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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
A local tale tells how Dick Nutt hired Yancy Graves to chop four cords of wood on Main Street under a contract with a fifty dollar forfeiture and a twenty dollar bonus, completed in four days. Graves earned seventy dollars for three days of work amid town chatter and a pension suggestion for Nutt.
The notice states Fol ey's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates and is safe for children. It clarifies no opiate content and assures compliance with regulations.
Greensboro Record warns of widespread adulteration in liquor including concentrated lye. It notes water dilution, doctored whiskey, and dangers to drinkers with lye poisoning risks. The piece stresses the need for pure food laws to curb adulteration.
A local merchant promotes goods after placing an advertisement in THE News. The notice urges readers to visit the shop and take advantage of promotional prices and limited-time offers.
A jittery local column from Canada records A J Weddle ponies near Mollie age, Mrs. Wisler’s visit and return, two young men lost in a storm wandering the woods, Mrs. Aden’s improving health, a newborn girl staying with Vernon family, and various local visits and ill list updates. It concludes with a clipped excerpt about jail correspondence and delays referencing a Liverpool Mercury note.
Elizabeth M. Cremond a Boston trained nurse testifies to Vinol restoring her strength after severe illness. She credits cod liver oil emulsion comparisons and urges patients needing strength to take Vinol. Ashcraft Drug Co offers Vinol with a money back guarantee in Mount Airy.
A parliamentary anecdote recalls Mr Curzon’s failed defense of a measure linked to India’s governance. In a toss of wit a question asks the exact value of a lac of rupees and Curzon admits he does not know, sealing his defeat as the chamber laughs. Also notes on thunder and sheet lightning and a drug advert for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
By deed of trust dated December 4 1905 Isaac McChandlas furnishes two promissory notes for 57 33 each. J A Tesh, beneficiary, will sell at public auction on January 28 1908 at 2 PM, in Surry County, a one acre tract described by natural landmarks, adjoining Virginia Dicks and Mo Dicks, conveyed by CW Banner 1899 to Isaac Chandlas to satisfy debt with interest. Graves Attorneys handle the matter.
A Mount Airy source notes the claim that only a Democrat would cause railroads to bear higher costs, reflecting partisan attack on infrastructure policy.
By authority in a trust deed dated September 1906 I R Lewellyn as trustee will sell for cash at public auction February 15 1908 at 2 PM at the Dobson courthouse door to satisfy a bond default. The property lies in Dobson township Surry County North Carolina described as 28 acres more or less bounded by Bou by G Holyfield river R H Bledsus and Oliver Stanley. Administratrix R C Lewellyn of J R Lewellyn deceased acknowledges the sale.
John asks Priascilla about tea preferences and mentions Rocky Mountain Tea as the best. The dialogue includes garbled phrases and a reference to Ashcraft Drug Co. in a fragmented historical newspaper snippet.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a wake up phrase and a personal name Ringe Little Liver Pilla with unclear context and a note of sale by three. The readable portion provides few verifiable facts or dates.
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