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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
3
An older bank advised that starting a savings habit benefits children. The piece urges thrift and careful care for their welfare, suggesting a savings account as a practical first lesson in money management for youngsters.
Veath of Miss Minnie Wilkerson near Roygneke street Meud iy 7 died after violent convulsions overnight. Remains taken to Dee vex church for interment Tuesday with Rev Lumpxin to officiate. Advertisement for Life Pills by EB Warehead & Co Drug Store notes cleansing and vitality products.
Bazaar notes show Eriocora Episcopol church ladies clearing 215 during the first week. A wedding invitation from Warburton Taylne requests attendance at the December 27 1906 marriage of Lacey Alston to Benjamin Franklin Bowers in an afternoon ceremony.
Mess Ti J and G Hof went to Rocky Mount Tuesday visiting Miss F D Hooper of La Salle to visit her mother Mrs J J and Miss Annte Lewis returned from Baltimore for the holidays. Ashby Hunn came home from Wake Forest to spend Christmas. D M Prisce spent part of last week in Goldshore visiting his old home. Mrs P C Gchoon of Everett visited her mother Mrs S T Farrell. Miss Kittie G Foster of Ingleside Franklin County visits her aunt Mrs E B Hilllard. D A Lawrence also visited his sisters.
Notice from To The Commonwealth records the death of Mrs Mary Winniford Allebrook at age sixty six after long illness. The obituary notes her burial in Baptist cemetery on December 16 and mentions surviving sons and a sister. Also referenced are condolences from family and invitations to a wedding, with public notices and local ads interspersed.
A scanned page of handwritten notes from children and families across North Carolina in 1906 to 1976. They request dolls, rings, candy, apples, oranges, nuts, tea sets, a horse, a carriage, an umbrella, and outfits. Several entries include ages, locations such as Scotland Neck and Rich Square, and a marriage invitation fragment. The tone is earnest, hopeful, and festive, reflecting traditional Christmas wishes and community notices.
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