Curse of cheap labor shapes Southern thought at Memphis
Clarence H. Poe editor of The Raleigh Progressive Farmer spoke at the Southern Educational Conference in Memphis Tenn. He warned that untrained labor is a burden on the community and that prosperity rests on educating the average man. He argued the South cannot afford to neglect training for the common man and urged full and free education to secure regional prosperity.
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South
Clarence H. Poe
Raleigh Progressive Farmer
Southern Educational Conference
Memphis
Tenn
Poe
Aggressive Anti-Prohibition Campaign Warned in North Carolina
The Salisbury Dispatch notes a strong opposing drive to state prohibition with a busy headquarters in the People’s National Bank building. It cites crowds of mail to post offices, added postal clerks, widespread lobbying, and paid articles in state papers. It also mentions liquor interests supplying voters with literature from Chicago and New York as campaign funds surge for thirty days.
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Anti-Saloon League of
North Carolina
Thse
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
Chicago
New
York
Milwaukee
Home
Raleigh
Salisbury Dispatch
One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin
A rustic moral lesson mirrors human nature as a man shares a discovery with all his neighbors. The piece credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing letters from grateful users and notes it is sold by W.S. Wartin and Co.
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W.S. Wartin and Co
Thirteen in the Quarter: Harper's Weekly Reveals Odd Markings
A Harper's Weekly piece claims the U S quarter bears thirteen stars, thirteen scroll letters, thirteen wing feathers, thirteen shield lines, thirteen bars, thirteen arrow-heads, and thirteen letters in its name. The ad then pivots to an unrelated medical remedy, Dean's Ointment, offered at drug stores.
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Harper's Weekly
United States
Seabreeze Florida a Healthful Coastal Retreat
A readable sketch of Seabreeze Florida highlights its tides bridges and semi salt lagoons. The piece notes crabbing fishing birds and abundant hospitality with new streets hotels and growing homes.
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Jacksonville
Seabreeze
Fla
Salisbury
St. Augustine
Halifax River
Halifax
Thaw seeks escape from lunatic system before baseball season
Harry Thaw asks to report his mental state is stable enough to leave the “lunatic” establishment. He states he wants release before the baseball season progresses further, signaling concerns about continuing confinement and timing.
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Harry Thaw
Ty Stem
Dog dragged by tout drowns in Tonka River in Wyoming
A dog belonging to A. E. Case of Bayton Wyoming was pulled into the Tonka river by a tout during a fishing trip with Case’s young son. The dog pursued a hooked fish, dragged the rod and dog into rapids, and disappeared from sight as the boy fought to retrieve the gear. The boy then landed a four pound trout after a hard struggle.
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Wyoming
A. E. Case
Bayton
Tonka River
Case
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