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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
6
Government and private experts describe soil composition, treatment, and productivity of the tobacco area in the Farmers Year Book or Almanac. The report emphasizes the book as a proof of popularity and value of the region's agriculture.
Walter L Smith died at home in Stuart Virginia on March 1 1908 after a long illness. He was born June 2 1872 at Westfield North Carolina and educated at Westfield High Oak Ridge Institute and in commerce in Stuart. He was active in church and Sunday school and known for his generous spirit and song. He leaves a widow and siblings including Dr J T Smith and five sisters. He was buried with Masonic honors at Westfield after services in the Baptist church ending with the hymn Shall we gather at the river.
Mr 8S A White departed Tuesday to visit his family in Tatwell county Virginia. Mr and Mrs Sparger of Spencer arrived Friday evening to visit relatives in the city.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a trusted cure for stomach ailments including dyspepsia and gas belching. It claims the product contains stomach juices and is pleasant to take, with a guarantee of relief and sale by J. H. Gwynn.
Obituary for Mrs. Francis Cockerham, 59, wife of P H Cockerham, a Primitive Baptist Church member from State Road NC. She died February 20 1903 after years of illness, leaving a husband two children and five grandchildren. A tribute notes her faith and says mourners remain comforted by the promise of reunion.
Public sale set in Mount Airy Surry county on February 1903 to satisfy a debt of $41.80 secured by deed of trust. Property described as a tract adjoining D. B. Green and Wills Cooper subject to prior deed from K L Gwyn to A L Bunker dated February 16 1906 and involving J B Sparger mortgage terms. Trustee F L Smith conducts cash sale in front of First National Bank. Also includes a brief unrelated drug advertisement for Manzan Pile Remedy and Mepherson & Co sale note.
Qualified as executor under the last will of a deceased person in Fort Worth. Creditors and interested parties are notified to present claims to F. Carter & Co. Welch, Executors, by a stated deadline or be barred from recovery. Date appears as the 14th day of 1908.
The article discusses backache as a key signal of female illness and notes accompanying symptoms like nervousness headaches and pelvic pains. It asserts a single remedy can quickly remove the cause and restore feminine health and normal function.
Letters from Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing chronic backaches side pains insomnia loss of appetite and a sense of renewed health. The ad notes the remedy has stood for thirty years as a standard female health treatment and claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pain and related symptoms.
North Carolina Su County entry notice states D C Oneal of Surry County enters and claims 100 acres in Surry County Rockford township by Double Creek land of J T Hancock W R Doss Linzy Loftin and others. The land is vacant and subject to entry. D February 3 1908 Vestal Taylor Entry Taker.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds noting the yellow package and that J. H. Gwynn sells it. It emphasizes avoiding imitation products and promotes the genuine medicine.
By deed dated October 1 1906 G W Sneed and wife conveyed to J R Lewellyn trustee for S J Atkinson the property in Surry County North Carolina. The 15 acre Wadile tract bounded by Doss road oak and Atkins corners will be sold at public auction for cash at the Dobson door March 21 1908 at 1 PM to satisfy the deed of trust debt.
Notice to customers states Fo ley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles contains no opiates and is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law. Sold by J. H. Gwynn and recommended for children and adults.
Having qualified as administrator on the estate of Walter W. Creasy all persons owing said estate are notified to settle immediately and all claims must be presented within 12 months from this date. This notice posted March 8 1908 by John B. Creasy administrator.
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