Bickett Appeals to 150 Acre Boys in NC Race
In Charlotte Governor hopeful Bickett anchors his bid with a line comparing 150 acre farmers to Lt. Gov. Daughtridge who owns 1000 acres. He touts his own farming ties and jokes about acreage aligning with votes while recalling a Connfederate era anecdote about Private John Allen to illustrate political persuasion.
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Charlotte
H. E. Copple
Birkett
Boy Daughtridge
Bickett
North Carolina
Daughtridge
Mr. Bickett
Gen. Jones
Allen
Dixon Made a Haul From Birth of a Nation and Plans a New Play
Shelby Dispatch reports Thomas Dixon, famed Cleveland County writer and minister, has earned massive profits from The Birth of a Nation and is preparing The Fall of Nation for New York's Liberty Theatre with Victor Herbert music. Dixon, associated with Wall Street bankers, earned over 700000 in profits. Alice Kauser and W H Clune profited as agents and financiers. Dixon was born in Shelby January 11 1864, educated at Wake Forest and Greensboro law school, served in North Carolina legislature, then became a Baptist minister. winter home listed at 867 Riverside Drive New York.
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Shelby Dispatch
Thomas Dixon
Cleveland County
Victor Herbert
Griffith
Mr. Dixon
Wall Street
Dixon
W. H. Clune
Ramonia
Forty-fourth Street Theater
New York
Boston
New England
Shelby
Wake Forest College
Greensboro Law School
North Carolina
Raleigh
Riverside Drive
Beauty Pays and Pays in Paradise Valley Farms
President Barrett of the National union tells Progressive Farmer readers that beauty boosts farm values with Paradise Valley California land selling for about $1 000 an acre due to surrounding scenic appeal. The Charleston News and Courier notes visitors attracted by neighboring Saco gardens. Beauty pays for neighborhoods cities and individuals. How about your lawn and flowers.
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National Union
Progressive Farmer
Paradise Valley
California
Charleston News and Courier
Muddled OCR Item Hints at Signstore and Grove Name
Fragmentary text references a signstore associated with H W Grove and an apparent end phrase about eyes and head. The readable portion lacks clear event, date, or full names to form a complete news item.
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Lara
H.W. Grove
Miss Mary Galloway Prays for Work and Helps Orphans
In Asheville area Miss Mary Galloway a one armed farmer runs and tends two large farms near Calvert Brevard. She rises at 4 each morning feeds twenty cattle milks seven cows and tends thirty to forty hogs before breakfast. Her sister churns daily and they have long kept fruit in their cellar. They have deeded their property in trust to aid a North Carolina orphanage, a testament to unselfish labor for homeless children.
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Asheville
Mary Galloway
Charles Deaver
Rayer
Calvert
Brevard
Mary
Miss Mary
North Carolina
The Hours After Supper
Analysis urges using evening hours to study and improve. The piece cites Franklin and Lincoln as examples and notes scrap-heap waste as careers and wages risk. It highlights industry schools, correspondence study, and the need for educated, efficient workers.
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Danville
Lincoln
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Radstreet
Batttle
Oerse
Saeoneers
Dr King's New Discovery for Children’s Colds
An ad touts Dr King s New Discovery as a safe sweet flavored remedy for children s coughs and colds. It claims the medicine cleanses waste poisons with the first dose and prevents future catarrh, urging parents to use a ready to use syrup without mixing.
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