Mary Ann Jackson obituary tribute recalls Confederate heroism
A lengthy obituary honors Mary Ann Jackson of North Carolina, widow of Stonewall Jackson, praising her devotion to Confederate veterans, public duties, and charitable acts. The piece details her kindness, influence, and the high regard in which she was held across the South and in the North, noting her role in veterans gatherings and the Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson. It also references war-era memories and regional pride as it laments her passing at home after a long illness.
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Mary Ann Jackson
South
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Booth
Stonewall Jackson
Buauher
Stone Jackson
Esouth
Jackson
Peence
Senti
Fees for Legal Actions in News and Observer
The article lists attorney fees for various offenses and actions including perjury counterfeiting forged papers theft railroads larceny and other crimes. It specifies a $15 fee for many listed offenses and $5 for all other offenses, with a $10 fee for appointing a receiver for a minor’s estate and $5 for retirement of receivers in estates not exceeding $500.
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Gene Ee
Ceqpital Crive
Sipser
Jidgment
News and Observer
Apples in North Carolina fall, spray costs vs price decline
The article notes spraying costs around 10 cents per bushel and reports a weak market with prices near 75 to 85 cents for carloads in Caldwell and Lenoir, while finest grade apples top a dollar. Large apple crop across North Carolina and northern states keeps winter and spring prices below a dollar. Managers report sprayed apples yielding about 48 cents through the fruit growers' association.
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North Carolina
North Wilkesboro
Messick Company
Winston
Wweek
Baskel
Laldwell
Lenoir
Fruit ‘Growers’ Association
E. P. Robinson
Modesty in dress outshines ostentation in women
The piece argues extravagant dress hides virtue while modest attire grants visible pre-eminence. It praises understated elegance, noting quiet grace earns admiration across society and disrupts fashion-driven judgments.
Law on yegg crimes outlined by North Carolina Legislature
The Oxford Ledger discusses proposed changes to North Carolina law to impose life sentences for yegg criminals and 25 to 40 years for burglary by explosives. Some reports state the bill was tabled in the Senate, while lawyers note the new offence could complicate prosecutions, though the paper argues stronger penalties deter explosives crimes.
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Oxford Ddger
North Carolina
House
Legislative Reports
Senate
The
Ledger
Statesville
Landmark
Blockaders eye new liquor schemes under April first law
The Oxford Ledger reports whiskey moving from Virginia to North Carolina by motor vehicles and horse drawn wagons, with bottles packed in crates. Dealers plan new methods after the quart law takes effect April 1, noting risks of vehicle seizure and possible water power tricks to evade the crackdown.
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Oxford Ledger
Virginia
North Carolina
Ardent
Statesville
Change in Machinery Modernization and Tax Assessors
The Alleghany Star reports a move to modernize machinery to meet demands and appoint a state tax commission assessor and township assessors. Township assessors will list property by advertised listing times. taxpayers meet them. County assessors will equalize values and, if no agreement arises, refer to county commissioners. County assessor serves a one year term. the 1914 tax levy remains unchanged. county commissioners may set a deadline for completion.
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Aiden Oe
Richmond
Junster
Tois
Davis
D. A. Brown, Jr
Jacksonville
Remnion
H. A. London
State Tax Commission
Alleghany Star
Letter shows jail cost burden and freight train arrest
A Winston-Salem wife sends a jail letter with a stamped envelope cash and 82 kisses to a man jailed for lacking 5 80 in court costs. He had been arrested after riding a Southern freight train. his family’s appeals and a 20 day sentence highlight the county’s costs and questions about penalizing a jobless worker for such conduct.
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Newton
Charlotte Observer
Winston-Salem
Southern
Horse Futures Outlook for Postwar Demand in 1914
The Department of Agriculture reports only 75,000 U S horses shipped to Europe in the last four months of 1914, while U S horse population is 24,000,000. Russia holds 25,000,000 and the world totals 100,000,000, nearly half. After the war, demand should rise, boosting prices for American stock owners and benefiting Southern farmers as horse trading likely grows in coming years.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Europe
Russia
Prompt attention to all matters of legal nature
Boone NC brief legal notice states collections a specialty with solicitor F A Linney. The office advertises prompt handling of legal matters and collections services for 1900s clientele.
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Starigeain Boone
F. A. Linney
Ly. Pd
Avery
Veterinary Surgeon Hayes Announces Practice in Vilas County
I have studied the subject, received my diploma, and am now equipped for veterinary surgery in all branches. I am the only one in the county. Address me at Vilas, N. D.1. FP. D.1. G. BH. Hayes.
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Vilas
G. BH. Hayes
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