Market items and notices from a small city paper
The page blends market quotes for cotton corn meal oats and rosin with a fire alarm critique and local notices. It notes Burns Bourne & Co quotations for turpentine products, a Marietta torpedo explosion near Cameron, an auction sale of oranges, rummage and donation drives, social news, theater listings, and visits by Dr. and Mrs. Galloway.
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U. S
D. S
Georgetown
Messrs Bourne & Co
Rosin
Mess Scurry and Bellune
Prince Street
Armory
Steele Moses Co
Marietta Torpedo Company
Cameron
Allen Ladson
Marion
Bourne & Co
Why Autos Frighten Horses In Lawrence Misses Conversation
Two Lawrence girls too young for school discuss why autos scare horses. They explain horses expect wagons to be pulled by horses and react to vehicles moving without a horse. They compare it to seeing pants walking down the street without a man.
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Lawrence
Tax Books Open For 1909 Collection
The tax collection period runs from October 15 to December 31, 1909 with penalties 1 percent in January 2 percent in February and 5 percent in March for non payment. Executions will follow for all delinquents. Tax rates include constitutional school bonds and district levies including Rosemary and Wilson districts along with County Line Fence and livestock in specified townships. J A Hemmingway is the County Treasurer.
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Constitutional School
Greensboro Girl Ends Life With Revolver Shot
Miss Ethel Norman a 17 year old Greensboro social figure killed herself this afternoon without warning or motive. She returned home about 6:30 pm passed her mother in the hall and then shot herself through the heart in her room, dying instantly.
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Greensboro
N. C
Ethel Norman
Stolen Hams Secretly Shared by Neighborly Judge Tale
Local anecdote recalls Judge Silas Bryan discovering ham thefts from his smoke house and asking a neighbor to keep quiet. The tale highlights discreet confession between two acquaintances as the theft remains between them.
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Silas Bryan
William J. Bryan
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Loral
Market Reports
Loyal Temperance Legion
G. A. Lobr
Curtis and
Powell
Front St
The
the Steele Moses Co
W. H. Andrews
Bennettsville
J. T. Spivey
St. Stephens
Mrs. W. H. Mettital
Sumter
S. E. Mercer
New York
H. C. Tallevast
W. S. Ham
W. T. Rowell
Arthur Ward
Electric Theatre
Stetson
Turner Hall
Chicago
Temple Emanuel
St. Paul
Minn
Pacific Coast
Galloway
Darlington
O. E. Hughes&Co
Ashley Avenue
Charleston
NGBW
Hatness
D. W. Keller
Carolina
Front Street
Georgetown 5 and
SIOC
T. S. Daggett
Queen Street
Mr. J.ele
Dersonville, N. C
Chas. Hl
Singleton Contracting Builder
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