Abyssinia Crime Smoke Law and Dark Glasses Dream
A digest of varied items notes Abyssinia’s smoking prohibition since 1642, foreigners smoking being punished. It mentions glasses enabling night vision, a Penny Magazine aside. Lynching counts for 1899, Governor Rollins condemns religious decline and clerical drift, urging selective ministry and a return to earnest gospel amid materialism.
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Abyssinia
Yenny
Rollins
New Hampshire
Boston Ministers’ Union
Episcopal Church
New England
Jonah
Theological Seminary
Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertised with reward offer
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills. It claims a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case, notes F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors, and cites internal action and blood and mucous surface effects.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
West & Traux
O. Hall
Washington's Magnamity and Washington’s Magnanimity
A portrait of George Washington framed by his rival officers. Charles Lee and Horatio Gates faced court martial and jealously clouded leadership. Ethan Allen’s lone fighting, Benedict Arnold’s treason, and Washington’s enduring mercy emerge as tests of character amid Revolutionary turmoil. The piece closes with Washington comforting Arnold’s abandoned wife, showcasing supreme magnanimity.
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Commonwealth
Washington
Congress
Charles Lee
New Jersey
America
Monmouth
Horatio Gates
Burgoyne
Arnold
Bemis’ Heights
Saraoga
Schuyler
Gates
Ethan Allen
Philadelphia
West Point
Arnolds
Foolish to Play Poker and Lose Friends
A first person reflection condemns poker as a wasteful vice that costs time money and friendships. The writer describes succumbing to a poker social circle, losing discipline, quitting after a nightmarish spree, and warning young men against joining such circles while noting some former friends return with cautious, softened dealings.
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New York Press
Frightful Blunder Promotes Arnica Salve The Cure
An advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals burns and a variety of skin ailments including old sores ulcers boils and felons. It touts 25 cents per box and declares a cure guaranteed sold by E T Whitehead & Co. A brief anecdote about a bachelor and a chatty boy offers comic relief.
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E. T. Whitehead & Co
Spain Nerves Boost Promotes Electric Bitters in Spain
Mr. R. P. Olivia of Barcelona spends winters in Aiken South Carolina and credits Electric Bitters as America's greatest blood and nerve remedy. He reports relief from back of head pain and endorses the medicine for liver and kidney trouble digestion and nerves. Sold by E T Whitehead Co. Druggist for 50 cents per bottle.
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R. P. Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
S. C
America
All
E. T. Whitehead& Co
The Ideal Father and Motherhood Ideal in 1920s Words
A February Ladies Home Journal passage by Barnette Brown extols motherhood as dove like and fatherhood as an eagle worthy of strength and loving leadership. It argues a fine father enriches family life, guiding and cherishing children to transform childhood into a joyful journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnette Brown
Ladies Home Journal
Moter
Dr King New Life Pill headlined cure claim
An advertisement promotes Dr King New Life Pills as a quick cure for headaches and nerve troubles. It claims the pills purify blood, strengthen nerves, and boost health, selling for 23 cents with a money back guarantee not offered if not cured. Distributed by F T Whitehead & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
F.T. Whitehead & Co
Farmer's Safe Held 7000 In Cash
A rusty three room farm house near the Mayson and Turner's ferry road housed nearly seven thousand dollars in cash and gold for decades. After Edward Elliott died at 81 his widow and relatives opened the safe with a bank official and counted gold, silver, and greenbacks dating back to the 1850s. The fortune was moved to Neal Loan and Banking vaults amid warnings against theft, easing relief for the Elliott family and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Journal
Mayson and
Turner’s Ferry Road
Neal Loan and Banking Company
Edward Elliott
Union Depot
Oms McAfee
Baker
Amiger
Talia
Gaspard
Elliott
Attorney MeAtes
Patti Uses Song to Prove Identity at Post Office
In Cannes Patti is challenged for proof of identity when seeking letters for Adelina Patti Baroness de Corom. She sings a ballad, drawing a crowd and prompting an old clerk to declare the singer as Patti, leading to the drawer revealing the letters. The piece also critiques automobile comfort versus humane treatment of horses.
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Baron de Corom
Wathi
Cannesco
Adelina de Cederstrom Patti
Theo
Madame Patti
Patti
Adeina Patti
Rail timetable details for multiple lines and connections
Daily and Sunday train schedules list Wilmington Weldon Bennettsville Maxton Red Springs Hope Mills Fayetteville Sanford and more with arrival and departure times. Connections at Fayetteville Maxton Red Springs Sanford Gulf Kinston Tarboro Washington and other points noted. officials EMERSON KENLY and T. M. EMERSON appear as agent and managers.
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Sanday
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Wilmington
Ayetteville
Fayetteville
Sanford
Bennettsville
Maxton
Red Springs
Hope Mills
Carolina Central Railroad
Bowmore
Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway
Gulf
Durham
Greenville
Sun- Kinston
Wahington
Washington
Wistve
Suni
Wrrts m
Thaly
Mithal N.C
NLC
Toom
Vomeuth
Aives Tarloro
Goldisboro
Srimis Smits
Rocky Mount
Nashville
Spring Hope
Strine
Daly
Clinton
Weldon
Rich
I. M. Emerson
Gen's Pass
J.r.kenly
Ges
T. M. Emerson
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Eam
Akes
Ted Stat
Livermon
Statum Building
To and Neck, N.C
Wimberley
ICP Hotel
Lawrence
Scotland Neck, N.c
Prolason
Winspson
N. C
Argeon
Exreth
N.C
LAW
Travis
Halifax, N.C
Matthews
Orney-At-Law
Son of Claims
Whittakers
Thurst, Soncho, N.C
Ok Telephone
Jones
Rippe
Roberts
John Shepard
South
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Grosvenor
Mrs
Elliott Surpri
Johnston
Nature
Michigan Drug Company
Dethoit
Mice
Scotland
Neck, N. C
Norfolk
Virginia
J.M. Re
Wilmington & Weldon R. R
Hunt, Te
Goldabere Ly
Magiolia Meo
Wilinin
Pom A. SM
Florence
Teville i
Solna
Wilson
Mago
Liv
Witten Ar
Rocky M
Lanny Lv
Rooks Mt Ar
MJA
MLE Ae Na
Malaria
Macnair
W. HH. Macarr
Tarboro
ET. Warreintran & Co
Strategy Handbook
Ndewes Onidentisi
Keeley ‘Institute
Dept
Mt Lene Torbora
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