Million-dollar scheme and false arrest suit saga at Hickory
Lumberton resident D W Millsaps plans to sue the Town of Hickory for 10000 damages claiming false arrest and imprisonment after a tax dispute. He also aims to win a government award worth a million for a post office letter bundling device conceived in jail. The case was tried and Millsaps was found not guilty on another matter.
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DW. Millsaps
Lumberton
Hickory
D. W. Millsaps
Millsaps
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's
Oxford
Millsap
J. Millsaps
Ward
McLean & McLean
Brookford Dots and New Brookford Hotel Opening
Brookford reports a quiet town after a successful term with about one hundred pupils and eighty daily average. mill upgrades and new two story Hotel Brookford by W. W. Williams nearing opening for travelers under I. J. Nicholson. Town lively with snow and local characters including W. H. Shuford swapping tales with a pretty girl.
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Brookford
Phillips
W. W. Williams
I. J. Nicholson
W. H. Shuford
New Discovery Saved Life Says Grimesland Man
George Moores of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life after a near jump from despair. He reports improvement after one bottle and full recovery after a dozen. The remedy is advertised for coughs colds and lung issues sold by C M Shuford E B Menzies and W S Martin at 50 cents or one dollar.
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Dr. King
George Moores
Grimesland
C. M. Shuford
B. Menzies
W.S. Martin
Pennsylvania Dutch debate ends in renewed apology
A former Lyles Creek correspondent apologizes for mischaracterizing the early Pennsylvania Dutch. He explains the Dutch were misdefined as rough foreigners and praises the original Pennsylvanian Dutch as industrious, hospitable, and law abiding. He faults a youth writer for denigrating them and urges reconciliation.
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Lyles Creek
Rusticus
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Trishman
Democrat
Sylvania
Penn
William Penn
St. Paul
South
Foley's Honey and Tar touted as remarkable cure
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures severe coughs and colds that resisted other treatments. It asserts the product stops coughing heals the lungs and expels the cold from the body with no harmful drugs.
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Foley's
Night Alarm Prompts Foley’s Honey and Tar Trust
Anxious families heed the metal cough menace at night urging mothers to keep Foley’s Honey and Tar on hand. The ad claims it saves little lives and is safe for children as it contains no harmful drugs, from W. S. Martin & Co.
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Foley
W. S. Martin & Co
Ground Hog Day Proclaims Six More Weeks of Winter
The article notes the tradition of Ground Hog Day on Candlemas, stating if the groundhog sees his shadow at noon February 2, winter will continue six more weeks. the sky was clear, predicting more cold weather.
Neighborhood Favorite Endorses Electric Bitters
Harbor in May era endorses Electric Bitters as a spring medicine and blood purifier. The ad claims quick relief for dyspepsia nervousness and general debility, marketing the tonic as a reliable alternative sold at local drug stores under guarantee.
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E. D. Charles
Harbor
Ine
C. M. Shuford
E. B. Meare
W. S. Martin Drug Stores
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First National Bank Microry
Shuford
D. Elliott
St. Tobe Tad
Moretz-Whitener Clothing Co
the Quality Shop
Setzer & Russell
Hickory, N.C
van Dyke Book & Art Shop
A. L. Moser
L. R. Moser
E. B. Menzi
Cataw County
Union
Amber
Ston Rob
Ivey
Connelly Springs
J. P. Toomey
Lincolnton
Mignie Abee
Charlotte
Lomie Berry
Morganton
Jessie Rureh
Lomie ‘Berry
Jim Abee
Rhodhils
Will Frogier
Ethel
Catawba
Vess Candace Reese
East Hickory
Grippe
M. L. Sherrill
Elbert Poggne
Sloninger
Griffin
Malcom McKenzie Haseen
Bumgarner
Will
Greensboro
Geo. Hutton J
Bonnenhour
Bill Nye
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