Mount Airy News Recap Of Local Happenings And Changes
Mount Airy reports include Shelton postmaster J. Watson’s death, Christmas entertainments planned, Rev. Walter Holcomb returning from Randleman, and a revolving showcase at L Dean’s photograph gallery. Notes on real estate, a strong grain trade, and mounting endorsements for schools, churches, and new pastors mark a town preparing for growth. Surry tobacco plants face consolidation while Mount Airy’s diverse industries move ahead with lumber, furniture, and quarry work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hadley
Goldsboro
P.M Watson
Shelton
Dad
Walter Holcomb
Randleman
N. C
L. Dean
T. B. McCargo
William Gallaway
Big deal eyed in tobacco firm consolidation
Winston correspondent reports a pending consolidation between two big tobacco firms expected to boost production well beyond the past year. Trade confirmation has reached, more details next week in the Naws. Also items on clergy appointments, a skating sale, and Marshall wagons advertised as best on the Mount Airy market.
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Mount Airy & Eastern
Kibler
Raleigh
North Carolina
Church of God
Winston
CourtiOraere
Shore
Mount Airy
J. 8
8. E. Marshall
White Plaine
N. OC
Local Shop Ads Highlight Gifts and Goods
A fragment listing various store offerings including walking shoes ladies capes toys and lamps at H Schafer Leonard J R Paddison and J E Bark er Prices for fresh candies California dried fruits and puddings advertised with brief product notes and sales angles for local shoppers.
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W. FE. Pai
Barker
Bhoos
Rene E
H. Schafer
Malaga
J. R. Paddison
Leonard
X Mae
Children’s
J. E. Barker
Local Mt Airy merchants push goods and services
A faded Mt Airy advertisement item highlights R H Leonard stocking fine jewelry and a new line at Dean, plus cheap children’s union suits and an early Christmas fireworks stock. It notes Chamberlains pills at local druggists, a top quality Mt Airy Buggy Co. vehicle, and a new shoe shop run by W A Bolt with repair and sewing services, including a stitching machine for rips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Leonard’s
Steve Hale's
Omen & Dean’s
X & Bowman
Mt. Airy
N. C
Chamberlain
W. S. Taylor
J. W. McPherson & Co
Leonard Block
Local Notices and Sermons Stir Dobson Community
The Dobson NC region reports sermons by Rev Taylor and Rev Lewellen at local churches. A mill accident injures a worker severely from a flying timber fragment. Mrs Gray Folger is ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and the town notes ongoing school operations and civic concerns.
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House of Worship
Taylor
Moreen
Court House
Lewellen
Satterlee
Can Mill Sear
Old Virginia
Gray Folger
Unclear Classic Jewelry Ad with Names and Products
Fragmentary OCR lists jewelry items such as diamonds watches rings at stores including J. E. Barker's and Leonard's. Mentions names like J. R. Paddi M. Vernon Thrilby and Best line. Text is garbled with stray words and appears as a damaged advertisement snippet.
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Pe Carstogs Chipe
J. R. Paddie
M. Vernon
Thrilby Hate
J. E. Barker
Leonard's
Notice to amend town charter Mt Airy Legislature
Application will be made to the next Legislature to amend the charter of the town of Mt Airy. Sam G. Pace, Mayor, Dec. 12th, 1900. Also an endorsement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills by W. West of Mt Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Airy
Sam’ G. Pace
DeWitt
W. West
Stop the Conge and Ark of the Cold Laxative tablet claim
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for a cold with a No Cure No Pay offer priced at 25 cents. The copy uses bold guarantee language and emphasizes quick relief from cold symptoms.
Surry County Camp UCV Meets Thursday at 2 PM
Regular meeting of Surry County Camp UCV set for Thursday December 13 at the Blue Ridge Guards armory. Comrade members urged to attend promptly at 2 o'clock. W E Patterson commander. December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Blue Ridge Guards
W. E. Patterson
Navy to Ship Supplies for Guam After Typhoon Loss
A Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department will ship lumber nails and supplies to Guam to repair extensive damage from the typhoon that wrecked the cruiser Yosemite on November 15. The aid follows a requisition from Rear Admiral Remey in Manila based on latest reports from Guam.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Guam
Yosemite
Remey
Manila
Holland Declines Intervention in Transvaal Trouble
A Hague dispatch reports Holland has no plan to intervene or arbitrate in the Transvaal trouble, stating it will not mediate or involve itself in the conflict.
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Hague
Holland
Transvaal
Remarkable cure after bile trouble illness
Mrs L B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a dire prognosis as gall stones worsened her stomach trouble and jaundice. She was told there was only one chance to save her life. After trying Electric Bitters she was wholly cured, a stomach liver and kidney remedy. The ad promotes relief from dyspepsia and loss of appetite with guaranteed 50 cent sale by Dr W S Taylor Drugist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Hunt
Lime Ridge
Wis
Taylor
Droggis
Finality of Values New Building Sale Prefers Quick Reductions
A vendor announces reduced prices for a January sale to clear stock. Specials include 1000 pair Sample Shoes 50 Sample Loggins 200 Sample Hats 50 Sample Capes 25 Sample Skirts 25 Sample Storm Coats and 25 Ladies Storm Coats. The shop emphasizes value and honest merchandise as core business principles.
Fragmented Public Notice From Aged OCR Text
A damaged snippet references a dated notice about publication timing and interested parties. The legible bits indicate a requirement to publish and notify persons in interest, with questions about why a procedure should not proceed. Specific names, dates, places, and actions are unreadable in the fragment.
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Haig
Amine Et
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