Debated Cabinet Expansions Trigger Wakefield Debate
A Baltimore Roanoke Courier excerpt notes calls for new government departments to aid expansionists and taxpayer interests. The Wake Superior court faces a novel damages case over a boarding house during a smallpox outbreak in Selma, with R C Bell seeking 10000 dollars. Scalloped Apples recipe and a Washington Star lament about gavel and furniture finish conclude the page.
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Wake Superior Court
R. C. Bell
Southern Railway
Selma
John Parker
Board of Promtmissioners and Board of Health
Johnston County
Mr. Bell
News and Observer
McElree’s Wine of Cardui Advertisement Fragment
An OCR fragment promotes McElree’s Wine of Cardui as a women’s remedy. It claims to strike at the root of all menstrual distress and pains, targeting both budding and busy women, including wives and matrons, with promotional language common to patent medicines.
Mace Yoong Again. Pills touted for youth in Dempsy
A reader from Dempsy town Pa extols a vegetable tonic named Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming it regains youth in two weeks. The letter, signed D H Turner, praises relief for liver stomach and bowels and notes the price is 25 cents at M B Blackburns.
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Mace Yoong
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempsytown
M. B. Blackburn
Public sale notice in Watauga County court in 1900
The North Carolina notice describes a Superior Court execution in the Moretz v Dougherty case. A.M. Dougherty and Isaac Dougherty’s lands totaling about 690 acres in Rich Mountain on Cove Creek headwaters are to be sold at Boone Court House on March 26 1900 to satisfy a $136.80 judgment plus interest and costs.
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North Carolina
Watauga Co
Superior Court
J. L. Mortez Va
A. M. Dougherty
Isaac Dougherty
Watauga County
Joseph L. Moretz
A.M. Dougherty
Dave Dougherty
Towit
Thahe
Watanew
Rich Mountain
Cove Creek
Meattaippey
Landa
Solomon Grogan
Lanchine Eggers
John Moretz
John Winebar
Natham Winebarger
E. B. Mailer
Moretz
Isaac Dough
Klondike Outfit Purchases Highlight 1900s Mention
An OCR fragment notes large Klondike outfit purchases by at least 20,000 men in the past year. It also references DeWitt's Little Early Risers and One Minute Cough Cure as liver and throat remedies, with assorted ads and campaign mentions across the period.
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Klondike
Mortgage Foreclosure Auction in Watauga County
In Watauga County the W W Shelton and Mary Ann Shelton mortgage the property to the State of North Carolina to secure a $100 fine. The trust deed recorded in book D page 806 is the basis for sale. On March 26 1900 the 60 acre Stringers Fork tract lands near Boone will be sold at public auction to satisfy the balance of the fine and costs. The sale begins at 10 a.m. at the courthouse door.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
W. W. Shelton
Mary Ann Shelton
Courts House
Boone
Stringer
Notice of divorce action in Watauga Superior Court
In Watauga County Superior Court Mary J. Ragan sues L F Ragan Sr for divorce. The defendant must appear at the next term starting March 26, 1900, at Boone court house to answer or demur to the complaint. February 12, 1900.
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North Carolina
WataugaUo
Mary J. Ragan Va
L. F. Ragan
Watauga County
LF. Ragan
Heise
Said County
Boone
N.C
Quotations and ads on politics and remedies in old paper
Fragmentary column jokes and political notes mock candidates and reform efforts while promoting remedies such as Kodol and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Roosevelt declines nomination. wives, matrimony, and Vermont likened to pleasant entry. Cough remedies praised for children. widespread claims of cures and pneumonia prevention. For sale by dealers.
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Chamberlain
Eures
Trinity College Announces New Year and Scholarships
Trinity College enters its forty fifth year starting Wednesday September 6. It boasts the largest endowment in North Carolina and the completest gymnasium in the state. Board ranges from 6.50 to 10.00 per month with Lou n scholarships for worthy young men. Young women admitted to all classes. Send for catalogue to President Kilgo Deru N.O.7.
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North Carolina
Kilgo
Deru
The Morning Past Raleigh Ad Describes Cheap Daily
An old Raleigh newspaper advertisement touts The Morning Post as North Carolina’s popular priced morning paper with telegraphic and general news service. It urges readers to subscribe in advance with rates for one month two months three months and one year.
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North Carolina
Fbent-Telegraphic and General News Servivn
Local cure claims for catarrh and cancer offered
Dr C W Pairs of Shull's Mills North Carolina touts an Extirpator that supposedly removes parasites causing nasal catarrh within 30 minutes and pledges rapid healing for catarrh cancer and tumor alike. He advertises free examinations, prompt replies to inquiries, and a money back guarantee if cures fail.
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Amiell
C. W. Pairs
Shull’s Mills
N. C
Bankrolling the Steel Trust Rivalries in Open War
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick clash as principal owners of the great steel trust. The public may learn the profits of this giant combine, adding a new feature to the anti trust debate.
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Andrew Carnegie
Frick
Carnie
Great Steel Trust
Big Combine
Pain Balm Praised by Rheumatism Sufferer in Pennsylvania
The testimonial from W H Stapleton of Hermenie Pa says Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves rheumatic pain after one application. He reports years of suffering and many remedies tried, praising Pain Balm as the best medicine he has found, available through dealers.
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Chamberlain
W.H. Stapleton
Hermenie
Gale
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Tome
CL Hood & Co
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DeWitt
Coffey
Phil Tips
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Coffuy Bros. Phillips and Son
Dewey
Vermont
Coffey Nros Phillips, & Son
Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Trinity College
Raleigh, N.C
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Congress
Home and Fire Aide
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Castoria
Bears
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Orrice
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