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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
4
Statesville May 30 Reuben Combs an 18 year old Stony Point farmer confessed to murdering his wife a three month after their marriage. He admitted he had poisoned her with strychnine after finding her dead in the cow lot and was sent to jail without bail by the coroner s jury. The couple aged 18 and 16 attended public school last winter.
By order of the Superior Court of Surry County Commissioner will sell at public cash auction on June 30 1911 at 1 PM on premises in Pilot Mountain NC a land lot described as beginning at a rock on old Academy Lot line now George Bryant corner running North 20 Jennies East.
The article urges farmers to value farm wealth beyond cash income noting hidden costs of rural living. It argues farms provide free fuel water and food and compares farm returns with other businesses using Jersey island facts to illustrate unrealized potential.
The national banking law required local banks to hold stock in the Central bank of Mexico City, enabling the Central bank to aid the Bank of Nuevo Leon and liquidate its $3,000,000 claims. Limantour returned to find Mexico’s finances snarled as the finance minister pursued a Diaz-Madero compromise, a long exhausting struggle prompting both to travel abroad for rest.
President Taft signals a peace backed withdrawal of US forces from Mexico. The first step moves 2,000 marines from Guantanamo to home stations, then northward dispersal of provisional brigades from Galveston and San Diego. San Antonio division to be split for rapid future assembly.
An ad promising relief for swollen tender feet uses Allens Paw Ease powder to ease pain and discomfort. It asserts quick walking comfort and mentions substitutions and universal availability with a price of 256.
Mrs. Maria Goertz of Orienta Oklahoma credits Perma household remedy for restoring her health and weight from 100 to 140 pounds. She cites relief from chronic catarrh and notes her husband, daughter, and son also improved from asthma earache stomach catarrh and throat catarrh respectively. She praises Dr Hartman and his books and thanks the provider for guidance.
The speaker argues that keeping or rebuilding an old farm is cheaper and wiser than moving West or starting a new town business. He urges investing in the home acres to uncover their hidden possibilities and to avoid the uncertainties of unfamiliar ventures.
An Asheville businessman keeps his conscience fund secret as four months of mailed ten dollar bills arrive with typewritten notes reading This is conscience money and I owe you a great deal more. The letters came without signatures and were mailed from a train. A third month brought another ten dollar gift and note.
Faced with death from cold and hunger, Dr. Lewis V. Gibson of San Francisco and Captain Frank Reynolds of Seattle endured seven days amid eleven feet of snow on Annette Island Alaska. They dug a canal to float the Fremont, a 134 foot wide channel seven and a half feet deep and over 150 feet long, surviving on canned goods and game while nightly dangers from wild animals loomed.
The advertisement touts a pain remedy claiming relief within hours for severe damage. It asserts the treatment removes the cause and dissolves discomfort with a first dose priced at 1.60 dollars. Marketed by Gwyn Drug Co.
C 8S Simmons the Mt. Airy Township assessor announces visits to White Plains Laurel Bluff Green Hill Flat Rock and Mount Airy Depot from June 5 to June 10, 1911, to assess and list property not yet seen. The law requires all property to be assessed by June first.
An Arizona physician endorses a self help book Hints To Healthseekers claiming rest outdoors good diet and hopeful living can cure tuberculosis. It notes quacks and over the counter remedies are harmful and cites climate as aiding recovery though home treatment is possible. The ad invites readers to request a copy for 75 cents from W Edgar Woodruff Huntington Park California.
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