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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
8
An article recounts a San Blas tribe near San Blas Colombia enforcing a sunset exile on whites. A sailor mate Jack Cutler loves a local girl, faces tribal death penalties, and rescues her, with a dramatic escape as a storm capsizes their canoe.
Strange medical elixir offer markets Pineules for back pain rheumatism and kidney bladder relief. Sold by J W Mevhisnard Co with one dollar trial price and money refund guarantee. Sat isfaction promise appears in the listing.
A fragment notes a winter reference to seeing someone involved with Swellington, a morning conversation about plans to visit Morehead City, and a mention of Asheville as an alternative destination. The dialogue suggests travel plans for the season.
A man recalls his fiancée saying bye bye with sweetness before marriage. A friend remarks the line is the same yet altered by a difference in spelling. The joke hinges on a playful quip about how affection and language intersect in marriage.
In a courtroom Mrs Maloney testifies that her husband struck her, while the magistrate questions the severity of the incident, noting he has been a physical wreck since the alleged attack.
A summer boarder notes city visits shrink due to rural free delivery. The old farmer recalls going ten times a year, but has not since nearly three years ago, saying mail delivery lets him buy baskets by mail.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation fibroid tumors and irregularities. It cites testimonials from Mrs F Ellsworth and Mrs W Boyd and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
A string of consumer claims from Texas and Iowa tout Pineules as relief for kidney and bladder trouble and DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as highly effective. The notices include trial offers, refunds, and local sellers such as J W Mcpherson, J H Gwyn, and references to land entries in Surry County North Carolina dated 1908.
Notice to stockholders of Mount Airy Cotton Mill Company calls a special meeting at the corporate office in Mount Airy North Carolina on June 10 1908 at ten o clock A M. The meeting seeks authorization to issue bonds dated July 10 1908 bearing interest at six percent payable semi annually with renewal options and a sinking fund. bonds to be paid off July 10 1910 and redeemable at par. A concurrent special directors meeting addresses the same matter and bond securitization by trust. By order of the board F H Chamberlain secretary treasurer May 25 1908.
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