Tragedy Near Patrick County Ends in Fatal Shootout
James S. Leake was shot and killed and Nathan Taylor fatally or seriously wounded after a confrontation near Penn's store in Patrick county on Monday morning November 2. Leake's wife and seven children survive. Taylor fled as Leake fired in return. The report includes testimony by a correspondent and ends with an unrelated advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills.
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Danbury
Penn’s
State Line
Patrick County
James S. Leake
Nathan Taylor
Leake
Spencer
Taylor
Jimmie
Coed Woman Dead After Long Illness in White Plains
Mrs. Mary E. Simpson 66, wife of Dock Simpson, died Nov 8 1908 at White Plains while visiting her son Banner Simpson. She left eleven children, one preceded her, and was laid to rest at Friends church cemetery after services by Mrs Ellen Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Simpson
Dock Simpson
White Plains
Banner Simpson
Missionary Baptist Church
Friends Church
Vestal Hutchens
G. C. Marshall
Milton Venable
Mt. Airy
G. C. Welch
James and
N. T. Hutchens
Beamer Kidd
Ellen Marshall
Planters Warehouse Offers Top Tobacco Prices in Virginia
Haynes and Brown at Planters Warehouse advertise above market prices for tobacco with a guaranteed high sale price. They report selling over 100,000 pounds last week at about 11 cents per pound and operate daily from 10 to 12. The notice lists several customers with average prices around 14 to 16 cents and notes a newly completed leaf house.
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Haynes and
Brown
Planters Warehouse
John Morehead Morehead to Represent Fifth District NC
John Morehead Morehead named congressman elect for North Carolina's fifth district. Son of Col. John L. Morehead of Charlotte and grandson of Governor Morehead, a Whig leader who presided over the 1848 Whig National Convention in Philadelphia nominating General Zachary Taylor. Morehead is a businessman with substantial affairs.
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Durham Herald
John Morely Morehead
North Carolina
John L. Morehead
Charlotte
Morehead
Govenor Morehead
Philadelphia
Zachary Taylor
United States
Kidney illness decline warned by Mt Airy resident
A Mt Airy resident on Main Street warns of a downward course in kidney illness from backache to urinary trouble and diabetes leading to Bright's disease. The misspelled excerpt cites a commissioner's report and urges caution about such health declines.
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Bright
Pont
Main St
Airy
N. C
Foley's Kidney Remedy Advertised Urine Aid
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy with hexamethylenetetramine as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic. It urges taking the remedy at first signs of urinary irregularities to prevent serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gwyn
Morehead Leading Leaksville Woolen Mills Figure and Ties
The article profiles John Morehead a Leaksville leader with interests in Cabarrus Rockingham and Charlotte. It notes his UNC and Baltimore education his bank work and rise in mills under his family’s business and his Republican ties and unsolicited nomination while in New York. It mentions the Leaksville blanket reputation and ties to John Morehead and Greene Morehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaksville Woolen Mills
Charlotte
Rockingham
Cabarrus Counties
Phifer
Cabarrus County
Morehead
University of North Carolina
Business College of
Baltimore
Commercial National Bank of
Leaksville
J. Turner Morehead
B. R Mebane
John Morehead
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Leaksville On
Garret
Marietta
Georgia
Rockinghamty
Greene & Morehead
Durham
Republican Party
New York
Church Meeting Schedule Notes and Speakers
A church program lists Saturday events starting 11 a.m. with an introductory address by W. H. Amer, a 12 o clock recess, 1 p.m. organization session, and a 1 30 p.m. talk on the duty of church members to their prayer meetings by K. Tompson and A. J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hamer
K. Tompson
A. J
Estate of Paney F Campbell Administrator Notice
Notice to creditors in Robeson County North Carolina seeking claims by September 1909. Debtors urged to settle immediately with Paney F. Campbell as administrator, dated September 22, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.A. Dolly
T. W. Bryant
Ravan
Ofey County
N. C
Paney F. Campbell
Property Auction Notice on Needmore Street Lot
By deed of trust dated 22, recorded in Book 135, the estate of Emma Lewis is sold to secure a loan. The sale for cash on Needmore Street Mt 126 feet to beginning covers the lot conveyed to John Lewis by J. W. Prather by title bond. Proceeds to satisfy Jesse H. Prather of 139.00 with credits, costs and interest. October 27, 1908. J. F. Prather, Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Lewis
Sven
Jesse Ther
Ises Ee
Needmore St
John Lewis
J. W. Prather
Jesse H. Prather
Acs
J. F. Prather
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Patrick
Doran
Ashcraft Drug Co
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Doan’s
Fletcher Mills
Cloudville
Va. R
Harrison
Long
Jeff Cook
D. W. Hemmings
John M. Nichols
Haynes and Brown Proprietors
C. H. Stone
W. L. Reece
Herp
J. C. Bass
Coite and Croup
Caildran
Chamberlain
Gwyn Drug Ce
Sloan
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Bank OF
Mount Airy
W. d Byerly
A.J Hadley
Ee Solicer Kek
Our Savings Department
Ashcraft’s Drug Store
Waterman’s Ideal
Rexall Remedies
Nunnally
van Lindley
Piedmont Warehouse
Winston,Salem, N. C
Thes Hertieghe
Piedmont
M. W. Norfleet & Co
J. F. Hinl
Insurance Mount Airy
Resents
Surry County
Bryan
Dodgeou Croe
Eeeeteres
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