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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
8
Four acres of cleared land with a three room house and outbuildings for sale in Mountain Park a growing school town three miles from State Road. A bargain for someone. For information address.
In pursuance of an 1913 act and town ordinances the heirs named must build a cement sidewalk along Depot and Main streets within 30 days or the town will construct it and assess the cost to their property. This April 22, 1914. R E Holland Chief of Police Pilot Mountain NC.
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Roosevelt will resist fusion with the Republican and Progressive parties until after the congressional elections. He aims to crush the old guard, prove Democratic success requires his leadership, and then dictate merger terms. Roosevelt plans to run in key states and back House campaigns to boost Democratic majorities.
Authorities say the British polo team is stronger than the 1913 cup losers. Captains Barrett Cheape Lockett and Tomkinson lead the team with Reade and Lord Wimborne as substitutes. Harry Payne Whitney disputes the notion of American favorites and argues player merit and handicaps favor the English side.
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as a country widely used cure for Sannec liver and intestinal ailments. It claims rapid relief from indigestion dizziness and stomach trouble, with benefits to digestion blood flow and overall vitality, offering free literature from Geo H Mayr Mig Chemist in Chicago.
By decree of the Superior Court of Surry County I will re sell at public auction on the premises at Boyden Station on Monday June 8 1914 at 12 o clock noon the lands in Shoals Township lying on the Yadkin River bounded by the Yadkin and adjoining A Sullivan John Y Phillips Jeb Scott Sawyer Oliver Hauser and others containing in part a tract of lands composed of several lots in North Carolina
The Bull Moose party favors renaming to Progressive Republican with a shift away from Southern representation at future national conventions. Other terms may be proposed later, but these are seen as fundamental. Local notes include court sessions, travels of Miss Annie Folger and the Folger brothers, and visits by Mt. Airy residents. A patient is moved to Oaks Sanatorium and local officials visit Dobson. A church children's exercise drew a full house with the verse quoted.
The Riverview government observatory logged what may be the strongest quake in seismograph history in the South Pacific region. Instruments recorded three hours of seismic waves suggesting a massive upheaval near the southern Pacific.
Morning worship at 945 A M in Mt Airy Ible School. Evening service at 11 A M. Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 P M. Choir practice Friday night Pastor M Davis Branon invites those without a church home to worship with Us.
The lands of C. V. 38 Borden on the lower end are to be sold later by order of the Court. They will be offered as a whole with terms: one-fourth cash and the rest on credit at six twelve and eighteen months with bond and approved security. Bid starts at 11000. Timber and tobacco land with river and Grassy Creek bottoms and a water power dam on Grassy Creek. This May 6 1914. E. L. Gaither, Commissioner.
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