Abandoned Infants Linked to Greensboro Society
A Greensboro.Children's Home Society head, Sir W B Streeter, faces embarrassment as three infants were abandoned recently. A Raleigh hospital baby was left with a nurse in Statesville, with a ten dollar payment and a vague note to Streeter. Police traced the woman driver and the case reveals alleged parental schemes to evict unwanted children.
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W. B. Streeter
Children’s Home Society
Greensboro
Storyy
Sentetrom
Re Streeter
Foundling
Raleigh
Ashevill
Mr. Streeter
Missionaries Marrying Invitations Issued for Multiple Weddings
Invitations issued for Rev Robt Thornwell Caite and Miss Cecilia Woods to wed September 1 at Meridian First Presbyterian Church. Engagements also reported for Miss Annie Chestnut and Rev W H Stuart in China with vows planned early winter. A third romance involves Rev More Martin and a Southern State-born fiancée met in Montreal this summer. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for colds and constipation relief by J H Gwyn.
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Robt. Thornwell Caite
Salisbury
Cecilia
Thomas Hall Woods
Meridian
Caite
Statesville
A. M. Caite
John Wakefield
Barnum
Charlotte Observer
China
Winston Sentinel
Miss Chestnut
Mr. Stuart
Montreal
N. C
First Presbyterian Church
United States
University of Virginia
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
More Martin
Africa
Woman with 14 husbands offers husband management tips
Dr Phoebe Townsend of Dodge Nebraska, a 50 year old woman with 14 husbands, provides advice on managing husbands. Her latest divorce case with Anthony Townsend is noted while recounting her marriages, divorces, and survivals as ex husbands reminisce in Council Bluffs. She claims luck rather than fault, and advises secrecy and leadership to keep a husband hopeful and manageable.
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Phoebe Townsend
Dodge
Neb
Anthony Townsend
Townsend
Mrs. Townsend
Lucky Jim
Phoebe Mills
Joseph Zoover
Colorado
Hoover
Charles Hensby
Charles Ewine
Council Bluffsla
Henry Straw
Jesse Lyman
Thomas Birchell
Leper case from North Carolina amid Washington debate
John Early of Lynn NC, declared a leper by DC health authorities, is to be sent back to North Carolina for care as debates arise over jurisdiction. Early, 35, with a wife and an 11 month old son, moved about the city seeking government aid and faced public sympathy despite fear of contagion.
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Washington Cor
Charlotte Observer
Washington
John Early
Lynn
N. C
North Carolina
Observer
District of Columbia
Early
North Carolina Board of Health
Smallpox Hospital
America
Ben Hur
Charlotte
Station
Porous Plaster Dilemma Sparks Quip at Drugstore
A shopper questions which plaster has the fewest holes as the druggist offers various porous plaster options. The exchange centers on getting value for money in a humorous back-and-forth.
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Stinjay
State Auditor figures show county receipts and outlays
The State Auditor’s report lists 1905 and 1906 collections from Surry residents totaling about 35 thousand dollars for county expenses. It records county disbursements of roughly 15 thousand dollars over the two years. The News invites explanations for the remaining 20,512.21 dollars and asserts the people have a right to know.
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Surry
Well Named Chamberlain's remedy ad copy
Advertisement for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy notes its effectiveness for stomach cramps cholera and diarrhea and states it is for sale by Gwyn Drug Co.
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Gwyn Drug Co
J. H. Gwyn
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Promote Health
The ad praises DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic and highly recommended for weak backs, rheumatic pains, bladder inflammation, and ailments arising from weak kidneys. It notes many sufferings and positions the product as a remedy.
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DeWitt
J. H. Gwyn
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Children's Home Society
Eeter
Tigre
Kennedy
Iowa
Southern Railway
J. Elwood Cox
Northampton County
Cox
Joseph Cox
England
Perquimans
Elwood Cox
William Rogerson
Jonathan E. Cox
Northampton
New Garden
Guilford County
Guilford College
Baltimore
Earlham College
Ind
Bertha E. Snow
William H
High Point
Mr. Cox
South
Europe
Randolph
Asheboro
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railway Company
Home Furniture Company
Globe Furniture Company
Globe-Home Furniture Company
Greensboro Loan and Trust Company
Southern Car Works
John A. Young
Greensboro, N
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