Carolina and North Western Ry schedule 1908 updates
A compact listing shows timetable changes effective February 1908 for the Carolina and North Western Railway. It includes passenger connections from Chester to Yorkville Gastonia Lincoln Newton Hickory and additional mixed train No. 62 and No. 60 times, plus noted connection to Caustee Southern Railway. Also references to service hours and route stops across several North Carolina towns.
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Carolina & North-Western Ry. Co
Chester Ly
Yorkville
Gastonia
Lincoln
Newton
Hickory
Saat
Tienes No
Caustee
Southern Ry
S. Lee
Humorous Patently Miscellaneous Health Ads and Dialogues
A collage of old time ads and jokes features medical cures and tonics such as Foley's Honey and Tar, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, and Dr Thomas Electric Oil. The piece weaves quips about eccentricity and thrift with domestic scenes including a mother and child exchange and a staged exchange with Thad Thompson. It reflects the era's humorous tone and medicinal marketing.
Kennedy Cough Syrup Ends With Odd Ad Motto
An odd sanitized fragment notes a Kennedy cough syrup slogan “The Children Like 17” paired with a laxative claim. It references a Henry Kennedy product and dialogue about a man named Smith and Jones deeming him eccentric or poor, in a clipped, newspaper-telegram style.
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Kennedy
Bears Signator TORTA Wordplay in Quirky Exchange
A playful dialogue centers on a Signator TORTA and a practical girl. The text presents witty banter about gifts, acceptance, and a teasing request, highlighting characters Bocker and a nearby social dynamic.
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Bocker
Foleyshoney Tar State Sate No Oplat
He claims he does not love money but notes he has never had a chance to become closely familiar with it. The exchange hints at tensions over wealth and opportunity.
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Joe Moorhead
Archibald, I. T
Cardus
Mrs Noseigh Jane’s Window Duty Sparks Local Quarrel
In a brief domestic clash, Mrs Noseigh Jane faces pressure over overdue window cleaning after she notes neighbors moved away. The exchange shows lingering tension about yard upkeep and neighborly expectations in the quiet street.
Medical tonics and remedies tease a Fourth of July note
Fragmented ad style piece mentions Ed. DeWitt’s Liver Pills C M Shuford and W S Martin selling Burdock Blood Bitters Foley’s Kidney Remedy and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Praises Kodol for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. Includes light quip about Gailey’s money and a Catholic Standard and Time joke.
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W.S Martin & CM. Shuford
Golden Medical Discovery The Dr Pierce Patent
The story explains the Golden Medical Discovery by Dr Pierce from Buffalo New York. It describes ingredients Golden Bear root and refined glycerine with heat to extract healing properties claimed to aid stomach derangements bronchial and throat affections and early coughs while noting it will not cure consumption in advanced stages. It invites postal requests for endorsements copied from medical books.
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Pierce
Rich Strike of Gold at Peach Tree Mine
Rich vein found by Peach Tree Mining Co in Catawba county ten miles south of Catawba station yields 125 tons of ore daily at 75 cents per ton. Vein 1,5000 wide, several miles long with unknown depth. Company, led by B W Hedrick, owns adjacent acreage and just installed a 100 ton per day Erdman washing machine. Mine promises to be among the richest in the South.
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Peach Tree Mining Co
B. W. Hedrick
Spencer
Catawba County
Catawba Station
Erdman
South
Builders not agitators urged by Tennessee writer
A Tennessee reader argues for builders over agitators in the state, citing Ashley Horne as an example of thrift and industry, and praising Edison and Wanamaker's beginnings. A notice from Dyersburg’s W R Ward endorses Foley's Urine Laxative for constipation, and a Ford-like joke about age caps off the piece.
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Abraham Lincoln
John Wanamaker
Edison
Ashley Horne
Horne
W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Foley
W. S. Martin & Co
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Iba
Southern
Gastoxia
S. A
Ry Latte
Blowing Rock
EF. Reid, G. P.A
Chester, S.C
R. W. Wolfe
Suiexory, N.C
Dietz
K. A. Price
M. D
McCombs
D. L. Russell Atttorney
Vatters
Hickory, N. C
Walter A. White
Menzies Drug Store
W. B. Ramsay
Chicago
Ajucklen
Aanica Salve
Tom Moore
Joeman
Bucklen
C. M. Shuford
W. S. Martin & Menzies Drug Co
George Gould
Mme. Gould
New Yorks
King's
N. C
W. S. Martin and Menzies Drud Co
Miss Green
Brown
Towa
Des Moines
el Paso
Texas
Narcoossee Fla
Ennis. Bros
W.S. Martin & Co
Mr. Daft
Baltimore
America
WS. Matin Ge
DeWitt
Dr. King
CSESH
Rodol
Sach
Flollister’s
Rockey Mountain Tea
Menzies
Mamma
Cross
Tommy
Pop
Tsay
Hollister
B.B. Menzies
Molly
Thad Thompson
Oni
Torta
Craig
Kitchen
DeWitt’s
W. S. Martin
Jeff Davis
Bakers Mountain
Dean
Mr. Craig
W. S Martin
Gailey
Chamberlain
DE Price
al Ad
The
Hickory Banking & Trust Co
X. Reid
Julius F. Abernethy
Geo. E. Bisanar
Setzer & Russell
Hickory, N.C
Union Square
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