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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
9
A wartime memory on shipboard recounts a young sailor on signal watch challenged by Lieutenant Dorn for not reporting the admiral’s launch. The officer seethes over perceived disobedience, the narrator imagines brig life, and Dorn later offers encouragement to improve.
A man directs another to go to his room, locate ten dollars, take it, come ashore quickly, and return the amount on the next payday. The wording points to a coerced or informal loan arrangement with specific repayment timing.
Simpkins uses a family album to introduce portraits including his wife’s first husband and his own youthful self, prompting Sanderson to joke about a widow and a brainless face before correcting that Simpkins was never widowed.
The article lists how early words for mother appear in many tongues. Examples include em in Hebrew, mam in Welsh, madre in Spanish, mere in French, moder in Danish, and mater in Latin among others, illustrating a near universal instinctive term across cultures.
Careful research traces the orange’s journey from northern India where it grows wild to Hindustan cultivation. Arabs carried it to southwestern Asia before the ninth century, then via the Sicilian and other routes to Africa, Spain, and beyond after Sicily.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as effective for cuts scratches bruises and quick healing. Claims it is particularly good for piles and urges purchase from J H Gwyn.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote recalls a railroad man near the Grand Canyon of Arizona stating the vast chasm feels almost like the Almighty. He notes a nearby party of hotel guests pausing to view the canyon and one guest mentioning breakfast porkers before leaving.
The smallest bones in the human body reside in the ear, with the stapes being the tiniest. It has a head, neck and two prongs, resembles a stirrup, and measures about pea sized. Some call it the lenticular bone due to its lens like shape and appearance. It sits within the eardrum.
A woman fell from a Camden crossing ferry and an Irishman leaped over to save her. Once ashore the husband rewarded the savior with a quarter. Some bystanders joked he might have earned a dollar if he hadn’t saved her.
Joe W. Stone narrowly escaped serious injury after his mule team dragged him during an incident near Arafat station. He survived with serious injuries and is reported to be recovering. Will Redman and daughter visited sister Lucy Ann Haymore in Pilot Mountain. E J Simmons advertises a fresh milk cow for sale and E Haymore offers piglets at a reasonable price. Sally France dislocated her left arm after falling from a swing but it was promptly reduced and healing well. Rev. C C Arrington preached at Hollow Springs to a large crowd. Elders J M and Jacob Hiatt of the Mormon faith will preach at J L Hiatt’s home on the third Sunday at 11 am.
Superior Court of Surry appoints a commissioner to sell a Mt Airy land lot at public auction on Saturday June 27 1908 at 1 PM. The parcel lies in Surry County adjoining J C Hollingsworth and others with boundaries along Main street and measured about 130 by 30 feet with a cash sale term and a six month note.
C C Smoot Sons and Co claim fifty acres on Mitchells River adjoining their lands Payne and Deamoor in Bryan Township Surry County as vacant land subject to entry. Vestal Taylor CC Smoot Sons Entry Taker Company. Also an advertisement for Rings Little Liver Pills noting relief from sick headache and biliousness without griping, sold by J W Mcpherson and Co.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a powerful tonic for weak hearts due to illness fatigue or exertion. It features a testimonial from Fd Norton of New York praising improved health after using the product and notes availability through local druggists.
Ad for the Edison phonograph highlights its appeal as the best music source and entertainer. It promises relief from monotony, lengthens evenings, amuses children, and provides cheerful mood enhancement. Shipped anywhere from Winston Salem, N C.
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