Pine timber boom near Ransom's Bridge North Carolina
Henry V. Maxner reports from Ransom's Bridge North Carolina on the pine timber boom that has replaced cotton on large tracts. He notes low stumpage prices and potential railroad access that could raise timber values, with several hundred to thousands of acres available and growing timber reaching 30 to 40 inch diameters. The piece urges investment opportunities in this region’s forests and transportation links.
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Acre
Nash
Franklin
Halifax
Warren Counties
North Carolina
Louisburg
Littleton
Seaboard Air Line
Neshville
Atlantic Coast Line
Henry V. Maxner
Ransom’s Bridge
N. C
Winterville Whiffs
Winterville notes from The Commonwealth dated December 1 1903 include Lucy Brooks visiting the Misses Dawson in Winterville N C and Miss Addie Johnson from Greenville visiting. A veteran of 77 Matthew Hart recalls Civil War exploits and a red string on his arm as proof of his gallantry. E F Tucker recovered a stray ten dollar bill from a train window and no one claimed it. A G Cox Manufacturing Co reports cheap light barb wire and ash timber shipped for buggy bodies.
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Commonwealth
Winterville
N.C
Lucy Brooks
Kinston
Dawson
Matthew Hart
A.G. Cox
E. F. Tucker
Local shop advertises cheap wire and buggies
Emmett Smith arrives with his bride Miss Viola Askin from Vanceboro and will live here as Smith works for A. G. Cox Mfg Co. The firm touts low prices on wire and Hun sucker buggies with frequent special runs not needed. Hank Hunsucker’s buggy robes attract buyers while local church and school activities, led by Rev. King, are noted amid town life.
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Emmett Smith
Viola Askin
Vanceboro
Mr. Smith
A. G. Cox
Mr. King
Ayden Graded School
Lys
A. G. Cox Mfg Co
Hunsucker
Hunsucker’s
Teachers Interstate Examination Course Ad
Teachers may write Prof. J. L. Graham L J D 152-154 Randolph Building Memphis Tenn for details on a mail taught course preparing teachers for examinations in every state. Leading educators call it the least course ever offered in teaching, and teachers should join now. Enclose stamp for reply.
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J. L. Graham
Randolph Building
Memphis
Tenn
American Teachers’ Association
LL. D
Mgr
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness arising from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It claims 100 dollars to any case of deafness due to catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges sending for free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Boschee's German Syrup Endorsed for Severe Lung Troubles
The ad promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs and lung threats. It claims it heals tissue, destroys germs, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. Available from E. T. Whitehead & Co for 25 or 75 cents.
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Boschee
E. T. Whitehead & Co
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Norfolk
Virginia
B.fe
Ewing
Singer
Kitchin Building
M. Hoffman & Bros
R. E. Atticoop
Taylor
The
Pioneer Grocer
Scotland
O. K. Taylor
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North Crselina
Buck’s
Santa
Claus
Futrell-Hardy
Sters
W. Allsbrook
Neck, N. C
W. R. Walston
Strauss Bros
Chicago
J.D. Ray & CO
Neck
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Scotland Neck Bank
G. R. Dizon
Rocky Mount
Vne Bo
Edwards & Company
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W. F.cranghon
Edgecombe County
L. L. Draughon
E.W. Grove
VIA
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Z.P. Smith
T.P. A. Raleigh
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Medlin
Kitchin
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