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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
2
A Monday night meeting urged sanitation to curb typhoid in town and rural districts. Speakers warned that filthy back lots and polluted wells fuel fever, urging residents to address hog pens, mud holes, and contaminated springs. A separate incident described a horse attacked by bees near White Plains after being tethered beside hive stands.
The passage urges farmers to prevent fever by removing mud and waste from wells and ensuring healthy drinking water. It warns neglect leads to disease that drains finances, causes children to miss school, and leaves vacant seats as reminders of the threat. It emphasizes keeping living areas free of refuse to protect families.
A 1900s postal regulation states that using cancelled or altered stamps to pay postage, possessing cancelled stamps with intent to reuse, selling such stamps, or removing subscription marks from stamped envelopes is a misdemeanor. Conviction carries six months to one year imprisonment, a $100 to $500 fine, or both.
State road Keres stories mention ongoing rain daily while farmers continue work. Local notes record visits by B J Snow to Dobson, Cockerham family illnesses, and a death of three year old Percy Key from flux. Mt Pleasant communion held with ministers Boreham and Adams. Public urged to clean town next Monday, and Farmers Protective Association prepares July 9 meetings in Mt Airy inviting tobacco growers.
Cornelius B Edwards, 30, superintendent at Broughton Printing, was found dead in Pullen Park with a knife at hand and his throat cut from ear to ear. His family and status are noted, with references to recent treatment and decline in spirits. An unrelated testimonial advert follows.
Fragmented OCR text presents a garbled quote attributed to Weston Oceanic Ocean Walker about feeling down and walking off troubles with a bad tie, plus nonsensical phrases about Thaees and comfort from an alien fact lane. No clear event or source details are identifiable.
Ararat 4. C. Mews notes farmers in the area are very behind due to rainy weather. R W Simpson from this place is recovering well after an appendicitis operation at St Leo's Hospital. C W Marion and R F D carrier visited Pilot Mountain. D E Nelson, a prosperous merchant, is visiting his Danbury, NC parents. Bryant Bros will install an Orangeade Fountain. A large crowd attended the Masons Lodge meeting for officers elections. Correspondent signs off.
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