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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
The fragment hints at a Mount Airy News subscription notice from 1963. It mentions Lowry as owner and references payment terms like six months, payable in advance, with post office and address details implied. No clear event or full facts are readable.
J. Farmer, once postmaster at Cronse North Carolina, was convicted in Federal Court in Charlotte for embezzlement. He was fined one thousand dollars and sentenced to six months in Lincoln County Jail.
The Atlanta cotton mills have shut down and no reopening date is set. The closure leaves about three hundred workers unemployed due to high cotton prices and scarce supply.
Devastating Mississippi floods sweep communities as thousands lose everything and hundreds perish. Officials warn of worsening conditions as dangerous waters threaten more lives and property.
The President declares postal department graft will be fully investigated and the guilty brought to justice. He emphasizes a strong stance against officials who squander government funds and calls for purification by the end of the inquiry.
Sudden levee bursts last Thursday night forced hundreds from East St Louis homes as water covered elegant houses and tenements. Engines and cars were submerged while distress and hunger spread. relief funds from Andrew Carnegie’s library endowment are urged for St Louis, Pac olet, and Gainesville.
A Belgrade dispatch reports a night revolt led by Major Angikovice surrounding the palace. King Alexander and Queen Draga were assassinated along with several royals and ministers. Prince Karageorgevitch was proclaimed king as a new government was formed.
The Catawba County News argues that South Carolina disasters stem from insufficient forest protection. It notes local deforestation and wood shipped away, warning floods will recur until North Carolina safeguards its timber, including broader park plans beyond the Appalachian region.
The New York World states New York surpasses London in aggregate wealth by over a billion dollars and in per capita wealth more than doubling London’s. Despite smaller area, New York’s wealth intensity outstrips London’s, though London has a larger population and more houses, many substandard. Paris ranks third in wealth and population.
B B B Botanic Blood Balm advertised as a cure for eczema itching humors pimples carbuncles and other skin sores. Claims to purify and enrich blood to heal many chronic conditions and offers home cure directions with a $1 bottle and free mail order.
The flood stretches across the Broadway embankment into the lowland between Broadway and Missouri Avenue, with two to six feet of water. Refugees receive care as supplies arrive. residents report no confirmed loss of life from drowning, though some deaths occur from overflow. City operates under strict controls but eases access as relief proceeds.
The slaying of King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia is portrayed as the climax of long standing royal and moral decay. The sermon quotes Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke calling a strenuous life a prolonged nervous spasm as part of a broader judgment on public virtue and leadership.
A remote family turns to Bubblen's Arnica Salve for emergency care from burns and wounds. The ad touts the product as the best on earth and lists O. E. Gallaway's drug store as the outlet selling it for 25 cents.
In Shelby North Carolina Mrs Mary London aged 45 married Freeman Hudson aged 22 a week after her husband James London died The ceremony occurred in the presence of a large crowd under a elm near the coat house Both spouses hail from Fallston Cleveland county They left for home very happy
A enduring call to daily quiet time with God despite busyness. The author urges a half hour to an hour each morning for meditation and communion, arguing it shapes the day, strengthens virtue, and brings divine blessing to the individual and age.
Reports via telegraph from Arlington Oregon say Hephner town in Morrow county was washed away by a Willows Creek flood killing about 300 people with 150 bodies recovered by morning. Also notes Supreme Court appeals in Wayne county and local court house plans in Stokes county.
In Gainesville Georgia on June 13 Mrs Onie Tanner a 16 year old widow was bound over to the Superior court on a murder charge for allegedly poisoning her husband Wiley Tanner. Principal witness was John Tanner the dead man’s father.
Notice to creditors in the Western District of North Carolina. Special Master W D Hardy directs all unsettled claims against Mount Airy and Eastern Railway Co Mount 7 Construction and Manufacturing Co and Mount ue Lumber and Manufacturing Co to be filed with W F Carter Law Office Mount Airy Surry County N C on Friday July 3 1903 between 9 AM and 6 PM June 16 1908.
Reports from Danbury describe severe flood damage across Snow Cree Island Creek Sev en Ie Creek and Town Fork areas. Rye tobacco corn cabbage and garden patches were swept away and fences pens and movable goods destroyed. One tenant on Dr Moirs plantation reportedly lost at least 75 bushels of rye amid record water levels.
A. O. Hutchison is named receiver for Victor cotton mills in Charlotte. The plant will be auctioned. Dayton mills shut down today and are likely to go to receivers as well. Liabilities amount to 60 000 dollars secured mill notes endorsed by directors. Recent losses hurt the corporation amid temperance gains in the state with liquor sales limited to 29 counties and 13 operating dispensaries. One congressional district bans liquor sales entirely.
Balance sheet itemizes resources and liabilities with loans and discounts at 179708.01, total assets 1251164.38, deposits 59,000.00 and time certificates 30,000.00. Cashier Geo D Fawcett swears the statement true before Notary M H Stancen on June 16, 1903. Dr King New Life Pills advertised for headaches with promise of relief and money back guarantee.
A Raleigh New York based home company formed by state farmers insures tobacco corn and cotton against hail damage. Rates include 100 per acre for tobacco, 20 per acre for cotton, with 4 percent premium and fall payment. Many planters statewide already joined and more are urged to contact local organizers.
J A Tesh offers building contractor services in Mount Airy with first class workmanship and guaranteed results. Estimates furnished for all building kinds. Specializes in porch and stair work and supplies mouldings brackets and all building materials.
Mrs W L Stamey nears full recovery and J B Stamey plans a large barn. Crops look strong with apples promising a heavy fall harvest. The local fruit trees are loaded and the farming outlook is bright in Higgins. June 14. J W S?
The Greensboro Telegram reports a sign advertising free transportation to Danian West Virginia. The solicitation led roughly forty Black workers to depart by train from Atlantic and Yadkin routes to Walnut Cove in hopes of joining laborers there and boarding a Norfolk and Western train.
The Winston Sentinel reports Belleville Illinois residents have forced around five hundred Black inhabitants to leave town after a white superintendent was seriously wounded by a Black man. The piece criticizes southern mob tactics and accuses northern and western regions of extreme punishment that harms the innocent.
A typhoon of extraordinary force swept across French China on Friday causing heavy damage. Many natives were killed and several Europeans injured. Three trains were overturned between Hanoi and Namdinh.
Wealthy Sevier County Tenn. resident Robert Catlett was sentenced to death for hiring two men to kill William and Laura Whaley in 1897.
Governor Aycock asks North Carolinians to contribute promptly to flood relief in South Carolina. He notes thousands lack support after the disaster and urges those spared to aid. Governor Heywood of South Carolina directs relief work and accepts donations at Columbia.
A Rome dispatch reports that powers will punish those who killed King Alexander and Queen Draga. A Belgrade dispatch notes a draft bill with marginal notes by King Alexander was found in the palace and followers claim it justifies the act by naming Queen Draga’s brother heir.
An advertisement claims a constitutional remedy for deafness due to catarrh. It asserts the ear infection stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promises to pay one hundred dollars for a deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hall's Family Pills and Toledo company endorsements.
Property description notes 6 160 acres with bottom land timber meadow cow pasture and stock barn. Creek water access declared superior with sturdy outbuildings and tobacco curing structures. Terms to be arranged. For information contact local county address in Surry.
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