Remarkable undercity tale stirs Watauga Dmo
A Kansas City Journal item from Lakin reports rumors of vast underground caverns under Minneapolis business districts filled with subterranean lakes. Officials say investigations since 1904 found danger averted but no full exploration, while public doubt remains about the story and its origin. A motto page of proverbs and a penny drive in Lakin for a new Methodist church further populate the column.
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Minneapolis
Ibis
Strange tale of a railroad man and a dead neighbor
In South Carolina years ago Mr. George Scholar, a popular railroad man, helped a dying man by placing a quarter on each eye. After the man’s death the wife took the coins, bought liquor with one and a harp with the other, and at the burial she was drunk and singing “Ain’t that a shame,” seeming oddly happy.
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George Scholar
South Carolina
Scholar
George
Nan
Bessemer City
Westsenger
Cavern Found Near Tulsa Linked to Old Outlaw Laired
Kansas City Journal reports blasting on Turkey Mountain near Tulsa uncovers a cave believed to be one of the nation’s largest. Inside, relics show advanced decomposition and a wall inscription reading J A Cox 1674. Cox led a famed early Territory gang, suggesting the cave as their lair. Also notes rural education via local taxation and pride in a well-kept public school.
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Workten
Turkey Mountain
Kansas City Journal
Tulsa
Midland
J. A. Cox
Cox
Marshiville
The medicine that sets the world thinking remedy
The remedy on which all doctors agree the prescription all your friends are taxing is Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea My B Blackburn and Blowing Rock Drug Co.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
My B
Blackburn
Blowing Rock Drug Co
Trinity College Offers Four Departments and Strong Law Path
Trinity College presents Collegiate, Engineering, Graduate, and Law programs with large libraries and well equipped science laboratories. A gymnasium, moderate expenses, and opportunities for young men seeking law study are highlighted. Catalogue and details available from Registrar D W Newson at Demon, North Carolina.
Trinity Park School Catalog Summary
Trinity Park School advertises as a first class preparatory institution with certificates accepted for leading southern colleges. It boasts ten officers and teachers, a 75 acre campus, a 30 000 volume library, a well equipped gymnasium, modern instruction, frequent lectures, moderate expenses, seven years of phenomenal success, and offers catalogues via headmaster AH id North.
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North
Hollister’s Golden Nuggets For Vitality And Digestion
A historic ad highlights Golden Nuggets by Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets promising vigor and relief from constipation and indigestion. It markets the remedy as a Davy medicine, claiming health benefits for weary or weakened individuals with emphasized tonics and natural ingredients.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Notice in Watauga County Superior Court 1907
The defendant in the case of J J Reece vs J Hl Lathan must answer a summons issued June 7 1907 by Clerk Thos Bingham of Watauga County Superior Court returnable to the Fall Term in Boone on the first Monday after the first Monday in September 1907 A writ of attachment was issued June 7 1907 against the defendant's property returnable at the same term The June 8 1907 date appears.
Notice of summons in Watauga Superior Court
In Watauga County North Carolina a summons in the above titled action was issued June 12 1907 by Thomas Bingham Clerk of the Superior Court. Returnable to the Fall Term to be held September 9 1907. A Warrant for Attachment issued June 14 1907 against defendant’s property, returnable with the summons. Defendant must appear and answer may be granted relief.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
N. L. Mast, Ve
J. H. Latham
Thos. Bingeham
Xummona
Wataugh County
Superior Court
Tuos
Bincnam
C8. C
Notice of Summons and Warrant of Attachment in NC Case
In Watauga County Superior Court Pall Term 1997 CG W Sperry sues J He Latham for 2350 dollars and interest from 1906. A summons issued June 22 1997 by Clerk Thos Bing ham and a warrant of attachment issued June 2 1997 attach defendant's property. Returnable at the Fall Term in Boone September 1907. Defendant must appear and answer or demur.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
CG. W. Sperry
J. He Latham
Thos. Bingham
Semmons
Boone
Dream Meanings and Warnings from a Old Text
A compact list of symbolic dream interpretations includes seeing a wax candle at festivities, climbing a wall signaling better days, anger foretelling a pleasant surprise, picking apples promising riches, and diamonds signaling illness or good luck depending on wear. Cats imply scandal, crossing a bridge implies safety, crone over suggests a friend's aid, clear water denotes good outcomes while frost signals danger, Indians warn against bad company, insanity hints at love, and fields of poppies promise a pleasant future with health and luck hinted by other signs such as fish in clear water and flags signaling honor.
Tle Fired the Stick No Greater Mistake in Beliefs
Excerpted ad copy warns against overvaluing disease evidences and urges avoiding desperate uses of ordinary medicines. Promotes Hollister's Kee y Mountain Ten at 35 cents in a dated drugstore context. Mentions Blickhorn and Blowing Reek Drug Co as the supplier.
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Hollister
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Tuition and Scholarships
Tuition for ton manufacturing dyeing and industrial chemistry is listed at $15 with board at $10 a month. The college offers 120 scholarships to students, reflecting financial aid opportunities at the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
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College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Fragmented prose mocks etiquette and shallow gossip
A garbled piece mocks social pretensions and media chatter, referencing the Washington Post and a strained dialogue about relationships and class. It hints at family concerns and social affiliations, with surreal images and a breezy, dismissive tone.
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Deraam
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