The Editors Leisure Hours On Drink and Arts Debates
The piece questions if liquor consumption is falling or rising and notes its heavy national cost before highlighting North Carolina’s forthcoming Charleston exhibit and museum work. It also reviews Rev. Charles M Sheldon’s Christian theatre concept and reactions from Dr. Wayland Hoyt and Dr. E M Poteat, urging clean, wholesome entertainment and church-supported reform. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve ad ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Hoyt
E. M. Poteat
W. L. Poteat
Wake Forest
Sheldon
Sweet Potatoes in Georgia and Export Prospects
Harvie Jordan outlines Georgia sweet potato production gains since 1890, examines soil prep, seed selection, and bed design, and offers detailed planting and fertilizing methods. He notes potential export to England and France, with emphasis on maintaining moisture, labor, and cost efficiency for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
North Carolina
New Jersey
Europe
England
France
Atlantic
South
Buncoing Clergymen Is Latest Grift Exposed
A Massachusetts clergyman reports a tale of a man using a pastor’s name to cash a stamped check for travel. He sought funds claiming a dying mother, but the incident led to arrest after he carried a memo book listing dozens of ministers and amounts. The con man planned further swindles, with a routine of new identities. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised as a remedy at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
David M. Steele
Ladies’ Home Journal
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Turning Southward and the South's Rise in Immigration
The piece argues a demographic shift toward the Southern United States, driven by rail/ticketing patterns, reduced lynching fears, industrial growth, and influx of Northern and Western businesspeople. It notes Charleston's West Indian Exposition and contrasts past expositions, predicting Southern manufacturing gains and investment. It cites a postwar growth surge, later tempered by past land booms, now yielding legitimate development and optimistic settlement. It ends with a brief ad for One Minute Cough Cure by KE. T. Whitehead & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Roby Meekins
Saturday Evening Post
Ri¢Ti
Europe
Inbhe South
Charleston
South Carolina
West India Islands
South
West Indies
Atlanta
Blood Purifier Ad Promotes Stomach Tabs in Directory Era
A short ad notes that blood is purified by the liver kidneys and funga with healthy bowels. Chamberlains Stomach Tablets are praised as superior to a blood purifier. 25 cent price and free samples at E T Whitehead & Co drug store. The piece mentions a man bragging about seeing a name in print in the directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Is It Degenerate by Robert F Horton in Good Words
A essay fragment asks if poverty and simplicity betray nobility or virtue. It argues that noble character cannot be ruined by wealth loss or humble living, yet warns that abandoning the vision of greatness or ceasing effort could mark one as degenerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Horton
The Carnegie Libraries and American Identity
Gerl and Stanley Lee in The National Magazine discuss three types of millionaires and argue that American Carnegie libraries are dominated by old world books. They warn that unless the American portion of Carnegie libraries becomes as grand as his chimneys, the project risks defining America by what it is not and failing the nation’s literary future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerl
Stanley Lee
the National Magazine
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
America
Carnegie Library
Testimonial From Old England Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
A letter from Warrington England features William Savory praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for bronchitis. He credits it with saving his wife who had been bedbound for over six years. The manufacturers publish such testimonials to show the remedy relieves pain and restores health. Sold by E T Whitehead & Co. Druggiists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Savory
Warrington
England
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Druggiats
World records cited for skinning fish and lambs
The San Francisco Bulletin notes two records: skinning fish held in Gloucester Massachusetts and skinning lambs held on Wall Street in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Wall Street
New York
San Francisco Bulletin
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Featured In Patchwork Ad
An old advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve claiming it cures eruptions boils ulcers and many skin ailments including cuts burns and piles. It promotes a drug store sale at E T Whitehead & Co and offers a guarantee. The piece blends that claim with a moral aside about water levels and nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.T. Whitehead & Co
Trains North Schedule Delivers Daily Rail Connections
Rail timetable listing daily connections from Wilmington to Fayetteville Sanford and Bennettsville with multiple branches. Includes departures from Weldon Maxton Red Springs Hope Mills and Fayetteville with arrivals at Bennettsville Kinston Halifax Weldon Washington Tarboro and Plymouth. Notes daily except Sunday service and connections to Carolina Central Railroad Red Springs and other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilmington and Weldon Railroad
Yadkin Division
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Fayette 5
Sanford
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Bennettsville
Bennettaville
Maxton
Red Springs
Hope Mill
Hope Mills
Kinston
Greenville
Halifax
Weldon
Washington
Parmele
Tarboro
N.C
Plymouth
Midland N
Nashville
Spring Hope
Rocky Mount
Clinton
Warist
Richmond
H. Ae i. Paso
J.B. Kenly
Gen’l
T. M. Emerson
Trea
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Ayer
Thomas
P.M. Jam
Enon
Kansas
Doctor Gress
J. c. Ayer
Lowell
Reeset
A. C. Livermon
Whithead
Scotland Neck
J. P. Wimberley
Office
Lawrence
W. J. Ward
Extrero
N. C
O'Fee
Harrison
W A. Dunn
Attorney-Atlaw
Halifax, N.C
John B. Hyatt
R. C. Brown
Old Stand
Ervita
Banka
Nervita
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton & Jackson Sts
Ill
Malaria
E. W. Grove
Sou
Rour
D. C
News and Courier
Union
State Department of Agriculture
Bruner
Holmes
Baltimore
Carolina
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Mr. Sheldon
Commonwealth
Dr. Way
DeWitt
E. T. Whitehead
KE. T. Whitehead & Co
Prins
Lad
Es’ Home Journal
Sensible People
Titan
Bait
GURE
Nerneg Remedy Company
Chisaga
Mastreni
Kew
C. Dewitt
ACO
Wilmington & Weldon
SND Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company OF
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Wan
Goldsboro Ly
Goldsboro Lv
Magnolia
Witmington
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Fayteville
Selma
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Goldsboro
Wilson
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