Tribute to Robert Partee Matheson Of Alexander
Hon Romulus Z Linney honors the late Robert Partee Matheson of Alexander in the Taylorsville Soul. extracts praise his patience will power and charity, notes his courage and generosity in defending friends, and recalls a Civil War era life of service, education of his seven children, and a modest, devout career alongside his church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus Z. Linney
Frien
Robert Partee Matheson
Alexander
Taylorsville Soul
Carlyle
Wadsworth
Alfred Carson
Walter C
Partee Matheson Remembered For Virtue And Civic Service
The obituary extols Robert P. Matheson as cheerful and loyal, noting his 77 years of life, Golden Wedding celebration at Taylors Hive on September 15, and a reputation for honesty and helping neighbors. It praises his influence, with 26 Partee descendants supporting him in public roles and urges emulation of his virtues.
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Liam H
Mary
Ida
Emma Loretta
Robert C
Chas. P
Edith E
Robert P. Matheson
Taylorshive
Robert Partee Matheson
E Partee
Eugene Field and his Europe journey with a lynching tale
The account recalls Eugene Field’s early fortune and St Joseph beginnings, his European reception in London, and a sharp joke about lynching at a social gathering. It notes Field’s humorous memory of a New York cafe dinner ending with a sailor’s myth and a brief political update on Zelaya’s resignation and Estrada’s expected succession.
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Eugene Field
St. Joseph
Europe
Field
London
Munchausen
America
New York
Lippincott’s
Enforce the Law At Funeral Speech Urges Gun Safety
At the funeral of Winston Morton in a Presbyterian church Rev J G Garth urged strict enforcement of the city ordinance against air cartridges and other discharge of guns. He called on parents to aid police and stood by city authorities to back enforcement, noting the recent tragedy as a lesson. The service drew a tearful congregation as mourners followed to the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Morton
J. G. Garth
Garth
King Leopold of Belgium Dies After Final Words
The Taylorsville Scout notes the death of King Leopold of Belgium on Thursday morning, reporting his final words as I am suffocat. The piece laments delays in publishing due to press issues and describes the editors braving cold weather to print.
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Leopold
Belgium
Prominent Salisbury Engineer Victim of Reedy Fork Wreck
Richard Eames a Salisbury civil and mining engineer age 52 dies in the No.11 southbound Southern Railway wreck on the 14th. Survived by wife daughter and two sons. Funeral held in Salisbury with Rev. Cheatham. Coroner’s verdict cites defective cross tie. Norfolk and Richmond sleepers destroyed. twelve dead total.
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Southern Railway
Democrat
Richard Eames
Salisbury
International Reite
James M. McCorkle
RM. Eams
Mary
Mmne Eames
Theodore Guerbaum
T. A. Cheatham
Corporation Commission
Norfolk and
Rimond
War Dept Backs Cotton Sacks For Supplies
Secretary of War Dickinson promised favorable action on a recommendation affecting the entire cotton industry from grower to millman. He agreed to prefer cotton over jute for sacks used to transport War Department supplies, a change that could involve hundreds of thousands of sacks yearly. Local efforts by the Texas Farmers Union backed by Congressmen helped secure the assurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grou Dispatch
Dickinson
United States
War Department
National Farmers’ Union
Farmer's Union
North
Texas
R. D Rowan
The
Texas Union
South
Theecretary
India
Noted Teachers to Attend Southern Educational Association
The Southern Educational Association will meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, December 28 to 30 with a strong program. Esteemed leaders include Ex-President Elliot of Harvard, President Jordan of Stanford, President Judson of Chicago, Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt, and other university presidents and dignitaries.
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Southern Educational Association
Charlotte
N. C
Elliot
Harvard University
Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Judson
University of Chicago
Dabney
University of Cincinnati
Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Hill
University of Missouri
Mezes
University of Texas
Denney
Almanac Endorsed as State Standard for 1910
The piece promotes the Turner Ennis Almanac as the most useful publication for citizens in 1910, praising its accuracy and reliability. It claims seventy three years of tested value, priced in cents, from Haniss Publishing Co. Raleigh North Carolina, and invites readers to visit Willis' Cafe noted as the neatest and cleanest spot in the city to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TurnerEnnis
Haniss Publishing Co
Raleigh, N. C
Willis’ Cafe
Ex-Sheriff Candidate Tale Tangles In Mecklenburg Rumor
A long, rambling local column relays a tale involving ex sher iff George Pritchard, Mecklenburg leaders, and a yarn by Jake Newell about a man obsessed with finding the number 12345 on freight cars. Names include Lum Blalock, Pritchard, and Monroe Garland. the piece mingles politics and a hospital scene in Western North Carolina.
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Jake Newell
Charlotte
Republi
Mecklenburg County
Jake
North Carolina
Morganton
Cotton and Corn as World Monarchs of Food and Fabric
The article argues cotton in the South and corn in the North will dominate global commerce. It urges farmer organization, federated elevators, and bank support to market crops, prevent price corners, and boost foreign demand for corn while expanding cotton marketing cooperatives. It calls northern farmers to join southern efforts to control market profits and resist speculators.
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United States
North
Alread
Was U S Marshall Blalock Involved In Mountain Fight
The article recalls Bla locke as a U S Marshall who is not well after a mountain fight with Monroe Garland who nearly captured a moonshiner. Blalock and D W Jones are praised as two of the nerviest men for breaking up illegal stills and capturing moonshiners, with hopes for more stories from them soon.
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U.S. Marshall
Blalocke
Mr. Blalock
Monroe Garland
Blalock
D. W. Jones
Democrat
Christmas Gift Ads and Laxative Cough Syrup Pitch
The advertisement suggests checking The Democrat's classifieds for Christmas gift ideas. It touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a gentle bowel-moving remedy for colds and coughs, claiming quick relief and suitability for children, sold by C M Shaford and W S Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
C.M. Shaford
W. S. Martin
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus timeless reply
The editor of The Sun answered a little girl's inquiry about Santa Claus with a near century old Christmas classic. He affirmed Santa exists as surely as love and generosity, urging faith over skepticism and praising wonder, poetry, and childlike belief as essential to life.
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New York Sun
Friends of the Sun
Virginia Q’ Anion
West Ninety-fifth St
Virginia
Santa Claus
Childood
Local Happenings and Church News
Miss Mary Henkel of Lenoir recovers from appendicitis operation at Long Sanitarium Statesville. Rev E L Blair named presiding elder of Statesville District succeeding Rev J N Huggins. Rev A W Plyler at Trinity Church. Christmas cakes from Willis, noted for quality.
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Mary Henkel
Lenoir
Long
Statesville
E.L. Blair
Trinity Church
Charlotte
J. N. Huggins
A. W. Plyler
Trinity
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Robi
Linney’s
Nicaraguan
Zelaya
Estrada
Revolutionist
Ter
Presbyterian Church
Taylorsville Scout
MR. R. Eames Kille
Sox
L. Blalock
George Pritchard
Oklahoma
Diognes
Nan
Tle
Western North Carolina Railroad
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Rom
Sui
Littleisia O'Hanlon
Willis
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