Negro Women in the North Warning and Warning
A Raleigh News and Observer piece warns about misleading promises to Southern Black women who seek work in Northern cities like Brooklyn. It recalls reports of hardship, danger, and mistreatment of Black women, urging honesty, industriousness, and the vital role of Black women in the race’s future. Also includes humorous clippings and moral tips for boys and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News and Observer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brooklyn Eagle
South
North Carolina
Silent Sufferer Faces Doubtful Waters
A fragmented notice notes a figure described as a strong person enduring silence and doubt. The text mentions a large fish analogy and a pair of small schools, hinting at a local story or event with unclear details.
Chamberlain’s COLIC CHOLERA REMEDY Advertised Cure
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. It claims quick cures for ordinary diarrhea, dysentery epidemics, cramps, cholera morbus, and summer diarrhea in children. Promises life saving results, notes pleasant taste, and lists price and bottle size.
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Bento Ee
Lanor
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale in Watauga County
By power of sale in a 1904 mortgage James Tester and wife Rachel owe 249.80 dollars after partial payment. At Boone court house on September 9, 1905, 12 noon, land described as 100 acres first tract and 16 acres second tract in Watauga on Baird's Creek, will be sold for cash to satisfy debt costs and interest. Mortgagees A M. Woonnixe and Dora Woopitio sign as notice.
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Gale
James Tester
Rachel Tester
Court House
Boone
John A. Woodring
Watauga
Baird's Creek
Watauga County
A.M. Woonnixe
Dora Woopitio
Trinity College Departments Offer Superior Study Opportunities
Trinity College presents four departments Collegiate Graduate Engineering and Law with extensive library facilities and well equipped science laboratories. A well furnished gymnasium and moderate expenses with aid for worthy students. Young men seeking legal study are invited to inquire through D W Newsom Registrar Purham N C.
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Trinity College
D. W. Newsom
Purrham
Trinity Park School Promises Best Equipped Preparatory
Trinity Park School, a first class preparatory institution in Durham, North Carolina, advertises a ten member faculty on a seventy five acre campus with a thirty thousand volume library and gymnasium. It claims modern methods, frequent lectures by prominent speakers, moderate expenses, and seven years of phenomenal success. For catalogues, address J A Brivis, Headmaster, Durham NC.
Land Sale Ordered of W W Sherrill Estate in 1905
Commissioner appointed by the Superior Court will sell the lands of W W Sherrill deceased on the first Monday in September at the Boone courthouse. Excerpts describe a quarter-acre Blowing Rock lot and about two hundred acres in Caldwell County with parcels adjoining Emory Sherrill Skyland Institute Elbert Hartley and Caldwell & Northern Lumber Company. Proceeds pay debts and administration costs. Terms: one-third cash, balance in three equal installments at 6 12 18 months with interest. This July 17 1905 W G Haut Commissioner.
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Superior Court
Tay U
Court House
Boone
Watauga County
North Carolina
W. W. Sherrill
Blowing Rock
Emory Sherrill
Skyland Institute
Caldwell County
Elbert Hartley
A.H. Boyd
Caldwell & Northern Lumber Company
W. G. Haut
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Praises Iron Quinine
An advertisement claims Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is iron and quinine in a tasteless form with a no cure no pay promise. It jokes that a man can be aged to anything except his wife’s folks.
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Grove
Surprise party medicine for stomach and liver relief
A pleasant surprise party may be given to your stomach and liver by taking Dr Kings New Life Pills. They relieve pain and discomfort and offer relief for headache dizziness and constipation. 25c at M. B. Blackburn.
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Kings New
Notice of partition suit in Watauga County North Carolina
In the Superior Court before the Clerk Cora L Councill widow of R L Councill deceased Pearl Councill by guardian Cora J Councill vs S F Lenoir and wife Alice Lenoir and G W Councill among others. Action to sell for partition the J N W Council house in Boone and one half interest in a Howard Knob tract containing about 100 acres. Defendants must appear Sept 18 1905 at the clerk's office in Boone to answer or demur. Aug 5 1905.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
Cora L. Councill
R. L. Councill
Pearl Councill
Cora J. Councill
B. Council
Elizabeth Council
J. D.councill
Emma Councill
John$. Williams
Bettie Williams
S. F. Lenoir
Alice Lenoir
Sallie Reyes
S. F. Len
Cowles & Conneill
H. J. Hardin
L. N. Perkins
G. W. Couneill
Watauga
Boone
Boyhood Reflections on Women and White Stockings
A fragment recalls a man’s view of women as a boy grows to manhood, noting that seeing a woman in white stockings evokes thoughts of worse things to come.
Paro Ointment Promises Piles Relief and Refund
Itching blind bleeding or Protruding piles offered Paro Ointment cures not guaranteed but druggists refund money if fails within 6 to 14 days. First application brings ease. 50 cents. Send 5 stamps to Paris Medicine Co St Louis Mo for delivery.
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Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
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Bert Double
M. B. Blackburn
Comn Oner
Trinity Park School
J. A. Brivis
Purham
N.C
Washington D.C
Wit Scientific American
Targert
Sepa Journal
New York
Birt
Dee
Taeteaa
LION
Woolson Spice
Toledo
Ohio
E.V. Grove
DeWilit
Burns
DeWitt
Sersaisha
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Blackburn
California
Union Pacific and
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Pacific Coast
Missouri River
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
W. B. Kniskern
P.T. M.C
N.W. Ry
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