Roosevelt Proclaimed Special Session and Fair Dates Noted
The issue lists President Roosevelt declaring a special Senate session for March 4 and announces the Forty-Fifth Great State Fair to be held in Raleigh October 16 to 21, 1905. It also cites railway line bids for double tracking between Greensboro, High Point, Danville, and Pelham. The Y War casualties report estimates 180,439 hospital transfers with thousands wounded or sick and around 40,000 to 50,000 killed in action.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ashley Horne
Claude B. Denson
Jos K. Pogue
Greensboro
Southern Railway
High Point
Danville
Pelham
Japan
Ronesia
Port Arthur
Rusa
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Pneumonia Says Talladega Man
J. W. McKinnon of Talladega Springs Alabama credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with saving his life after two doctors failed. He reports first dose relief and one bottle cured him. W. A. Hayes' Drugstore offers trial bottles free with prices 50c and $1.00.
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Hippen
Local Bills Target Nuisances and Rights in Vance County
A fragmented passage notes bills to shield worshippers from fleas at a church, to deter bee stings to horses, and to regulate possums and white settlers in land use. It mentions tours with Vance county law to limit blackberry picking by outsiders on private land.
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Vance County
Pneumonia Headlines in New York and Chicago Deaths
Report notes that one fifth of deaths in New York and Chicago occurred in November and December 1903 due to pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as stopping coughs and strengthening lungs to prevent pneumonia, urged by W. A. Hayes, Druggist.
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New York
Chicago
Foley
W. A. Hayes
Fresh push to study local history and state facts
The Wachovia Historical Society backs efforts to preserve regional records. A community notice promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic for all ages, emphasizing health through the season.
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The
Wachovia Historical Society
Hollister
W. A. Hayes
North Carolina giant from Madison County claims wrestling fame
Thomas Fisher of Madison County is described as a 62 foot tall North Carolina giant with a 327 pound frame and 52 inch chest. A wrestler by trade, he is touted as the strongest man and has bested the famed Mauldoon.
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Thomas Fisher
Madison County
North Carolina
Lungs Heal After Foley's Honey and Tar Aid
A Wood Indiana resident A Ake writes that years of severe lung issues and repeated hemorrhages improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He warns against substitutes and praises the remedy for advanced lung trouble and cough suppression. The Raleigh House of Representatives passed a Laughinghouse bill substitute regulating railroad passenger fares with an eight cent first class and two and a half cent second class rate per mile.
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House of Representatives
Raleigh
Biggs
Laughinghouse
Electrics Bittere Claim of Curing Kidney Disease
Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas writes that after failing with his family doctor he found relief for liver and kidney troubles using Electrics Bittere. The letter promises cures for dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease and is offered by W A Hayes Druggist at 50 cents a bottle.
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John M. Fuller
Honey Grove
Texas
Waterloo
W. A. Hayes
Old Sayings Hint At Larger Harvest And Patent Tea Ad
An old proverb links cold winters to bountiful crops and urges Hol i ster s Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic for the sick with a 33 cent price. The item also notes London s first habitual drunkards blacklist under a new licensing act, reporting more women than men on the list.
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London
Weekly Hillsboro Market Report
Wheat 1.25 a bushel. corn 60 ets. oats 50 ets. meal 75 ets. Pork 7 1 2 ets per lb. Flour 3.00 to 6.00 per barrel. Beans 1.06 to 1.50. Butter 20 cts lb. eggs 17 1 2 ets. Sugar 5 to 6 cts lb. All country produce in good demand.
Devoe Paint Claims and Public Opinion Letter
An advertisement argues Devoe lead and zinc paint is superior to others and cites a Plainfield New Jersey user who had leftover paint. It promotes dealer locations Park and Hedgpeth and appearances in a nontechnical tone. A North Carolina Baptist editorial condemns vagrancy and urges action against a nuisance man and loafing white men living off others earnings.
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Devoe
Aaron Higgins
Plainfield
N. J
F. W. Devoe & CO
North Carolina
North “Carolina
Startime Mortality and the One Remedy Promoted
A jittery article touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a cure for appendicitis peritonitis constipation and biliousness claiming reliability from M Flannery of Chicago with sample at W A Hayes Drugstore. An aside shares a humorous miscue about pockets and feelings in a Pittsburgh Post excerpt.
