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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
2
The editor reflects on seven years of The News, noting town growth, new sidewalks, and the loss of several old leaders. He notes progress, fewer pastors left, two children mourned, and asserts the paper’s stance on right and its overall success despite mistakes.
Mr. E. H. Wrenn of this city, a farmer, shares success from subsoiling to grow cabbage. He planted a small grain plot with cabbage and sold enough to profit well. Last year Sonne Wis land and clover improved his soil, and deep moisture retention from subsoiling kept crops alive during a dry spell.
The W C T U met in the ladies parlor at M B E Church last Tuesday at 3 40 PM. Rev Silas C Swallow read a sermon shewn with interest and Mrs W Moore gave pointed general work echoes. Next meeting set for M E Church Friday after second Sunday at 8 o clock with inviting note and a planned program by Mesdames Sparger Sparger and Mitchell.
The Partners Educational and Cooperative Union of Surry county calls a meeting in Dohwon on Thursday night July 18 and Friday July 14. All royals and Union men are urged to attend as matters of great importance will be discussed. Thos. Binith, Pos.
Citizens discuss dog nuisance and enforcement, citing England and Germany as examples of strict leash laws. The commentary argues health and safety trump sentiment as some residents push to allow beloved pets on streets.
City commissioners moved to curb so called harmless drinks by raising the tax from twenty to two hundred dollars at the town drinks stand. They argued ginger ale mixed with high alcohol extracts and cider can intoxicate as effectively as moonshine, prompting the tax to become prohibitive.
In Greensboro Record dated the 13th the jury in the case United States vs Sidna Allen returned a verdict of guilty after deliberation in the perjury charge case.
John Inscore is buried after a fatal clash on a road near the Virginia line. Ernest and Marshall Lynch fled. Sam Greenwood present but not implicated. The Lynchs’ father offered a $30 reward for their capture. Coroner’s inquest held. remains interred at Inscore burying ground.
Mrs nee way reads Lanier poems then a vocal trio. Miss Gertrude Smith recites, Miss Margaret Gallaway gives an instrumental solo, Miss Minnis Haynes performs A Birthday and Carrie Jacobs Lullaby encore. Elegant menu served by Alene Gallaway and Anna Reeve. Guests reluctant to adjourn as summer session suspended.
Mr A M Reed Reynolds salesman is on extended vacation for health. Mr and Mrs Robert Boyles of Haystack NC visit daughter Mrs BE Apper On. Oscar Snow attended the 8 8S Convention at Stony Knoll. Mrs Solomon Boyles of Pilot Mountain visits Siloam. Mrs W G Miller visits brother J S Adkinson in Elkin. Mrs Caroline Mathews on an illness in the area. J B R Marion made a business trip to Winston last week. Dewey Herrin of Winston visits his parents. Grandmother Sterling, mother of Edd Starling, recovering after two weeks ill. many friends hopeful.
Turkey eggs priced at 20 cents each. Pekin duck eggs at 5 cents each. Rhode Island Red eggs at 5 cents each. Guinea eggs at 5 cents each.
Mrs Dora Brown Miss Zella Marshall and Mr Dayton Marshall spent Sunday at Pinnacle visiting at the Boles home. Master Perry Taylor visited friends in Dobosa last week. Mrs Lottie Robertson and Mr Dick Marshall are on the wick lint. Mr George Nichols made a business trip to Mount Airy early this week. Mr Edgar Welch of Mount Kry visited the Plains.
An 19th century classified notice claims deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. It promises a cure only via constitutional remedies and offers 100 dollars for uncured catarrh related deafness. The ad invites readers to request circulars and mentions a product or method called Matte Cmarth Cure.
A tale from Ararat County claims Gene Davis’s farm whiskey distillery prompted Sheriff Haynes to act. The narrative credits Davis’s wife with decisive involvement. local rumor ties the event to a Tuesday evening incident and a claim of pursuit or capture.
San Benito Texas June 34 1911 At a Commercial Club meeting it was decided to have cotton from the first bale of this season woven into cloth to be made into suits for President Taft England’s king and the Governor General of Canada.
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