North Carolina Prohibition Bill Pushed to 1909 Election
The document outlines a proposed act to ban manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in North Carolina with exceptions for medical and religious uses. It sets penalties for physicians and druggists, details delivery rules, and mandates a referendum on April 28 to decide Sections 1 through 8 with voting in federal precincts and specific ballot wording. It also covers election administration and enforcement provisions.
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State Anti-Saloon League
House and Safe
House
Representative Dowd
Senate
Senator Long
North Carolina
General Assembly of
State of
Carolina
United States
Local resident praises kidney treatment in brief notice
Mrs. Joe King of Woodland Texas reports four years of suffering from kidney and bladder issues. After eight days of a claimed $1 treatment she says temporary relief came and the bottle was life changing, with a guarantee offered by Pheireon & Co.
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Joe King
Woodland
Tex
Pheireon & Co
Insidious Kidney Trouble Warns of Fatal Risk
An editorial warns kidney disease is insidious and deadly before symptoms appear. It advises taking Pole as Kidney Cure at first signs, claiming it irregularifies Brey tite, Bawa Severe and Saawies.
Dr Shoop Brings Quick Coffee Substitute from Racine Wis
A new coffee substitute by Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin promises instant preparation without long boiling times. The product is described as real coffee flavor from toasted cereals or grain with malt and nuts, offering a healthful alternative.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Tie Lane Corte
New Jersey farmer's deadly trap raises a grim moral question
The Chattanooga Times recounts a shocking incident where a New Jersey farmer lured a calf into a passing car using a trap set with a shotgun and extortion. Victims paid cash and gave a note to avoid repercussion, prompting a debate on justice and morality.
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Chattanooga Times
New Jersey
Wall Street
Calf Ignores Road Turns Forest in Folklore Tale
A rustic proverb from the Charlotte Observer compares a stubborn calf to a mule in a rural scene. The animal resists guidance, hides in the brush, and would be chased by dogs if the farmer pursued it, illustrating the stubborn habit of messing with fate.
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Charlotte Observer
Postponed meeting on minimum car loads for strawberry season
Wilmington N C January 22 the executive committee of the North Carolina truck and fruit growers association postpones a special meeting with Atlantic Coast Line officials to set a minimum car load for the strawberry season due to the absence of Emerson and Branch. The industry expects about 2000 cars from the eastern North Carolina area if conditions hold. The ice plant in town runs at seventy tons daily with plans to store about 6000 tons by April. Early February will see Independent Ice Company start up to ship ice along the W and W railroad. Lettuce and cabbage crops are starting, radish sowing is planned next week, and potato planting is expected in the near term as a busy period for Wilmington growers unfolds.
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Wilmington
N. C
Earthrolina Ruck and Fruit Growth Association
W. EB. Springer
Carolina
Bourn
Independent
Ice Company
A Lesson in Contentment and the New York Unemployed
The piece contrasts comfortable living with the harsh plight of New York’s unemployed who shoveled snow after a storm. Seventy five percent lacked adequate clothing and food, shoes tied with strings, and many quit from exhaustion. It cites Jack London’s The People of the Abyss as context and urges readers to empathize.
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New York
Jack London
Posters warn hoboes along LA railway line crackdown
Los Angeles police launch a poster campaign along rail corridors from the city toward the desert to deter tramps. Posters claim rent is high and food scarce and threaten workers for hoboes arriving in Los Angeles. The effort, attributed to Poem Shal Anderson of Yuma Arizona, reportedly succeeded.
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Los Angeles
Desert
Shal Anderson
Yuma
Ari
Fatal Mock Duel Ends in Boy's Death in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on January 25 a mock duel between James Miles and O Williams, both 12 from prominent families, led to Miles' death. The boys, returning from a hunting trip, joked about dogs. Williams fired his gun, believing it unloaded, and the shot struck Miles in the heart, killing him instantly.
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Little Rock
Ark
James Miles
O Williams
Miles
Iles
Williams
Cough Syrup Notice on Effects and Misconceptions
A fragmented description claims a cough medicine may affect every muscle and fibre, alter patience and digestion, and drive the cold from the body. The garbled text suggests warnings about delaying treatment and misconceived effects on the bowels and secretions.
Fragmentary note on a congregation and distmbed taCoy
A partial OCR fragment mentions a congregation and a disruption or distribution event. It references a person named J Gwyn and implies a continuation of a disturbance or distribution, but details are unclear.
Pope Quotation Note: He hurts the good who spares a bad
A brief quotation attributed to Pope emphasizes that harming good people is worse than sparing bad ones. The line reflects a moral stance against selective mercy and endorses decisive justice.
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Pope
How to Avoid Appendicitis Cures for constipation and laxatives
Advertisement explains appendicitis risk from constipation and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup and Lanetive Fruit Syrup as cures. Claims the products stimulate the liver and bowels, restore bowel action, and are mild and pleasant. Sold by J. H. Gwyn.
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Orino
J. H. "Gwyn
Fragmentary Chicago snippet hints at survival talk
Incomplete excerpt shows a terse exchange between speakers about living costs and what one person will rely on. The context references Chicago and a casual conversation about finances and sustenance.
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Ailments
An advertisement from Greensboro by John A. Allen touts Doan's Kidney Pills as cures for urinary trouble and kidney ills including diabetes. Allen reports improved health after use and urges others to buy from Wilkerson Mill and Buffalo New York agents.
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Dean
L. John A. Allen
Ashe and
Washington Sts
Greensboro
Cara
Doan
Ter
Milluorn Co
Baffalo Neweek
United States
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Chadbourn
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Chicago
Mount Airy
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Greensboro, N
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