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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
2
The town advocates clean premises and pure water asserting public health, urges rural upkeep, and notes a new school leadership shift with Prof. Spears replacing Prof. Sheppe. It covers Reidsville‑Wentworth area obituaries and a local legal notice of community concern.
The Bann ford bridge near town is completed with a new graded road up the Bannertown hill, improving travel though heavy traffic and a steep river bank. Cost to the county was about 2200 dollars, with gratitude to Commissioner J A Tesh for sound planning and execution. The issue also promotes a Life of Thomas Dixon Sr by A C Dixon, praising the Dixon family as influential in religion and public life.
Farmers harvest grain in good condition across the region. J P Cockerham and daughter recovering while Mrs Cockerham remains ill. Sodan shows slight improvement. William Woodruffe and Nora visit J A Chipman family. Route No 2 sells 150 acre farm to F W Johnstone of Fries Virginia. community welcomes him as a Christian gentleman. Rev C F Fields delivers a sermon at the Baptist church Sunday evening.
The annual State meeting of the Farmers Protective Association will be held in Mt. Airy on Friday in July 1909 at 1 PM. J C W Gravely and other speakers will address the convention. The Surry County Farmers Protective Association meets same day at 10 AM. Tobacco growers urged to attend. board of directors signed. Mike Howe note and Irish mail joke follow.
The State's college presents courses in Agriculture and Horticulture Civil Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Cotton Milling and Dyeing Industrial Chemistry inviting readers to enroll for practical life preparation at the Address.
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