Christmas Delayed One Week in Hogwallow
Mixy Flutie Kieleher reports Hogwallow delays Christmas a week due to Miss Flutie Dether’s dress order. Sidney Hocks considered drowning himself at the creek but balked. Community scenes mention Jaybints departure frogs and mosquitoes, church songs, and a court case with Harris testifying about Captain Rice and Cousin Sally Dillard in a convoluted tale.
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Mixy Flutie Kieleher
Botts
Hogwallow
Flutie Detcher
Sidney Hocks
Hostetter Hocks
Minx Peck
Dog Hill
Fletcher
Sim Flinders
Sim
Sears
Sam
Poke Bazeley
Tickville
Henry
Europe
Ford
Poke Eazley
Court of Justice
South Carolina
Thelms
Captain Rice
Harris
Captain Rive’s
Sally Dillard
Sally Dilliard
Mose
Sally Willard
Mr Harris
Capt. Rice
Capt Rice
Hegin
Capitan Rice
Ily Dilliard
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Pure Formula
An advertisement promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure kidney liver and bladder remedy. It touts vegetable herbs non stimulant dosing, urges readers to buy by mail or at drug stores, and notes sample requests with Monroe Semi-Weekly Journal mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Monroe
Burglary Charge Through Comic Exchange at Boston Transcript
In a Boston courtroom exchange the judge questions the burglary charge as a break-in while the complainant insists the theft of $5 constitutes burglary. The judge notes a breaking is required, the complainant retorts that taking the five broke him. The taunt ends with a quip about someone always seeking something for nothing.
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Boston Transcript
Attractive widow sparks discussion over table in restaurant
A wife and husband argue over a handsome woman in black at a nearby table. The wife notes the man’s distraction. the husband agrees, joking that she wishes she were a widow. The exchange is attributed to The Ladies Home Journal.
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Ladies Home Journal
North Carolina farmers save $4.5 million on fertilizer bill
Commissioner W A Graham reports the state saved about 4.5 million dollars on fertilizer costs in the closing crop year. He argues funds distributed to farmers boost rural cash and support diversified crops, noting more hogs and hominy and farmers growing their own rations. He cites cotton yields varying by year and county declines tied to acreage reductions.
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Graham
Raleigh Dispatch
W. A. Graham
North Carolina
Texas
Robeson
Scotland
Wayne
Tax Delinquency Fee Order for Robeson Bladen Union Counties
Public Local Laws of North Carolina impose a fifty cent delinquent tax fee for Robeson Bladen and Union counties. Taxpayers failing to pay by February 1 incur the extra charge, collected by the tax officer as compensation. The act applies from March 1, 1915, ratified March 6, 1915.
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Union County
North Carolina
Robeson
General Assembly
North Caro
Vina Do
Robeson County
Bladen
Union
Ta. D
T. L. Crowell
Ford Peace Party Cost
The Ford peace expedition costs are estimated at 44 950 dollars, covering all expenses up to Ford’s departure from Christiana and a 270 000 dollar check to finish funding. The New York World says the Ford plant can cover these costs in under three days with a profit of 100 dollars per car, requiring about 4 450 cars at 1 800 units daily.
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Ford Peace Party
Oncord Tribune
Ford
Christiana
New York World
Fearing
Henry
Grove's The Old Standard General Tonic Ad
Ad promotes Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a general tonic with quinine benefits. Claims to improve liver action enrich blood and build up the system. Mentions price 90 cents and includes a fragmented literary aside about marital status.
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Grove
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Wreken Hogwallow
Sally Dilliand
Hamilton C. Jones
STATE
W. C. Lemmond
Old Library Room
W. B. Love
Law
Monroe, N. C
Austin & Correll
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
N. C
Marshville
Matthews
R. L. Payne
Ove Uaton Drug Co
Ss. B. Bivens
Marshville, N. C
Carolina Bank Building
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald
Court House
Mar
Alberta Matthews Beatty
Pearth Kieffer
Ines
Concord
Catawba Moor
Futch
T. P. Dillon
Co-Operative Mercantile CO
Detroit
Henderson Garage & Machine CO
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