METHODIST ORPHANAGE TO OPEN IN WINSTON SOON
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference will open the Children's Home in Winston August 1, using the former Davis school buildings for temporary use. Prof H A Hays of Reidsville is elected superintendent and will start July 10. The 200 acre tract includes the Davis property joining the Dwire farm where permanent buildings will rise. The plan follows placement out in homes and broad care, aiming to be the South’s largest children’s institution.
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Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Winston
Davis School
H. A. Hays
Reidsville
Rockingham County
Orphaage
Hayes
Mississippi
Dwire
Western North Carolina Conference
South
Ate
Bod
Coca Theosy
Death in Court House Feud Ends Mohrie Case
Frederick Mohrie, accused in Samuel Young's death, was killed in the corridor of the criminal court building by former deputy William Kane as Mohrie was being moved to face trial. The attack followed a bitter political feud and other related violence in North St. Louis.
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Asheville
United States
Tennessee Fiber Company
Memphis
Frederick Mohrie
Samuel Young
North St. Louis
Criminal Court
William Kane
Young
Mohrie
Kane
Mohrle
Near Beer Dealers Licenses Rapid in Wilmington
Wilmington on June 4 reports 37 near beer sellers have taken out the $40 annual license and similar numbers have paid the $100 advance tax. Police complain of trouble and some depots sell unlabeled real beer. An aldermen’s label ordinance for bottled drinks over 0.5% alcohol is under consideration. The rest of the text offers farming advice on peas, soil nutrients, crop rotations, and crimson clover without a clear single event.
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Wilmington
Board of Aldermen
Backbone versus Wishbone in Fort Madison editorial
An editorial laments overreliance on wishful thinking and praises backbone in business. It cites Marshall Field and John Wanamaker showing nerve through advertising while noting a German shoemaker survived a gas explosion by escaping his shop.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Marshall Field
John Wanamaker
Bocnine Buetres
Ulsittesas
Lippincott’s
Arine
Accidental Shooting Injures Local Baseball Player
In Reidsville on June 9 Henry Fulton 21 of Guilford county was accidentally shot by Ira Kimbro at Mrs. Smith's boarding house on Scales Street. Fulton, here to join a local baseball team, was hit in the forehead while Kimbro examined an old pistol. Fulton was taken to St. Leo's Hospital Greensboro with only a slim chance of recovery. no blame attached to Kimbro.
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Reidsville
Henry Fulton
Guilford County
Ira Kimbro
St. Leo’s Hospital
Greensboro
Kimbro
North Carolina Medical Examiners register 127 hopefuls for license
In Asheville 127 young doctors line up with diploma, character certificate, and a $10 fee to take the state medical board exam. Numbers will identify applicants, names kept off papers to avoid favoritism. Dr. J C Rodman misses the start due to illness but may join later in the week.
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Asheville
State Board of Medical Examiners
North Carolina
Battery Park Hotel
Board of Medical Examiners
J. C. Rodman
Washington, D. C
Looking One's Best
An early 20th century beauty note touts looking one’s best with Hucklen’s Arnica Salve, claiming it cures pimples boils and skin blemishes and improves appearance, presenting a product testimonial style for feminine care.
Preachers and Tobacco at Presbyterian Assembly
The North n Presbyterian General Assembly in Denver passed a recommendatory tobacco ban for ministers and lay members while debating a sales license issue. The liquor-license stance urged reform though lawful, and the tobacco rule was not mandatory. Clergy tobacco use declines with younger preachers, though denominations rarely prohibit it.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Taylorsville Scout’s Missing Item Stirs County Office Debate
A sheriff delivered a complete stifling outfit to county commissioners after capture. It sat idle in the register of deeds office for months, described as a white elephant. Revenue officers rejected it and the county faced a stalemate.
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Register of Deeds’ Office
White elephant sale ends with new possessor
After dinner the register of deeds discovered the window left up and the white elephant transferred to a new owner. Anxious faces await the happy possessor to make a run with the stake.
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Ouse Bavanske Ile
Register of Deeds
Physicians Advocate Contract Practice Plan
Physicians at the American Academy of Medicine closing meeting urged a contract practice where patients pay monthly fees to a contract physician who would attend illnesses at no extra charge. Dr L Benedict of Buffalo argued the poor delay care due to unpaid bills, while Dr Woods Hutchinson of New York supported the plan.
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American Academy of Medicine
L. Benedict
Buffalo
Woods Hutchinson
New York
Stung for Fifteen Years by Indigestion
A fragmentary ad style note claims a patient suffered fifteen years from indigestion and constipation until a life pile cure by a drug company. It references doctors, headaches, and stomach issues with dubious treatment claims.
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B. Ore
S A WN
Agherafte Drug Co
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Methodist Orphanage
Statesville
Yadkin
Fourth Creek
Wilkesboro Road
Old Davis Mill Place
Turnersburg Road
Locke
Chairman Mills
W. E. Morrison
Triel
William Wright
Wright
Wang
Alfred Neilson
Man Wee
Backbone
Wishbone
Laindt
Shooting
Sheotie
Woolwich
Royal Arsenal
Taylorsville Scout
Guernsey Bell
Heroine
Haddon
al Gentie
John A. Young
N. C
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