Peruna praised in family testimonials amid rough health claims
A flood of unsolicited letters extols Peruna as a cure for measles bronchial trouble catarrh and assorted childhood ailments. Testimony from Cincinnati Carrollton Cleveland and others touts dramatic relief urging widespread use and circulation of Dr Hartman’s Peruna guidance books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Overmann
Winslow Ave
Cincinnati
L. G. Vandegriff
Carrollton
Joseph Kirchensteiner
Croton Street
Cleveland
Ilwaye
Peruna
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, O
Education Grant for Deaf Blind Boy Mirrors Helen Keller Case
The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Staunton educates Terry Cox, a nine year old from Grayson County, using sign language touch methods to spell words and identify objects. He has mastered about sixty words and will learn to read with New York point. he will also train as a chair maker. The teacher is Miss Elizabeth Jones and the effort parallels Helen Keller’s story, though Terry’s case remains unique in its blindness and deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
Staunton
William A. Bowles
Terry Cox
Grayson County
New York
Terry
Elizabeth Jones
Helen Keller
Grayson
Richmond Diepatch
Jolly Old Uncle Josh Helps Newlyweds Start Home
In Mount Airy Uncle Josh escorts Polly and Charley to shop at The Blue Ridge Inn and visits Belton & Son for a turn key home, buying outfit from Sparger Furniture, Barker dry goods, Burke shoes, and Dean photography while planning a baby carriage as the final purchase. The trip includes stops at Pace livery Stable and Planters Warehouse with recommendations on groceries and tobacco brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaid
Polly
Josh
Old North
Moant
Mount Airy
J. I. Belton & Son
J. J. Belton
Blue Ridge Inn
W. F. Gilmer
Pace
Charl
Uncle Josh
Sparger Faresture Co
Charles
Ste Dion
Eedham
Joyce
Burke
Charley
W. W. Burke
J. E. Barker
Barker
M. L. Dean
Pully
Onit
Mr. Dean
S. W. Sparger & Co
Sperger Furniture Co
John Newsom
Josh Charley
Hadley-Smith Co
A. Jaedsen
A. E. Smith
Timon
North Carolina
Tux Mount Airy News
Sparger Furniture Co
Open Letter Praises Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A dated testimonial extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for women's ailments. The writer urges readers, especially mothers, to trust the product over doctors, claiming personal recovery and improved health from the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RO. Smith
Lydia
Pinkham
Ures
Deafness Cure by Constitutional Remedies Described
An old medical note explains deafness cannot be treated locally because the inner ear is unreachable. It states deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and that only constitutional remedies can restore hearing, noting most cases arise from catarrh.
Movement for a Statue of Raleigh in Nash Square
A Raleigh effort to place a Sir Walter Raleigh statue in Nash Square before Union Station opens. State schoolchildren fund the project with a one cent gift per child, starting with 1000 cents from Durham county via ex Judge Robert W. Winston. Julian B. Carr leads the committee and hopes tobacco sellers and users will donate as well. the project aims for completion in two years. Some fear misused funds. Black soldiers sent to quell a Congo revolt were killed and eaten by rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Raleigh
Nash Square
Union Railway Station
Durham County
Robert W. Winston
Julian
Carr
State Literary and Historical Society
Raleigh Diepatch
North Carolina's Possibilities and Agricultural Progress
President Wineton of the A and M College argues North Carolina’s future rests on agriculture aided by labor saving machinery and soil fertility research. He cites Britain’s doubled output and local gains at the college farm, noting land once deemed worn can become highly productive with systematic culture. A Greensboro merchant butter fraud case is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wineton
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Enna
Ity
North
State Agricultural Society
Raleigh
Great Britain
Union
North Carolina
Wilmington Star
Religious Awakening in Iredell County Revivals Grow
A Tuesday report notes a religious awakening in North Iredell with revival meetings closing in Stateau and another ongoing in the county. The Stateville Landmark highlights new converts turning toward the straight and narrow path as revival efforts expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Iredell
Stateau
Statesville
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Elsie
House
P. Graves
Mount Airy, N.C
Carter
Aimy, H.C
Lewellyn
Fattorney-At-Law
W. S. Taylor
Gro. W. Sparger
Mount Airy, WN. C
John E. Banner
Taylor's
DRUC
N. C
T. B. McCargo
Notary Public
Mount Airy Hotel
J. A. Tesh
Aaron T. Penn
Nair
H. A. Hannah
J. B. Dannody
Roosevelt
Colleton County
Roswell
Dauwody
Old Uncle
Miss Lammere
Toses City
B. C. Smith
Dan R Pee
Congo
Tutt
Tute
W. R. Badgett
Pilot Mountain
Edward Baum
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Elm St
Greensboro
Farigw Drug Store
Rye
Dobson
Secret Service
Iredell
Seana
Hague-McCorkle Dry Goods Co
Mount Airy, N. C
Wich
Airy Marble Works
N.O. W
Fawoner
D. L. Hawes
Firet
A. G, Taorea
M. L. Fawoner
First National Bank
Mr. Aing
Ine
Fawcett
D. L. Hanks
M. L. Fawcett
A. G. Trotter
G. D. Pawcets
Towne Ten
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