Everyboy Dances in Taft Administration
A collage of 1900s items from Atchison Globe and Winston Salem Journal details Taft era social dancing at Washington events, a noted public figure's record of prosecutions by A. E. Holton, and odd domestic contracts. It contrasts political revelry with federal cases and fines totaling over 252 thousand dollars, highlighting Holton’s long career and notable defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Salem Journal
A. E. Holton
United States
Hoton
Greensboro
Ashville
Charlotte
Statesville
Wilkesboro
Atlanta
Holton
Mr. Holton
William E. Breese
J E. Dickerson
Asheville
Breese
Dickerson
Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
B. F. Sprinkle
Rockingham County
Sprinkle
Supreme Court of the United States
T.M. Angle
Dr. L. Arey
Salisbury
Arey
Supreme Court of the
Nick Willams Whiskey Company
Samuels ‘and
Davis
Doan's Kidney Pills Widely Endorsed By Mount Airy
Mount Airy merchants report Doan's Kidney Pills relieve dull back pain and irregular kidney secretions. A local executive testifies the medicine strengthened his kidneys and ended backache after using a box bought at Ashcraft Drug Co. Sold nationwide for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Mount Airy
A. W. Dean
Main St
Mt. Airy
N. C
Ashcraft Drug Co
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan's
White Death Simple Sanitary Precautions Against Tuberculosis
A Metropolitan Life Insurance bulletin urges thorough disinfection of rooms after a consumptive era. It warns that the spit spreads germs, dirt and dampness aid the disease, and sunshine and cleanliness combat tuberculosis. It notes that strong health habits lower risk and that alcohol users are more vulnerable.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Burglary Convict Sentenced to Death in Newbern
Jesse Whitehead, a colored man, found guilty of first degree burglary in Newbern, with $500 loot seized from his house. Judge Peebles imposes electrocution for April 29, marking the county’s first execution under the new law. The case followed strong evidence and initial admission, soon denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbern
Jesse Whitehead
Peebles
Whitehead
Threats Warn Tobacco Dealers Over Dry Prizes
Farmers across Reidsville receive circulars and post cards threatening violence unless they quit drying tobacco and stop selling on warehouse floors. Officials deny any connection, suspecting a prank, while readers doubt serious harm will follow. LaGrippe remedies touted by advertisers end with Folys Honey.
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Reidsville
Kentucky
Notice of Tax Sale in Mount Airy North Carolina
A tax sale by J Connell, tax collector for Mount Airy, on May 1909, at the courthouse door in Donson, resulted in J Connell becoming purchaser of property in Surry County. The lot on church street in Mount Airy, formerly listed under W Patterson and named contributors Bowman and Johnson, will convey after the legal period expires. Dated February 10, 1910.
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North Carolina
Surry County
W. E. Patterson
Ben
J. ©. Connell
Mt. Airy
W. Terson
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Suet
Atchison Globe
Cairo
Ill
Frederick L. Douglas
Macon
Mana
Asheboro
Howard Parrish
William Parrish
Cox
Rand
Elph County
Frank Dek
Parwish
TAFT
Washington
Speaker Cannon
Depew
Hitchcock
Crowninshield
Ethel Roosevelt
Dickinson
Ballinger
Navy
Meyer
General Bell
Army
Pierce Horn
White House
Mabel Boardman
New York State
Miss Paulding
Senator Depew
Walt
Miss McArthur
Apy
Journal
Record
Samuels
R. A. Deal
Chronicle
Wilkes County
Boyd
J. W. Hastey
Methuselah
Der
Chamberlain
Horace
Gwyn Drag Store
Asaasein
William McDonald
First Baptist Church of Waxhaw
Tabernacle
Policeman McKnight
Chrienstburg
John Crawford
Crawford
McDonald
South Carolina
Lexington
Daniel Boone
Chamberin
Rockingham
Foley
All Druggiate
Poicy
Guernsey
John A. Young
Greensboro Nurseries
Greensboro,en
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