Tobacco acreage to rise in middle North Carolina
Raleigh reports indicate a sharp rise in tobacco acreage across middle North Carolina with fertilizer sales doubling in eastern counties and expected increases in overall tobacco cultivation. Spanish requests to recall Cuba’s Consular General and ship supplies by merchant vessels prompted a negative reply from the U.S. president, hinting at potential war. Revenue Collector Carl Duncan speaks on civil service law changes and recommissioning field deputies for March.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Washington
Lee
Cuba
United States
Carl Dancan
Dancan
A Nawthow Escare from Mrs Adam Harte Groton SD
A widow writes that a bad lung infection led to consumption but with Dr King’s New Discovery she recovered after eight bottles. She credits the remedy for her cure and notes a trial bottle is offered free at W A Hayes Crow Store with regular sizes 50 cents and $1.00 guaranteed or money refunded.
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Thacktal
Adam Harte
Groton
Toy
W. A. Hayes’ Crow Store
W. A
Hayes’ Drug Store
Ocean Experiments Hint at Slow Global Circulation
Two years of Atlantic experiments suggest the ocean circulates in a vast, looping pattern like a giant pool. Researchers note sustained movement around the basin, implying long term global mixing.
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Atlantic
One Minute Cough Cure Recommended As Preventive Aid
An advertisement extols One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive against pneumonia consumption and other serious lung troubles following neglected colds. A brief aside shows a humorous exchange about a telephone call, mentioning a wife calling down.
Bucken's AnNica Salve for skin eruptions and sores
Advertisement for Bucken's AnNica Salve offered by W A Hayes Druggist. Claims to treat bruises sores ulcers fevers and skin conditions with a money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box.
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W. A. Hayes
Panacea Ointment Promises Quick Healing
An old line advertises Panacea Ointment for cuts bruises sprains ulcers burns chilblains piles and all wounds. Historically made by Mrs Josh Harris of Hillsboro North Carolina and now sold by the Hillboro Drug Company.
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Josh Harris
Hillsboro
N.C
Hillabore Deug Company
Judge Probes Theft of Turkeys in Colored Prisoner Exchange
In a Detroit Journal report a judge questions a colored prisoner about stolen turkeys. The inmate responds that the complainant had no chickens, signaling a deflective defense in a rural-justice context.
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Detroit
Public Schools Taxation In North Carolina
State wide pamphlet by Prof. J Y Joyner outlines a 20 cent property tax and 6 cent poll to fund public schools. It cites $1 034 16 raised from taxes and fines, with 621 249 school age children and average school weeks 12.45 white and 11.83 colored, white teachers average $23.60 and colored $22.00. It notes literacy ranks and urges tax funded education progress, then promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for various ailments with 50 cent price at W A Hayes Drug Store.
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North Carolina
Ft Public Instrucion
J. Y. Joyner
New Mexico
United States
Tobacco growth and manufacturing ranks in state economy
The Wilmington Star notes North Carolina as a tobacco grower ranking second behind Kentucky and claims a third-place status in manufacturing with Missouri and Kentucky ahead. It cites 15 million pounds manufactured annually, versus Missouri and Kentucky figures. The page also contains assorted notes and ads including a relief claim for Chamberlain's Pain Balm and De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, plus political comment on Gov Russells secretary appointment and farm welfare remarks.
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Wilmington Star
North Carolina
Kentucky
Missouri
America
Georgia
Willmington
de Witt
Market prices for rural staples in weakly Hillsboro
A listing of farm goods with prices per bushel or pound including wheat 90 cents to 1.00, corn 50 cents, oats 35 cents, meal 60 cents, pork and bacon rates, flour 85 to 650, tallow 4 cents, beeswax 20 cents, butter 15 to 20 cents, eggs 10 cents, seed potatoes 1.25, pears 0.75 to 1.00, hay 0.75 to 1.50, hides 4 to 8 cents, chickens 10 to 25 cents, live geese 40 cents, wool 18 to 25 cents, unwashed 10 cents, cotton barfy 5 cents, and general demand for country produce.
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Hillsboku
Cleveland did not err in sending Lee to Hana
Cited opinions from partisan papers acknowledge General Fitzhugh Lee as the right man in the right place. Citizens in the town note his capabilities while other remarks discuss cough remedies and local legal orders. A circular from Postmaster General Gary Lani offers rewards for arrests in a noted murder case in Lake City, S C.
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Willington
Cleveland
Fitzhugh Lee
Ha Ana
Lee
New York
Gary Lani
Baker
Lake City
S. C
Browns Iron Bitters Promises Cure For Dyspepsia
An article extols Browns Iron Bitters as a cure for all forms of dyspepsia and stomach, blood, and nerve ailments, noting the disease's uncertain nature and urging purchase from dealers nationwide.
Local shopkeeper advertises wares near courthouse post office
An advertisement shows LL Whipped offering groceries soaps perfumes paper seeds and garden goods from a shop beside the post office north of the courthouse. He promotes a broad line including crockery hardware pickles and notions and asks patrons to visit and call for what they want. The note ends with a subscription pitch for the News and Observer and North Carolinian newspapers.
Literary Notes Preview of March Waverly Magazine Stories
The March Waverly Magazine will publish forty to fifty complete short stories across four weekly parts. Highlights include One Day by Mrs. E C Kutregan A Question of Evidence by Alexia Krause The Light on Badcap by W Bert Foster Lady Hilda and the Colonel by Theo Gist and others. The Easter edition promises color cover design Easter Bells by a prominent arket and the Waverly is sold by news dealers.
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Waverly
E C. Kutregan
Alexia Krause
W. Bert Foster
Hilda
Colonel
Theo, Gist
Lion's Good By,” By McQrad. “Cynthia,” By Mary Sweet
W. Pen Ringe
Charles Saith
Frank O. Sweet
L. Galtrath
Dolores
G. H. Dierhold
J. Fiirgerald Molly
Marie Alien Kimbal
Scandinavia
George Robert White Scott
Arket the Waverly
Portis mine sale and NC shoe market notes
The Rocky Mount Argonaut notes the Portis mine sale in Nash and Franklin counties at 120000 said cheap. Raleigh News and Observer cites 3 million in NC money spent yearly on shoes in Eastern markets.
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Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Raleigh Daiy Post
Cave Lookout
Eugene Yeomans
Yeomans
Secretary of State
Cape
Cartleret County
Mount Mitchell
Rockies
van. Stepp
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Russells
Thomas M Chrek
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Juduze Melver
Salisbury
Western North Carolina Railroad
Chambers
Lexington
B. W. Purseil
Kunnermsville
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Jasper Niwa
J S. Spurgeon
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
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Katie Riley
A. I. Holdex
H. Y. Har
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Little River Township
Sam Glenn
Jas Glenn
F. N. Wilson
D.s. Miller
C.K. Miler
Wm. J. Miller
W. HK. McKee
J. T. Wilkerson
Said A. Y. Harris
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Thomas Briggs
M. Gattis
Williams, Davis, Brooks & CO
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A. Hayes
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Pianos
ORGAY
M. Andrew
STATE
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Hillsboro, N.C
Dr. Strolive
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the Weekly Observer
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Cuartotti, N. C
Harris Steam
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Narris' Steam Dye Works
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Jacob B. Rosemund
Watcurs
W. Grallan
Oxford, N
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Gravis
Supreme Court
M. Yattis
Midlsboro, N.C
John W.gralam
Yatti Ryenas
Grauam
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Granville
Orange
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