Sale of Valuable Land in High Point Villages and City Lots
By decree of the Superior Court Guilford County N C M P Sechrest administrator of J M Sechrest deceased sells at public auction on September 20 1913 at 2 69 P M land in High Point comprising two Cloverfield lots two Carrickgrove lots two city blocks in High Point Town ship and three Barton Avenue lots with specific dimensions all for cash designation includes Block B Lots 8 9 and Lot 2 in Block C of the J M Sechrest plot plus two Barton Avenue lots future buyer gains from the Sechrest real estate plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Guilford County
M. P. Sechrest
J. M Sechrest
A. L Sechrest
High Point
High Point Township
Said County
J. M. Sechrest
Register of Deeds Office
N. C
Barton Avenue
Tills
Fred M. Franklin
Dennis Franklin
R. E. Coltrane
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed By Woman in Tenn
Mrs M C Dunap of Leadill Tennessee reports Dr King’s New Life Pills eased her troubles greatly. The laxative is promoted as prompt safe and painless. Price 25c and recommended by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
M. C. Dunap
Leadill
Tenn
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Advertised for Babies
A testimonial claims Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment cured a baby with widespread skin eruptions after doctors failed. The ad notes relief and a permanent cure, urging purchase from druggists or by mail for 50 cents, Pfieffer Chemical Company St. Louis and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Strubler
Dubuque
Iowa
Pfeiffer Chemical Company
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Do You Fear Consumption New Discovery Guarantee
A testimonial ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures chronic coughs throat and lung ailments including consumption. Lost home remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles promises refunds if it fails. Two doctors allegedly gave a patient two years to live before recovery. Prices 50c and 1.00.
National Tuberculosis Day Set for December 7
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis announces a fourth national tuberculosis day on December 7. Churches schools labor unions fraternal orders and other organizations totaling at least two hundred thousand will be invited to join the anti tuberculosis workers movement supported by over one thousand societies nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention
National Association
Morgan blamed by Senator for railroad wrecks and profits
Washington witnesses Senator Thomas of Colorado attack the Morgan banking firm over its withdrawal from New Haven Rail road affairs. He accuses them of profit seeking behind the wrecks and likens them to ghouls robbing the dead at Wallingford. In New Haven Engineer Miller testifies he was doubled up to run the White Mountain Express after another engineer fell ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Morgan Banking
New Haven
Wallingford
Conn
Engineer Miller
White Mountain Express
Bar Harbor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Uncle Eben on latitude talkers and helping hands
A humorous remark by Uncle Eben mocks those who boast about latitude and claim to help others while seeking personal gain. The character humorously notes such talkers are quick to ask for interest or reward.
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Uncle Eben
Low Round Trip Rates For Public Special Occasions
Public notice announces low round trip rates available for special occasions. Details likely specify eligibility and how public travelers may access these reduced fares, with a focus on broad availability and official compliance.
Atlantic Coast Line Event Fares and Sale Dates
Rail line announces travel fares and ticket sale dates for multiple events from September to December 1913 across cities including Philadelphia Nashville Chattanooga New Orleans Tulsa Nashville Knoxville and Wilmington. Extensions and deposits available for several events with final limits and station-wide fare applicability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Railroad
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Minn
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Philadelphia
Nashville
Tenn
National Baptist Convention (Colored
Chattanooga
Grand Army of the Republic and Allied Organizations
New Orleans
Grain Dealers National Association
Tulsa
Okla
Nashvile
Southern Educational Convention
Knoxville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Atlantic Coast Line Standard ‘Railroad
South
W J Craig
JT C White
Wilmington
Week End Fares from Southern Railway Stations
Fares listed from multiple stations to Morehead City with Beaufort hikes of 20 cents. Tickets sold Saturdays from May 31 to September 13 1913 with returns allowed leaving destination by the Tuesday after sale date.
