Giant Metropolitan Clock in New York Tower
A grand clock atop the Metropolitan Tower in Madison Square NYC features four-foot numerals and a seventeen-foot minute hand. It is electrically driven and self winding, with a master clock on the building’s second floor and an announcing bell in the forty fifth story. Red quarter hour flashes and white hour strokes mark time for miles.
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Metropolitan Tower
Madison Square
New York City
Metropolitan
Wisler Family Visits from Missouri Return to Cana
Cana Virginia notes William Wisler visiting relatives in Missouri era of 1594. Frank Towe and grandson traveled via Smith County to see A H Towe and A S Towe, planning to return soon. Local youths Victoria Inez Towe and Lucy McCraw visit. John McCraw reported weighing 412 pound pig. Nellie Wisler assists Brushy Fork school. Inez Mathews visits. court appearances noted. Robert McCraw seen near Cana.
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Frank Towe
Missouri
Smith County
A. H.towe
Marion
A. S. Towe
Cana
A. M. Towe
Victoria
Inez Towe
Lucy McCraw
Mt. Airy
John McCraw
Nellie Wisler
A. Wisler
Brushy Fork
Inez Mathews
Farms for Sale and Estate Auction in Surry County
Two farm parcels near town with 82.9 acres and 120 acres in Surry County, North Carolina. One property includes houses, barns, and meadow amid bottom land. bids open 5 January 1911 with terms split cash and credit. A second estate sale in Shoals township follows a court-ordered appointment, offering 120 acres with specified boundaries. Also a public health note endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for colds.
Pain as a Friend to Warn Describes Pain Signals and Reactions
A speaker uses a parable about a man warning of a fire to argue pains are alerts from the body. The text suggests people ignore or suppress pains and then blame the messenger. It frames pain as a helpful guide rather than an enemy, urging reflection on responses to discomfort.
Golden Rules Across Cultures Echo a Common Ethic
The piece assembles multiple historical versions of the Golden Rule from Persian Greek Chinese Budd hista Egyptian sources. It presents sayings urging reciprocal kindness and warns that harming others invites the same in return, calling it the core precept followed by related explanations.
Receiver Sale of Pilot Bank Property in Pilot Mountain
Public auction in Pilot Mountain North Carolina by order of the North Carolina Corporation Commission in the Superior Court of Surry County. Real estate includes the Pilot Bank and Trust building its contents and four parcels with 27 acres. bids start at 496000 for the bank property and 97 60 for the 27 acres with the sale due to confirm in February term.
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North Carolina Corporation Commission
Plot Bank and Trust Co
Superior Court
Surry County
Pilot Bank and Trust Co
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Pilot Bank and Trust
Rk. D. Fuippin
Keist
N.C
Globe Ware House
East Main Street
Riano Frd
Loteon Kart
Raid Street
Howard Street
W. George
M. M. Marion
Globe Warehouse
Job Hiatt
Pilot Bank
Notice of Property Sale Under Deed of Trust
By a deed of trust executed by J. W. Greenwood and wife to J. Us Folver trustee on November 17 1909 recorded in Book of Mortgages No 37 page 192 the Commercial and Farmers Bank of Rural Hall NC declares default and will sell at cash auction to highest bidder December 17 1910 at 11 o clock AM on premises Mount Airy township Curry County NC lot described by deeds and bounds to satisfy 650 67 principal interest and accrued costs.
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J. W. Greenwood
Greenwood
Book of Mortgages
Commercial and Farmers’ Bank of Rural
Curry County
N. C
Mount Airy Township
R. D. Tia More
8. C. Franklin
J. Us Folver
Splendid Buckeye Women Suffer From Stomach Trouble
A woman from Ohio describes severe stomach distress that prevents eating. she reports eating causes pain and digestion issues, highlighting ongoing health troubles.
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Sir Ernest Cassel
Thomas Lipton
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Newmarket
George Keypel
Hall Walker
Balmoral
Mary
New York's
Cana, Va
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William Wisler
Old Key Stone
Robert McCraw
Bb. V. Holcomb
M. G. Harbour
Jas. Briggs
G. F. Riddle
Dobson Road
Harbour’s Corner
Hog Pen
Dry Branch
Jas. Brige’s Corner
Brige
Eaih
G. F. Riddie
S. R. Harbour
White
Superior Court of
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W. E B. Stone
Sarah A. Stone
W. E. Stone
T.e
Silat
Surry Cou
North Carolina Shoals Township
O. W. Barber
W. R. Allen
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J. J. Waller
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Pain
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King of
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Huaham
Nora Kelley
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Box
Ohio
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Somerset
Perana
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Mound St
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Perans
Odd Fellows
Peruna
Alice Bogle
Clinton Mt. Circleville
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Metio
Foulepommation Auimte
Mounteta
Mount Airy, N. C
Brown
Brown’s
John T. Simpson
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