Grover Cleveland bars another presidential bid
The article notes Grover Cleveland’s decision to not seek the party nomination again. It also mentions the Baptist State Convention set for December 9 in Charlotte and North Carolina Day activities on December 18 with a program by Joyner Brooks Moses Peele Hill and Haywood on The Cape Fear Section. The column cites Judge Crane on cigarette harms among youths and a critical remark about tobacco versus liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Joyner
E. C. Brooks
Edward P. Moses
W. J. Peele
D. H. Hill
Marshall Delancey Haywood
State Literary and Historical Association
Cape Fear
Dr King’s New Discovery Sold For Consumption Cure
A Beall Mississippi man proclaims his wife’s fall illness with consumption was cured after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He says she improved after trying other remedies and four bottles fully cured her. Trial bottles are free and the drug is sold by W A Hayes with prices 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
T. R Beall
Beall
W. A. Hayes
Cities vie for 1904 Republican convention site
Wilmington Star notes Chicago Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburg and Boston seek the 1904 Republican National Convention. Chicago is favored with the selection likely in the second or third week of June. Senator Hanna National Chairman calls a Washington meeting at the Arlington Hotel on Friday December 11 to hear bids and conduct business.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Boston
Hanna
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by Governor Atkinson
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all foods and strengthens the stomach. It claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles while rebuilding tissues and improving blood. Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia endorses the remedy and recommends it to friends. Said by W A Hayes druggist.
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G. W. Atkinson
W. Va
W. A. Hayes
New Social Game In Goldsboro Sparks Figures
In Goldsboro a new game dubbed Christianity is played by girls as Christians and boys as heathen. The heathen cross the room to embrace Christianity, reflecting a playful social scene from the era.
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Goldsboro Headlight
Kidney Cure Praised by Buffalo Coal Operator
A. H. Thames of Buffalo Ohio, a coal operator, reports long kidney and bladder trouble with gravel and stones. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, pain subsides and he feels greatly improved, stating it has done him a thousand dollars worth of good. W. A. Hayes.
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A. H. Thames
Buffalo, O
Foley
W. A. Hayes
Folley
Baptist Female University Debt Pledged To Be Covered
President Vann reports progress on the 43 000 dollar debt at Raleigh's Baptist Female University. With 28 500 paid, 14 500 remains. He seeks state church funds by January 1 1904 to trigger a 10 000 raise from individuals including 100 men at 50 each and 50 at 100 each. He states he has already raised 7 500 of the 10 000.
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Baptist Female University
Raleigh
Vann
St Luke's Rector Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy
E A Langfeldt rector of St Luke's Ashburnham testifies that a cough remedy cured his severe cold in time for Easter services. He credits Chamberlain Medicine Co with the swift relief after three doses. He notes the medicine was needed to perform preaching duties.
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Ashburnham
Ontario
Chamberlain
Ashburnham, Unt
E. A. Langfeldt
St. Luke’s Church
Chamberlain Medicine Co
W. A. Hayes
Senator Pritchard’s Fourth Marriage Trip Inferred
Salisbury Sup Jn notes that Senator Pritchard’s belief in marriage is inferred from his fourth trip of the kind. The item presents a compact political aside without broader context or corroborating details.
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Salisbury
Pritchard
Electric Bitters Promised Relief Amid Revolt Fears
A Raleigh pension notice reports the State Auditor’s office preparing over 12 000 pension warrants to go out December 15 as clerks work hard. Electric Bitters advertised as a solution for nervousness sleeplessness stomach upsets and general bodily complaints with a 50 cent price and satisfaction guarantee.
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State Auditor
Raleigh
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims No Cure
An ad asserts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic lists iron and quinine on each bottle with no cure promised and a no cure no pay offer. The message contrasts an intellectual man with an admiring woman and ends with a Kidney Cure testimonial and a quip about birthdays.
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Grove
Market Report From the Wholesalers and Farmers
A historical market listing shows prices for wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax butter eggs leas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee and sugar. Reads all kinds of country produce in good demand with per unit ranges and implied steady buyers.
Letter to A F Crabtree on Devoe Paint Usage
A Hillsboro reader cites various users across Plainfield Williamsport Canton Canton a Canton Canton noting Devoe paint saves less when cheaper options exist. The letter from F W Devoe & Co promotes buying genuine Devoe and mentions Parke and Hedgpeth as sellers.
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A. F. Crabtree
Hillsboro
N. C
Devoe
Aaron Higgins
Plainfield
N. J
Ezra Rathmell
Williamsport
Burt Young
Girard
Nathaniel Barber
Canton
N. Y
F. W. Devoe & CO
New, York
P.S Parke & Hedgpeth
Senate bill strengthens immigration restrictions
A bill introduced by Senator Lodge advances immigration regulation. It expands exclusion beyond the March act to bar admission to all persons over 15 who cannot read English or another language, and who are physically capable of reading.