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Southern Railway
Morehead City
Burlington
N. C
Chapel Hill
Concord
Durham
Eton College
Graham
Greensboro
Haw River
High Point
Hillsboro
Lexington
Mebane
Raleigh
Reidsville
Salisbury
Winston Salem
Beaufort
Lunatics Taken to Peoria Circus by Bartonville Hospital Officials
Superintendent George A Zeller and 25 female attendants from the State hospital for the insane at Bartonville Ill escorted 652 insane patients to a Peoria circus. They arrived by special train, were marched through a crowd of 15000 without disorder, one patient briefly escaped. The six hundred inmates enjoyed peanuts popcorn and pink lemonade. Also a testimonial ad promotes Electric Bitters for kidneys and digestion claiming benefits for women and a San Francisco man touts cures for his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Zeller
State Hospital
Bartonville
Ill
Peoria
John Dowling
San Francisco
Paragon Stamp Works Seeks Orders for Rubber Stamps
The Paragon Stamp Works offers to take orders for rubber stamps and related items at savings. Also available are seals and numbering machines through Stamey Printing House, phone 275.
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Paragon
Stamey Printing House
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Claims World of Worm Cure
Mothers urged to buy Kickapoo Worm Killer with promises to kill intestinal worms and improve appetite and digestion in children. Ad asserts symptoms vanish and child becomes healthy, noting availability from druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cyrus O Bates Promotes Mother's Joy and Goose Grease Liniment
Cyrus O Bates advertises Mother's Joy and Goose Grease Liniment as two of the greatest things known to humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus O. Bates
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By North Carolina User
Mrs. W. M. Woods of High Point North Carolina reports relief from kidney pain after using three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad claims fifty years of use and endorsements by 30 000 people with Foster Milburn Co as sole US agents. Prices 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Doan
Dean
High Point
W. M. Woods
S. Hamilton St
United States
VERY LOW RATES TO THE WEST
The Missouri Pacific offers unusually low rates for a large Colonist movement to the West this fall. Tickets on sale September 25 to October 10. Request leaflets with full information on rates routes and through tourist sleeping cars chair cars and coaches. Address E R Jennings Traveling Passenger Agent Room 420 James Building Chattanooga Tenn.
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Missouri Pacific
E. R. Jennings
James Building
Chattanooga
Tenn
Norfolk Southern Introduces New Raleigh Norfolk Schedule
The Norfolk Southern reduces night travel time by about forty five minutes between Raleigh and Norfolk starting Sunday August 24. The 9:00 pm Norfolk and 9:30 pm Raleigh express trains will run without freight cars. Norfolk arrives 6:30 am. Day trains gain a fifteen minute Edenton dinner stop. sleepers may remain until 7:30 am.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Raleigh
Edenton
Raleigh Charlotte & Southern Railway Opens Varina Colon Link
The Raleigh Charlotte and Southern Railway announces completion of a connecting link between Varina and Colon with new stations Duncan Corinth Rosser Colon and through passenger service to Aberdeen Hallison Asheboro Gulf Carthage Candor Ellerbe Troy Mt Gilead Star Biscoe Igo Pinehurst. Apply to agents for schedules.
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Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railway
Varina
N. C
Raleigh & Southport
Colon
N.C
Durham & Charlotte
Duncan
Varina Corinth
Varina Rosser
Varina Colon
Railroad Schedule From 1913 for Carolina and Yadkin Railway
The August 20 1913 timetable lists expected arrival and departure times for trains northbound No 20 and related Sunday services. It notes connections with Winston-Salem Southbound trains at High Rock and Southern Railway trains at Thomasville and High Point, with no guaranteed arrival times.
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High Rock
Denton
Gordontown
Ar High Point
Winston-Salem
Southern Railway
Thomasville
High Point
W F Price
Tranc
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway
Southern Car Works
Carolina & Yadkin River
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Cloverfield
Carrickgrove
Gray’s New Dairy
R. W. Gray
Cardu
Morgan
Atlantic Coast Line
Darvineaux Studio Fligh
Royal Theater
T. Kirkman & CO
Fate
Sophocles
THE
Kidneys
Norfolk Southern
Mt. Gilead
Charlotte
Cyrus Bundy
Lowe’s Dairy Clyde Lowe
Home Banking Company Capital
T. F. Wrenn
MILTON, Cashier _ T
Wouch
J. R. Reitzel
H. E. Montsinger
Ass’t Cashier
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway CO
So High Point
M A . Mad
A.M
Trinity College
R. L. Flowers
Innovation
Durham, N
Park School
W. Peele
Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railway CO
Gilead Fayetteville
Aberdeen
Ashboro
Star
Ly Star
Dane Ares
Lillington
Fayetteville
Biscoe
Candor
ArEllerbee
Jackson Sp
Pinehurst
ArAberdeen
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