Deaths of Bishop Alfred A Watson and Sheriff J. K. Hughes
The Right Reverend Alfred Augustin Watson died in Wilmington at 3 25 p m on Friday April 21 after nearly two years of illness following a stroke He was Bishop of the East Carolina Diocese The Orange County News notes the death of Sheriff John Knox Hughes after a long illness and lauds him as a model public official and beloved local figure.
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Alfred Augustin Watson
Protestant Episcopal Church
East Carolin
Wilmington
N. C
John Knox Hughes
Orange County
Raleigh News and Observer
New Discovery Cures Consumption Says Pekin Doctor
Last Hope vanished for W M Smithart of Pekin Ia when physicians called his case incurable. Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds kept him alive. He claims a decade of use proves it a marvelous throat and lung cure. Guaranteed 50c and 1.00 bottles at W A Hayes Drugstore. Trial bottles free.
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W.M. Smithart
Pekm
Dr. King
W. A. Hayes
North Carolina Week Offers Year Round Home Seeker Tips
Durham Sup notes visiting North Carolina is ideal in any season for home seekers. Those who cannot visit now can still find appealing prospects later, as any time of year proves a good time to explore NC real estate.
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North Carolina
Chamberlains Pain Balm Quick Relief For Rheumatism
The text advertises Chamberlains Pain Balm as a rapid remedy for rheumatic and sciatic pain, claiming quick relief and strong value. It notes W A Hayes Drugist as a seller and references Governor Lafollette signing an anti cigarette bill effective July 1.
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Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Foley's Kidney Care Promises Health Boost and Safe Use
The notice claims Foley's Kidney Cure cures kidney and bladder diseases and strengthens organs to prevent Bright's disease and diabetes when taken timely. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. Separate column reports Japan preparing for war with 1,000,000 men and sending thousands of troops to the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bright
Edney
W. A. Hayes Druggist
Bucklea Arnica Salve Advertised For Wound Healing
A Columbus resident Theodore Sehuele reports a deep foot wound from an accident but Bucklea's Arnica Salve quickly healed it. The product is claimed to soothe burns and aid accidental injuries and is marketed at W. A. Hayen Drugstore for 250.
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Bucklea
Theodore Sehuele
Columbus
W. A. Hayen Drugstore
Dowie Secures Option on 2,000,600 Acre Mexican Tract for Zion City
From Mexico City comes word that John Alexander Dowie of Chicago has closed negotiations and obtained an option on a vast land tract in Tampias State, likely the Lopez ranch, intended for a new Zion City.
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Mexico City
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Tampias
Zion City
Lopez Ranch
Pen and Home Guard Against Barrooms in Hillsboro
A 1905 Hillsboro plea urges residents to unite against liquor interests. N W Brown appeals to men and women to vote May 2 to “put the Liquor interest to sleep forever,” warning of graves and wrecked homes near Hillsboro North Carolina.
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Hillaboro
Hillsboro
N. W. Brown
N. C
Kidney Cure Claim From Buffalo Coal Operator
A Buffalo O resident A H Twaurnes, a coal operator, reports kidney and bladder trouble for years with gravel and stone pain. After using Foley's Kidney Care, he says pain disappeared and his health improved substantially, claiming it did $1000 worth of good. Foley's Kidney Cure is sold by W A Hayes, Druggist. The piece ends with a New York San quip about a tired parson.
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A. H Twaurnes
Buffalo
Foley
W. A. Hayes
Draggisi
Pain Balm touted as relief for rheumatism
An ad praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatic pain claiming quick relief after one application. It notes extensive sales and reports of permanent cures from numerous users. Sold by W. A. Hayes, Druggist, with a humorous line from Brooklyn Life quoted about domestic mismanagement.
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Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
Draggist
Vale
Electric Bitters Cited As Cure For Kidney Trouble
EH Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing two years of kidney trouble and general debility. He reports suffering and anxiety before taking the medicine and says it has no equal for nerve and debility while a local draggist sells them for 50 cents.
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Wolfe
Bear Grove
Iowa
W. A. Hayes
Land Auction Notice in Murham Durham County North Carolina
On Saturday May 20 1905 a public auction will offer for sale the John Clark land in Patterson township Durham county North Carolina. The 180 acre tract is bounded by Charlie King Joseph Fowler Mrs Zow Long and William H Nunn. Sale under a Durham Superior Court decree in a partition case Hey N Clark et al v Pleasant Clark et al. Proceeds to be divided. Terms: one third cash one third in six months one third in twelve months with interest on deferred payments from sale date. Sale begins 12 o clock noon This April 19 1905 W Strain Commissioner
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Court House
Murham
Durham County
N. C
John Clark
Patterson Township
Charlie King
Stanford Leigh
Joseph Fowler
Zow Long
William H. Nunn
Superior Court of
Hey N. Clark
Pleasant Clark
William Strain
Letter Discusses Paint Quantities and Brands
A correspondence to Frank Hayes from Hillaboro North Carolina debates paint quantities and quality. It cites Aaron Higgins Sinfield using 15 gallons and mentions Devoe versus fake paint. The letter is signed by F W Devoe & Co and notes O J & B Forrest as sellers.
