Fight the Hookworm Disease Named District Director
Dr P W Covington of Rockingham has given up private practice to become District Director of the hookworm eradication campaign. The note outlines his education at Davidson College UNC and Maryland, his Rockingham practice, and the team of four district directors and six laboratory microscopists aiding the campaign with over 20 000 free examinations since initiation, about one third positive for infection, aiming for eradication with strong public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jdr
P. W. Covington
Rockingham
Raleigh
Man convicted of manslaughter in 1909 Buncombe case
Fleet Watkins Black Mountain constable was convicted of manslaughter in Buncombe County Superior Court for the 1909 killing of John Hill Banting of Wilmington. He was sentenced to 18 months in the state prison. an appeal was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet Watkins
Black Mountain
John Hill Banting
Wilmington
Buncombe County
Skeletons in Closets and Hidden Hearts Across Homes
A collection of excerpts notes hidden lives behind brave faces and social fronts. It mentions a dramatic theft of the Ark of the Covenant by Anglo-American archaeologists, a Mexican gold coin shipment nearing a million dollars at New York federal offices, and a pardon plea from Lieut. Gov. Newland for Thomas B. Whitson, a former Mitchell man recently recaptured and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Sub- Treasury and Assay
New York
W. (. Newland
Thomas B. Whitson
Mitchell
Mrs Ella Wilson Elected Mayor In Kane County News
Mrs Ella Wilson wins election as mayor of Hunnewell Kane becoming the second woman mayor in the United States. The first was Mrs S M Sutter who led Argovin Kane twenty four years ago. Also noted are a burned old mill near Fayetteville used in Civil War for Confederate socks and a Carnegie gold medal from twenty one American Republics with the inscription The American Republics to Andrew Carnegie Bene factor of Humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wilson
Hunnewell, Kane
United States
S. M. Sutter
Argovin Kane
Fayettvile
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Are You Burning $100 4 Mond If not we offer you a chance
The J. R. Watkins Company advertises a nationwide sales force of over 2000 agents earning averages over $100 monthly selling remedies and household products across the United States and Canada. It invites readers in Watauga County to join the business, listing Baltimore Maryland as the company address and noting establishment details. It also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for sick headache and stomach disorders, sold by dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Watauga County
J. R. Watkins Company
South Gay Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Chamberlain
New York Democrats Split Over Free Wool on Free List
A Washington dispatch notes the House Ways and Means Committee moving free raw wool to the free list in a revision. In a Democratic New York delegation caucus 18 members backed free wool while four opposed. They pledged to follow the full caucus decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
8Th Sea
Wave and Means Committee
New York
Rheumatism relief with Chamberlain's Liniment ad
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Liniment as a highly effective rheumatism remedy. It urges readers to try it and notes it is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Long distance voice line reaches Denver over wires
The article notes a historic long distance telephone demonstration in which a human voice was transmitted over more than 2,000 miles from New York to Denver, Colorado, evidencing advancing communication tech and cross country telephone links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
New York
Denver
Colo
Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and advertorial notice
A dated advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh with internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for failure to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio and to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Chenry & Co
Toledo
All Druggista
Fletcher's Castoria and Lees-McRae Institute Ad Highlight
The notice lists the Twelfth Session of the Girl's Department at Lees-McRae Institute beginning April 2 for eight months with extensive training in literary work music drawing modeling and domestic science. Enrollment for 1910 reaches 185 across 0 states and two foreign countries. Also details a mortgage sale in Watauga County North Carolina to satisfy two notes of 32.50 each, describing the land tract of 16 acres in Laurel Creek township and the sale date in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman Land
Y. Harmansto
Office of Register of Deeds
Waatauga County
N.C
Boone
N. C
June Sthait
Watauga
Laurel Creek
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Matauga Dwumocrat
BOC. Rivers, Proprietor
W. Covington
Winston Journal
Elias Carr
State Department of Agriculture
Wilkes County
North Carolina
Harper
Jon
Wesley
Fletcher
Vessl
Liverpool
Thos. Holmes
Rebecca
Butte City
Ptas
Jobo &. Ludwig
Salisbury
Moresville
E RY Watkins
Trenchrer
Winston Investment Company
Winston
Clarence Pickens
Dentit
Weaverville
Jennie and
Furman Capps
Pickins
Clarence J. Covington
Phillippine Islands
Cline
Hitchcock
Concord, N. C
Robert Hoe
Geo. D. Smith
Wm. Blakes
Milton
Raleigh Daily Times
Foley
M. B
Blackburn
R. L. Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Southern
Ashe Ville
Maxsion Hospital
Bright
Oklahoma City
Okla
Southern Methodist Church
Sritten
Laura Jean Libby
Ark of the Covenat Ia
Omar
Jerusalem
Augustus Leazar
Moorsville
A. &. M. College
Leazar Literary Society
Titut— Son
Wim. Devan
Loneville
Ohio Falla
Deast
J. M. Howell
Greensburg, Ky
Georgia
A. C. Dixon
Chicago
Metropolitan Tabernacle
London
Spurgeon
Piedmont Railway Aid Electric Company of
Burlington N. C
Cragey Boundary
Timbver Lande Vna
Castoria
Cesar
Jack
Wonder Stack
Beal
Testaity
Children- Ory
Fletcher's Castoria Lees-McRae Institute
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Winston Salem, N.C
Lar
T. L
Cook
Salem
C. C
R. J. Reynolds
Pres
R. J. R. Tab
John
M B
Blackburn Boone
John W. Hodges
JS Winkler John.w. Hodges & CO
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