Special Bargain Week in Florence inspires merchants to cut prices
Florence and surrounding counties launch the First Annual Trading Festival from April 13 to 20. Local merchants slash prices on a wide range of goods and offer refunds on travel costs to out of town buyers, promising the biggest trading event in the area’s history. The Florence Times notes parallels for Georgetown to imitate this fuel for regional commerce.
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Florence
Thas
Georgetown
Reduced Rates Confederate Reunion in Macon Georgia 1912
Confederate reunion in Macon Georgia May 7 to 9 1912 with Atlantic Coast Line offering reduced round trip rates from all stations. Selling dates May 5 6 7 and 8 1912 to reach starting point by May 15 1912 extension possible to June 5 with 50 cent fee. Inquiries to Joseph Richardson special agent or T C White Wilmington NC. Also notes a lost black hand bag with 182 dollars between post office and Ringel's department store. reward offered by Daily Telegraph office.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad
South
Joseph Richardson
Fourth St
Macon
Itc
T. C. White
Wilmington
N. C
Post Office
Ringel’s Department Store
Flooded Yazoo towns get vaudeville shows aid
In Vicksburg on April 11 flood relief brings traveling theater boats to Yazoo valley districts marooned citizens. Performances resume after audience gathered, with vaudeville and burlesque songs helping flood victims. Convicts on Greenville levees mix work with curiosity, while a minor coin dispute sparks a stray shot injuring a bystander. Forecasts from the Federal bureau project the crest reaching Texas and lower Yazoo basins by April 18, with levee breaches keeping anxiety moving downstream toward Natchez.
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Vicksburg
Yazoo Valley
Greenville
Federal Bureau
Texas
Yazoo
Blind Tigers and Depot Scene Spark Local Merriment
In St Matthews on April 11 a busy sight under the depot drew laughs as a small rat terrier hunted prey amid a scene of many blind tigers signs and improvised shelving. A vivid display of jug handling and desatjobns filled the area, creating a curious local tableau.
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St. Matthews
Thousands killed as Chiriqui peak erupts near Bocas del Toro
Mobile dispatch reports Captain Olsvik of the Fort Morgan recalling massive lava flow and fire from Chiriqui peak in Honduras. Villages may be destroyed, sea level ash and debris disrupt sea lanes toward Panama Canal area.
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Mobile
Ala
Chiriquie Peak
Bocas del ‘Toro
Honduras
Olsvik
United Fruit
Fort “Morgan
Fort Morgan
Chiriqui
Prediction of volcanic eruption near Bocas del Toro
A long fragment mentions a group of scientists visiting a country two years ago and predicting that a peak would erupt within two years. The speaker notes that the prediction has some truth, though details and specifics are unclear in the text.
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Bocas del To
Outlaws Suspected To Have Skipped the Country
Greensboro April 11 reports circulate that Sidna Allen and Wesley Ward, participants in the Carroll County Court House tragedy, have fled abroad. Dr J W Neal of Walnut Cove says residents hold the belief. Bristol dispatchers quote Judge N P Oglesby confirming suspicions of the escape. A Doorslare Belgium nursery school note adds a thief prayer anecdote about a boy and his father.
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Greensboro
N.C
Sidna Allen
Wesley Wards
Carroll County Court House
J. W. Neal
Walnut Cove
Hillsville
Dispatch
Bristol
N. P. Oglesby
Allen
Doorslare
Belgium
Ostend
It Looks Like A Crime to Separate A Boy From Bucklen Salve
An old time advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a quick relief for pimples boils scratches knocks sprains bruises and burns. It claims the salve heals everything healable and is unmatched for piles. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
Doctors Said Health Gone and Promises of Cures
A letter fragment reports testimonials from two men, one ex sheriff of Warren County Tennessee and another resident of Hochheim Texas, claiming health improvements after using Peruna and related products. The texts describe previous ailments including asthma and longstanding illness, with emphasis on regained work ability and renewed vigor after the treatment.
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BW. de Barnes
Warren County
Tennessee
Minnville
Castav Iummerreten
Hochheim
Texas
Britain
Electric Bitters Advertised As Grip Cure
The ad warns of lingering Danger After Grip bringing weakness nervousness and poor appetite with disordered liver and kidneys. It promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic blood purifier and regulator, claiming they strengthen nerves rebuild health and spirits after Grip and offer 50 cent trial with guaranteed satisfaction.
Dr Bel Do Analiph For Internal and Externe Pal
A brief note outlines a medical or procedural topic titled Dr Bel Do Analiph for internal and externe use. The fragments reference a procedure or treatment and suggest practical guidance or instructions. Not enough context to specify dates or institutions. Further details are unclear.
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DR. Bel
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