Trains Schedule and Local News From Mount Airy
The Mount Airy listing shows passenger and freight train times with mixed service and a noon 1 00 p m arrival. Local notices report Charlie Reeves traveling to Wilmington and Prof Joe Carter with Frank Woodhouse visiting from Boonville for Thanksgiving. A fire destroyed a barn near Bud Love’s farm causing animal losses and a ~1500.00 total loss.
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Mount Airy
Charlie Reeves
Wilmington
N. C
Joe Carter
Frank Woodhouse
Boonville
I. L. Armfield
Mt. Airy
New 80 Gallon Still Raided Near Skull Camp
Sheriff Haynes received word of a large 80 gallon still operating near Skull Camp mountain. Deputies Comer and Harvey Boyden arrived at 5 pm Tuesday to find a fresh run ended, 5 gallons of whiskey, 200 gallons of beer, and five bushels of rye meal ready to mash. All contents were destroyed. The still sat on an elevated ridge with seven nearby houses visible.
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Haynes
Skull Camp Mountain
R. P. Comer
Harvey Boyden
Young Lady Jumps in Well and Nearby Deaths
The paper reports Miss Irene Bunker of Emma Bunker’s home two miles west of town leapt into a well after dinner on a nervous impulse. She suffered a sprained wrist but no serious injuries. Separately, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ruffin died within hours of each other at their Marshville area home after 49 years of marriage. Mrs. Griffin’s death preceded her husband’s by about 40 minutes. They left one son.
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Bud Love
Irene Bunker
Emma Bunker
Wadesbor Ansonian
J. Ruffin
Marshville
Asheville
Trousseau
Farmers and townsfolk notes from Ararat Virginia and Asheville
The Ararat area reports sowing finished for rye and wheat and tobacco pending due to dry weather. Emma Wipperman, 70, improves from typhoid fever while Mrs. W F Childress remains seriously ill with multiple diseases and failing memory. Local schools grow crowded under Mr Crisie Wisler with Miss Nellie Wisler helping. Some farmers return from Winston-Salem claiming Mt Airy offers better prices. Asheville hotels see a surge of honeymooning brides buying costly embossed stationery, while a sprain lingers for weeks without proper care.
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Emma Wipperman
W. F. Childress
Crisie Wisler
Nellie Wisler
Nellie
Winston- Salem
Mt. Airy
Winston
Surprise 68th Birthday for Mrs J R Greenwood
The home of Mr J R Greenwood hosted a surprise party Thursday November 25 in honor of Mrs Greenwood’s sixty eighth birthday. Mr and Mrs M F Satterfield entertained many relatives and friends and two large tables groaned with food. Mrs Greenwood, in failing health, enjoyed renewing greetings with old friends and all wished for many more birthdays. One present.
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J. R. Greenwood
M. F. Satterfield
Dobson court sessions noted this week and local transfers
The community reports many people in court at Dobson this week. Allen Simmons sold a valuable farm to Dock Haynes. Reynolds of this route recovering after appendectomy in High Point. Cockerham family visited Frost Snow in Zephyr N C. Dallas Parks is ill. Moody family from Elkin visiting locally. Allie Joyce and Etta Wilmoth visited home folks. P B Cockerham had two hogs yield 417 pounds each. L F Hicks of Elkin visited J W Hicks and Bob Wilmoth. J A Swift made a business trip to Elkin. Nov 28 1909 Sampson
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Dobson
Allen Simmons
Dock Haynes
Allen Reynolds
High Point
A. H. Cockerham
Dick Moody
Virgie and
Grady
Elkin
N.C
Allie Joyce
Good Spring
Etta Wilmoth
P. B. Cockerham
L. F. Hicks
N. C
J. W. Hicks
Bob Wilmoth
J. A. Swift
Sampson
Trustee's Sale in Mount Airy North Carolina
Public notice to sell at Mount Airy Town Hall on December 11 1909 at noon to satisfy a debt of $149.60 plus costs. Real estate described as a 2 acre tract in Surry County adjoining J G Korner, with Patrick Road as a boundary. Sale by J B Sparger acting under deed of trust dated June 13 1908 by Thomas J Kinzer.
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North Carolina
Surry County
Thomas J. Kinzer
Su County
Mount Airy
J G. Korner
Patrick Road
Kerner
Leander O'Neal
J. B. Sparger
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Mount Airy News
Mt. Airy, N.C
Brower
Skull Camp
Ararat Va
Route 1 News
Stateread
Route 2 News
Dee
S. M. Hale
J. W. Knight
North Carolina State Board of Examiners
Corner Main and
Needmore Sta
Mount Airy Iron Works
J. D. Minick
Mount Airy, N
Orinoco Supply Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
First National Bank
Mount Sairy
Surry
Geo. D. Fawcett
A. G. Trotter
C. L. Hanks
T. G. Fawcett Cashier
Piedmont
M. W. Norfleet & Co
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