Wrights secure fifty aeroplane contract for France
Lazare Weiller announces order to build fifty Wright aircraft for syndicate in France and colonies. Payment of 100000 dollars to Wilbur Wright upon meeting conditions including two 50 kilometer test flights with passengers, 200 kilometer range, and adequate fuel. Wright prize record noted amid favorable results and sunset deadline. Good Manners Code for Boys outlines etiquette rules.
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le Mans
Lazare Weiller
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Mr. Wright
France
Aero Club
Sunget
Desperate Fire Ends Tragic Night Near Morganton
From Morganton, Sept 30, details reach of a startling death about six miles from town. Will Mull, despondent and drunk, returned home with Ed Mull and in a drunken frenzy set himself alight, starting a fatal blaze. The incident marks the most horrific self inflicted death reported in the area.
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Morganton
N. C
Dispatch
Will Mull
Ed Mull
Tragedy in a Fire Ends with Fatal Charred Remains
Ed Mull and a companion in a burning building faced Will piling bedding and furniture on the fire. Ed urged him to leave, but Will refused. From a window Ed saw Will crouched in a corner as flames enveloped him. he rose and ran into the blaze and perished, leaving only charred bones.
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Ed Mull
Will
Pery
Backache and Kidney Aches Cited in Medical Ad
The piece links backache to kidney issues and cites Doan's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co as a remedy. A Greensboro resident reports relief after using the pills and recommends them to others. The article also includes a workplace joke about a pale office worker named Quill and a ten day leave of absence.
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J. W. Zink
Greensboro
N. C
Ng Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
New York
United States
Dean’s
Quill
Quil
Western Recorder
Married Man In Trouble
A married man who lets any family member use honey and tar for coughs and lung trouble is guilty of negligence. The ad promotes Fol y and Tar as a superior remedy with no opiates in a yellow package. J. H. Gwyn.
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J. H. Gwyn
Weather Next Month Like Your Subscription
The editor replies that next month's weather will resemble your subscription unsettled. The puzzled inquirer later learns the pun as he settles his account with the printer and publisher.
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the Inquirer
Kidneys Improved by Tsey's Kidney Cure
A historical claim states that Tsey's Kidney Cure purifies blood and strengthens the body, promising lasting kidney health and comprehensive system support attributed to its use by H. Gwyn.
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Tsey
H. Gwyn
The Man Who Always Was Just About to Act
A meditation on missed steps and fragile plans. The piece catalogs a series of near actions that failed at the brink, from insuring a house to aiding a neighbor, each thwarted by fate, illness, or economic collapse, ending with a reflection on effort and consequence.
Private illness letters offer confidential help from Mrs. Pinkham
A Lynn Massachusetts expert offers confidential letters to sick women. Mrs. Pinkham uses decades of correspondence to provide guidance you cannot share with your doctor.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promise
Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allen town Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organic derangement and female weakness after doctors advised surgery. The ad touts thirty years of use and claims to have helped thousands of women with menstrual and related conditions.
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Norman R. Barnett
Allentown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rule Governing Marking of Less Than Carload Freight Amended
Southern Railway Company amends Rule a to require back packages and bundles under carload freight be plainly marked with consignee name and destination station town city and state. Freight not marked accordingly will be refused for shipment by agents. C H Ackert and J M Culp sign as vice presidents and general manager.
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C. H. Ackert
J. M. Culp
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Prenechman
Pitty Aeroplanes
Pho
Mt. Airy
Mber
Wachovia Loan & Trust Co
Winston-Salem, N
Tration
Success Magazine
AK Ledeen
Guietinten
North Carolina
J. A
M. H. Holt
North Main Street
Hines Avenue
Rawley Avenue
Rockford Street
City Rota
City
G. G. Gallaway, Real Estate and Rental Agency
Francis P. Venable
Chapel Hill, N
Foleys
R R. Folger
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Main Street
First National Bank
Eli W. Comba
Surry County
Water Campbell
R. B. Moore
Commission Merchant
North Water St
Wilmington, N.C
Southern Railway Company
Northern Alabama Railway
Washington, D. C
DeWitt
C. Dewitt
C. Dewitt 4 CO
Arly Risers
Mt. Airy Produce Market Report
Hutter
J. W. Earp & Co
Undertakers
Licensed
Erbalmers
Pleasantia Tacke
J. W. McPherson& Co
E. A. Hannah
Undertaker
Thorrtins
Hewlore Uwn & CO
Washineun
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