New Battrand Company Chartered For Rail Line
The Charleston Virginia and Ohio River Railway was chartered yesterday by the Secretary of State. It will run from Charleston, D C to Norton, Virginia, with branches in North Carolina. The projected length in North Carolina near 140 miles with nine branches. total capital $2 200 000, may rise to 15 million. Directors include W C Ervin H L Milner E P Tate of Morganton and Wmn T Hunter Joseph F McGowen Robert Rigney of New York. The plan also envisions a furniture plant, tannery and other mills to utilize timber and local resources, with early efforts to raise funds via a joint stock company.
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Battrand Company
News and Observer, 7Th
Charleston, Virginia, and
Ohio River Railway
Charleston
D. C
Norton
North Carolina
Anto
Estern
Tennessee
Gaston
Cleveland
Lincoln
Catawba
Burke
Caldwell
Mitchell
Watauga
W.C. Ervin
H. L. Milner
E. P. Tate
Morganton
N.C
Wmn. T. Hunter
Joseph F. McGowen
Robert Rigney
New York City
Ber
Boone
Disease of thinness in children and adults described
The text notes scrofula in children and consumption in adults as thinness diseases. It links poor food to their spread and suggests cod liver oil as the best remedy. The source stresses fatty nourishment and leafy diets as factors in health.
Funeral of Maj Robbins in Statesville Preserved by Confederate escort
The funeral for Major William McKindree Robbins was held at First Presbyterian Church Statesville with Reverend C M Richards and others officiating. His escort from the residence to the church and to Oakwood Cemetery was provided by the Statesville bar and surviving members of the Reuben Campbell Camp of Confederate Veterans. Robbins, 87, had a long career as a lawyer and public servant, including service in Congress and on the Gettysburg Battle Ground Commission. His death is mourned as a great loss to his community.
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Statesville
Charlotte New
Maj. Robbins
William McKindree Robbins
Mulberry Street
First Presbyterian Church
C. M. Richards
H. K. Boyer
J. H. Presley
Statesville Bar
Reuben Campbell
Confederate Veterans
Oakwood
Major Robbins
Robbins
Alabama
Salisbury
General Assembly of
N. C
Cleveland
Gettysburg Battle Ground
Scott's Emulsion Promises Nourishment and Growth
promotional note from Scott & Bowne announcing the health benefits of their emulsion for nourishment and weight gain, claiming it supports scronity and consumption with more fat and more weight as the natural order of things.
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Scott
Ward Off Old Age By Eating For Your Age
Advice on delaying age with digestion focus and Thamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Recommends suitable foods and remedies for stomach disorders. Sold by J. M. Morets.
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Thamberlain
J. M. Morets
There is music in all things if men fied care
A fragmentary line notes belief in universal music in all things, though wording is garbled. It appears as a stray testament or literary aside with no clear event, date, or person attached.
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Fyron
All Humors Impure Matters Burdening the Body
The text explains that humors are impure substances the skin liver kidneys and other organs cannot manage alone. Accumulation causes pimples boils eczema loss of appetite fatigue bilious spells indigestion dull headaches and many other issues.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Deemed Best
A Harlan Michigan merchant Geo L Chubb extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine. The ad claims rapid cure for coughs and colds and urges keeping it at home for prompt treatment. Sold by J M Moreta.
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Chamberlain
Geo. L. Chubb
Harlan, Mich
J. M. Moreta
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Watauga Democrat
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A. B. Wainwrigt
Lemon City
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J. M. Moreis
Appalachian Training School
B. B. Dougherty
B. RB. Dougherty
Y. D. Moore
A. E. Woltz
Lenoir Graded School
A. Masters
Wm. M. Robbins Read
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All Humors
Hood
Ina O. Brown
Rumford Falls
The
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Vwaaaler
Nhs Forte Te
Etastone
Mountain City Clothing Company
Wervice
Mountain City, Tenn
Henkel Live Stock Company
Henkail Live Stock Company
J. I. Nivaon
Studia Heker
Babeork
Rock Hill
Met
Coffey & Critcheh
Mountain City
London Stoffel Hardware CO
Furniture Company
Wright and Hulcher Bros
Merchant and Trader’s Bank
Mountain City, Tennessee
J. Walter Writ
W. P. ‘Dun Gan
J. S. Rambo
R. I’, McDane
Res’t. Cashier
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J. Walter Foe
Rambo
W. P. Dunaan
E. E. How
J. G Rns
Ion Wis
R. E. DesNeLny
J.C. Butler
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