Farmer Boy Sets Record With Corn Yield In 1910
A 15 year old Catawba County youth Ernest Starnes produced 164 2 7 bushels per acre on an experiment plot near Hickory North Carolina. He earned prizes including a free trip to Washington a gold medal and cash and a Berkshire pig for his extraordinary yield. He describes his methods from soil prep to planting lime acid phosphate and multiple cultivations showing a disciplined approach to corn club competition.
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Lenoir
Ernest Starnes
Catawba County
Caldwell
Young Starnes
Washington City
Berkshire
Corn Club
Jelub
Rye
Boone Furniture Company Promotes Home Furnishings Line
Boone Furniture Company announces a new and up-to-date line of bed springs mattresses comforts blankets and other home furnishings. The store in the Bank Building invites customers to call for prices before buying elsewhere.
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Boone Furniture Company
Boone Furniture CO
Warning to railroad men about kidney and bladder troubles
Geo E Bell a former Nickel Plate conductor from Fort Wayne Indiana warns railroad workers to beware years of railroading cause kidney and bladder problems. He says twenty years of service left his kidneys in terrible condition with back and hip pain and painful bladder action. After using Pe ley Kidney Pills the first bottle greatly improved him and four bottles cured him completely. He has since recommended Fates Kidney Pills to others.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Home Journal
Jacob Robinson
Florence
Washington
Bellingham
Robinson
Cnter
Mr. Robinson
Old Rutherford
South
Geo. E. Bell
Third St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fates
Has Millions Of Friends Arnica Salve Promised Cure
An old advert promotes Buck len's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for sores ulcers eczema and burns with a 25 cent price at local druggists and claims of superior healing. A separate editorial condemns paper thieves warning editors against scammers and praising Davie County residents for honesty.
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Buck
Len
Arnica
Foley Kidney Pills Claim to Neutralize and Restore Organs
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as neutralizing poisons that cause backache rheumatism nervousness and kidney irregularities and claims they restore natural action. The snippet also notes a State Senator’s query about giving a non English speaker a railroad job and cites Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for insomnia by correcting stomach disorders. For sale by all dealers.
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Foley
MM. B. Blackburn
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M. B. Blackburn
Good Roads
Greensboro
Guilford
Iredell
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Manchester
Kings
Chas
Asheboro
Nat T. Dulaney
Mountain City
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Attorney AT Law
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Watauga, Mitchell
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Aoi, N. C
Watauga
F. A. Linney
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W.R. Lovill
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Davie County
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