Mrs Maben Says Pinkham Remedies Restored Health
Murfreesboro Tennessee resident Mrs H E Maben reports relief from female weakness displacement and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The letter promotes the tonic as a nearly forty year proven invigoration for the female organism and urges other women to try it with confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Murfreesboro
Tenn
H. E. MaBen
S. Spring St
Puffed Injuries and Cars Stir Red and Green Banter
The brief tonal exchange shows Redd boasting about a new car while Green questions the impact of the pride. The light back and forth suggests playful rivalry over pride in possessions.
Babek Elixir Endorsed by Newport News Chief of Police
Chief of Police J W Reynolds of Newport News Virginia endorses Babek Elixir for chills and fever claiming decades of use with no better remedy. Advertises Babek at 50 cents and available from Kloczewski Co Washington DC by parcel post. Also notes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh antiseptic and quips about porch swings and idle people.
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J. W. Reynolds
Newport News
Kloczewski & Co
Washington, D. C
Hanford
Bankers propose land bank plan for North Carolina farms
At the nineteenth annual State Bankers Association convention in Wrightsville Beach President Thomas Cooper urged creation of a North Carolina land bank with 500000 capital. The plan would offer 20 to 30 year farm loans at up to 6 percent, require Torrens real estate, and impose profits restraints with a state-wide reserve. Secretary Hunt reported state bank growth and closures. 400 banks in the association.
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Wrightsville Beach
State Bankers Association
Thomas EH. Cooper
Wilmington
W. A. Hunt
Henderson
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Boarch
Cooper
Land Bank
North Carolina
Hunt
Corporation Commission
William Ingle
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
New York
Rutherfordton railroad meeting aims west toward Polk County
Citizens gathered in Rutherfordton to explore building a railroad toward the west to access Polk County timber lands. Mayor H L Carpenter presided and W W Hicks served as secretary. A survey by engineer George L McKay showed a depot on Green street and routes to Seaboard Air Line or Southern. A committee was formed to study feasibility down Cleghorn Creek into Polk and up White Oak Creek to Columbus. Summer Bible Conference opens in Asheville with prominent speakers from Knoxville Atlanta and Nashville and Baptist delegates from western North Carolina attending.
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Rutherfordton
Polk County
Court House
H. L. Carpenter
W. W. Hicks
K. S. Tanner
C. L. Miller
W. A. Harrill
Southern and Seaboard Air Line
Messrs. Hicks
Carpenter
George L. McKay
Green Street
C. L. Powers
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Cleghorn Creek
White Oak Creek
Columbus
Asheville
Len G. Broughton
Knoxville
Arch C. Cree
Atlanta
P. M. Burroughs
Nashville
First Baptist Church of
North Carolina
Anti Typhoid Campaign Planned in Halifax
Halifax county will join others in a state anti typhoid drive starting around August 1 after the board of county commissioners appropriated 400 dollars. The move is widely approved, especially in this section, where the community was hard hit by typhoid fever last year.
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Halifax
Scotland Neck
Board of County Commissioners
From Obscurity to Power in Davidic Lessons
A teaching plan covering David from anointing to kingship across Samuel and Psalms. It outlines chapter-by-chapter themes such as Saul’s disobedience, the shepherd boy, Goliath, exile, ark, sin, and King David, with suggested charts, readings, and activities for classes and story telling.
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B. C
David
Saul
Samuel
Goliath
Jehovah
Jonathan
God
Judah
Israel
Jerusalem
Dodson's Liver Tone Offers Safe Liver Relief
An advertisement contrasts dangerous calomel with Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liver remedy. It promises to cure sluggish liver cleanse bowels and improve well being with one spoonful and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Devoted His to Good Work at Aunt Mary's Visit
A Providence Tribune excerpt recounts two child visitors Helen six and John four playing grocer and customer with Mr Popcorn as the shopkeeper. They discuss rabbits candies and saving coins with Helen planning to bank her pennies John two pennies toward buying Bibles for poor kids.
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Aunt Mary's
Helen
John
Popcorn
Mary
Aunt Mary
Providence Tribune
Woman Says Husband Misunderstands What It Means to Be Sick
A woman asserts that a man lacks understanding of illness, telling her husband about the real experience of being sick and the difference it makes in daily life.
Ancient Artisans in Africa and Local Folklore
In Kikuyu country ancient pottery is linked to a people named Gumba who displaced the Miathoachiana, described as earth-gnomes skilled in iron work. Beech suggests Gumba taught smelting and that Miathoachiana may have been bushmen or pygmies, possibly a stone age indigenous group.
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Africa
Man
W. H. Beech
Kikuyu
Mr. Beech
Keen Rivalry Among Farmers Seeks Cars
Farmers in the community shift from cattle and crops to cars as they chase improvements their neighbors’ vehicles lack. A dialogue notes households now prize automobiles over livestock, suggesting heavy local demand for sales.
Exclusive Restaurant Echoes Refined Etiquette
A humorous exchange praises an exclusive eatery where waiters are called gentlemen and the only coarse figure is the proprietor, whose presence seems unavoidable. The dialogue highlights refined service and a playful jab at a singular unruly host.
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Lone Vulgarian
Propritor
Tea Fight Ends In Drawn Battle, Nobody Wins
The Baltimore American reports a tea fight outcome as a stalemate with no clear winner. Observers note a closely matched exchange leading to a reported draw rather than a decisive victory.
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Baltimore American
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