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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
4
A layman's missionary movement is urged to apply business methods to church work. Proponents argue for wealth, numbers, and spirit to evangelize in one generation, stressing that lay business talent can manage finances and material interests effectively.
Bay City Michigan reports Roland Rich, grandson of Christine Corgeon, a wealthy widow, jailed on murder charges after she was found dead in a burning bed just before his wedding. Rich claims his clothing ring and $100 were missing, suggesting robbery as motive.
A wartime tale about General Wheeler shows him easing a grieving German father by ensuring his son’s body is escorted home with honors. The incident at Montauk during the Spanish War highlights Wheeler’s kindness, duty, and shared humanity amid war’s horrors.
In Augusta a group of sea captains recount a dramatic incident aboard the Emma S when a lightning strike split the deck and a bolted fore to gall mast, driven end for end to seal a hole and keep the vessel afloat amid rough seas. The tale blends nautical lore with cautionary fortune.
The Baptist Courier urges a layman’s movement to mobilize business talent for church growth. It argues pastors should unite with lay leaders to run church affairs as a holy corporation, expanding mission, development, and enlarging the church through disciplined business oversight.
A damaged ad copy touts a topical liniment for rheumatism and neuralgia. It claims rapid relief from pain and sleeplessness, urging trials even after long-standing cases and promising noticeable comfort at low cost.
The Denver Republic notes beavers have invaded the state causing property damage and prompting game commission permits to kill. Anthony Sneeve reports ten hides after fencing on Brush permit land, while Mrs. Bond near Pine in Platte canon seeks removal of a dam destroying shade trees.
Advertisement touts Foley's Orino Laxative as solving constipation stomach and liver troubles. It claims to sweeten the stomach stimulate the liver and cleanse the bowels, asserting superiority over common laxatives and noting availability from all druggists.
A brief humorous vignette describes a minister resting after service while his small son asks if preaching tires him. The boy replies that it tires him as well to hear his father. The piece appears in the June edition of the paper.]
Advertisement promotes a product claimed to cure women’s ailments. It mentions back pain urinary bladder or kidney trouble and offers a free sample pack by The Mother Gray Co. located in Le Roy or Le Roy.
Advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen tired hot feet. Includes free sample of Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn Pad, a new invention. Mail to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Trustee W F Carter will sell at public auction on Saturday at 2 PM the land of Joseph Nations Mal Davis and others, beginning at William Mitchell's corner, containing 0.78 acre with one fourth acre previously sold to Nick Banner. Proceeds to satisfy balance due under a deed of trust dated February 24, 1894.
A patient plagued by fifteen years of indigestion seeks remedies and spends much on tonics before trying Dr Kid's New Life Pills. The pills allegedly cure constipation biliousness sick headache stomach and liver troubles. The testimonial notes renewed health after use.
A British publication notes rat skins fetch about $200 000 yearly in London for book bindings frames purses and glove thumbs. A new act in Denmark boosted unemployment earnings to 75 to 90 cents daily last year. England faces rat damage worth millions annually and employs many to capture them.
Advert reads Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures pimples sores boils and skin emotions. It softens skin and clears the face. Claims to treat pimples sore eyes cracked lips chapped hands. Availability Ashcraft Drug Co.
Notice urges Mayors and Justices of the Peace to itemize court costs with names of parties and witnesses, to reduce subpoena expenses. It also asks administrators executors and guardians to file annual returns and final settlements, emphasizing duties and cost savings. Dated April 6, 10s.
Mrs O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praises a tonic called Rich Len s Gifts for curing headaches backache fainting and dizziness. She claims it enhances health and vigor and recommends purchasing at Avhcraft Drug Co for 50 cents.
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