Three Prime Conditions for Study for Halifax Pupils
Superintendent J B Aiken urges Halifax County pupils and parents to establish a regular time and place for study and for parental oversight. He argues home-enforced study can rival boarding schools, noting that teachers cannot always enforce hours in crowded schools. Aiken cites routines, a quiet study room, and an attentive guardian as essential to effective learning and school progress.
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Halifax County
Scotland Neck Graded School
Farmers' Union grows rapidly in North Carolina
The Farmers' Union in North Carolina expands quickly with Charlotte serving as its official headquarters. Secretary E C Faires works overtime to manage rising business as over thirty charters are issued in the past week. New and renewed local unions form in older counties and many farmers previously skeptical join. The movement fosters strong growth and broadening recognition in the commercial sector.
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Farmers’ Union
North Carolina
Charlotte
Farmers’ Union of
E. C. Faires
Charlotte Observer
Implements the Farmer Needs for Better Crops
A Raleigh Progressively Farmer piece argues one horse farmers should invest in three key tools a good planter a good weeder and a good cultivator to boost productivity. It stresses expanding to two horses and improving stock and machinery to earn more money and comfort, noting that the right tools enable effective cultivation with two-horse implements even at higher initial cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
W. F. Massey
Mahogany and Rose Wood To Be Renovated With Varnish
The notice advocates washing wood then applying one coat of L. M. Home Finish Varnish for best results. It also suggests using L. M. Domestic Paint on painted wood. Furniture can be renewed at about 25 or 30 cents. Hardy Hardware Company supplies the products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Hardware Company
Drayman Eats Four Pounds Cheese in Public Stunt
Gilmer Lakey a drayman consumed four pounds of cheese and a quart of vinegar in minutes at Mr. W. C. Tise’s store. He was cheered by four witnesses who financed the feat, and Lakey declared he could eat more but would wait. The event left him alive and well two days later. Winston Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Tise
Gilmer Lakey
Lakey
Winston
Quarantine Expanded as Tick Fever Control Advances
The Secret ar y of Agriculture orders March 12 release of nearly 11 000 square miles from the Southern cattle quarantine for Texas fever crediting progress against cattle ticks. The broader eradication since 1906 now totals about 140 000 square miles across Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Georgia Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and California with remaining quarantine areas in multiple states. Copies of the order are available from the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington DC.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Alabama
Fluvanna
Chesterfield
Stanly
Montgomery
Randolph
Chatham
Wake
Franklin
Overton
Fentress
Polk
Lincoln
Lawrence
Benton
Madison
Marshall
Kiowan
Greer
Jackson
Swanson
Caddo
Cleveland
Pottawatomie
Pawnee
Cattle
Hardeman
Howard
Mitchell
Florida
Louisiana
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Offered With Guarantee Payback
The Rexall Store promotes Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with a money back guarantee if it fails to meet claimed results. It promises to erase dandruff stimulate hair growth and prevent baldness for thinning hair or scalp issues. Available in 50c and 1.00 sizes at E.T. Whitehead Company. The ad closes with an unrelated line about teeth and stars.
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Rexall
E.T. Whitehead Company
Blessings in Disguise for the Southern Farmer
A Carolina Union Farmer editorial argues high and scarce labor can spur Southern farmers to adopt intelligent principles. It urges moving away from old methods, enriching soil with humus, and deepening soil to maximize returns on labor as soil fertility becomes capital stock to prevent stagnation and failure.
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Carolina Union
To Mothers in This Town
Delicate feverish and cross children gain quick relief from Mother Grays Sweet Powders. They cleanse the stomach act on the liver and ease a crying child. A pleasant worm remedy. Sold by druggists 25 cents. Free sample mailed to A S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Cross
Gray
A.S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Ground Hog Tracked by S. J. Stewart on Catawba Banks
S J Stewart captured an unusually large ground hog along the Catawba River in Shiloh township last week and plans to keep it as a weather prophet. The item notes ground hogs are rare in the area and reflects on using machinery to cut labor needs. Also cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy for colds with pneumonia and consumption as feared outcomes.
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S. J. Stewart
Catawba River
Shiloh
Statesville
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Dunn & Dunn Attorneys-at-Law
Scotland Neck
Elliott B. Clark
Halifax, North Carolina
Paul Kitchin
Attorney At Law
R. C. Dunn
Enfield, N
Clark
M.D
Thurman D. Kitchin
Clark & Kitchin Physicians and Surgeons
Brick
J. P. Wimberley
Depot Street
Dr. O. F. South
Planters & Commercial Bank
Scotland Neck, N. C
R. L. Savage
Rocky Mount
A. C. Livermon
Whitehead
F. A. Riff
Optician
W. E. Marks & Bro
Glhalt
Tucker, Hall & CO
Opticians
Granby Street
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Chichester
J. B. Aiken
J.B. A
Scott
Savings Bank
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
N.Y
the Farmers’ Union
Hair Health
Royal Cook Book
Blessings
ING PO
Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Co
N. B. Josey Company
W. A. Brantley
Scotland
South
The
Cooper Marble Works
Bank St
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