Pilot Mountain school hosts educational address event
The report notes a cold snap injuring the small grain as residents at Pilot Mountain visit relatives including Mrs Lucy Ann Hangmore and daughter Magnetta. R W Redman misses school duties at Long Hill as two boys stay home. Hollow Rings Public School plans to close Saturday while Pilot Mountain students and teacher prepare an educational address.
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Lucy Ann Hangmore
Miss Magnetta
Pilot Mountain
R. W. Redman
Long Hill
Hollow Rings
Mysterious Visitor Solves Cipher Then Vanishes
The text describes a man who arrives often and stays late. At eleven she asks him about turning ciphers into a specific encoded instruction. He reads the result and vanishes, leaving the details obscure and unexplained.
Advertising Growth Spreads Globally and Locally
The passage argues that abandoning modern methods in favor of old practices would waste opportunities in advertising. It suggests ditching the ticker telephone and typewriter for hand methods to carry quotations and interviews, urging use of available ad growth opportunities.
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Wall Street Journal
Fatal shooting in Advance after pistol mishap
Mr Charles Hege aged 20 visited Miss Anna Livingood at Advance Davie county Sunday night. He carried a new pistol and cartridges ready to play with. A boy set the pistol down. the girl picked it up and fired mortally wounding Hege. The account notes grief and warnings about newspapers.
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Davie County
Charles Hege
Anna Livingood
Ater
Charlotte Observer
Ad Copy Confusion Prompts Reader Request
A reader reports an ad in the paper led them to visit a store and promise to act after reading the notice. The umpire of marketing notes the shopper plans to respond to the promotion.
Untitled note from Mrs Joe King on medical treatment
A reader from Wood- Tex, Mrs Joe King, describes four years of suffering and a lack of relief until a new treatment with a $1 bottle was tried, implying limited relief. The message reflects patient frustration and hints at a medical remedy offered.
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Erera
Joe King
Wood- Tex
Shrewd Girl Saves Old Woman in Witchcraft Trial
Elizabeth Janfield later Lady Falkland was praised for prompting a judge to question a woman accused of witchcraft. The girl, ten years old, urged inquiry into a death by witchcraft and confessed she had not seen the devil. The confession led to mercy and the woman's release.
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Elizabeth Janfield
Falkland
John Symondes
Early Telegraph Idea Outlined in 1753 Letter
A Scots Magazine letter dated February 1, 1753 from Renfrew unsigned as C M describes an electrical communication scheme. The plan transmits a charge along an insulated wire from a sending station to a receiving machine, signaling by a light pith ball or spark.
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F. B. Morse
Scots Magazine
Renfrew
C. M
Railroad Agent Rescues Gentleman At Station
Smith the railroad agent pulled a dignified man from in front of a moving through train, saving his life. The grateful passenger offered half a dollar and a cigar, but Smith refused payment, saying he never takes compensation for such acts. The moment left the man briefly humbled and the scene noted in Harper's Weekly.
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Smith
Harper’s Weekly
The Economist Tradesman Dinner Bargain
A traveling salesman settles a long overdue account and invites a shopkeeper to dine. The shopkeeper asks what the meal would cost, and the traveler quotes 3 or 4 shillings. The economist replies to give 4 shillings and be just as well pleased as if he had paid the same amount.
Very Few Stops Tillie Enjoys New Toy Organ
A neighbor visits Tillie’s mother and asks how many stops the toy organ has. The mother quips four: breakfast, luncheon, inner and bed, highlighting the child’s perpetual play since receiving the organ from her father.
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Tillie
Ready For All Comers Parasol Rice Shower
Passengers startled as rice rained from the bride's parasol after the rack removal. The groom, steady and bold, declared their short marriage and praised the bride calling her his violet while noting his 208 pounds.
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Success Magazine
Trustee's Sale of Jessup Lands in Meadow Branch Area
By power in a deed of trust dated March 1899 Jas M Jessup property along Meadow Branch in Mount Airy NC is offered at public sale to the highest bidder on February 18 at the Town Hall. The parcel includes several tracts totaling acreage with metes and bounds, conveying land once deeded by Martin Jessup and John Shelton among others.
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Jas. M. Jessup
Mount Airy
N. C
Meadow Branch
William Jessup
Wm. Jessup
Martin Jessup
Jessup
W. Bank of Said
Shelton
John Shelton
Meadow Ranch
Silas Pet
White Oak
William m Jessup
J . M. Jessup
W. F. Carter
Stant Newman Sesnices
Suim Booke
First Nationa Bank
Te Ney
Bebery
Willis Cooper
Stunt Newman
Notice to creditors for estate of Jos W Ashby
Administrator Jno L Ashby notifies all claimants against the Jos W Ashby estate to present their claims by December 12, 1908. Creditors are reminded to settle debts promptly. dated December 11, 190 Jno L Ashby Administrator.
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Jos. W. Ashby
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Mt. Airy R.F.D. No. 1 News
Mount Airyn
M. L. Collins
W. Briscoe Smoot
Prop
Main and
Needmore Streets
Virginia Miller Hay
Ruff Smith
Mount Airy, N.C
D. W
Jacob W. Jems
M. Jessup
J. Merson
Jno
L. Ashby
University College OF Medicine
Stuart McGuire
The
Cash Store
Cliffon
Panama
Chas. A. Stevens & Bros
Chicago
Miss Cora Earp
J. L. Wolfe
Barber
Bank of Mt. Airy
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