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Frank Hayes
Hillaboro
N. C
Aaron Higgins P Sinfield
Devoe
F. W. Devoe & CO
Senator Simmons in the hole warned as old men suffer
A Concord Tribune notice cautions about toll fixes and praises Foley's Kidney Cure for elderly men amid a May discussion. It includes a Rock Port Missouri testimonial from 91 year old Rodney Barnett and then presents North Carolina wartime statistics for the Appomattox monument period.
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Concord Tribune
Simmons
Bes
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Tonic Ad
A strength tonic claim promises rich red blood and improved strength health and activity. The Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea sells for 35 cents in tea or tablet form from W A Hayes.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
W A. Hayes
A. Hayes
Hotuster Cove Company
Madison
Wis
The Saloon Named a Bar to Heaven and Hell
An old advertisement fragment muses on the saloon as both doorway to vice and route to vice and ruin. It calls the bar a path to wealth, fame, and prayer, yet a door to sin, grief, despair, and an early grave for drinkers.
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Heaven
Hell
In Memoriam Sadie Turner 1905 Durham
Obituary note for Sadie Turner six year old daughter of William and Lena Turner who died March 25 1905 at Watts Hospital Durham after several days illness. The piece recalls her bright amiable school days and quotes comforting religious reflections about heaven and angels.
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The
Observer
Watts Hospital
Durham
Little Sadie
William
Lena Turner
Sadie
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Aid Digestion
An old advertisement touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as help for weak digestion. It claims digestion quality matters more than quantity and notes thousands benefited. Sold for a quarter by W A Hayes Drogist.
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Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
Drogzist
Supreme Court upholds Union county liquor act
North Carolina Supreme Court rules the Union county special act constitutional making possession of over a quart of liquor prima facie evidence of retailing. The ruling could convict a man found fishing at a creek if officers seize his wasket.
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Wilmington Star
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Union County
Low Southern Railway excursion rates for 1905 events
Extremely low rates announced from Southern Railway stations for numerous 1905 events across the south and midwest. Cities include Athens Gainesville Bristol Knoxville Monteagle Nashville Oxford St Louis and more with dates from May to August. Tickets from all stations available via railway agents and connecting lines.
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Southern Railway
Athens
Atlanta
National Association of Manufacturers
Bristol.Tenn
German Baptist Brethren
Charlottesville
Virginia
Fort Worth
Tex
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Monteagle Sunday School Institute
Monteagle
Tenn
Woman's Congress
Nashville
Lena—Peabody College
Vanderbilt Biblical Institute
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Richmond
Farmer’s National Congress
Savannah
National Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Savanah
Southern Golf Association
St. Louis
National Baptist
Tuscaloosa
Ala
L. Vernon
Charlotte
Return Confederate flags to their original owners urged
The New York World argues that Confederate battle flags should be returned to Southern owners and that postwar displays inflame civil enmity. It contends memory of the war should be a public possession for healing rather than trophies.
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New York World
Bookee
New South
Congress
Fruit Harvest In Focus As Spring Song Returns
The Charlotte Chronicle notes the old spring refrain about fruit harvest and how the usual crops appear again at harvest time, reflecting seasonal routines and cultural echoes in the region.
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Charlotte Chronicle
Sumer Millinery Season Opens with New Styles
Sumer Millinery by Mrs M L Taylor and sister displays spring hats trimmed and untrimmed and a full stock of flowers ribbons collars handkerchiefs gowns and jewelry. Out of town orders filled promptly.
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SUMER
Gor
Lowmer
M. L. Taylor & Sister
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Orange County Observer
Hillsborough
N.C
Joseph A. Harris
Toousaxo Dottaz
Parson
New York
San
Brooklyn
CuBeaTop
P.S O.J
B. B. Forrest
Rodney Barnett
Rock Port
Appomattor Monument
Batue
Presbyterian Standard
Wood
Mailedee
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Virgin
J. S. Sparexon
C. A. Scott
Patt C. Collins
Bank of Orange
E.M. Armfield
Shepperd Strudwick
D. H. Hamilton
I. Norfleet Webb
J.S. Spurgeon
J. Forrest
S. M. Gattis
C. A. McDade
God
Priatina Foley
Foley & Co
Watt Wood
D. P
Asheville
S. H. Hardwick
Washington, D. C
W.H. Tayloek
Kdray Seers
Thedford
Prrrsaura
Kas
Hasson
Effa
Wen Tl
Orange
Mass
Atlalta
Gan’ Dalles
San Francisco
Cal
Attorney-At-L, AW
Hillsboro, N
Dr. Stra
Tdi Reva Eo Eno Bs
W. Grahan
Atorney
Oxford, N
Person
Granite
Supreme ‘Court
Atforway
Cox
Busine
John W. Graham
Paunoksuam & Graham
Ray
Attorneys-At
Hillsboro, N. Co
Alemane Durham
Granville, Pergo
Deyn
Spurgeon
Churton Street
Oye Parks & Aledgpeth’s
Gaither Collins
Birmingham
Memphis
Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma and
Indian Territories
Far West
Northwest
Als
Southwest
F. E. Clark, Trav
S. L. Parrott
Atlanta, GA
eTwiLe Cue
Huisbere
OLEY
Foley’s
Foley & Company
W. A Hayes
Droge — Sa
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