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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
2
The piece argues Mt Airy must improve sanitation to restore its reputation. It cites health records from Raleigh and calls for weekly inspections, proper sewer connections, trash removal, and enforcing ordinances to prevent filth, sprawl, and disease. It compares Greensboro’s strict waste rules as a model.
The writer argues nature provides drainage but man blocks water flow. They urge a weekly inspection by police three hours daily to visit homes and report legal violations, claiming this simple measure would vastly improve the town’s health without major spending.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union state meeting brought delegates from across the region to our city. About 175 attended as sessions at the First Baptist Church featured welcome address by John E Marion and talks by Dr Chas E Brewer Dr Hight Moore Dr W W Hamilton and others. Attorney Gilbert T Stephenson spoke on a notable feature of the gathering. Next meet slated for Wilmington with local resident J E Marion elected a vice president of the Union.
The town enforces a state law requiring rear lights after dark. Police guard Main and Franklin to ensure vehicles stay right and turn properly. Last week six cars passed without rear lights. drivers warned and to have violations reported to the Mayor.
The county plans a farm life school tied to a state high school with 2500 government support from state and equal county funds. Rockford Pilot Mountain Dobson already host three such schools. White Plains fights for location, having raised land funds and claiming central county reach. The Board of Education will decide at the first Monday in July meeting.
In a Health Bulletin commentary from Raleigh Mount Airy is urged to install a sewer system to curb typhoid tuberculosis and diarrhoeal deaths. The piece rebuts a local unsigned critic and cites costs and lives saved, urging a town health awakening and a town survey for adequate sewerage.
The Surry County Farmers Union schedules its next regular quarterly meeting at Dobson on July 1 and 2, 1915. The gathering opens Thursday at 1 PM with no night session. locals are urged to send full delegations and delegates should attend the opening session. Fraternally, June 14, 1916.
Impaired appetite improved by taking Berlain's Tablets of Detroit Michigan. The user reports relief from digestion troubles and a restored appetite after using the product. All dealers carry the tablets.
The document lists license fees for various businesses in Mount Airy including trains, patent medicines, pool rooms, traveling shows, pianos, and motor vehicles with amounts ranging from 1.00 to 83.40. It also notes penalties for operating without a license, up to 50.00 per offense, with daily separate offenses.
Sparta June 14. The most spectacular failure in this section concerns John M Wagoner attorney and former Republican State Senator from the district. Losses range from 10000 to 20000 dollars tied to trust funds and notes, some signed by friends or alleged forgeries. He acted as an intermediary, passing notes to lenders, selling them, and then failing to locate receipts after payment. It is unclear if he remains in the area.
We express our deep gratitude to our friends and family for their support and kindness during this time. Your prayers and acts of generosity are greatly appreciated by Cox and Family.
London report says a body recovered on the County Clare coast near Doolin is not Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. An old woman gathering seaweed found the remains and a watch bore Vanderbilt initials, with papers in the pockets seeming to identify the wearer.
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