Through Route Rail Project Extends to Bostic and Spartanburg
H F C Bryant reports in the Charlotte Observer on a rail line growing from Spruce Pine to Marion and Bostic. The owners aim for a through route from Toledo to Charleston hauling coal from Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky and returning iron ore from Cuba. Connections at Marion link to Knoxville Salisbury and at Bostic to Seaboard Air Line with further extension to Spartanburg for Charleston connections.
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Spruce Mitchell County
Cuba
Virginia
North Carolina
South and Western Railroad
Spruce Pine
Marion
Blue Ridge Mountains
McKinney’s Gap
Carolina, Clinehfield & Ohio
Bostic
Carolina
Clinehfield & Ohio
Knoxville-Salisbury
Southern Railway
Carolina Central Division
Seaboard Air Line
Rutherfordton
Wilmington
Spartanburg
S. C
Charleston
H. EF. C. Bryant
Charlotte Observer
Frendship and folly in a cluttered quotation fragment
A clipped, era style fragment from Richmond Times Dispatch and New York press quoting sayings on friendship poverty truth and politics. The piece mingles moral maxims and a jab at an ex president as a puzzle-like wall of quotes with no clear narrative.
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Bury
Richmond Times- Dispatch
New York
Witty German Proverb Collection on Frankness and Wisdom
A compact collection of German maxims offers insights on honesty, personal interest, and self awareness. It includes ideas that bluntly state “There is no wisdom like frankness” and warns that “Everyone knows best when his own shoe pinches.”
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Benefit and Price
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by Curley & Co. The copy cites testimonials, jury and financial reliability, and offers the product for seven shillings per bottle available through a family pills seller.
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Y Hall
Curley & Co
Kissa Manin
Ali
Cuticura Cures Eczema Claims From 1907 Testimony
A man recounts relief from dry eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He describes severe scaling and itching on legs and ankles, wearing shoes, and two healing weeks. cites Capt. G. P. Bliss as authority and lists dates in Morris Manitoba.
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G. P. Bliss
Morris
Manitoba
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Four Keys to Spiritual Success and Paul’s Enduring Faith
The sermon argues that true achievement for God rests on four elements: accurate self appraisal, correct emphasis of efforts, tenacity in purpose, and a pure heart. It likens Paul’s finish to a runner’s crown, then urges continuous soul work, discipline, and reliance on divine guidance to pursue lasting spiritual victory.
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Paul
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Christ
God
Jesus
Martin Luther
You
Removing Scorch With Borax Soak And Sun Drying
Instructions describe dissolving borax in water, heating, soaking scorched garments, and repeating the process in hot sun until scorch is removed. Then text shifts to Vases And Flowers noting pairing vases, white and green schemes, jasmine, narcissus, and sunflowers for fragrance and color.
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New Haven Register
Smart House
American Beauty Sachet Ignites Fashion Trend
The New York Times notes this year’s perfume fad is American Beauty. Sachets and drops for clothes or soap are selling from seventy five cents, wrapped in satin. The scent is described as subtle and lasting, with a single drop enough for a gown or blouse.
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New York Times
Beautiful Old Timers in a Society Woman's Estate
A prominent social figure completes a country house featuring white marble mantels in all bedrooms and Italian marble mantels on the lower floor. She discovered old hotel lumber for sale beside a razed site, recalls childhood memories of a nursery mantel, and, after arranging with the contractor, proudly pays about $1.50 to $2.26 for the marbles.
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New York Tribune
From Epicurean's Recipes for Pies and Salads
A dated collection of kitchen instructions covers crust techniques for one crust pies, smoked sturgeon salad prep steps, griddled potatoes with olive oil and onion juice, a fruit Charlotte method with cream gelatin and layered fruit, and a cherry shortcake using sponge cake, sugar and baking powder with warm butter and cherries as finishing.
Good Roads versus Automobiles Spark Road Debate
The article discusses the clash between improving roads and advancing automobile tires, highlighting the debate among road engineers and constructors. It mentions France and global considerations in road costs and technology shaping future transportation, with emphasis on the influence of tire development on road design.
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France
Good roads gospel prompts Texas counties to plan road bonds
Misnateh, Back Talk argues most Texans back highway upgrades and urges county judges and commissioners to study needs, consult engineers, map a systematic plan, and seek bonds or rates to fund improvements. He cites tire wear, speed, and road damage as reasons for action ahead of a state highway commission. Fort Worth Telegram reports.
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Texas
State Highway Commission
Fort Worth
Molasses as Road Dressing Provokes Cautious Outlook
The Boston Post critiques crude molasses as a road dressing to reduce tire wear, noting past failed dust-control attempts with petroleum. It urges testing on highways away from habitation until benefits and drawbacks are fully understood. The piece warns against repeating harmful side effects and calls for careful evaluation before wider use.
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Back Bay
Boston Post
Split-Log Right of Way Dominates Road Building
The Sulphur Springs Xette argues that the split-log holds the priority in road construction. It says praise is mere talk and sensible legislation is needed to advance roads for the public travel.
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Alway
A Fatel Breath Bookton Statistics of Mortality
A fragment quotes a character discussing statistics of mortality and census terms, with mentions of Brookton, autosumes, and a demand for perfumery in Venezuela. The text blends odd names and garbled phrases, reflecting OCR distortion and era voice.
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Bookton
Brookton
New York
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Hamline
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Pee Dee Mutual Mée Association of Dicmedy
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