The Commonwealth Christmas Notices and Local News
The Henderson Gold Leaf marks its 28th birthday with a trade edition. Editor notes reader sympathy for Dr Cook but questions rumors of faked disappearance. Mecklenburg and Durham items urge charity and unity as North Carolina education and county officer salary proposals gain momentum. The Southern Educational Association plans a December Charlotte meeting with broad participation and discounted travel for teachers.
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Henderson Gold Leaf
Brother Manning
Fatal Southern Railway Wreck Near Brown Summit
A serious and fatal wreck occurred on the Southern railway near Brown Summit fifteen miles north of Greensboro early Wednesday morning the 15th. Twelve people were killed and many injured when the rear coach jumped the track at a trestle over Reedy Fork creek.
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Southern Railway
Brown Summit
Greensboro
Reedy Fork Creek
The Annunciation Narrative
The text recounts angels delivering glad tidings to shepherds in a field at night. The Messiah is born in Bethlehem, wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger, with a heavenly chorus praising God for peace and goodwill toward men.
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Angela
University Chapel Activities Review and Christmas Plans
The University notes a week of chapel exercises led by Rev R Mogue and talks by Dr R H Lewis on eye care and Dr Hyde Pratt on good roads. President Venable announced holiday leave planned for Dec 28 with others discussing upcoming educational meetings and a dramatic club success. Bishop Chesire conducted a confirmation class at Chapel of the Cross.
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Pratt
South
Hogue
N.C. Sweater
Edward KK. Graham
N. C
R. B. Lawson
McLean
J. Williams
Bob
Porter
Wik Versible
J. M
Garrett Thompson
Ruffin
Creswell
Belden
Patrick H. Winston
Law School
University
University Dramatic Club
State Normal College
Greensboro
Carolina
Boston
New York
Venable
Graham
L. R. Wilson
Southern Educational Association
Charlotte
Joseph Blount Cheshire
Dawson Items and Local Happenings
Mr W E Lawrance of Enfield visited Sunday to see friends. Mr W E Messenger remodels his residence. Ernest Lawrence plans a new home at Ping Castle on Broad Street. Rev Britt delivered an approved sermon last Thursday. Young people plan a Christmas tree at the Baptist church Friday night the 24th.
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W. E. Lawrance
Enfield
W. E. Messenger
Ernest Lawrence
Ping Castle
Broad Street
Britt
Baptist Church
To Keep Well Be An Egotist
A designer column argues fatigue fuels gloom and that autosuggestion worsens nervous states. It notes that imagining oneself as helpless nudges the reader toward that outcome, urging self-prompting to improve mental health.
A New Year Resolve To Heal Community Strife
A call from CLaupe Kircuin urges Scotland Neck to end factional bitterness and unite as a brave generous Christian town. Citizens are asked to greet the new year with effort to bridge divides and restore pride in their community.
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Scotland Neck
Claupe Kircuin
Book Balance Exercise for Graceful Walking
The article describes a hand balancing drill using a medium book and a vase as a progression to develop a straight back and poised head. It promises a swan like walk through controlled, uninterrupted gliding movements with daily practice.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
Readers are informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with testimonials available. Proponents offer $100 if it fails to cure, urging internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
East Carolina Teachers' Training School Notes
Messrs Gideon Johnson and Ross of Philadelphia stay with President Wright for days of recreation with dog and gun. Greenville Music Club features teachers Miss Annie Lee Davis and Miss Bishop and Prof Austin singing. Holiday break December 28 to January 4. campus closes and all leave. Sunday song service in Assembly Hall. YWCA secretary Miss Olola h Burner visits to help. Electric lights now on. Prof C W Wilson spoke at Baraca Philathea classes. Pitt County Teachers Association notes include Miss Graham on recitation characteristics and Wilson on the Indictments Against the Recitation.
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Gideon, Johnson and Ross
Philadelphia
Wright
Greenville Music Club
Annie Lee
Davis
Bishop
E.C.T.T.S
Austin
Oolorah Burner
Y. W.C.A
C. W. Wilson
Baptist Church
Winterville
Pitt County Teachers’ Association
Graham
W. Wilson
Letters to Santa Claus from Scotland Neck children
On December 19 1909 three children Sapre May Lucas Martie Irene Hanna and Daisy Lenora Hanna write Santa Claus from Scotland Neck North Carolina detailing the gifts they want a doll carriage crayons a muff fur fruits an elementary geography book and a visit to Newport News with assurances they do not ask for too much and sign off as their excited young selves
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Santa Claus
Maurys
Sapre May Lucas
Newport News
Martie Irene Hanna
Scotland Neck
N. C
Daisy Lenora Hanna
Swift's Premium Calendar for 1910 Ships with Song Portraits
Four large color sheets feature America Home Sweet Home Old Folks at Home and The Old Oaken Bucket with author biographies, song texts, and piano scores on reverse sides. Distribution details require 10 Wool Soap Wrap pers or Swift's Beef Extract caps or 19 cents to Swift and Company Union Stock Yards Chicago Ill.
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Swift
America
Swift and Company
Calendar Department
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Ill
Sale Notice on Bryant Deed for Halifax County Land
Public auction set for January 15, 1910 in Scotland Neck North Carolina to sell two tracts of land in Halifax County. The sale arises from a deed of trust executed by Ellis Bryant and Fannie Bryant and recorded in Book 184 Page 76.
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Jordan James
Halifax County
North Carolina
Scotland Neck
George James Arch Taylor
Ellis Bryant
Fannie Bryant
Register of Deeds’ Office
N. C
Witt
Henry Nelson
W. P. Robertson
Simmon
Eccreaing
Ralph H. Pittman
Annie Prrrman
Roanoke River
Nicholson
Mess. Kitchin, Kitchin and Futrell
What Can A Poor Woman Do
England uses 30 000 000 skins yearly Europe 150 000 000 skins America 50 000 000. Behind the plume merchants are the men who set fashion for women and push it on them. What can a poor woman do is posed by the excerpt from Everybody's Magazine.
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England
Animal Friends
Europe
America
Everybody’s Magazine
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