Connecticut farm yields fortune from rocky hillsides
A New Canaan partnership turns rough, barren land into a profitable 500 acre farm. They promote two paying crops nursery stock and summer boarders while rearing 300 pigs, dairy cows, and employing thirty men. Brains, careful planning, and adaptation replace old farming methods and prove success possible even on unpromising soil.
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Connecticut
New Canaan
New England
West
Seri Seder
Canaan
Eloped At Eighty With A Widow
The fragment notes an elderly man eloping with a widow at age eighty and facing obstruction from clerks and gatekeepers who refuse to issue a needed document. Gossip attempts to alienate him from the widow while a minister and Mrs Ward seek a resolution with relatives through the will. The item also mentions the first grapes of the season appearing on markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Tobacco statistics of Virginia show large crop value
The census office publicized Virginia tobacco data noting 24,300 planters, 110,579 acres, total product 48,522,635 pounds and producer value 4,323,649 dollars. Also mentions a Connecticut mob scene with a painted dummy and a local dog poisoning incident in Shamokin.
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Tobacco Statistics of
Virginia
Washington
Tobacco Statistics
Woman's Discovery Aids Countys Doctor's Miracle Cure
A county woman, after seven years of battling disease and three months of persistent coughing, credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with sudden relief. She slept after the first dose and, after using one bottle, reportedly recovered. The note invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle from Blackwalls & Sona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
Luther Lutz
W. A. Hamrick & Co
Shelby, N. C
Blackwalls & Sona
Mortgage Auction Notice in Durham July 1 1901
One half interest in a tract of land in Durham Town preserved for sale at the courthouse door in Durham by public auction on Friday the 1st of July 1901 at 12 o clock. The sale is under a deed of trust executed by James B Proctor and wife to the mortgagee W T Carrington. Terms set by mortgagee.
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James B. Proctor
Court House
Durham
W. T. Carrington
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Best Family Remedy
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs for laxative use praising its pleasant flavor gentle action and soothing effects. It claims costive or bilious parents benefit most and urges every family to keep a bottle on hand. Jun 10 1m
Camm's Emulsion Promoted For Lung and Blood Ailments
An advertisement touts Camm's Emulsion as a remedy for consumption, scrofula, glandular swellings, rheumatism, bronchitis, and other lung diseases. It notes a formula of cod liver oil with lime soda iron, backed by Dr Hawes praise and a testimonial from Herbert H Hawns. Sold by E A Craighill & Co Lynchburg VA.
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Europe
Hawes
Jas,t. Spencer
Herbert H. Hawns
Presbyterian Church
Staunton
E. A. Craighill, & CO
Lynchburg
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E.C. Hackney
Tee
Giving
Rene
Xteen
Gil
New York
Manigreliee
Russia
Siberia
Hamburg
America
Sentinel
Winston
Shamokin
Geal
Ena
Ersondale
Carmi
Mra. L. C. Vaughan
Sheridan Lake
Heaaanes
Siatian
Mra
Mra. M. M. Brewster
Montgomery
Brapriziy Beovtatoa Co
Atlanta
Express
N.Y. Ave
Washington, D. C
Dranam
N. C
Jonny N. Wenn
Walker
Charleston
R. Blacknall
Rng
J. T.womble
O. Fisher
Main Street
Lynchburg, VA
Camm
M. Johnson& Co. Druggist
the Gheek Furniture Company
H. Hawes
Richmond
Richmond, Va
Win
Knabe
Square
Fifth Avenue
Baltimore St
Balti
Market
Great Clearing Sale
Darnell & Thomas
Durham, NC
Gladsteins
Ham
N.S
M.gladstein
Durhamn C
Lychburg, Virginia
Sena Us
Wootton’s Patent
Houston
Halifax Co
D W. Whitaker Book and Job Printer
Duke Building
Adrianthewes
D. W. Whitaker
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