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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
4
Fragmentary note reports a target of around $19,000 in an event or sale. Names appear garbled but reference to Mr. J and potentially a donor or organizer is present. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear context or dates.
The article notes how Sir Walter Scott and Goethe combined brain work with physical exertion, stressing that constant effort nourishes health. It cites a testimonial from T. Chisholm of Mount Airy, praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy after months of catarrh and ongoing medical attempts, claiming complete relief after two doses.
Gen Thomas F Toon will be superintendent of public works in a new design project. John W Dockett, veteran educator from Lumberton, will serve as chief clerk. Several have prior experience, including Peter Sherman of North.
A Bellefonte dispatch details the Iron and Nail Company plant built at a cost of 185000, closed in 1890 after heavy losses, recently sold to G Hitner & Co of Philadelphia for 6375, with the purchaser removing buildings and equipment. The note ends with health ad copy about cold remedies.
In a Raleigh incident a man identified as Jubel was shot during a scuffle at a house after assisting a woman. George Gooch, the husband, allegedly fired the weapon after being knocked down, wounding Jubel as the father died later at the hospital. Gooch, 56, reportedly abusive and a plasterer by trade, faces a serious case with his son, about 20, involved in the shooting and later arrest. Public sentiment leans toward Gooch’s family, with testimony from an elderly blind neighbor and Mrs. Gooch anticipated.
An accident on the main track near Laasiter's line ends with Captain Lamiter fatally injured when a shifting engine collides with his car. The boat of details suggests confusion over motion signals as the engine moved to the sidetrack, causing a deadly crush that severed his right limb and hip before he died about two hours later. Witnesses describe efforts to aid him and his belief that a misread signal caused the tragedy.
The Press of Greece reports 162 daily and weekly papers published in Greece The first Greek paper Le vies Hermes appeared on Corfu in 1784 No paper exceeds 10000 in circulation Akropotia Athens is the largest at 46 by 64 cm Mikra Euhemerie Larissa is the smallest at 12 by 17 cm About 49 papers are printed in Greek96 papers in Greek and French and others in German Most papers are in Greek with sixty eight published in Athens Ninety one are political.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Gax at Americas Kidney Cells. It relieves pain, backs pain, and urinary retention almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by W B Taylor, druggist, Mount Airy, North Carolina.
A fragment notes a supposed cold cure offered in a condensed form. It mentions a quick approach and partial claims but lacks clear names, dates, or verifiable details.
A local testimonial praises Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung diseases noting relief for a consumptive patient. The product retails 50 cents to 1.00 at Dr W S Taylor's Drug Store with trial bottles free. The item also mentions Rev Lacy L Little a Presbyterian missionary from North Carolina married in Shanghai to Mrs Elia Co Roviden.
An OCR fragment advertises a product labeled anti diuretic claimed to help water retention and mentions a druggist at 8 Taylor Drugstore in Mount Airy. The text is garbled but suggests a sales pitch for a treatment with price of 100 dollars and references to B Detcha.
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