Mt Airy news Christmas items and local notes
A round of local happenings in Mount Airy includes Christmas greetings, church fund gains, and a factory upgrade. Reports cover a motor installation at J. S. Marshall and Co, a Christmas program at Worker Mission, and the Marble Works project. Also noted are fires on Needmore Street, aging residents, and a public letter from M B Smith denying divorce rumors and praising his wife’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hill
R. W. Reece
P.S. Rothrock
Mrs. Fannie Gillespie Rites Held At Davis Burial Ground
Mrs. Fannie Gillespie died Friday after a lingering illness of seven weeks. She was 75 and survived by a large family. Funeral services were held beside her late husband at Davis Woolly Burial Ground. The community mourns a kind woman described as a devoted mother and neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Gillespie
Las Friday
Hiett Héphen
Emmett Sparnes
Davis Wolly Burying Ground
A Heavy Shower for Miss Rachel Hollingsworth
A Monday afternoon shower hosted by Mrs. J. D. McCollum on Franklin Street celebrated Miss Rachel Hollingsworth. About thirty guests enjoyed hot chocolate, a “Courtship in the Vegetable Kingdom” contest, fortune pins, and a display of gifts as guests offered best wishes to the bride elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Hollingsworth
J. D. McCollum
Franklin Street
Sara Banner
Hollingsworth
Mesdames Sydnor and
Brock
McCollum
Death of Mrs G G Redman in Poot Mountain NC
Mrs G G Redman died at home on South Depot Street after a ten o'clock Thursday night illness. She was 32, wife of G G Redman agent for Southern Railway at Sanford, with seven children from about twelve to eight months old. Daughter of Captain and S S Buhhanan of Roch ford neighborhood. A devout Baptist, her funeral was at the Baptist church with interment at Pilot cemetery. Relatives mourn their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poot Mountain
N. C
South Depot Street
G. G. Redman
Smale
S. S. Buhhanan
Rochford
Baptist Church
Southern Railway Company
Sanford
Local Resident Pays Subscription and Advances Date
Venable of near this city walked into The News office and paid a silver dollar to advance his subscription to January 1910. After the credit was posted he noted his prepayment affected his potatoes new rot and his babies, though the text ends abruptly with unreadable words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Venable
Venable
Ararat Lodge to Hold Instalation Meeting in Ararat NC
Ararat Lodge No. 555 A F and A M will hold a public instalation at their hall in Ararat North Carolina at 2 PM on December 26 with Bro S P Graves of Mt Airy NC delivering a lecture on Free Masonry. All lodge members and sisters are invited to attend and hear Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ararat
Ararat N C
Dee
S. P. Graves
Mt. Airy N.C
Bro
Graves
Bryant
National Dress Goods Co Sales Agent Ad
Sales agent wanted to sell high grade dress goods and waists. Women of average ability can earn 25.00 weekly. No apites required. Samples and price list free. Address Dept. 10 National Dress Co 200 West Broadway New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste Careg
Lars
Sam Pies
National Dresses Co
West Broadway
New York
N. Y
Repair Work Jone Promptly Casting to Order
Repair work described with casting made to order including plates pulleys madres boxes sash weights plow points grates andirons and other castings for repair at al Waye in shock on December 0 10 percent
High Prices Continue At Christian's
We offer premier service in Mt. Airy with the best lighted house and top auctioneer. We work harder for you than any men, driving high prices and market leadership. See us to prove why Piedmont sellers trust us for top value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vie Deuson
Collee
Mt. Airy
Jet Ag
Piedmont
W. E. Jackson & Co. Christmas Display and Offers
W. E. Jackson and Co. announce a large Christmas display with Ashcrafts Private Stock cigars six for 25 cents and a Santa Claus visit for three weeks. They also advertise a job for a reliable white woman to cook for a small family and a pair of fine mares for sale at Mt. Airy North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Harrison
Mt. Airy, N. C
W. E. Jackson & Co
Ashcraft
Do A. Jackson
Mt. Airy
N.C
Wib Jackson & Co Promo Sells Xmas Gifts
Local advertisement urges readers to buy Christmas presents from Wib Jackson & Co. promoting a seasonal selection and urging early shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Jackson & Co
Wib Jackson & Co
First National Bank of Mount Airy Annual Meeting 1909
The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of the First National Bank of Mount Airy North Carolina for the election of directors will be held in the bank office on Tuesday morning January 12 1909 at ten o'clock. T G Fawcett cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Mount Airy
N. C
T. G. Fawcett
Lady Wanted to Sell Dress Goods and Perfumes
Employment notice advertising an industrious woman to introduce a large line of dress goods waists trimmings and related items among local residents. Mentions perfume and toilet articles and earnings of 20 dollars weekly. Direct from mills pricing implied.
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Mount Airy
Chamber of Commerce
S. J. Marshall and Co
Gertrude Smith
Peace Institute
Allene Gallaway
Baptist Univer
Reloich
Annie Halligrsworth
Salem Academy
Briggs Prather
Converse College
Spartanburg
Irene Smith
Messrs
Rober Payne
Needmore Street
William A. Moore
M. L. Patterson
Pat
Tlatterson
T. J. Thompson
D. Vance Price
Elin Street
Eeers
A. M. Reid
A. C. Snow
Siloam
Mr. Cleve Armfield
Lowgap
J. B. Sparger
Stuart
W. J. Beerly
Lexington
Claude Shelton
South Carolina
Mrs. Kochiitzky
Greensboro
N. H. Wright and Son
Raleigh
John Armfield
Longap
City
Yadkin Co
Lizzie Ashby
Charlotte
Charlotte Sanitorium
S. EF. Gates
R. J. Reynolds Tech. Co
Patrick Co
Moses Epperson
Patrick Co. Va
Miss Roda
Thomas L. Far
Reidaville, MN. C
Walter Holcomb
Nashvillee Tonn
Cartersville
B. V. Holcomb
Pine Street
Holcomb
Alexandria Va
Newport
Rhode Island
Mount Airy News
Mount Airy N. C
Canada
Virginia
M. B. Smith
Wire
Redman
J.D. Manick
Mount Airy, N
Christian’s
Christmas
Santa Clause
W.E. Jackson & Company
Business Builders
W. EF. Jackson & Co
Cur
LE Barker
Walton
Bakker
Haynes & Brown
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