Mt Airy News items and train schedule from 1908
A Mount Airy News column reports on local events including a large Salem Methodist meeting led by Rev Z T Barnhardt with many professions. health and court notes. sports with Mt Airy losing to Westfield. church plans for a new Baptist house. and multiple notices of travelers, visitors, and residents across town plus a serious arm injury and a wagon accident affecting local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. T. Barnhardt
Salem Methodist Church
E. D. Harris
Elkin
Local notices and shop talk from a small town paper
In dull days subscribers are urged to pay debts or settle in produce and to expect stoppage if credit exceeds a year. A child dies, and a quarry scene with a massive stone block is described. Local ads offer a milk cow, storage building, quarry work, and job pleas for two young men to learn quarrying in Winston, N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Davis
Great Clearance Sale Offers Bargains on Yard Goods
Local ads announce deep discounts on lawn fabrics and ginghams with 10¢ to 84¢ per yard prices. Woolen blankets cut from 5.00 to 3.60, Androscoggin bleach priced low, and cotton plaids and other textiles offered in large quantities at reduced rates.
Hosiery and White Goods Offer Bargain Line
The store touts a strong hosiery range with guaranteed satisfaction and promising money back. White Goods are praised for new styles and handsome patterns while offering quality at low prices. Percale at 10c, unheard of compared with other shops at 12 4c. Sheeting valued at 4c per yard, about 25 percent off, and umbrellas available to match needs.
Linen Prices Cut to Clear by Linens Butchers
Linen items advertised with reductions note linen worth 15c now 124¢c and fine linen listed at 60c drop to 45c. The ad highlights bargain textiles available for quick sale.
Shirt goods sale undercutting rivals at eight cents
Local textile shop advertises shirting goods priced at 8 cents, undercutting competing offers of 10 cents. The brief notice emphasizes low, affordable rates for busy shoppers.
R B Moore Commission Merchant Seeks Produce Trade
R B Moore of Wilmington offers to handle cabbage apples onions Irish potatoes and chickens at 111 North Water Street. He invites produce traders to bring stock for sale or exchange through his commission business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Moore Commission Merchant
North Water St
Wilmington, N. C
Veterans Union Reunion Call At Winston Aug Nineteenth
Attention to Veterans invites all who wish to attend a reunion at Winston on August 19 and 20 to report to Adjutant J R Paddison or S C Franklin commander of Lurry Co Camp. Norfleet Camp asks for headcount to plan entertainment and asks prompt replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
J. R. Paddison
Mr. Airy
Norfleet
S. C. Franklin
Lurry Co Camp
Simulaton Without Irritation Urino Laxative Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Simulaton Without Irritation Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cleansing bowel stimulant. It notes it is sold by J. H. Gwyn and emphasizes irritation free action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gwyn
Satterfield's Gallery Services and Associated Retail Ads
Photographic services offered by Miss Savannah Satterfield on Main Street with quick turnaround and satisfaction guarantee. Local ads include 9 inch Brown Plush Teddy Bears at 25 cents, Magic Curlers at 5 and 10 cents, Victor Phonographs and records, Stevens catalogues via Miss Earp, Kebback films developed at Satterfield's, and assorted treats at Ashcraft's including Golden Orange Ale and grape cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earp
Satterfield
E. C. Foy Furniture Co
Victor
Public auction of Lemuel T. Cockerham lands in Surry County
By order of the Superior Court of Surry County I will sell at public auction on July 4 1908 at 1 P M the Lemuel T. Cockerham lands in Surry County North Carolina totaling about 58 acres across three tracts. Terms: one third cash one third in six months and the remainder in twelve months with note and approved security. I W Reece Commissioner. This June 1 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of
Surry County
James Smith
Daniel Barker
William Cockerham
Lemuel Cockerham
Patsy Smith
Lemuel T. Cockerham
Lemuel T
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