Law reforms urged to curb child labor and enforce rules
The editorial argues North Carolina and Georgia should adopt stricter state law on child labor, opposing voluntary agreements and calling for state enforcement to ensure real reform. It notes manufacturers resist in some states, praises NC cotton mills for not seeking side deals, and reports Nashville negroes leaving Tennessee for Hawaii to work on plantations, with complaints about beer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
North Carolina
Association of
Nashville
Tenn
Hawaiian Islands
Seven Devils in Women and Other Snippets Card
Fragmented miscellany includes a preacher’s seven devils claim, ads for Kodol Dyspepsia Care, Chamberlain’s Liver and Stomach Tablets, and brief notes on clergy debates, General Lee birthday remarks, and a light local incident about Charlotte bathers and pumpkins.
Economist urges return to old Democratic methods in education
The piece argues for restoring the historic Democratic procedure for selecting public school books, urging removal of a 1895 Fusion law. Elizabeth City Economist weighs in on state education controls and statute revisions. The Albermarle Enterprise notes Mrs. Stanhope Shankle died a Mormon convert, living apart from her husband after conversion. The Raleigh Times reports the Supreme Court ruling Cuba is a foreign country, challenging war department resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Elizabeth City
Albermarle
Stanhope Shankle
Jene
Raleigh Times
Supreme Court
Cuba
War Department
Themelves
Liver Cure Sold All Over for a Quarter
An advertised patent remedy titled Rouse the Liver Cure promises relief from sick headache biliousness soul stomach and constipation. Sold everywhere at 25 cents per box by C. I. Co. of Lowell Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.1 Food & Co
Lowell
Mass
Old West Point gunplay poem cited by Asheville paper
A fragment from an Asheville Citizen poem urges arming with a shotgun sword pistol board cannon boot razor boat hook Maxi flail Gatling rail Mauser and dynamite. The verse suggests lethal readiness and hints at living at Old West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old West Point
Asheville
Mexican war veteran endorses Chamberlain's remedy
A Mexican war veteran and editor recalls contracting Mexican diarrhoea in 1847 and 1848. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with maintaining his pension by restoring him at every renewal. The ad touts its quick cure and pleasant safe use with Blackburn as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Sam
Mexico
Blackburn
Saginaw Editor Finds Cure for Grip With New Discovery
Local item reports Editor Chris Reiter and family afflicted by grip. After failing with their doctor, they used Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Three bottles cured the whole family. Price 50c and 1 at Blackburn's. Trial bottles free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris. Reiter
Saginaw, Mich
Post and Zeitung
Dr. King
Blackburn’s
No one so bright that he requires smoked glass to view
A terse remark notes that excessive brightness or visibility should not demand artificial glare or concealment, implying a critique of overexposure or showiness without direct attribution to persons or events.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold at Blackburn’s
An old advertising claim touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as harmless and able to cleanse the system by stimulating the liver and bowels to expel poison. The recall notes the price as 25 cents at Blackburn’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Blackburn’s
Comment on fair use of force and legal risk
The remark cautions against targeting a person’s health in favor of financial harm. It implies moral and legal implications of violence and extortion, suggesting restraint and awareness of potential consequences for both parties.
Fine Nursery Fruit and Grapevines for Sale in Moretz NC
W L Corry of Moretz North Carolina offers a fine selection of fruit trees including apples peaches pears and more along with grape vines suited to the climate. Trees delivered three to six feet tall at prices comparable to other nurseries. For details call or write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalxo
W. L. Corry
Moretz
N.C
Dispensary spending fuels local liquor tale in Monroe
The Monroe Enquirer reports patrons spent about $20,000 on booze at the local dispensary. The piece mocks the extent of drinking, claiming even if every resident drank thrice and more were served, the figures would still astonish. It also recalls a prior call to condemn U S policy allowing barrooms in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Enquirer
Monroe
United States
Manila
Land Sale Under Trust Deed in Watauga County NC
Albert R. Shattuck trustee will sell at public auction on February 4 1901 at Boone court house door the three tracts totaling 443 acres in Meat Camp and Bald Mountain townships to satisfy a 1300 debt secured by a deed to Jane and Edi Miller. Properties detailed by metes and bounds with references to deed books and pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Edi
B. Miller
Albert R. Shattuck
Watauga County
State of
North Carolina
Wind Bs Maller
British and American Mortgage Co., Limited
Court House
Boone
N. G
Meat Camp Township
C. Moretz
Mrs. Hanck
Bald Mountain Township
J. W. Finley
Wiliam Norris
E. B Miller
J. W. Henry Steele
Jane Miller
E. B. Miller
Joseph Holman
William Norris
Lane Miller
Suffolk man chosen as secretary for education fund
Christian Sun reports Mr. J. Z. West of Suffolk Virginia has been selected secretary of the Twentieth Century Fund Committee. He will raise the $20,000 requested by the Southern Christian Convention as a free will offering for Christian education. The paper says this is a positive step and a fitting choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Sun
J. Z. West
Suffolk
Twentieth Century Fund Committee
Southern Christian Convention
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promote Healing and Scar Prevention
Soothing antiseptic salve marketed for piles and skin diseases claims to heal sores without scars. Warns against counterfeits. Mentions Moretz and Farthing dJolioson and Buchanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moretz and Farthing dJolioson
Buchanan
Rockefeller gift pledge to Carson and Newman College
John D. Rockefeller agrees to donate 15000 dollars to Carson and Newman College in Mossy Creek Tennessee if the college trustees raise an additional 50000 dollars by 1505. The pledge ties a large grant to a matching fundraising goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Carson and Newman College
Mossy Creek
Tenn
It Girdles the Globe Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad
The famous Bucklen Arnica Salve is promoted as the world’s best healer for cuts burns bruises sores scalds ulcers felons aches and pains. Priced at 25 cents a box at Blackburn’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Morning Post Raueiay North Carolina Ad
The ad proclaims the Morning Post as the popular priced daily in North Carolina with telegraphic and general news service. It invites subscriptions with options for one month two months and one year and notes no paper continues beyond paid time. It directs readers to subscribe by addressing the Morning Post in Raueilay N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Post
Robert E. Lee
Southland
Gen. Lee
North Carolina
Lund
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Watauga Democrat
Bradders
Peter Sherman
North Stratford
Parthig
Johnson and Buchanan
Indianapolis
Durham Herald
Kipling
Springfield Republican
Ry Chamberlain
Blackburn's
Moretz and Farthing
Durham
Charlotte
Hood
Eghnaton
Ase
Johnston
Scalestonria
Ccastorra
Cote
What Is
Castoria
Lehille
the Firening Post
Raleigh, N.C
Raueiay, N.C
BP Ytade Bapraicron
Muni & Co
Scientific American
Sciente Journal
AGGF
Ons Munn & CO
Brondyar
Washington
McRae
Questiens
C.a.snow&co
Patent Office
Warmington
D.C
Sana
Minton & Mason Company
Madison St
Choenge, EL
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