How People Live Away From Home At A Summer Resort
The article muses on leisure at a North Carolina resort, describing Jackson Springs as a popular getaway. It profiles resort life including drinking the waters, social dances at 7 pm, the widowed hostesses, a French maid, an ante bellum darkey, the ubiquitous drummer, and the mixed crowd of guests. It ends claiming a week at a famed resort can reconstruct a fatigued mind.
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Sumer
St. Regis
Sahara
Jackson Springs
Ian
A Corpse Excursion Ticket Parody at Salters Depot
Senator Tilman mocked a plan as ridiculous while Calhoun White sought two round trip corpse tickets to Society Hill. The corpse would be reviewed by family there, then returned for burial, claimed as cheaper for kin travel.
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Sensator Tilman
Calhoun White
Salters Depot
Society Hill
Webster
Genuine Snake Story Near Dispensary Election
On the eve of the dispensary election and two weeks after closures, a man named Mr T Clowney killed a moccasin and cut it open releasing 62 young snakes, each 12 to 18 inches long. The snakes were collected by witnesses and displayed in a quart bottle, with no word on escapes.
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T. Clowney
Edison storage battery promises farm energy revolution
A Tribune look ahead envisions Edison perfecting a storage electric battery that could transform farming. It foresees a single 1925 farmhand plowing 40 acres a day, cultivating 200 acres per season with less effort, and electricity cooling, curing hay, lighting homes, and powering homes. Roads would improve and farmers save billions, with Burbank predicting regional wheat and cotton belts.
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Thomas A. Edison
Campbell
Luther Burbank
Mississippi
Illinois
Napoleon
Limberneck in Chickens and Yard Cleanup Advice
This note explains limberneck caused by maggots in a chicken’s craw from decaying matter. Cure consists of killing or removing maggots, turpentine doses thrice daily, and cleaning yards. Emphasizes burying dead fowls promptly and preventing access to rotting carcasses to reduce sickness.
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Limberneck
Marriages at Home of Rev Hugh Harrelson near Hamer
Two Robeson county couples were married by Rev. Hugh Harrelson at his home. On August 15, Miss Annie Scott wed Mr. John Miller. On August 22, Miss Annie Grantham married Mr. J M Murray.
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Hugh Harrelson
Hamer
Annie Scott
John Miller
Robeson County
Annie Grantham
J. M. Murray
Pee Dee Circuit closes with Dillon meet on Tuesday
The Pee Dee Circuit ends its season with a final meet at Dillon next Tuesday. The Driving Association expects a large crowd as top horses compete for purse money and new records, with racing starting promptly at 1.30 oclock and weather promising good conditions.
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Pee Dee
Dillon
Driving Association
Death of Capt Sinclair at 73 in North Carolina
Capt. A. C. Sinclair died on Tuesday morning August 10, 1909 at 6 o’clock. He served in the Confederate War and directed Fairlee’s old company of Orr’s Rifles. He married twice, leaves widow H. J. Hargrove and five children. He helped build Oakland M E Church and was a respected local figure in Sinclair’s Roads community. His remains were described as beloved and respected by all who knew him.
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A.C. Sinclair
Sinclair
Scotland
Alexander Blue
Mary Ann
A. G Sinclair
Bennettsville
A. C. Sinclair
Rowland
N. C
Stephen Hargrove
Capt
Petersburg
Fairlee
Orrs Tifles
David S. Allen
Dillon Herald subscription price noted
The Dillon Herald lists annual subscription at $1.50 per year. The identical rate appears repeated in the snippet, indicating the publication’s price for readers. The brief text confirms the price without additional context or changes.
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Dillon Herald
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