North Carolina Farm Stats 1910 Growth and Ownership Shifts
The Raleigh area report notes NC farms reached 253 425 in 1910, up 3 percent since 1900, with 8 000 000 acres improved. Average farm size fell to 88 acres, land value per acre rose to 2034, and total land and building value climbed to 455 715 000. Farm implements, labor costs, and fertilizer spend all rose substantially while white to black farmer ratios and tenant versus owner dynamics shifted, including mortgaged farms.
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North Carolina
Timely advice saves two lives with Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs C Willoughby of Marengo Wie R No 1 escaped a fatal scare when doctors called her cough a consumption. Her aunt urged Dr King’s New Discovery which she used successfully and it also aided her boy in a severe bronchial case. A druggist notes it as a standout throat and lung remedy. Cost 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free.
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C Willoughby
Marengo
Wie
W. A. Hayes
A Medicine That Gives Confidence Foley’s Honey and Tar Comp
A Kansas note from Mrs T J Adame praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for curing her children's coughs and colds. The ad promotes substitutes and lists drugstores for sale, with a generic claim of easy pleasant use and mild effect.
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Foley
T J Adame
Kansas Ave
Columbus Kansas
Piley
Dragvista
We object to others who claim praise for our talk
We often resist flattery from outsiders and critics who misread our self effacing stance. The great talker who cannot admit fault undermines genuine dialogue and weakens the trust we place in our own voices.
Our Money At Rome and Local Merchants
The piece urges support for home merchants during the fall season with well kept stocks and competitive prices. It notes shoppers favor town stores over city shops and mentions the tall Awica ble Life Insurance building in Waco Texas. A Mrs P H Brogan of Wilson Pa endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as superior. The excerpt ends with a remark on meeting men who speak only when they have something to say.
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Awicable Life ~Joburance “Company
Waco
Texas
P.H. Brogan
Wilson
Chamberlain
Foney E1oney Pitts Supply Ad for Kidney and Urinary Relief
An old ad promotes pills claiming to strengthen restore natural functions of kidneys and bladder. It lists uses for backache headache nervousness rheumatism and urinary irregularities. Mentions availability by all druggists and includes a quip about modesty in men.
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Bright
Dr King New Life Pills advertised with quirky notes
An assortment of humorous and sensational lines tout Dr King’s New Life Pills for aiding liver and kidneys, plus a testimonial from James C. Daniman praising Foley Kidney Pills. Sold at druggists. ends with a joke about wealth via inheritance.
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Dr. King
New Life
W. A. Hayes
More Cars Wanted and a World Growing Better
The piece notes a family lineage of Gen Jalisn S-Cart and their business ethic, urging harnessing responsibility in employing others. It also features Mrs W W Goold of Pittsfied N H praising Electric Bitters for stomach and kidney relief, claiming wide usefulness and urging trial at W A Hayes drug store. An editorial aside quotes a maxim about men and monogamy.
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Gen Jalisn
S-Cart
W W. Goold
Pittsfie'd
N. H
W. A’ Hayes’ Drug Store
Kidney Remedy Claims Cure by Ark. J. E. Freeman
An Arkansas claim reports Judge Freeman stating a severe kidney illness left him unable to work until Folsey's Kidney Remedy cured him completely. The ad urges women to buy the powder rag noting its perceived potency.
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Fory
Horgetess
Hon. Ark
J. E. Freeman
Foléy
Property Auction Notice in Orange County Court
In Orange County Superior Court two executions compel sale of John W Hughes estate lands. Sheriff R D Bain will auction on October 16, 1911 at 12 noon at Hillsboro Court House to satisfy judgments, with three parcels totaling about 333 acres along Eno River and nearby lands. Aimed at paying costs and satisfying the executions.
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Superior Court of
Orange County
Court House
Hillsboro
Jose W. Hughes
John K. Hughes
Eno River
Cedar Grove
Thomas H. Hughes
F. P. Clarke
Stovalitrat
C. C. Tinnin
Tinnin
Stovall Place
Letters Advertised at Pomtte Post Office October 2 1911
Advertised letters list includes Dorhim Jessie Hatoner J L Helmes Nellie Ray James Allen Roberts Thelma Verial Emma at HiMaboro post office with note to say advertised. Local commentary warns even the prudent avoid unsafe investments and poor food choices.
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HiMaboro
Dorhim
Jessie
Hatoner
J. L.helmes
Nellie
Ray
James Allen
Roberts
Thelma
Verial
Emma
G. Roskronp
Pim
Bucklen's Salve Praised As Universal Healer
An old advertisement extols Bucklen's Salve as a perfect healer for cuts, corns, bruises, boils, eczema, salt rheum and sore eyes. It claims immunity from rivals and promotes its use for piles. Also mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and colds and warns about the consequences of guilt.
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Hayes
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Paulspay
Joseph A. Harris
Simmons
Gays Enos
Dea
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Ueki
Rome
Foney
Pitts
Cdver
Rip
James C. Daniman
Omana
James C. Dahiman
Omaha
Dawes Co
Nebraska
Chadron
Foley & Co
Chicago
Igned
James C. Dansman
Fletcher
Wood
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Birk
E. C. Thompson
N.C
Buckeye and Superior
Webb
JuLisHoro
N. O
John M. Cates
H. W. Webb
J.C. Webb
H. W
J. C. Webb
Jesse W. Hughes
W. T. Reynolds
Ernest Reynolds
W. T. Reynolds & Son
R. D. Bain
Ney
Han
Lynchburg
South
Tam
King Street
Hayes’ Drug Store
H. L. Parish
M. L. Taylor & Sister
Geo. W. Tate
J. Ff. McAdams
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