Foley’s Kidney Cure for Women Health Claims
Women suffer kidney disorders more often than men and misattribute symptoms to female diseases. Foley's Kidney Cure is praised for stabilizing nerves, reducing headaches, easing puffiness, and normalizing urinary functions. Sold by W A Hayes, Druggist.
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W A. Hayes
Dragvist
New Joke From E Spencer Black Burn About a President
Wilkesboro Chronicle recalls a tale told by E Spencer Black Burn of Greensboro about three boys in a school. The joke centers on aspirations to be President and ends with a boy preferring not to study to avoid dinner with Booker Washington. A Wilkes Republican version adds the boy’s line about quitting school to avoid President duties.
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Wilkesboro
E. Spencer Blackburn
Greensboro
E. Spencer
Wilkes
Booker Washington
Bravery and Charity in a Local News Note
A Syracuse father uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve to treat his son's eye wound. Eva Booth of the Salvation Army opens breakfast centers on the East Side amid reports of hungry schoolchildren. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as healthful, with prices.
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Charles F. Lembarger
Syracuse
N. Y
Robert Hunter
New York
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Maxwell
Hunter
Sale of Land Under Mortgage Indebtedness in Hillsboro
John A. Suit auctions a forty acre tract in Bingham Township Orange County at the courthouse door in Hillsboro. The sale, March 5, 1903, satisfies mortgage debt per a power of sale from Joseph F. Carr, recorded Book K page 99.
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John A. Suit
Joseph F. Carr
Orange County
Yona
Alan Moon
Hillsboro
Bingham Township
Billy Thompson
Mag Crabtree
Julian Carr
Wm. Dodson
Jana
Court House
Superior Court
Charles Straynoyn
Wiley Cates
William Andrews
Anthony Valdwell
Elizabeth Gates
W. P. Roberts
Charles Strayhyan
Lassiter
Lula Lassiter
H. G. Kime
Office of Register of Deeds
Orange
Alamance
Hodges
H.G Kim
Alabama mine explosion claims 160 lives
The February disaster in Alabama killed about 160 miners and tore apart many bodies. Sightseers mourn for the families left destitute with 100 families and 300 children needing aid as the shaft tragedy prompts debate over miners’ marital status and life choices.
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Charlotte
Alabama
Foley’s Honey and Tar Remedy Promotes Genuine Article
Foley & Co Chicago originated Honey and Tar as a trustworthy cough remedy. Due to its merit many imitations are offered. ask for Foley’s Honey and Tar and refuse substitutes. It is mildly laxative, contains no opiates, and is safe for children and delicate persons. Sold by W A Hayes Druggist.
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Sewin
Sam Suleeg
St. Louis
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
W. A.hayes
Druggiet
Winter Millinery Offers Latest Styles in Hillsboro
Our Fall and Winter millinery is ready for inspection. We bought the latest styles and best quality hats trimmed and untrimmed for all ages. A full line of flowers ribbons veiling collars handkerchiefs and jewelry completes the stock. Out-of-town orders filled promptly by Mrs M L Taylor and Sister. The December sale includes land notices.
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Hillsboro
M. L. Taylor
DacercAcs
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McKinley
Henderson
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Castoria
Infante
Childr
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Wood
Ind
CotoNrt
Statesville
Wekely Hillsboro Diarket Report
Notiuve
Rock Spring, N. C
P.S. Parks & Hedgpeth
Pittsburg Post
Paris
Ornanar
Rocky Mountain
John
Erty
Washington, D
Washington
D. C
L. Vernon
F. P
J. H. Wood
D. B A
Asheville
H. Hardwick
Washington, W. Cc
W. H. Taylor
Washington, D. C
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Tue
Omar Nat
Cardus
Cardi
Gardai
Apure Saiey Bronte
Comear Madison
NASA
Hillsboro, Nc
Dr. Strig Mig
W. Gratay
Oxford
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Durham
Granving
Supreme Court
Ang
S “M. Gatt
Attorney-At-Lay
Probte Busine
John W. Graham
Pip
Ray Gupaham & cRanay
Attorneys-At
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Granville
Person
Spurgeon
Churton Street
Parks & Medgpeth
Tespeg
Gaither Collins
Alvin R. Parish Havy
H. J. Pai
King Street
H. L. Parish
H.l.partisa
Jeff
Kentucky
New York State
H. L. Paris
Cattl Toh
A. Hayes
Draggist
Foley's
Foley & Company
Noe Cp Jones
Ney
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