Dewey to Visit Atlanta Amid South Cotton Growth
The Orange County Observer notes Admiral Dewey will visit Atlanta. It reports South cotton milling capital at about 1500 million, the old tobacco year closing with Winston selling over 15 million pounds and shipping 1,633,994 pounds of manufactured tobacco, and mentions Meantime war figures from General Lawton Otis. It includes local letters on school board meetings and public health remedies, plus a note on Durham cotton mill plans and Kodol Dyspepsia Care endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Atlanta
Ees
South
Winston
Observer
Epitor
Board of School Directora
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mebane
Durham
Discovery by a Shelby woman boosts demand for New Discovery
A Shelby New Jersey woman credited King’s New Discovery with curing seven years of disease after three months of coughing and sleepless nights. She bought the medicine from W A Slaves Drug Store, with trial bottles free and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar, and the company guarantees every bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hlamnick & Co
Shelby, N. J
W. A. Slaves’ Drug Store
Empress Victoria’s empire population figures cited
The Wilmington Messenger notes Victoria’s empire contains about 406 million people with Europe 40.04 million, Asia 300 million, Africa 45 million including Egypt, American colonies 7.1 million, and Oceanica 3 million. It claims the empire is expanding and at war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Europe
SAS
Asia
Africa
Egypt
American
Oceanica
Winter 1897 Injury Recovered with Pain Balm
James Reed of Clay West Virginia bruised his leg on ice causing severe swelling and disability. After physicians and whisky bathes failed, Chamberlain's Pain Balm brought a near complete cure in a week, preventing amputation in Reed's view. Sold by W A Hayes druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Donahoe
Church
South
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Chamberlain
W. A. Hayes
James Reed
Clay, Clay Co
W. A. Ilayes
Slavery Markets Narrowed to Ilawaiian and Sulu Islands
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes that the only U S points where slaves can be purchased now are the Ilawaiian and Sulu Islands, highlighting a restrictive shift in how slavery is accessed within the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United States
Ilawaiian
Sulu Islands
W. A. McLarty & Son
Dime Box
Tex
Ramon
Brown Hfg. CO
Greeneville
Tenn
Woman Praises Minute Cough Cure For Child’s Life Saving
A Pa mother Mia Mary Bird Harris of Harrisbury buries a child and credits Minute Cough Cure with saving the life from croup. The ad claims the product cures coughs colds and throat and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Mary Bird
Harrisbury
W. A. Hayes
Joseph Stockford
Hodgen
de Witt
Tommy
King
Farmer's Bank
Brooklyn
Michigan
San Francisco
P. B. Belles
Argyle
W. A Hayes
Greensboro
Charlotte Observer
Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad
J Kirkman
Belle Rive
Filipinos Face Moral Debate On Civilizational Burden
A Durham Herald opinion flags concern that Western decadence could harm Filipino society and suggests that removing such influences might benefit the country. The piece frames civilization as a burden and questions universal cultural impositions.
Piso’s Cure for Cough Declared A National Remedy
We present a 19th century market column noting Piso’s Cure for Coughs as a touted remedy. The page also lists weekly Hillsboro market prices for Wheat Corn Oats Meal Pork Bacon Flour Tallow Beeswax Batter Eggs Peas Beans Hides Chickens Feathers Wool Coffee Sugar and more with per unit ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
State Fair Opens In Raleigh With Parade And Exhibits
The Great Annual State Fair at Raleigh opens October 11 1899 with a morning parade forming at the Carrollton Hotel and marching to the Fair Grounds. Competitions will test coach, double and single buggy teams with judges and ribbons for winners while inviting all teams to join the parade. The piece also notes about 8 000 North Carolina orphans and the distribution of six orphanages statewide with several denominations and fraternal orders involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carrollton Hotel
Fayetteville Street
Fair Grounds
North Carolina
Oxford
Thomasville
Goldsboro
Barnum Springs
Charlowe
Baptists
Methodists
Presbyterians
Episcopalians
Masons
Odd Fellows
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company
Oneida
Graham
Wheeler & Wilson
J. M. Hayes
Hayes
N. C
Orange
Old County
Southern Rail plans depots at Haw River and Hullsboro
The Southern Rail road has accepted depot plans at Haw River and Hullsboro with contracts to be awarded immediately. News suggests the traveling public will welcome the development and the improvements to rail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railroad
Haw River
Hullsboro
Be Prepared With Peoples Mutual Benevolent Assoc
A William Orage Division notice urges life insurance for families. It lists Orange and Durham Counties officers including Samuel M. Gattis and Harry L. P., with directors J K Hughe, Thomas J. Oldham, J Frank Crawford, L McDade, and others, plus Division Agent A Griffin and Local Agents D F Crawford and A A Murdock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples’ Mutual Benevolent Association of
North Carolina
Orange Division
Orange
Durham Counties
Samuel M. Gattis
Harry L. P
John KK
Hughe Thomas J. Oldham
Ll.b
J. Frank Crawford
J. L. McDade
Ray
S.errest
P . Wilson
Dls
Miller
R B. York
Thos. M. Cheek
Rene "Jane
M. A. McCauley
R. L. Smits
A. (. Griffin
D. F. Crawford
A. A. Murdock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orange County Observer
Hillsborough, N.C
Printisnep
Joseph A. Harris
Lawton
Philippines
Otis
Chicago News
Ind
Walser
Lee
Washington
Mecklenburg
Wilmington Star
John Bright
Kimberly
South Africa
Li Hung Chang
Rockefeller
Bell
M. A. Hogarty
Lexington, Ky
E. R. Gamble
Vernon
Rowan
The
Wilmington Messenger
Durham Herald
Scastoria
HO Newman
John W. Bull
S.S.S
Sarah Pike
Broadway
Boston
J. W. Loving
Colquitt
Ss. S. S. For
Swift Specific Co
West Nash
Hillsboro, N.C
Ottive
Strudwick's
W. Graham
Oxford, N.C
Person
Durham and Grangioe
Supreme Court
S M. Gattis
Hillsboro, N. c
John W. Graham, Paul
Ghanas, Graham & Graham
Attorneys-At-Law
Ata H
Ataman
Oo I. Cooley
Hillsboro, Nc
Cooley's Fur
ERE
Imcelree
Cardus
Chattan Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Enn Thomas J. Coop Tupelo
Superior Court
Orance County
Ss. M. Gattis
M. Os. Crabtree
A. Crabtree
Court House
Thilltane C
Lovelock P.m
M.S. Crabtree
Towi
Bingeam
TH. M. Btree
W. L. Baldwin
Albert Dodson
J. G. Dodson
Joseph Carr
Ohn K. Hughes
Orange Coun
Wm. T. Wilson
Alex. Oxley
Jane Oakley
Office of Register of Det
Orange Courty
Hilleboro
Cetar Grove
William Jordan
Wm. Parker
William T. Wilson
Aeteces
Mitchel Smith
S. S. Weob
Office of Register of Deeds
Orange County
Hillebore
Bingham Township
Webb, Stanford
John K. Hughes
James O. Webb
Webb
Ateennee
Spurgeon
Chu Parks & Hedgpeth
Ld' S
Rapport
Tue
Stereravist
Office Wright Building
Durham, N.C
Railway
Soutil
All Pointe
Texas
California
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Pullman Palace
Southern
R.L. Vernon
F. R. Danny
CP &T.A
Charlotte
N.C. Asheville
N.C
Frank S Gannon
J.m.culp
Ture
Washington, D.C
EC Dewt
Laco
BI Foutz
Baltimore
A. D. Box
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