Rainy weather and community notes from town
Our regular correspondents report continued rain and mild sickness. Many social visits occur with Dr. Nichols and family, Mrs. Nichols, and local families. Weather hints at lingering winter with snow, budding trees, and talks of crops, school terms, and local commerce.
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Dr. Nichols
D. H. Chandler
J. E. Nichols
D. BE. Nichols
J. C. Colclough
R. M. Jones
Nelson
Early Terry
W. J. Terry
W. C. Faucette
Grimesland
N. C
Wesley Garrard
Bessie Terry
Bahama
J. H. Garrard
New Bethel Church Service and Local News Update
Reverend M. M. McFarland led a regular sermon at New Bethel, citing Isaiah 65 6. Mrs. R A Clark improves from illness while W R Laws Jr visits from Oak Ridge Institute. Chas Nichols and Mrs Nichols visit family. Maude Hall returns home from Durham. Farmers sow oats and fallow land. locals discuss a new phone line and garden activity.
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M. M. McFarland
New Bethel
Islaih
R. A. Clark
W. R. Laws Jr
Oak Ridge Institute
Chas. Nichols
Stem School Announces April 16 and 17 Show
Stem school with three excellent teachers Mr and Mrs A M Jones and Miss Lucy Jones plans an entertainment on April 16 and 17. The public is cordially invited. Tobacco plants are coming up well. E M.
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Fred Glenn
Carl Colelough
A.J. Hall
Colelough
Flora Rogers
Eva Hall
K. B. Markham
Malissa
J. S. Forsythes
J.S._ Holloway
Durham
Holloway
Wiley Sykes
Kronheimer’s
Belle Markham
G. C
Stem
A. M.¢Jones
Lucy Jones
E. M
Hannah and Samuel's motherly virtue cited in Indian tale
A narrator recalls an Indian man spared by fate and the loyalty of a mother. Hannah, mother of Samuel, is praised for her unwavering faith, her son’s service to God, and her blessing with other children. The passage ends with exclamations of amazement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
Samuel
Earth
Roxboro Electric Lights Hype and Local Obituaries
Reports from Roxboro Courier note a town vote on electric lights forthcoming. Burial services honored two local men, Mr. Young Brown aged 77 and Mr. Luther W. Thomas, who died within days of one another. Brown’s funeral was at Hurdles Mill with Masonic rites. Thomas’s service occurred in Roxboro with Rev. G T. Watkins. Subscription premium offer expires after April first.
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Person
Durham
Greenville
County of Orange
Person County
Terrell Fund
Recorder
Roxboro
Young Brown
Hurdles Mill
The
Masons
Brown
Luther W. Thomas
Thomas
Hele’ Bareavement
G. T. Watkins
L. M. Paints Offer L and M Goods For Sale
Flehney Bros L M Paint Agents advertise L and M colors with linseed oil binder zinc oxide and white lead. Instructions claim mixing three quarts of linseed oil per gallon of paint yields ready paint. Shown price is 1.20 per ton.
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Flehney Bros. L. & M
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Durham County
C. T. Pool
Mr.Pool
Roper
James A. Garfield
White House
Manuel
United States
Mt. Lebanon Church
Isaac Jones
Willard
W. R. Laws
Oak Ridge
W. S. Terry
Sam Pool
W. T. Walker
Nannie
Mattie Terry
J. T. Tilley
Lawrence
Flat River
Roxboro Courier
B.G. Dele
Citizens National Bank
B. N. Duke, Pres
J.B. Duke
P Y. E. Smith
Cc. L. Haywood
J. H. Sourneau
R. H. Riessee
E. Rawis
N. Duke
J. S. Manning
N. M. Jonson
J. B. Warren
J. B. Mason
A. J. B. Mason
Ning
Ress
Sters
Merice Seco Company
Durham C Afg. Company
Haywood
Southgate & Son
Obacco Co
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
Home Savings Bank
North Carolina
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Readeros
Go. Helena
General Merchandise
Reade Bros. Co
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