Weather and legal notes mix in 1900s North Carolina brief
A scattered dispatch covers Montana snow on July 2, North Carolina jury trial debates, Watts liquor law effectiveness and July 2nd Wilmington Wrightsville licenses. It notes judge Parker’s potential presidential bid, labor strikes easing, and a hopeful view of industrial recovery amid a volatile, era-wide temperance and economy discussion.
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Montana
Butte
Mont
Continental Divide
North Carolina
Watts
Raleigh
Gilmer
Wilmington
Charlotte Observer
Wrightsville Sound
Wrightsville
Board of Commissioners
No Lost Effort. Exchange.
A Boston Sabbath school teacher clung to a incorrigible boy who became a burglar, served two years, then vanished. Years later, now in the Pacific slope, he encounters her as a no license mayor candidate, revealing he was Roger Martin, the boy she taught. He credits her patience for his conversion after years of sin.
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Jeyee Parker
New York
Atlanta
Charlotte Observer
Judge Parker
Georgia
State Bar Association
Alton B. Parker
Supreme Court
Yellow Party
Boston
Pacific Slope
West End Mission
Roger Martin
God
Show Him Your Hands Mother Selected
A moral meditation on weary hands of a mother and the duty of care. The piece contrasts the mother’s tireless toil with sheltered lives, praising steadfast service. It ends with an advertisement urging use of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil for infant cholera infantum and listing local druggists.
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E. T. Whitehead &Co
Sestland Neck
Legguts
Hobgood
Dorothea Dix Honored For Hall Of Fame Legacy
Dorothea Dix, founder of humane treatment for the insane, rose from humble beginnings to establish hospitals in twenty states. She led women nurses during the Civil War, refused gifts save a national flag, and continued asylum work until age 88, becoming an enduring emblem of purpose.
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Dorothea Dix
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Hall of Fame
Enforce the Law in State and Local Power
The Knoxville Journal and Tribune urges firm enforcement of law to deter crime from gambling to theft. It warns that tolerating minor violations invites greater offenses and erodes public trust. Officials must punish offenders regardless of wealth or status to prevent uprisings and public disgrace.
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Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Breathitt County
Please Stop My-What Economy Manifold Motto
A humorous, period-voice excerpt shows a narrator debating retrenchment while listing costs. After ruling out whiskey tobacco ribbons luxuries and more, he finally targets his weekly religious paper at five cents a week, claiming economy requires stopping the paper to get through hard times.
Catarrh Cure Ad and Testimonials Fraud Warning
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an uncured case. It includes endorsements by Toledo wholesale druggists West & Teax Watpina and Kinnan Marvin, praising the remedy and Dr King’s Life Pills as energy boosters.
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Hall
Jscheney &Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West &Teeax
O. Watpina
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
All Deneghde
Dr. King
Peruna touted as cure for systemic catarrh in letters
A set of reader letters from Rhoads in Indianapolis and others extol Peruna as a remedy for systemic catarrh and nervous prostration. Testimonials claim rest, regained sleep, weight gain, and renewed vigor after seven months of use. The letter-writers urge others to seek Dr Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium for free advice if results are not prompt.
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Rhoads
Indianapolis
Ind
Wm. T. Zenor
Washington, D.C
N. Capital Street
Washington, D. C
Amanda Morrill
Reid Street
Elizabeth
N. J
Peruna
Amands Morrill
Hartman
Dr. Startman
I the Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Drink Buttermilk The Home Remedy For Hot Weather
Advice column extols buttermilk as a universal remedy in heat. It claims buttermilk quenches thirst and serves as a nutritious lunch, suitable for breakfast and dinner gaps, with guidance on portion size and timing between meals. It recommends waiting two hours between servings and suggests adding sugar if desired, praising its tonic value.
Colored Max Smith Grows Wealth in Greensboro Tax Records
The local colored resident J. M. Smith stands out in Greensboro as a rare case of wealth accumulation. He recently listed twenty three houses and lots in Gilmer township for taxation, with values ranging from 75 to 500 dollars each, marking a notable property portfolio in the area.
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Eensboro
J. M. Smith
Greensboro
Gilmer Township
Catarah of the stomach digestion cure ad claims
An oral medical ad recounts stomach disease from overload and poor digestion called catarrah of the stomach. It credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with curing years of indigestion for J R Rhea of Coppell Texas and notes it is sold locally.
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R. Rhea
Coppell
Tex
Boys should work early to build habits and success
A Gazette opinion extols early work for boys, arguing that labor builds industry and future advantage. It cites small wages as teaching trade skills and discipline, contrasting it with idleness and parental support that delays achievement. The piece urges boys to take action and become productive.
Inventions Claim New Ways to Stop Collisions and Send Mail
A North Carolina man offers a device that supposedly halts trains from opposite directions before contact. A Tennessee inventor unveils an electric carrier enabling country residents to mail letters by pressing a button and having them delivered to a city mailbox, with returns. Professor Whitney prepares to place a 13 inch cannon on Pike's Peak to fire a magnet into an electrical sea beyond gravity, promising city lighting from Denver.
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North Carolina
Tennessee
Whitney
Denver
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promoted as Gentle Liver Aid
An old advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a non gripe pill to aid digestion and relieve constipation by gently arousing stomach liver and bile secretions. Sold by E T White.
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DeWitt
E. T. Whiterr
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Ill
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P ‘A.C. Livermon
Whithead
Scotland Neck
N.C
J. P. Wimberley
N. C
W. A. Dunn
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Claude Kitchin
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Futrell Building
CHAS
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Wales
Age of Dee
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Nort Carolina
Atlanta Journal
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Richmond
National Civic Federation Review
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