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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
2
Mount Airy North Carolina June 11 1903 issue lists subscription prices with payment in advance. Rates show one copy for three men and second class mail at $1.00.
A large number of nurses are required in Gainesville Georgia to meet a staffing shortage. Reports indicate a substantial fire in Naples Italy valued at 2400000 dollars. The Monte di Pieti was destroyed during the blaze. The Pope of Rome reportedly refused to meet President Loubet during his Italian visit.
A ship sank last Wednesday resulting in seventy three deaths. The son of those lost faces the duty to identify and recover remains in the days ahead as authorities mourn the tragedy.
The Wilmington Star notes that Indiana farmers show prosperity as their earnings deposited in state banks create a surplus that cannot be loaned.
An excursion train derailed on the Atlantic Coast Line near Wedgefield South Carolina on Wednesday killing the conductor and four passengers and injuring twenty five others.救
Ernest Haywood has been released in Raleigh and must post ten thousand dollars to appear at the July trial. His bondsmen added seventy thousand dollars in bond, reflecting a high-stakes bail action and stern pretrial conditions.
Secretary Root directed an officer from Fort McPherson be sent to Gainesville Georgia with instructions to deliver sufficient rations to storm sufferers to prevent loss of life.
The town pushes for a new railway line to connect from four directions. If approved, Winston would gain first class railway facilities and enable travel to many places, matching any state city.
A call for better ties between employers and workers urges adoption of The Golden Rule as a guiding standard. The author warns that without this principle, strikes and bloodshed will continue and conflict will worsen.
Dispatches describe Gainesville Georgia's near devastation after Monday’s tornado. An estimated 100 dead, about 150 injured with 20 likely to die, 800 homeless, and property loss near 100000. Relief efforts and widespread contributions continue amid the reconstruction mood.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a sure cure for eczema itch skin humors pimples and carbuncles. It purports to enrich unify and vitalize blood to heal sores and improve skin health with a $1 price and home cure directions.
Severe floods in South Carolina cause extensive industrial and residential damage. The Clifton and Pacolet mills suffer near total losses with thousands of spindles and bales destroyed. More than five hundred displaced and thousands out of work amid rivers rising to record heights. Rescue efforts ongoing as residents cling to trees.
Six thousand two hundred residents of Black Walnut on the Missouri north bank near St Louis are cut off as rising water closes escape routes. Coulogne levee near East Saint Louis broke, forcing 200 colored families from homes. No deaths reported as Mississippi flood expands, leaving 25 000 homeless within twenty miles and flooding 200 000 acres.
A New York church proposes a 100 acre summer farm to aid the poor of its neighborhood. The farmhouse will house about fifty people for a week or two, with mothers and children going together. No creed distinctions. practical Christian philanthropy intended as a model.
A family living in a remote area faces frequent desperation after accidents causing burns cuts and wounds. The ad urges Bubblen's Arnica Salve as best on earth for 25¢ at F Gallaway's drug store.
A one ton bronze statue was stolen from the fourth floor of a Chicago building. Police suspect the thieves abandoned the operation before they could return for the artwork.
A terse warning declares a dangerous man who roves fallen comrades should be shunned like a serpent, urging caution and moral rebuke.
A southern sympathizing play depicts Mrs Warrington and niece held by Yankees. Miss Conyers loves Jack Warrington while Gordon Beverly courts Miss Warrington. George Stone schemes to save or betray, Ned the slave helps Confederate rescue, ending in treason trial for Stone and a double wedding. Cast list follows.
The Hillsville Journal reports the death of J Preston Worrell at his home near Gladesboro in this county on Saturday night. He died from laudanum poisoning believed to be with suicidal intent. Worrell had long endured ill health and dropsy and had recently undergone surgery. he was an insurance man who, returning home, bought laudanum and swallowed several vials, leading to his death within hours.
J A Tesh offers estimates for all building kinds in Mount Airy WN He guarantees top workmanship and precision on mouldings brackets porch and stair work and sells building materials locally Also advertises as a dealer for all building supplies seeking calls for prices and quotes
Land ad listing 160 acres in Marsh township Barry county with bottom land timber meadow and cow pasture. Includes 6 room dwelling stock barn 8 barns out buildings excellent water and well improved. Terms flexible contact Rusk Surry county N 0 P 0 Layne for details.
The ledger shows totals for twelve months with assets of 4427.90 and liabilities including a note of 800.00 and unpaid vouchers 958.46. A Thomasville post office safe was robbed Thursday morning of 161.36 in cash and 430 in stamps, with three registered letters taken and letters torn open. Talks of another coal region strike continue with calls for arbitration to ease consumer hardship.
Claiming to rapidly ease sick and nervous headaches the ad says New Life Pills purify blood and boost health. Priced at 25 cents with a money back guarantee and sold by E Gallaway, a local druggist, promising strong results.
Attention farmers in Surry and Stokes Counties to a Raleigh based home company insuring tobacco at 100 per acre and cotton at 20 per acre with a 4 percent cap, 4 per 100, fall premiums. Call Mr. B. G. Brim or local agents for details and to join an expanding southern hail and fire insurer.
Executor 8 L Gilmer advertises public sales of Mount Airy lots on Spring Street and near Flat Rock. Sale dates are May 18 1908 and June 20 1908 with parcels offered in lots to suit purchasers. Prospective buyers may contact William P Gilmer for viewing and information.
The Greensboro Record reports Link Barber a colored man was shot dead in a shanty box car after a gambling dispute with Frank Tate. No witnesses. Tate fled among freight cars. Barber and Tate, both railroad section hands, were seen at Barber Junction. Barber was shot allegedly after threats over cheating at cards.
Opinion letter condemns a Cheyenne preacher who attacked President Roosevelt during a church service. The writer argues the president is a man, not greater in salvation, and criticizes using a sacred pulpit to attack the officeholder. Publication: Statesville Landmark.
The Kyle Lamber Co mill at Gadeden Alabama, the largest in North Alabama, caught fire Wednesday night with estimated losses around 50 dollars.
A Washington Dispatch report notes that bread made from macaroni wheat flour rivaled prize bakery output. Prof N A Carleton of the Department of Agriculture plans to publish testimonials and bread-making details, praising macaroni wheat as a hardy, potentially region transforming crop.
The notice asserts deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and proclaims a constitutional remedy. It claims nine of ten cases are due to catarrh and offers $100 for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, inviting readers to request circulars.
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