Jim Smith's trail found in Smithtown crackdown
Winston-Salem reports United Revenue Commissioner authorizes libel actions against every inhabitant of Smithtown in Stokes County to suppress illicit distilling. The plan targets landowners and leverages forfeiture to the government, with warnings of seizure if landowners aid distillers. وهناك mention of Jim Smith and pursuit rumors with scattered local gossip.
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Winston-Salem
United Ce
Smithtown
United Commissioner of Internal Revenue
FE. A. Holton
Holton
Stokes County
Gov- Post
Nevill Carry
Health ration coffee substitute advertised by Dr Soo
The notice touts a coffee substitute from Dr Soo of Racine Wisconsin praised as closest to real coffee with quick preparation. It claims health benefits and features a testimonial from A Hauser and mentions malt and grain components.
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Soo
Racine
Wis
A. Hauser
Three More Smithtowners Captured in Guilford County
Greensboro January 12 Three more of Smithtown population were jailed after a raid in the blockading district. Two white men and one Negro were captured by deputy marshals as part of a continuing crackdown on moonshiners. Seven blockaders from Smithtown are already in Atlanta penitentiary with others likely to join at the April federal term.
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Virginia
Smith
Marshal Hendrix
Hendrix
Greensboro
Smithtown
Guilford County
Atlanta
United _Suncee
Lynching at Pine Level Targets False Black Show Man
News from Johnston County reports a mob in Pine Level lynching a Black man who advertised a show. Residents confronted the advance agent after a second alleged grander performance, then dragged him away and left his body on the Southern railroad tracks. The coroner's jury says he died before being placed on the tracks. The attacker’s identity remains unknown.
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Pine Level
Here
Epie
Editor Receives Scathing Suburban Subscriber Letter
A country editor endures an irate note from Hiram Doaks who mocks the paper for ignoring local happenings and editorial demands. He criticizes missing gossip, social items, and even a census of family matters, threatening to withhold support and hinting at re subscription if an obituary is published.
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Russell
Bill Simpson
Henry
Anny
Ark
Hiram Doaks
P. S
Pineules 408 treatment touted by Texas man as cure
A Woodlawn Texas man after four years of kidney and bladder trouble says Pineules 408, purchased for $1 from J. W. McPherson & Co, cured him and that money could not buy the relief. The testimonial is presented by Mia urging readers to try the remedy.
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Mia
Joe King
Woodland
Tex
J. W. McPherson & Co
Governor’s special session to tackle rail rate reform in 1908
Gov. Glenn calls the North Carolina General Assembly to meet January 21 in Raleigh to consider amending rail passenger rates. The plan includes raising intra state mileage from 2 to 24 cents, with 15 cent surcharge for tickets not bought, and pilot mileage books for heads of families and firms. The measure covers inter state travel and applies to several Southern states.
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Raleigh
Glenn
Council of State
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Gienn
Atlantic Coast Line
Pocreade
Head&d
Virginia
Tennessee
Caroline
Alabama
Georgia
State Corporation Commission
Omeres
Robert B. Glenn
General Assembly
House of Representatives
South Carolina
Corporation Commission
South
How to Avoid Appendicitis and Constipation Cure
Article promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. Claims it restores natural bowels action and mentions J. H. Gwyn as a seller.
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Orino
J. H. Gwyn
Insidious Kidney Trouble Warns of Fatal Hidden Disease
An article by J. H. Gwyn cautions that kidney trouble progresses quietly and may become fatal before symptoms are noticed. It promotes early use of Kidney Cure to correct irregularities and related conditions such as diabetes.
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J. H. Gwyn
Folding beds promise space saving new marvels
A dealer extols a compact folding bed that morphs into a wash stand, tub, dressing-case with mirror, dining table, and even an upright piano with a press of springs and buttons. The item reportedly ends as a rosewood coffin after death.
Doan’s Kidney Pills Prove Helpful to Mrs Reeves
A North Carolina woman Mrs Nellis Reagon Reeves of 218 North Sryer Street credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with curing back and kidney pain after years of misery. She says the remedy, bought at a local drug store, eased her back aches and kidney trouble. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes Doan’s nationwide at 50 cents.
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Dean
North Carolina
Nellis Reagon Reeves
North Sryer Street
Lorence
Charlotte
Ridney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’s
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