Real estate milestone for Los Angeles woman agent
A Los Angeles woman broker closed the largest all time land sale by a woman in the area, nearly a quarter of a million dollars. In two years in business she notes women customers are decisive and quick, yet she cites a tendency to overprepare and quit when faced with delay. She also observes that many women lack practical ability to execute deeds or contracts without a lawyer, though she believes they can learn quickly.
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Los Angeles
Mak ‘Ing & Quccens
Mail robbery alleged in Wilkesboro area theft
The Jefferson Wilkesboro mail was robbed Saturday between Obids and Wilbur. A hole was cut in the mail sack and two registered letters were removed. Suspicions center on Jeff Hartin, who supposedly carried it. he has fled and his father now handles the mail. Evelyne Coffey swears Hartin acted with a knife, then fled toward Wilbur after seeing the postmaster place the parcels in the sack. Three kin of Hartin are said to have served terms for mail robbery.
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Jefferson
Plac
Obids
Wilbur
Jeff Hartin
Evelyne Coffey
Young Hortin
Hortin
Wilkes
Odd Fellows Cremated Unger Body in Boston Hotel Case
A Pittsburg man named Hermon Unger, an Odd Fellow, died by his own hand at the Boston Hotel last week. The local lodge fulfilled his last request on Wednesday by cremating his body. Unger reportedly asked that his ashes be mixed into cement, made into a single brick, and buried with the Odd Fellows ceremony. The dispatch notes a Montaigue quote about wisdom.
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Boston Maas
Bays
Hermon, Unger
Pittsburg
Boston
Dodge
Odd Fellows
Unger
Odd
Our Debt To Mother
A short moral urging sons to honor mothers through daily kindness, openness, and respectful attention. The piece emphasizes appreciating a mother's sacrifices, sharing secrets, taking her out, and showing pride in her company to brighten her worn face.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve credited with healing long sore
John Garrett of North Mills NC recalls carrying a 49 year stick and finally healing a stubborn sore with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The advertisement promises guaranteed relief for piles burns and related conditions, sold by all druggists for 25 cents. The clipped text also includes a line from Fliegende Blatter and a playful exchange about a costly bouquet and credit tied to a master.
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Thaye
John Garrett
North Mills N.C
Vale
Rocky Mountain Tea Offer Highlights Medical Claims
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea as a universal remedy endorsed by doctors. It promotes the product as a world changing medicine and cites M. 8. Blackburn and Blowing Rock Drug Co as distributors.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Blackburn and
Blowing Rock Drug Co
Rocky Mountain
M. B. Blackburn
Expectation and Reward: A Quotation by Johnson
A fragmentary quote explores how anticipation yields feelings of gratification or disappointment, reflecting on human desire for reward and the tension between expectation and outcome. The line emphasizes the cyclical nature of hoping and feeling pleased or let down.
Fortunate Texan Endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills
A Dallas resident Mr. E. W. Goodloe explains in a testimonial that in the past year he has become acquainted with Dr. King’s New Life Pills and claims no laxative before tried disposes of malaria and biliousness so effectively. He notes the product is not ground hor gripe and sells for 2 cents at all drug stores.
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E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Dallas
Tex
Dr. King
Fragmented 19th Century Ad and Quote Snippet
A clipped collection of quotes and ads references a Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claim and a general note on optimism. It mentions European politicians building fences and includes a social commentary about aging and cosmetics. The text shows promotional lines from a drug store and a brief editorial remark by Jordan.
Do you joke writers ev or make jokes at your own expense
The speaker reflects on early years in joke writing, noting that initial material often comes at personal cost and only later, with luck, earns payment. The quote captures the rough start and eventual hope for compensation.
Bin Arp on Newspapers and a Life Shaped by Print
A speaker reflects on how reading newspapers changed his fate and led to a profitable paper deal. He recalls paying little for papers that paid off and a tale of a public auction tied to a single subscription. He cites his father’s story about a distant teacher job and urges readers to subscribe now.
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Sd Leng
Notice of Public Auction of 410 Acres in Watauga County NC
Under power of sale from a 1904 mortgage J A Lathem granted to D M Coffey and J P Coffey I will sell at public auction on July 1 1907 between 10 am and 4 pm the mortgaged lands in Meat Camp township Watauga County North Carolina adjoining L D Miller W F Proffit L A Greene and others The bid parcel contains about 410 acres more or less and deeds are in fee simple to the purchaser The sale is to satisfy the debt with interest and costs noted as $2023 33 plus costs and an assignee B H Grune oversees the sale. May 23 1907.
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J. A. Lathem
D. M. Coffey
J. P. Coffey
Watauga County
North Carolina
Meat Camp Township
L. D. Miller
W. F. Proffit
L. A. Greene
N. Vank
Norris
Mest Camp Creek
Dee
Davis
D. Miller
Miller
Buck Eye
Lynn
Green
Howards Knob
Ezra Cabin Tract
Lynns
B. H. Grune
Grains of Nand and the Strait Gate Faith Lines
A reflective excerpt discusses orthodoxy as certitude not doubt and faith as patience over zeal. It argues prayers, not sermons, define devotion, noting God’s good gifts may be unwelcome and the strait path stands despite critics while every day in heaven is a day of receiving.
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Jordan
Keris
Ruim
North Carolina land sale by mortgage on 235 acres
Public auction to be held at Boone court house door on the last day of July 1907 for cash. Property lies in Meat Camp township and includes 235 acres described by a long chain of bearings and bounds. Mortgagees JR Reece and DC Ragan, with J H Latham and Julia Latham, secure $850. May 18 1907.
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North Carolina
Wetauga County
JR. Reece
D.C. Ragan
J. H. Latham
Julia
Court House
Boone
Stain Meat Camp
tAdams Corner
L. D. Miller
iMers
J. R. Berce
Ragas
Connecticut 108 rT Hen Raising Chicks in Subscriptions
The Washington Herald notes a Connecticut 108 rT raising a brood of chicks and clucking to them like a hen while a mother pursues raising a subscription for an orphan. The Nashville American reports Governor Glenn orders Will Banks, colored, hanged for the murder of Frank McMillan, colored, with the date set for Friday July 19, the first hangings in Ashe County in years.
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Connecticut
Washington Herald
Nashville American
Glenn
Will Banks
Frank McMillan
Ashe County
Jefferson Recorder
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Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Virginia Robson
Easton, Md
Charlotte Observer
Nu.diana
Access
the Observer CO
Cuar Lorre
N.C
Hunk & Co
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Washington D.C
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