Poultry Show Awards Highlight Surry County Winners
Fair prizes awarded across many breeds with top honors going to Will Beamer of Mt Airy for Best Display. Nevin Poultry Farm in Charlotte dominates multiple classes including best hen and barred rocks. Other top names include Ora Roberts Mt Airy E C Belton Forest Grove Poultry King and J B Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Will Beamer
Mr. Airy
F. D
Nevin Poultry Farm
Charlotte
N. C
O. D. Boycott
Mt. Airy
R. Brim
Brim
H Burton
Mount Airy
Wayne Boyles
Round Peak
T. D. Roberts
White Rocks
Cockrel
Forest Grove Poultry Yard
J. W. Herring
Pullett
W. J. Herring
Forest Grove
E. C Farm
Pen
N.C
Nevin Poultry Far
Sussex
Pallett
5. C
Rhode Island
Joe Patterson
S. A. McKnight
Pitt Games
War Horse
Lac
Cock J. B. Simmons
Buff Orpingtons
D. Miller
A. J. Tantor
A. J. Taylor
Haywood Merritt
J. M. Sparecer
Black Hamburg
Cock HW. Burton
Geo. Durnin
George Durnin
Burten
Pullett H. Burten
J. B. Simmons
Drake
Tom Hollingsworth
White Wyandottes
Nerwin Poultry Farm
Sam Jones
S. C
Webb
Annie Miller
O B. Wewn
Sensational Revelations At Asheville Election Fraud Hearing
Asheville authorities expose widespread poll tax evasions and vote buying during the recent election. Witnesses describe payments from $1.50 to $8 per vote and offers of office in exchange for support. The hearing before Judge W J Adams continues with many witnesses unsettled and more expected Monday as efforts to locate missing informants intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Buncombe County
Swaim
W. J. Adams
Homyriggs
Thaw Flies to Yale Harvard Game in 55 Minutes
Lieut A B Thaw flew 65 miles in 55 minutes from Hempstead to New Haven for the Yale Harvard game aboard a biplane. Sergeant Johnson also traveled to New Haven by air, while Johnson returned by car. Thaw’s face was badly frozen after reaching 6 000 feet.
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Thaw
Hempstead
N. Y
A. B. Thaw
New Haven
Sergeant Johnson
Garden City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised in 19th Century Satire
An old newspaper notice explains catarrh as a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to reach the bloodstream. It warns local applications cannot reach the seat of the disease and mentions a long history of the remedy.
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Hall
Carranza Troops Routed at Juarez in Flight from Chihuahua
Refugees and Carranza officers described four days of intense fighting in Chihuahua City ending with a rout. The retreat began after Santa Rosa hill fell, with losses amid shelling, arson, and civilian casualties. Villa forces reportedly looted two drug stores and later halted the advance of Maycotte’s cavalry.
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Juarez
Mexico
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Santa Rosa Hill
Zarco Avenue
Chihuahua
Gaenzles Cuellar
Trevino
Tabsaloapa
Adlama
Wilaibe
Chicheahua
Georg Brittingham
Joseph Yves Salacer
Maycotte
Julio Ascota
Martin Lopes
Baudelio Nribe
Juan Murga
Silversre Quevado
Mariiano Tamezx
Rodrigo Quevedo
Santa Rosa
Ovuna
Saux
136 Japanese Troopers Killed in Train Wreck
A wartime dispatch reports 136 Japanese soldiers killed in a freight train collision near Tokio. The wreck occurred as convoy duties were underway on the northern coast region, with several others injured.
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Tokio
Wichhay
Romert
Coas
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
In an advertisement item, Dodson's Liver Tone is promoted as a pleasant vegetable liquid to start the liver, claimed to avoid salivation and sickness associated with calomel. It targets children and adults, asserting harmlessness and benefits for biliousness constipation and other digestive issues.
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Dodson
34 Cents Enough for Food in New York City
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor reports 34 cents daily covers a male 17 or older, 27.2 cents for a woman over 16, and 10.2 to 30.6 cents for children, with careful budgeting required. John McGlynn urges a state egg boycott as hotel owners are asked to join. Storage eggs drop one cent and fresh eggs two cents at the State Department of Food and Markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
John McGlynn
State Hotel Men's Association
State Department of Food and Markets
Wife Willing to Die If Husband Reforms
Durham reports Mrs. Sadie Adams told Squire Cox she would die if her husband reformed. She alleged he pointed a pistol at her and threatened to kill her, while both admitted striking each other. Adams paid a $5 fine and costs after the magistrate's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Sadie Adams
Squire R. C. Cox
Magistrae’s Court
Adams
Notice of Trustees Sale in Surry County North Carolina
J E Menday trustee advertises public auction at The Bank of Mt Airy on Mount Airy North Carolina to satisfy a deed of trust by Jim Mahone and Bell Mahone. The real estate includes about thirty acres in Surry County near lands of Joe E Smith W J Campbell Mike Marshall and W A Hampton and others with metes and bounds referenced by plot No 6. Sale date is fixed for 1 PM on a date in 1916 with cash to the highest bidder.
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Jim Mahone
Bell Mahone
Office of the Register of Deeds
Surry County
N. C
Bank of
Mt. Airy
County of
Surry
Joe E. Smith
W. J. Campbell
Mike Marshall
W. A. Hampton
Register of Deeds Office
Dobson
Deed of Trust Sale Set for December 16 1915 in Dobson
A deed of trust by Lee Hutson and wife TR Hutson recorded in Surry County NC will be foreclosed. The property lies in Surry adjacent to T B Stanley and W L Stanley, begins at a poplar along KR Stanley line and covers about 10 acres. The sale to the highest bidder for cash takes place at the courthouse door in Dobson at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hutson
TR. T. Hutson
Office of Register of Deeds
Surry County
N.C
Deor
Dobson
County of
Surry
Adj
T. B. Stanley
W. L. Stanley
KR. J. Stanley
Tockson
Vinco Vincl Helps Weak Child Says Lakeport Letter
A Lakeport reader from N Tl reports a weak ailing child improved after Vincl treatment. The letter claims the child gained strength and weight and urges other parents to try Vinci Vincl. It cites beef liver and other ingredients and attributes the improvement to the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeport
N. Tl
Vinci
Geo
W. Weet Drag Co
Mount Airy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Surry County Fair
W. J. Johnson
O. D Boycott
Grady Belton
Golden Seabright Hantame
Cock Nevin Poultry Farm
Belton
Puff Cochin
Pullett Haywood
Ruth Miller
Partridge Wyandottes
C. F. Guynn
Airy
Old Tom
Henry Flinchum
Pilot Mountain
E. J Miller
B. J. Miller
Plymouth Rocks
Posey Jones
Lettie Miller
Hoyte Badgett
Ararat
Rhode Island Reds
Dillar Staford
Siloam
Dillar Stanford
E. C. Belton
S C
Nevin Poultry
Deus
Sound Chest
C. C. Smoot & Sons CO
J. E. Menday
W. F. Carter
E. H. Wrenn
Geo. D. Fawcett
Sec. & Treas
Linimert
C. S. Dobbins
J. S. Layne
Admr
W. E. Merritt CO
Mount Airy, N. C
OUR National Bank
U.S. Government
Oo Pee m
Treasury Department
QLR Bank
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