Baxter Sherwell in spotlight again after assaulting ticket agent
Lexington to Asheville tale unfolds with Baxter Sherwell accused of striking C A Campbell over a refused No 35 ticket. Campbell filed assault warrant. Sherwell boarded No 35 to Asheville blocked arrest. The episode recalls Sherwell's long quarrel with Southern railway officials and prior gunpoint hold ups of Conductor Smithers on No 37. Skepticism remains on arrest status. Governors and senatorial chatter fill wider page.
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Greensboro Bay News
Baxter Sherwell
Lexington
Souther Railway
C. A. Campbell
Shemmell
Asheville
B. Russell
Shemwell
Gibralter
Russell
Baxter Shemwell
Campbell
Canbell
Sherwell
Southern Railway
Levington
Smithers
Kitchen
Georgia
Child Shot Dead in Drexel Incident
At Drexel on Friday June 20 a nine year old boy Carl Williams shot and killed six year old daughter of Robert Lefevere. Witnesses say Williams drew a 22 caliber pistol and fired at the girl as two Lefevere children stood at a spring. The temple wound caused instant death.
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Drexel
Robert Lefevere
Carl Williams
Lefevere
Harry Jarrett
Williams
Iams
Fourth of July Rates Via Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line Railway offers greatly reduced round trip tickets between all points for July 1 2 3 and 4 with return by July 7. Inquiries welcome at local agents or by address HS Leard James Ker Jr DPR Raleigh or Charlotte North Carolina.
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Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Hs.leard James Ker Jr
DPR
Raleigh
N.C
Charlotte N.C
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Letters from Alice Darling of Pentwater Michigan and Clara L Gauwar of Peoria Illinois praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for backaches headaches and general weakness. Each woman states improvement after using the remedy and offers endorsement for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentwater
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice Darling
E.F.D. No
Pentwater, Mich
Peoria
Lydia Pinkam
Clara L. Gauwar
Liberty Bell’s History and Reform Advice in One Column
The piece notes the Liberty Bell’s role in celebrating 1776, its 1762 transport, 1763 inscription, and 1885 damage during Chief Justice Marsh memorial tolling. It mentions the bell’s touring past, now halted to preserve it, then shifts to health ads urging slower eating and Chamberlain remedies for digestion and rheumatism with local druggists named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indecal
Philadelphia
Annally
Marsh
Moser & Lute
Grimes Drug Co
Seaboard Air Line to Wilmington on special Thursday train
The Seaboard Air Line announces a special Thursday morning train from Charlotte to Wilmington for 2008 using Pullmans and possibly a Comet car. Public invited to ride, with officials noting it as a limited excursion and urging early attention to schedules. Beginning June 20, C and NW will run daily passenger trains Edgemont to Chester with weekend low rates to encourage mountain trips.
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Shriners
Wilmington
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboad Air Line
Sean Ad Or Encominareng Ine Ey Pee Ra Onc Prpes Gas Taanl Utenti aNis Wen Je, A
D.P. Sd
Raleigh N.C
Charlotte N.C
C & NW Stailway
Edgemont
N.C
Chester
S. C
F. Reid
C. PA
Transit schedule fragment ports Northbound Daily line stops
Fragmentary timetable shows northbound routes with multiple city stops including Gastonia Lincolnton Newton Lenoir and Edgemont. Times listed 7 50am 1 30pm and 10 27am on unclear dates or services. The legible text references Chester Yorkville Gastonia Lincolnton Newton Lenoir and Edgemont areas.
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X. Sun
Chester
Yorkville
Gastonia
Lincolnton
Newton
Lenoir
Mortimer
Edgemont
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Glenn
Senate
Wilson
Senator Overman
Victor Bryant
Stedman
Overman
Mr. Overman
Fletcher
Castoria
Taremumecu
Toston
The
Liberty Bell
Chamberlain's
Moser & Lutz and
Adv
E. M. Thompson
Carolina
North-Western
Edgemont. Mortimer
Connectio
Thera Ry
S.A
kville—Southern Railway
Tonia
Outhern Ry., Piedmont
Newton and
BcRais
Uuthern
Lenoir Hickory
Dacolaton
Fastonia
Fastonia. Ly
Chester ‘Ari
Claremont College
Hickory
North Carolina
AM Department
Thornton Light & Power Co
Wrightsville Beach
Via
South Atlantic
Coast Resorts
Atlantic Coast
Seaboard
Charlotte
Wrightsville
H.S. Leard
D.P. A
Raleigh, N.C
James Ker, Jr
T.P. A
Charlotte, N.C
F.O. B
Toledo
O. B
Overland
Timken Bearings
Rely
Warner
the Overland Car Co
Purity Ice Cream CO
Richmond, VA
Grimes Drug Company
Hickory, North Carolina
Knote
Hickory, N. C
Missouri
Moser & Lutz
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