Confederate Generals Longstreet and Gordon Die Within Week
The notice reports the deaths of Gen. James Longstreet and Gen. John B. Gordon within a week. Gordon, former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, died at his winter home near Miami at age 72, following Longstreet's death. The piece blends obituary with Southern reverence and hopes both leaders rest peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longstreet
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Miami
Florida
Gordon
Gen. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Stonewall Jackson
Terrible Death Spared by Discovery Cure
The family of Mia M. L. Bobbitt of Bargerton Tenn watched her die as doctors failed to stop consumption. Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption offered relief from the first bottle and ultimately cured her. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and $1. Trial bottles free at W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store.
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Mia
M. L. Bobbitt
Bargerton
Tenn
Dr. King
Bowles
W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store
C. W. Bellamy
Burlington
Iowa
W. A. Hayes
Ten Commandments recall test for Wilmington adults
A Columbus telegram notes Ohio State Prison prisoners failed to repeat the Ten Commandments. The Wilmington idea canvasses residents over eighteen to measure how many can recite the first ten commandments, predicting a small percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Local ads and notices on dyspepsia cure and inmate work
A jumble of notices reports B F Hare praising Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after years of illness and medical costs. It also cites state convicts and prison hospital trends and a note of E Wausan recovering from kidney disease after using Foley's Kidney Cure as recommended for trainmen.
Raleigh Firm Builds Exhibit Furniture for St Louis Show
The Boyd Furniture Company of Raleigh prepares elaborate cherry and curly maple pieces for the North Carolina exhibit at St Louis. After the World's Fair, the furniture will return to Raleigh for display in the State Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Furniture Company
Raleigh
North Carolina
St. Louis
State Museum
He Got the Dog. A minister and a crowd of boys
A well known minister walking past a crowd of boys asks what they are doing to the dog. One boy says whoever tells the biggest sea wins iv. The minister laments honesty, then another boy shouts to hand him up the dog.
Letter lauds Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for croup relief
Editor Joh H Cullom of the Garland News praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for treating his child’s croup and cold spells since 1887. He notes it is pleasant to take, not dangerous, and safe in overdoses, recommending it to families. For sale by W A Hayes, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh H Cullom
Garland
Texas
W. A. Hayes
Wake Forest Reaches Record Student Enrollment
The Raleigh Morning Post notes Wake Forest now has 315 students the largest student body in the college history. More than a dozen law school students will take the Supreme Court examination next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Morning Post
Wake Forest
Law
Supreme Court
Remedies and crops dominate the local news bit
An Ala. reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar for la grippe relief. North Carolina farmers report high prosperity from cotton and tobacco price gains. Warnings against neglecting coughs with Foley's Honey and Tar. North Carolina saw one lynching in the past year versus eight in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Hillsboro Market Prices Report
Weakly Hillsboro market report lists price ranges for grains meat dairy and produce. Wheat oats corn meal bacon pork flour butter eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee sugar and other country produce in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Boca
Echoes From O'er the Mountain Notes Visits and Local Happenings
Burlington visitors including Mr Robert Cates and Miss Ella Clecdenin call on relatives. Chapel Hill student Sam Dickson visits nearby. J Herbert Cates visits brother Claude in Chapel Hill. Miss May Jones visits sister Miss Stella Jones at Marsh-Highsmith Sanitarium. A new public school between St Luke's Chapel and Beth Eden opens with Miss Mary Walker in charge. Community urges real deeds as the year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cates
Burlington
Ella Clecdenin
Sam Dickson
Chapel Hill
J. Herbert Cates
Claude
May Jones
Stella Jones
Marsh-Highsmith Sanitarium
Fayetteville
N. C
St. Luke's Chapel
Beth-eden
Mary Walker
Prisoner In Her Own House Seeks Cough Remedy Cure
Country woman Mrs. W. H. Layha of Kansas City Missouri reports severe hoarseness and coughing for years. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy as directed she says she improved after one day and is now entirely cured after two weeks. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist. Also notes North Carolina post offices gaining Presidential class due to higher receipts, seen as regional prosperity signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Hare
Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co
Middleton
Ohio
W. A Hayes
North Carolina
W. H. Layha
Agnes Avenue
Kansas City
Chamberlain
Southern
D. Kauble
Nevada
E. CO. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Promoted For Piles And Skin Ailments
Ki A DeWitt & Co of Chicago developed a Witch Hazel salve said to treat piles eczema cuts burns and all skin diseases with no equal. Counterfeits warned. Also in New Bern Journal oysters of large size from Cere Sound and a testimonial for Electric Bitters from C W Bellamy. Broadway Tower planned. Foley's Honey and Tar touted for pneumonia and flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ki. A. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
DeWitts
W. A Hayes
New Bern
Cere Sound
Auction Notice of Land in Hillsboro Orange County
Under a mortgage deed to me by James W. Riley, the Fau cett and Lindley tracts totaling about 133 acres will be sold at public auction at the Hillsboro courthouse on Monday January 2 1904 at 12 o clock m. Adjoining lands include Capt Riley John B Paul Rachel Bain and others. Terms cash. December 12 1903 Bessie P Merbank Mortgagee.
