Washington Leiter notes on Panama bid and world affairs
Regular correspondent reports J W Oliver’s claim of fraud over a $40 000 Panama Canal bid and his planned suit. The piece covers Villareal’s escape, Mexico’s refugee policy, cotton seed separation progress, meat canning date fights, a Russian famine relief visit, and Ecuador’s new foreign minister amid canal sanitation concerns.
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J. W. Oliver
14Th Street
Oliver
Panama Canal
Mexico
Antonio Villeral
Villareal
el Paso
Washington
United States
graf_ty
Immigration Bureau
Sec. Strauss
Sargent
Department of Agriculture
Beveridge
House
Representative Wadsworth
Beef Trust
Wadesworth
Congress
White House
Famine Relief Association
China
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Christian Herald
Shanghai
Chingkiwang
Carbo
Ecuador
Guayaquil
One Day Cold Cure Promises From Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and claims druggists refund money if not effective. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. A brisk warning is issued to young men about a saucy girl who may become a wife.
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E. W.grove
Kilner
Kilmer
Iere Bright
Whicu
Itg
Scilmer 5 & Co
Linghamton
N.Y
Pescapion
All Good Drugggista
Notice of tax sale in Blue Ridge township lands
In Watauga county North Carolina ToJ A Storie notice is given that on the Friday of May 1906 at the courthouse door in Boone WB Baird as Sheriff sold to the highest bidder the interest in thirty five acres in Blue Ridge township for 1904 taxes listed under J A Storie The amount due and paid by the union was 3 95 The redemption date is May 1907 This is dated February 4 1907 C Storie purchaser
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North Carolina
Watauga County
Toj A. Storie
Court House
Boone
N. C
WB. Baird
Blue Ridge Township
J. A. Stoaie
Uni
C. Stoare
Sams Old Story and the Bywaters Trial
The piece recounts the Strother case tale of Mrs Bywaters, her ruined virtue, and the two brothers on trial for her alleged wrongs, contrasting society's harsh judgment of a woman with the predatory conduct of deceitful men. It blends harsh social critique with ads for remedies and notes on Southern prosperity and Kentucky’s woes.
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Charlotte News
Strother
Mrs. Bywaters
Bywaters
Fragmented 19th century musings on patience and pride
The fragmentary writing critiques praying for patience ending in anger and praises action. It mentions Tae Hollister and Rocky Mountain Tea, Blowing Rock Drug Co, and notes General Kuropatkin facing duels over Russia’s defeats, while lamenting unchanged marksmanship and human flaws in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
M. B. Blackburn
Blowing Rock Drug Co
Mary
Blackburn
Tae Hollister
Rocky Mt. Tea
Russia
Kuropatkin
Bank Statement Verification Note 1907
A North Carolina banking affidavit from Watauga County sworn before J M May Register of Deeds. E S Coffey cashier attests the statement is true, with directors Mast and Mast noted. Cleared figures show a total of 10 835 97, and the document bears official notarial endorsements.
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Creeserennen
State of
North Carolina
Wataoge
E.S. Coffey
LE. S, Coffey
Mast
J.M
May
Register of Deeds
Culberson Emerges as National Figure in Presidential Talk
As Senator Culberson rises as a potential candidate, Alabama asserts him as a native son while North Carolina vows to contest the claim to the end, signaling a heated regional dispute over his origins and possible candidacy.
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Culberson
Alabamm
North Carolina
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Jefferson
E. Hodges
Sands, N
F. A. Linney
13Th Judicial District
Edmund Jones
Aaner
Watauga
J.C. Fletcher
Boone, N. C
B. F. Lovill
A. A. Holsdew
Mountain Cit
Tennessee
Col. Fenton
F.m.maduon
D. Sb. S
Bala
N. G
Lam
E. S. Goffey
Lenoir
Caldwell
Mitchell, Ashé
Washington Leiter
Baltimore Sun
Bureau of Minintaernres
North Carolinas
Glenn
North Citation
Alabama
Georgia
South
Kentucky
Memphis
Hank Watterson
Alhambra
Kenteky
Watterson
Charlotte Observer
A Carnegie
J. Rockefeller
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mags
Watauga County’ Bank
Boone N.C
Rouse
U.S
Capital Stock
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