North Carolina education efforts and dispensary debate noted
The piece highlights Rev J A Baldwin's plan to create a practical cotton mill education institution in Gastonia, blending literary and industrial training. It also discusses the dispensary system reducing crime in Fayetteville, plus praise for newspapers in supporting state education and commencements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
J. A. Baldwin
Gastonia
Commonwealth
Pewspapers
Raleigh News and Observer
Painc
Roads of the World endures: Romans show narrow paths
L Locian in Motor Age argues broad tires and narrow roads solve the good roads problem. He cites Roman, Mexican, and Siberian examples of self repairing routes, noting narrow lanes wear evenly, resist ruts, and endure centuries with minimal repairs while wide roads crumble into mud and ruts.
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L. Locian
Motor Age
Lodian
Italy
St. Paul
Siberia
Mexican Republic
New York
Paris
Berlin
Mexico
America
Europe
Old
Scotia
Republic
Caledonia
American Women Dress Debate Echoes Paris Exposition Views
Helen Watterson Moody argues in The Ladies' Home Journal that American women overemphasize fashion and spend lavishly on dresses while English women dress for utility. The piece contrasts American and French gowns with costly, stylish attire and warns of fashion-driven anxiety and wasted resources. Also notes a Virginia man over 90 cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve after medical help failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Watterson Moody
Ladies’ Home Journal
James Brown
Portsmouth
de Witts
How to Cook a Virginia Ham
A well cured Virginia ham should be a year old before cooking. Boil in tepid water for 6 hours, start with fresh water, then simmer covered for 6 to 7 hours. Test doneness with a fork, keep the skin on until cold, then glaze with light brown sugar crumbs and red pepper and bake until brown.
Deafness Cure Claim via Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by external applications and must be treated constitutionally. It states most cases arise from catarrh of the Eustachian tube and offers 100 dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to mail for circulation and listing Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Gaurantes
Pnervita Eop Co
Anton & Jackson Sts
Chicaco
BE. T. Whitehead & Co
Portand Negki
N.C
Hall
Lincoln gettysburg words traced to Theodore Parker origin
In a Sunny South column a heated literary dispute over the Gettysburg address quotes credits Parker with coining the exact phrase democracy’s definition. It cites Parker’s Eureka moment and notes Lincoln’s admiration and adoption of the words, with Boston Common wealth founder Slack documenting the history.
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South
Lincoln
Thomas Cooper
Daniel Webster
Theodore Parger
Boston Transcript
Transcript
Massachusetts Historical Society
5. A. Green
Webster
Theodore Parker
Parker
Charles W. Slack
The
Boston Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Parkerwall
Eureka
Boston
The Light of Home Poem by Ripley D Saunders
A stanza from The Home Light by Ripley D Saunders in the St. Louis Republic extols the light of home as a guiding, comforting presence. It contrasts roaming and loneliness with the enduring shine of home, likening it to grace and wholesome affection across age and distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley D. Saunders
St. Louis Republic
Save Me From My Friends Origins and Uses Across Time
The saying about praying to be delivered from friends appears in various forms across cultures and figures. Attributed to Voltaire, Marshal Villars, Kant, and Antigonus, the proverb evolves in each culture. Churchill echoes the idea, noting friends may hurt more than enemies. The passage ends with advice promoting DeWitt's Little Early Rivera to regulate the bowels and promise longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
Ferney
Marshal Villars
Kant
Antigonus
Alexander the Great
Churchill
Mental Geography and a Patent Medicine Ad
The passage blends whimsical moral geography with an unrelated drugstore pitch. It touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets from Callat E. T. Whitehead & Co, claiming they improve appetite aid digestion regulate liver and bowels and are pleasant to take. A free sample offer accompanies the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callat
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Chamberlain
His Gigantic Intellect and a Dentist’s Endorsement
A jumble of quotes and jokes appears from newspapers including the Detroit Free Press and a U S Senator from North Carolina praising Dr Worthington’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine. The snippets include a humorous exchange about thinking, poetry writing, and a political endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
U. S
North Carolina
Worthington
E.T. Whitehead & Co. Price
Keep Your Bowels Strong Carets Candy Cathartic
An advertisement claims constipation or diarrhoea when bowels are out of order. Cas carets Candy Cathartic will make them act naturally with genuine tablets stamped C. C. C offered by druggists for 70c each.
Wilmington Daily Rail Schedule Details
Schedule of trains across Wilmington and Weldon lines with listed departures and arrivals for the Yadkin Division Bennettsville Maxton Red Springs Fayetteville Sanford and connections at Fayetteville Maxton Red Springs Sanford towns plus branches to Washington Tarboro and Clinton. Includes daily and Sunday exceptions and agent signatures H M Emerson J B Kenly T M Emerson.
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Ceramilmington and Weldon Railroad
Yadkin Division Main Line
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Sanford
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Bennetteville
Maxton
Red Springs
Hope Milla
Hope Mills
Bennettsville
Carolina Central Railroad
Bowmore
Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway
Gulf
Durham
Kinston
Greenville
Halifax
Weldon
Washington
Parmele
Tarboro
N.C
Plymouth
Midland N. C
Goldsboro
Smithfield
Nashville
Rocky Mount
Spring Hope
Clinton
Warsaw
Richmond
H. M. Emerson
L Pass
J.B. Kenly
T. M. Emerson
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Avitat Steam
Tuna
Keen Hat
Ager
Marie Horr
Burlington
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
A.C. Livermon
Kce
Whithead
P.m
Scotland Neck
J. P. Wimberley
Office
Lawrence
N. C
Pit
If I. Clark
Claude Kitebin
N.C. Ard
Exheip
N. C Harrison's Dry Store
J. Dunn
Scortaxp Nec
Trayvis
Halifax, N.C
Iuggies
Joan B. Hyatt
R. O. Brown
Old Stand
Malaria
Macnair
Hi. Macnarr
Tarboro, N. C
Warreneap & Co
EL W. Grove
TEE Editors
News and Roses
Cook
W. D. Gaster
Castorian A
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
DeWitt
Pearson
Gregson
H. S. Pitts
Arlington Tex
DeWitt’s
M. W. Ransom
Gabby
Carolina
Debnam-Kinsey School
Military, Literary, Scientific and Commercial School
J. BE Debnam
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Chicago
Wrx Axp
Caxton Building
Wilmington & Weldon R. R
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
South Carolina
Weldon Ar
Rocky Mt
Magnetia
Florence
Wilson
Magnolia
Feldon
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