Spring and Summer Goods at Poustwnep Every Tavespar
Orange County Observer advertises a large stock of spring and summer goods from dress fabrics to men’s clothing and shoes. It promotes fertilizers, farm wagons, furniture, and cooking stoves, inviting visitors to inspect prices and shop regardless of purchase. The note also salutes Col James B Mason and other Republicans urging support for a constitutional amendment and party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Nationa
M. L. Taylor & Sister
Contention Over Proposed Constitutional Amendment
The writer questions why opponents spend heavily and spread misrepresentations to defeat the amendment, asking why they do not wait to challenge its constitutionality in court after adoption. The passage implies concern that the amendment would extend state powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vimie
Witness T L Martin Endures Severe Cough Trial and Election Note
A Kentucky witness, T L Martin of Dixie, testifies of throat pain before stating King’s New Discovery cured his coughs and throat troubles. The item also notes Republican candidate chatter in the district and a Miss Crosby claim praising One Minute Cough Care. It closes with a shipment report of 21,000 males valued at 2.1 million to South Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Martin
Dixie
J. Q. Hood
Justice of the Peace
Crosby, Miss
W A. Hayes
W. S. Masser
Millheim
W. A. Hayes
Cough Remedies and Public Notices Highlight 1900s Ad Text
An 1900s reader notice cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup and One Minute Cough Care as lifesaving for a child. Local political items complain about Republicans in the Eighth District and a Blackburn nomination. The North Carolina Press Association and Kedol Dyspepsia Cure figures appear in promotional lines and endorsements.
Monument Fund Drive for Jefferson Davis Receives Hope
At a Richmond gathering of the United Daughters of the Confederacy a Lee Camp representative pledged $20,590 already raised by the veterans to fund a Jefferson Davis monument. The group urged immediate contributions from all Camps and Chapters by June 3, Davis’s birthday, to honor the late Confederate president and his era.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Richmond
Lee Camp
Jefferson Davia
Confederate States of America
Daughters of the Confederacy
Davin
Cbech
Rebecca Cameron
George P Culins
Sewing Machines and Memorials in a Local Ad and Notice
An article fragment advertises Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines with local seller Jim Hayes Graham NC. It then reports the death of 21 year old James Brown in Little River township with funeral at New Sharon Methodist Church and consoling verses. A health testimonial touts Ken tic Bitters for stomach trouble and yellow jaundice from Mrs I B Haut Lime Ridge Wis, with local dealer W A Hayes Drugstore.
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Little River Township
James Brown
Jimmie
E W. Fox
New Sharon Methodist Church
I. B. Haut
Lime Ridge
Wia
W A. Hayes
Letter of congratulations to Mayor Harris from J K Christmas
A dated letter from John K Christmas congratulates J A Harris on his mayoral victory in Hillaboro North Carolina. The note predicts a Democratic win in November with Bryan as preferred candidate and mentions plans to vote for good government. It closes with best wishes for Harris's administration and a P.S. endorsing De Witt Little Early Risers as a purifying aid.
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J. A Harris
Hilleboro
Hillaboro
N. C
Harris
Offhiletto
Bryan
John K Christmas
P.S
W. A. Hayes
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Advertises Healing Cures
An antique ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming to heal painful injuries from accidents and bruises. It touts cures for chafing, rashes, sore lips, burns, ulcers, and piles with a guarantee and a 25 cent trial offered by W. A. Hayes, druggist.
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Orly
W. A. Hayes
Droggiat
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Thomas Settle
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Caldwell
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Congress
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Raleigh
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Sigastere
John E Clifford
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Norwood
Linney
Spencer Blackburn
Wilmington Star
Pam
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W.A Hayes
North Carolina Pross Association
Hendersonville
J. E Watkins
Chilicothe
Josephine Polhill
Due West
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Parks & Hedgpeth
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J. W. Hooker
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John Kirkland
E.ections
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J. W. Hooker & Brother
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Hillsboro, N. C
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Durham, Granville
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