Tragic double murder suicide shocks Spencer community
In Spencer North Carolina on June 17 19 year old Bernadette Roueche was shot by her lover Frank D Chunn who then killed himself in Salisbury that night Eye witnesses recount Chunn knelt beside Roueche laid her arm in his left hand and shot himself A note to his mother from Asheville explains his delay and departure The couple had attended Sacred Heart church and were with Miss Roueche’s aunt when the tragedy occurred The slain woman Miss Roueche age 19 was a stenographer for Salisbury Realty and Insurance Chunn age 23 a Spencer boiler maker police and coroner investigated as jealousy is suspected cause with broad public shock lingering over the community.
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Chunn
Burnedette
Asheville
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mise Koueche
West
Spencer
McKenzie
Father Leo
Chamberlain Tablets Boost Digestion For Middle Aged
Advertising copy touts Chamberlain tablets as mild and effective for digestion and regular bowels. Claims benefit for people in middle age and older and notes availability through all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Special Taxes Adopted by Mount Airy Board in 1912
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners sanctioned a list of special taxes for the year July 1, 1912 to June 30, 1913. The schedule names dealers and operators across a wide range of trades including fireworks, cider, nonresident merchants, patent rights, theaters, peddlers, livery stables, moving picture shows, and many others with specified license fees.
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Board of Commissioners of
Town of
Mount Airy
Rai
Cosa
Teanreses Ee
Amy Barber
Telegraph Ee
Eveglames
Iguing Acales
Neense
Ies
Not a Failure but a Life of Righteousness and Debt
An aged man facing many failures and hardships over a lifetime is remembered for honesty, steadfastness, and charity. He sought ministry, practiced medicine, then ran a drugstore while aiding the poor and teaching in Sunday school. Despite poverty, a tornado, and a panic, he paid debts, supported his children through college, and earned an honored, peaceful old age.
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Kim
The Apple Tree Core Confession Tale
A mother leads six children to an apple tree with one apple. The children insist they only took bites while denying picking it. The eldest daughter protests that the core remains on the tree as proof of their restraint.
Conversation About a Railroad Accident and a Dog
A Boston Transcript note recalls a conversation after a railroad accident in which a man consoles a woman about losing her dog. The exchange implies the dog died while the speaker survived the incident.
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
A Neenah man suffers broken ribs after a severe cough. The ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures persistent coughs and stubborn colds, with a free trial bottle offered by EK M. Hennis Drug Co, and quotes Effie Morett of Columbia praising its effects.
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Neenah
Wis
EK. M. Hennis Drug Co
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Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
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Fannian, Jr
Woodtawn Ave
Philadelphia
Simost
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J. W. Creed
Ener National Oats Acontss
F. Carter
J. M. Fulton
GEO
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Sec
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Surry County Loan and Trust Company
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E. Merritt Co
I.V. West Drug Co
Marshall Wagon Works
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