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New York Sun
Senate
Lodge
Stomach and Liver Tablets Claim Quick Bilious Relief
A Texas reader reports severe bilious attack followed by rapid improvement after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The remedy is sold at 25 cents by W A Hayes, Druggist, with claims of relief for biliousness and stomach troubles.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Smith
Juliff
Texas
W. A. Hayes
Dragaiat
Methodist Protestant Church statistics for 1903
The Raleigh Christian Advocate reports 1903 figures: 46 white Conferences, 1,418 ministers, 2,308 churches, 174,481 members, 9,058 Sunday schools, 4,575 probationers, 123,420 scholars, and 17,937 officers and readers. Also notes De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve ads and Mecklenburg cotton crop forecast 5,000 to 7,000 bales short.
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Raleigh Christian Advocate
Methodist Protestant Church I
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Quick Cough Cure
A 19th century style ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the greatest throat and lung remedy. It claims rapid cures and prevention of serious colds with a warning against substitutes.
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W. A. Hayes
Foley
Winchester citizen reports Foley’s Honey and Tar saving boy
W Lynch of Winchester Indiana declares his young son suffered membranous croup and found relief after one dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar, urging others to refuse substitutes. Baptist work in North Carolina reports 17000 for foreign missions 8000 for home missions and about 22000 for State missions with a 10000 membership gain.
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W. Lynch
Winchester
Ind
Foley
W. A. Hayes
North Carolina
DeWitts Little Early Risers Endorsement
In Yoakum Texas a dry goods firm led by J M Haller is quoted by a traveler in a palace car praising DeWitt s Little Early Risers for a dark brown taste and morning vitality. W A Hayes Druggist sells the pills.
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Lone Star State
Texas
Yoakum
J. M. Haller
Haller
DeWitt
W. A. Hayes
Mortgage Sale Notice by James Webb Jr and Bros
Atlas M Rigsbee died at his Durham home after a lingering ten day illness. He was 62 and buried Monday afternoon.
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James Webb, Jr
Atlas M. Rigsbee
Durham
Backlene's Arnica Salve Ad Promotes Quick Relief
An alarmed horse and hundreds of daily accidents prompt an appeal for a reliable remedy. Backlene's Arnica Salve is advertised as healing burns cuts sores eczema and piles quickly. Available for 250 at W A Hayes' Drug Store.
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Len
W. A. Hayes
Editor's Order Samples Printing Office Phrases
An exchange shows a sample editor command to the foreman with odd phrasing about placing George Washington on the galley finishing a murder, distributing smallpox, and tasks involving Jeff Davis Ben Butler Deacon Fog and eternal punishment with instruction to press the lady's form.
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Printing Office
Billy
George Washington
Ranaway
Jeff Davis
Ben Butler
Deacon Fog
One Minute Cough Care for Children Promoted
A patent medicine description touts One Minute Cough Care as relief for coughs croup and la grippe. It claims rapid action at the source with healing and lasting cure by aiding lung oxygen delivery. Dr Armstrong of Delia Texas endorses it. sold by W A Hayes Drugist.
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Armstrong
Delia
Tex
W. A. Hayes
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Zange County
Gowen Hillsborough
Joseph A. Harris
Grover Cleveland
Baptist State Convention
Charlotte
Tryon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Crane
New York
Orange County Observer
Wilmington Star
Kovol
St. Luke’s
Gures
Toye
Charlotte Observer
Caldwell & Tompkins Publishers
J. P. Caldwell
Eprror
Atlanta
the Sunday Observer
Observer
Charlotte, N. C
Heap Asoout
H. A. Tisdale
Sammerton
S. C
de Witt
Draggiet
Mecklenburg County
D. Kauble
Nevada
E. O. Dewitt & CO
M. L. Taylor & Sister
Ees
Eeakeuees Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
RocuEnue
P. Brookington
Ishmael J. Carden
Nancy E. Carden
Maria F. Badgett
A. S
W. S. Badgett
Office of Register of Deeds
Orange County
Court House
Hilllsboro Township
Mills Creek
Carden
John Carden
John McCracken
Charles Cox
Terrell
Badgett
Chas. I. Stubbins
Nettie J. Stubbins
James Webb
Alfred Carr
Geo. Stubbins
Jas. Webb, JR
Marundeas
Eeaduaiers Munn & Go
St. Washington
NASA
Attorney-At-Tay
Hillsboro, Y
Dr. G
Oxford, N. c
Supreme Court
Hillsboro, N. c
John W. Graham
Payy
jFratax & Grahan
Art-L, AW
Hillsboro, Nn
Granville
Atay Pergon
Spurgeon
Chorton Street
Parks & Hedgpeth’s
Gaither
CARO
Europe
Asheville
Hot Springs
Hesonville
Wayneaville
Bre Lakes Toxaway
Fairfield and
Shire
Rockies
Southern
Folde
H. Hardwick
Washington, D
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Bayes
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