orphanage for the order. East Durham lodge offered a $4,000 site for the home’s building. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity College, delivered an address in New York City to the North Carolina society.
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Durham Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
East Durham
J. C. Kilgo
Trinity College
New York City
North Carolina Society
Itch Cured in Thirty Minutes by Woolford Lotion
Quick relief claim for itch cured in 30 minutes using Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Advertisement states product never fails and is sold by Hackney Brothers, druggists.
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Woolford
Hackney Bros
Economy in Linseed Oil and Paint Mixture
Hackney Bros L and M Paint Agents describe cost savings by buying linseed oil by the barrel at 60 cents per gallon and ready mixed paint at 1.60 per gallon. Mixing 3 gallons of linseed oil with 4 gallons L and M paint yields 7 gallons of paint for 1.20 per gallon, ready in minutes.
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Hackney Bros. L. & M
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Sam Clayton
J. H. Shields
Dora Arch
J. H. Southgate
Thomas
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West Durham
Dreamer
Lowe's Grove
Allene Green
Ina
B. Massey
P. D. O’briant
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Lillie High
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Citizens National Bank
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Cashi
J.B. Duke
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Y. E. Smirh
C. L. Haywood
Hayw
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Lord
R. H. Rigsbee
Q. E. Rawls
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Te & Son
A J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
Imeries
Acco Co
Depository OF the People
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City OF
United States OF America
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George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
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