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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
6
A verse-like urging to reexamine belief in luck and ambition. It argues that possessing valuable goods or skills requires active promotion to earn money, emphasizing the need to advertise to attract what the world desires.
A label states the FOOD VALUE of a bottle of Green River equals seven ounces of string beans.
A virtue of a ven ex issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Surry County announces a sale to the highest cash bidder at the court house in Dobson on July 7, 1926 at 1 PM. The tract lies in Franklin Township near the Dobson Longap road and Red Hill Creek with bounds including the estate of G M Booker and Fishers River. The deed reference is book 28 at the Register of Deeds. Proceeds to satisfy a judgment of 103 dollars plus interest and costs.
Of 1 046 town pupils at Winfield Kansas High School, 931 walk 1 to 80 blocks, 43 bicycle, 14 ride street car, 58 drive auto. Excludes 103 district pupils who travel 4.2 miles five days weekly. Forty years? No. 183 pupils work after hours earning $4 weekly. Ten out of town girls work for room and board in Winfield.
A large family group in France faces trial on multiple charges including murder arson theft and burglary. Fourteen relatives from uncles to cousins are indicted with ninety witnesses called as authorities pursue cases across four countries. The crimes include smothering an elderly woman a shooting of a customs officer and seven burglaries.
Mrs Nina Matteson of Oxford New York and Mrs Ernest Tanguay of Adams Massachusetts credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after long illnesses. Both describe improved strength sleep and ability to work after using the remedy. The advertisement touts decades of use and a growing reputation in households nationwide.
The Club will meet at 6 30 P M in the First Baptist church. Biv ens is on the Program Committee and will promise a quartette. John D. Thompson will speak on the International Convention. The rest of the program remains secret until announced and aims to include worthwhile ideas.
The article prints a roster of names including Ashby E C and John L Ashby joined by Barber J W and Barber T C. It lists many others such as Bivens E C Blevins F F Bray J S Browne R C Byerly W J Cooke D H and Reverend C D Crouch.
A brief verse extols how praise, smiles, and small gestures can lift spirits and transform doubt. A kind word or thoughtful act spreads courage and love, turning minor kindnesses into a global echo of goodwill.
A concise collection of maxims urging kindness and optimism. It stresses starting anew each day, pursuing happiness, and aligning wealth with a clear conscience while maintaining discretion and openness. The tone is uplifting and practical, emphasizing personal growth and ethical living.
An aphoristic verse advocates balance by urging less worry and consumption, more walking and breathing, and greater action over preaching. It frames a practical philosophy of minimal waste and increased effort.
A collection of quotes on Kiwanis ideals stressing self expression, teamwork, and service. Emphasizes choosing right over easy, long term enthusiasm, giving to humanity, business friendliness, the Golden Rule, and striving beyond past failures.
Quotes urge club members to act, not just speak, and to improve personal efficiency by planning, focusing on one task at a time, and finishing before starting anew. Kiwanians are urged to help others, live fairly, and uphold high citizenship standards through steady, honest effort.
Trustee to sell on July 17 1926 at 1 PM in front of Bennett Building Mount Airy North Carolina to satisfy a 5422 debt secured by deed of trust dated May 29 1925 from R S Harris and Rosa E Harris for S E Marshall. Property includes 162.7 acres described by metes and bounds in Surry County NC. Sale confirms balance due plus interest and sale costs. Henry Wolfe trustee.
At the residence of the late Jeff Hiatts on Cotarse June 26 1926 at one o'clock P M I will offer for sale by public auction to the highest bidder a Ford truck a Ford touring car a horse wagon about 250 pounds of bacon a sewing machine and other articles Terms all under $5 cash amounts over $5 06 per month time
A bottle labeled Green River is said to contain food value equivalent to one half pound of cabbage. The note presents a comparison of the beverage's value to a standard food amount.
Quote reflects a period view praising bobbed hair as a modern trend among fashionable women. The remark links appearance to social progress, framing hairstyle as a visible sign of contemporary taste and femininity.
The piece notes irony as five and ten cent shops begin selling wine and whiskey glasses. It suggests rarity of those who can afford the proper filler for ten cent glasses.
The Blue Ridge Hotel Pomeeng partnership formed by J F Somers and J E Haynes of Astish Ro wan County North Carolina and C W Andrew of Mount Airy Surry County North Carolina assumes all assets and liabilities of the said company. This June 6 re E Haynes W Andrew.
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