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James W. Riley
Register’s
Orange County
Court House
Hillsboro
Hillsboro ‘Township
Eno River
Capt. Riley
John B. Paul
Rachel Bain
Lindley
Bessie P. Mebank
Honey and Tar Promoted as Safe Cough Remedy
An advertisement warns that many children are poisoned by opiate cough syrups from mothers. It touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe non opiate remedy for coughs croup and lung trouble and claims it is the only prominent product without opiates or poisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A Hayes
World Methodist Property and Followers Count
The Methodist Church property worldwide is estimated at 300 million dollars. John Wesley's followers total over 28 million, with 22 million in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Christian Advocate
Methodist Church
John Wesley
America
De Witt's Little Early Risers Promote Easy Health
Advertises a pill vial for quick relief from headache biliousness torpid liver and constipation. Claims to be pleasant reliable and non disruptive with a tonic strengthening effect. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist in the vest pocket friendly format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
W. A. Hayes
Report of Hamilton Clerk of Orange County Funds
Report of D H Hamilton clerk of superior court of Orange County lists amounts due on estates and heirs, including Hannah Hastings Doe John Pearson Anthony Cole and many others, detailing sums owed by various estates to heirs and executors in a late 19th century financial ledger. The item enumerates dozens of estates with specific due amounts and named heirs and executors.
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D. H. Hamilton
Curt
Orange County
Board of Commissioners of
North Carolina
Hannah Hastings
John Pearson
Anthony Cole
Wm Cole
John Canada
Luther Canada
Lemuel Lynch
Geo Lynch
Jos Brown
Ronnie Monn
Lou Mann
J C Sykes
Roxanna McCauley
Hetty Crosset
Martha Cook
M R Sugg
L H Sugg
G C Sagg
L W Sugg
NC Sage
J U Sugg
J « Sugg
Nancy Stadler
E Wells
Willis Welle
Mary Jones
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Pain Relief
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as remedy for wounds burns bruises and sprains with claims it cures pain and trouble. Also touts piles relief at 25 cents through W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store. Includes a comic dialogue snippet about a missing brother.
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Bucklen
W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store
One Minute Cough Cure Advertisement Claim
One Minute Cough Cure promises rapid relief by killing the microbe that triggers coughing while clearing phlegm and inflammation. The claim includes lung strengthening and pneumonia warding, stating it treats coughs colds croup and is safe for all ages, sold by W A Hayes.
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W. A Hayes
Drogeut
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Orange County Observer
Hillsborough,n. DC
Joseph A. Harris
Cuneo Arrer
Col. Olds
Raleigh Lerner
Grvew
G. H Wausan
L E
Lima
Foley
Castor
Cale
Wilson
Roy Kemp
Angola
Ind
la Grippe
Geo. W. Emory
Rock Mills
Ala
W. A. Slayes
Draggist
Tse Bsitime Vy
Broadway
New York City
Dougs
Gage
News and Observer
Associated Press
Daily News and Observer
Neerve
Bill
New York Journal
Ella Wyatt
Geo Wyatt
John Wyatt
Bryant Stroud
C P Stroud
Manly Ward
Annie Fowler Croker
G Stanford P Clingman
J Kenion
Bertha James
M James James Nevill
Mincey
Keeley St
Carcago, Inx
Cardus
Wiine
Gardui
Nash
Hillsboro, N
Dr. Struc
A W. Granay
Oxford
Person
Durham
The
Dr. Granville
S M. Gaptis
Hillsboro, N. v
John.w.graham, Paul, Gran, Graham & Graham
Attorneys
Alan Durham
Granville
Becks Uy
Nando
Spurgeon
Churton Street
Parks & Hedgpeth’s
Gaither Collins
Land OF the Shy
North Carol
Lake Toxaway
Europe
Asheville
Hot Springs
Hendisonville
Wayneaville
Brevan Lakes Toxaway
Fairfield and & Phire
Rockies
S. H. Hardwick, Gen’l Pass
AGEST
Washington, DC
David E. Foutz
A. Hayes
Mann
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