Wake Forest Elects Dr W L Poteat President
Dr William Louis Poteat of Wake Forest selected to succeed Dr Charles E Taylor as Wake Forest College president. Taylor becomes financial secretary to boost endowment. Poteat to assume duties after arriving in Europe and learning of the decision via cable. Additional notes place Mercer University in Georgia as a near miss and detail Poteat’s background, age, education, and family.
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Raleigh
Poteat
Charles E. Taylor
Wake Forest College
William L Poteat
Wake Forest
Taylor
North Carolina
Baptist College
Mid-Ocean
Europe
Gibraltar
Mercer University
Georg
Mercer
W.C. Tyree
Carey J Hunter
Tyree
First Baptist Church
America
University of Chicago
Yale
New York State
Baylor University
Texas
Emma Purefoy
Addison Purefoy
Edwin Poteat
Farman University
South Carolina
Ida Poteat
Baptist University
C. E. Taylor
Virginia
George Taylor
Rome
Italy
James Taylor
Sauffolk
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Valley
University of Virginia
Joan D. Rockefeller
John L. Pritchard
Pritchard
Wilmington
Pixon
Murphy
Tragedy in Raleigh: Deputy Marshal Dockery Shot by Policeman
Last Saturday at 10 o'clock Raleigh witnessed a fatal stairway shooting as Policeman Rogers killed United States Deputy Marshal John Dockery. Rogers, enraged by alleged improper ties Dockery had with his daughter, acted as a vengeful father. Claude M. Bernard, former United States District Attorney, aided in the deadly confrontation.
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Raleigh
Rogers
United States
John Dockery
Tucker Building
Dockery
Rogeis
Claude M. Bernard
Greenville
Reddoch Gets a Year in Missouri Penitentiary
Claude Kitchin testifies in the case against W L Reddeen for false accusation. Reddoch confesses and receives one year in the Missouri State penitentiary plus a $100 fine. Kitchin notes not visiting St Louis before, praises Western lands, but cites high land prices for small buyers. He argues the South offers better value for men with limited means seeking homes in agricultural regions.
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Claude Kitchin
St. Louis
W. L. Reddeen
Reddoch
Missouri State Penitentiary
Mr. Kitchin
West
Let Farmers Celebrate July 4th
A Southern Cotton Association message urges Halifax county communities to observe the Fourth of July with barbecues or basket dinners and speeches. It frames Independence Day as both a celebration of 1776 and a victory by the SOLA effort to reduce cotton acreage and reduce foreign influence over the cotton economy.
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Southern Cotton Association
Halifax County
W. C. Wriraken
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys
An old advertisement explains kidney function and warns that overwork harms the kidneys. It claims pains and heart symptoms follow kidney trouble and promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy with a free sample offer by mail from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Travel tickets for mid Atlantic to Asbury Park and Buffalo
Baltimore and Asbury Park travel offers dated July 1904. Round trips priced at $915 to $1915 with through routes via Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Tickets on sale June 29 to July 4 with final limits through August 31 and optional ten day extensions upon deposits and fees. Stops over allowed within transit and final limits.
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Baltimore
United Christian Endeavor Society
Buffalo
N.Y
Grind Lodge B. P. O. E
N. Y
Washington
Philadelphia
Asbury Park
National Eduaca
E Association
N. J
New York
Pine Salve Promises Cure for Skin Ailments
Pine salve contains antiseptic properties of native pine and is advertised as a sure cure for sunburn tan tetter eczema and all skin diseases. Heals sores cuts or burns without a scar and is sold by KE.T. Whitehead & Co Scotland Neck Leggett's drug store Hobgood.
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KE. T
Whitehead & Co
Scotland Neck
Leggett
Hobgood
Metta Seth Foal at Hirt Nical Event
Readable fragments indicate a local event featuring Metta Seth and Hirt Nical with focus on a community gathering or presentation. Specific roles, dates, or locations are not clear, but the item suggests a scheduled appearance or performance attracting local attendees.
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Metta
Seth
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