A Chinese Robinson Crusoe Dead After Thirty Years on Mountain
The New York Sun details Ah Chow, the so called wild Chinaman of Papaikouank a Hawaii, who fled plantation life to live alone on a cliff side for thirty years. He cultivated two acres of jungle, planted fruit and vegetables, built a crude coffin and sampitan, and survived without contact with locals until his body was found.
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New York Sun
Hilo
Hawaii
Papaikoumanka
Ah Chow
Molokai
Kanaka
Dutch East Indies
Robinson Crusoe
Revenue Officers Stay Amid Prohibition Debates
After a prohibition vote a correspondence shows federal revenue officers will remain in North Carolina. The report quotes Acting Commissioner Robert W. Syger confirming officers stay in all states. Also includes local court jury lists, political rumors, liquor prescription rules, and a lengthy convention narrative from Durham and Greensboro.
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United States Revenue Department
W. P. Mangum Turner
Lexington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Robert William Syger
Polay's Honey Claims Cure for Consumption
An 1880s advertisement text by A A Herren Finchae touts Polay's Honey as a remedy claiming to cure consumption and related ailments. The fragment notes relief for various complaints and presents the product as effective evidence of its curative properties.
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A. A. Herren
Finchae
Polay
Sold by J. W. Mepherson and Co
Fragmentary ad line cites a seller named J. W. Mepherson and Co selling an item described as soup near a location named Periston. Readable words include Cynan Tanes and references to sales.
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J. W. Mepherson and Co
Brooks Takes Rest as Brooks Absent on Campaign Trip
Greensboro reporter notes Democratic congressional nominee A L Brooks left for Chase City for health reasons. Col W B Thompson will prosecute the Guilford Superior Court docket next week. Brooks resigns as solicitor effective July 1, with Governor to appoint Jones Fuller of Durham as solicitor in the district.
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Greensboro
A. L. Brooks
Congress
Brooks
W. F. Carter
Airy
R. C. Strudwick
Strudwick
The
Industrial News
J. Allen Holt
Professor Holt
Board of Alderman
Guilford County Medical Associaton
W. P. Beall
Thomas R. Little
J. P. Turner
Edmund Harrison
A. E. Ledbetter
Viet of Police
Board of Aldermen
Durham
Jones Fuller
Democratic Party
Fuller
N. C
Chase City
Campugh
New Nation
Col. W. 8. Thompson
Guilford
Superior Court
Glenn
Election timing sparks Prohibition debate at Southern club
An Observer reporter questions Will iam Gorell, doorkeeper at the Southern Manufacturers Club, about allowing Prohibition supporters to win. Gorell says the election happened in daytime, hurting anti Prohibition turnout, and night voting would have helped.
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William
William Gorell
Southern Manufacturers Club
Dea
Charlotte Observer
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Bryan
Papsikoumanka
Revenue Officers
Surry Court
Joseph Gentry
Thomas McGee
T. D. Golden
Jno
W. Simmons
J. A. Blue
C. B. Dennis
F. W. Jessup
W. E. Williams
M. L. Bryant
R. W. Falk
J. T. Holyfield
J. L. Cockerham
Edward Ashby
B. A. Key
R. C
W. H. Brendle
A. J. Badgett
A. M. Coe
J. M. Walters
Brittie Haymore
J.T. Inman
J. M. Wolfe
A. 8. Cockerham
C. M. Snow
J. H. Jones
R. Snow
Andy Beamer
J. W. Branch
W. F. Arrington
A. R. Key
W. R. Golden
R. L. Gwyn
J. L. Woodstuff
Brandt
Brown
Bain
Shaw
Guilford County Medical Society
Wood
Delage
S. M. Gattis
Consulta
Enares
Denver
James A. Dooley
Emporia
Kans
Raleigh
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Nebraska
Colonel Woodson
Woodson
Blackburn
Prohibition
Yancy County
Clay
Scotland
Cherokee
Dan
Macon
Haywood
Mitchell
Turkey
Constantinople
Denmark
Russia
Pater the Great
United States of America
France
United Kingdom
Chile
Columbia
Holland
Sweeden
Brazil
Mexico
Bolivia
Belgium
Ecuador
Venezula
Italy
London
Greensboro Nurseries
John A. Young
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