Dillon Herald Ad Rates and Policies for Subscriptions
The Dillon Herald outlines subscription costs at 2.50 per year and 1.26 for six months with prepaid terms. Monthly rates apply for under six months at 20 cents per month. Advertising rates available on request. The paper serves Dillon County and Eastern North Carolina, reaching about 90 percent of county homes. Obituary and similar notices cost 8 cents per line. Advertisers must follow space and content rules with author name supplied for publication.
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War talk and price trends from Dillon editorial
In a Dillon edition dated November 7 1918 discussion centers on wartime resolve urging constant Allied pressure to hasten victory. The piece also notes influenza aftermath and argues farm land values rise about five percent annually with wartime boosts, warning buyers land prices won’t return to former lows and delays could be costly.
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Hold Your Cotton Off the Market, Farmers Urged
The article urges farmers to keep cotton off the market, arguing prices may rise to 40 or 50 cents if the war ends soon. It criticizes market manipulation by a few men and warns sellers would regret current prices before the next crop, advising debtors to borrow against cotton if needed.
Card of Thanks from Mrs. F. McC. Curtis
Mrs. F. McC. Curtis thanks friends for kindness shown during her trouble and expresses gratitude for support and sympathy.
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F. McC. Curtis
Cape Fear Fair to Open Bigger and Better in Fayetteville
The Cape Fear Fair plans a five day run in Fayetteville with twenty state fair shows, military exhibits, and patriotic activities led by government experts. Negro Day will feature free admission for colored schoolchildren and special races and prizes. Space remains tight as extra exhibits are added and grounds enlarged for the Monster Cape Fear Fair.
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Cape Fear Fair
Fayetteville
Fair Association
Jackson
Raleigh
Jis
Cape Fear
Red Cross
United War Work Campaign
Fair Board
Fayettevillet
North Carolina
Regulations for Dillon County Quarantine Measures
Public health rules issued by ADA E. Schwietzer M D United States Public Health Service in Dillon County. Businesses limited hours from 9:00 a m to 4:00 p m with no crowding in stores. Public gatherings forbidden funerals limited to immediate family open air services urged. Coughing individuals to stay home and fever-free six days before returning to work. Mask use required for those with coughing fits. Violations lead to arrest and enforcement.
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Dillon
Ada E. Schweitzer
M.D
United States Public Health Service
Dillon County
Red Cross
Patent horse collar and other 19th century curiosities
A collage of notes cites inventions and facts: an Englishman patents a combined home and breast horse collar with interlocking hairpin joints. Mary Kies is noted as the first woman to receive a U.S. patent in 1800 for straw weaving with silk or thread. U.S. Navy sailors buy into the third Liberty Loan. logs at sawmills are sprayed to protect blades. proverbs on palm trees. a comic exchange about servants ends with a quip about bridge and three workers.
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Mary Kies
United States
Holland
United States Navy
Liberty
Cumberland General Hospital offers training for young women
The Cumberland General Hospital in Fayetteville North Carolina invites young women aged eighteen to thirty five to enroll in a three year course combining practical and theoretical work to qualify for state board examinations For more information contact the Superintendent of Nurses Cumberland General Hospital Fayetteville NC October 5 1961.
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