Airship in War and Sowing Wild Oats Reflections
Happenings around Halifax report local visits and daily life as residents travel to nearby cities. A Chicago Tribune essay argues girls sow wild oats and reap them alone, contrasting with boys. An extended piece discusses airships as future warfare tools, U S readiness, and lessons from 1898 Cuba conflicts, stressing peacetime preparedness and international trends.
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Harry
Will
Jack
Polly
Jessie
Chicago Tribune
Congress
United States
England
France
Capron
Santiago
National
Cuba
Congress of the United States
Chicago Post
Best Thing in The World Joke Turns on Two Masters
A veteran newspaperman recalls a Cincinnati Times-Star joke about a dispute over the best thing in the world between President Cleveland’s colored man and Secretary Hoke Smith’s colored man. The bet ends with a dust-up and sharp taunts. The quip ends by noting how freely some give advice compared to money.
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Cleveland
Hoke Smith
Cincinnati Times-Star
The Secret of Success and Quality Work
A compact lesson on achievement through efficiency and self improvement. The quote emphasizes that success comes from bettering one’s work and oneself, with inspiration drawn from observing those who perform quality tasks. Included is a light humor exchange about gas usage in a household.
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Thormas Dreier
Godwin's Majority in Sixth District Primary
Official returns from the sixth district congressional primary show Godwin ahead in all counties. Totals: Godwin 7,21? votes versus Clark 2, Tb with a 4,499 vote majority.
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Dunn
N. C
Harnett
Godwin
Clark
Robeson
Mr. Godwin
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Guarantee Offer
The Rexall Store offers Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with a personal guarantee that trials cost nothing if unsatisfied. It claims to grow hair on bald heads except when roots are dead or scalp glazed. Available in two sizes, 50 cents and $1.00, from E T Whitehead Company.
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Rexall
E.T. Whitehead Company
Missouri WCTU Rally News and Prohibition Notes
Northeast Missouri reports a district rally at Lara on July 30 with speakers and a parade. Missouri women push prohibition with rallies across counties, led by Mrs. Kate Newton and other officers. Also notes anti alcohol actions in Russia and Belgium and Luxembourg, with mentions of Italian budget debates on temperance policy.
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Missouri
Ollie Miller
Lara
Kelly Beach
Arbe
Master Woods
Granger
Luray
L. IT. L
Nannie Benning
Gregory Landing
Mississippi
Miller
Kah
Court House
Kate Newton
Carthage
Campbell
Lora S. la Mance
Joplin
Marco
Lancaster
Anti-Tuberculosis resolutions urge state funding and public action
Resolved by the North Carolina Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis that religious bodies, businesses, and communities push for public education and legislation. They urge counties to seek adequate appropriations to establish and maintain tubercular care institutions and to campaign for results statewide before the 1911 General Assembly in Raleigh. Also notes Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a widely used cure sold by S. T. Whitehead Co.
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North Carolina
Chamber of Comedy
General Assembly
Raleigh
Chamberlain's
5. T. Whitehead Co
Dining room searches cooling ideas, wife questioned
A humorous line from the Buffalo Express notes a dining room as the hottest spot and a wife’s suspicion about an unexpected guest, reflecting domestic wit and social norms of the period.
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Buffalo Express
HYOMEI Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Easy Relief
A Connecticut man paid $50 to a catarrh specialist who gave him HYOMEI and instructions. He used only one dose and left the medicine on a shelf. The ad argues HYOMEI cures catarrh if breathed regularly, no need for a doctor, with a $1 complete outfit and 50 cent refills.
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Connecticut
Hyomei
E. T. Whitehead Company
Sale of Land for Taxes in Halifax North Carolina
Tax collector R. H. Wit axeres announces sale of lands for unpaid year 1 D. M. Prince owns 91 acres Nelson Land listed at 9.37 dollars Mrs A M Perry holds 102 acres Deep Creek land valued 9.06 dollars Bryant Smith ownership listed and balance due Palmyra Township.
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Court House
Halifax
N.C
D. M. Prince
Nelson
A. M. Perry
Deep Creek
Bryant Smith
R. H. Witaxeres
Burwell
Palmyra
Executor's Notice to Creditors in Halifax County
Having qualified as executor of Adelaide Evans Smith deceased of Halifax County North Carolina I notify all persons with claims against the estate to present them by September 8 1911 for payment All persons indebted to the estate should settle immediately to avoid legal action
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Adelaide Evans Smith
Halifax County
North Carolina
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RAL Insurance Agent
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Rocky Mount
Vetland Neck
Toneys
Law Neck
Norfolk
Vaalogue
T. Walton Worthy
Spartanburg
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Saters
Richmond
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W. A. Sater
Clinton
Irwin Clay
Gary
Weldon
R. H. Daniel
Artie
Edwin C. Gregory and Sons
Salisbury
Gregorys
J. F. Bellamy
Enfield
New Court House
Margaret Froelich
George Pittman
Little Son
Swain Norman
Gowans
Maine
E. L. Travis
Nannie Gary
Petersburg
C. G. Bradley
St. Mark’s
Halifax High School
Bettie Clark
Rebe Ousby
Tom
Jones
Fred
Alec
Tom’s den
Jennie
Scott
Mr. Bach
Mr. Benedict
Bladen
New Hanover
Brunswick
Columbus
Cumberland
St. Petersburg
Russia
Belgium
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Pierce
We Pierce
Buffalo
Scotland
N. Y
Standard Dress Goods Company
Dept. 500
Binghamton, N. Y
Tenve
Bobbit Chemical Co
Baltimore
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Chas. M. Stieff
L. C. Steele
Mgr
Granby St
Nortonx
R. J. Jones
Jamestown Exposition
A. L. Smith
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