FIRED AIS PISTOL ON TRAIN IN IREDELL COUNTY
Ben Little a young man from Catawba county created a panic on west bound train No 35 after passing Cleveland. He drank heavily, drew a pistol and fired several shots. Passengers hid or fled. He surrendered the weapon, was jailed, arraigned for carrying concealed weapon and drunken disorderly conduct, fined five dollars plus costs, bond set, to face pistol charges in Iredell Superior Court and then Rowan authorities. Little had prior convictions including store breaking and a pardon conditioned on good behavior.
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Ben Little
Catawba County
Cleveland Little
Virginia
Cleveland
Little
Sumner
Statesville
Iredell Superior Court
Iredell
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The text asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, claims to cure all stages, and offers $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, urging readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uns
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ditio
Moses and Miriam in the Nile Ark Rescue
A Sunday School lesson interprets Moses birth and rescue as a typology of Christ. It recounts Amram and Jochebed’s faith, Miriam’s watchful aid, the king’s daughter’s mercy, and Moses’s return as her son, named for drawing him from the water. The narrative connects the ark, the Nile, and God’s plan from Abraham to Moses with Exodus and Hebrews references.
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Abram
Israel
Joseph
God
Pharaoh
Moses
Leo
Moxes
Amram
Jocbelid
Miriam
Aaron
Steves
Jesus
Christ
Herod
Bethlehem
Heb Il
Fande
Bos
Noah
Abra Hhnam
Tekagin
Tus
Rao
Mary
Egypt
Queen Mary Edict Prohibits Women Riding Show Horses
London reports Queen Mary bans women astride horses at a national show sparking a big society stir while American women protest the edict. A three year old Lenoir county boy is attacked by a sow, receiving serious facial injuries including an eye loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Mary Today
H.C. Spoch
Lenoir
Kinston
Bucklen's Amica Salve Promises Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Amica Salve for ulcers boils eczema and other skin troubles. It cites Mrs Bruce Jones of Birmingham Alabama healing a nine month ulcer in two weeks and notes the product is available for 25 cents with local sponsors CM Shuford Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drug Store endorsing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Bruce Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Reid Lumber Company Dissolution Certificate Issued
North Carolina Secretary of State certifies the Reid Lumber Company of Hickory Catawba dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent filed May 15, 1913. Secretary I J Bryan Grimes signs in Raleigh on May 18, 1913, with official seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Lumber Company
Hick ‘Ory
County of Catawba
State of North Carolina
W. X. Reid
I.J. Bryan Grimes
North Carolina
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Sandine
de Porer
Trelienss
Castor
Bears
Onder
Cardui
Mary Jinks
Treadway
Tenn
Cardus
Cardus Womans
Jeer Laden
Chattanoors Medicine Co
Chattacoga
Nil Ncacions
Wonsen
Setzer & Russell
OAK Lumber
Hickory Chair Manufacturing Co
Hickory, N. C
Hickory Mfg. Co
D. M. Stearns
Chamberlain
Department of State
Cess
Hickory
N.C
J. L. Gilley
Edwards
Abernethy Hardware Company
Standard Oil Company
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Charlotte
N. C
Richmond
Baltimore
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