Five Year-Olds Reading Good Books Five Tear
Watauga Democrat urges parents to start children young on literature. A quote from Mrs. Lillian Brooks Gatliv in The Progressive Farmer extols the value of reading aloud and selecting wholesome books to shape character and brighten idle hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tittle Nell
David Copperfield
Mr. Micawbber
Rob Roy
Ivanhoe
Mormion
Lillian Brooks Gatliv
Progressive Farmer
Conflicting Duties in a Household Dilemma
A Christian Herald excerpt discusses duties clashing within a family setting. Middle aged parents bear burdens while children and youth seek further education possibly overseas. Parents sacrifice to support distant study, risking perceived overextension of younger ones and strained familial trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Herald
Caldwell County funds fight hookworm with free clinics
Caldwell County Commissioners approve a $200 donation to the Rockefeller Fund toward eradicating hookworm. Dr. Ferrell will oversee at least five county dispensaries with expert physicians and microscopists offering free examinations and treatment. The program aims to benefit children and adults, with diagnoses for related illnesses to follow.
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Caldwell
Ferrell
Rockefeller Fund
Sympathy and Kindness Inspire Hidden Virtues
A poetic meditation on sympathy urging words of kindness to awaken beauty in the heart. The speaker imagines music as a divine spark in silent souls, praising mercy toward the poor and vulnerable. John Boyle O Reilly’s line hints that compassionate acts return a blessing when sought again.
Voters Disfranchised By Sheriff Absence
Brevard Diepaten reports that 132 Republicans and several Democrats were disfranchised in Transylvania County due to Sheriff Fred Shaford’s absence. Voters went to the sheriff’s office on Tuesday and Wednesday to find it closed while he was away in South Carolina. The sheriff says delinquents may pay tax but will not receive backdated receipts. court action could follow.
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Brevard Diepaten
Sherif Fred
Shaford
Transylvania County
South Carolina
Rascal Charged With Chicken Theft Shocks Court
A colored man faced a police judge accused of stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced. He claimed he lifted the birds while a dog prowled the yard, arguing the judge could not fully understand the act. He warned the judge to stay on the bench if not familiar with rascality.
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Aplain
Unusual sulphur rain sight near Guilford College yesterday
Residents near Guilford College reported a down pour of sulphur around 1 pm striking water pools after clouds passed. The event appeared confined to a small area with no similar reports elsewhere in the county. The rain at Guilford preceded Greensboro while the later shower there was pure water. No explanation offered.
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Guilford College
Guilford
Greensboro
Greens The Harbinger Of Winter In Verse And Medicine
A whimsical verse extols greens as the finest fare for humble kitchens and kings alike, praising spinach dandelion and squash while recalling mothers ovens and frontier toil. The piece shifts to a testimonial by J W Jordan of Hopkinsville Ky praising Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and back pain.
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Walt Mason
News
Aid Observer
J. W. Jordan
Hopkinsville
Charlotte’s 20th Celebration Promised Most Elaborate Yet
Charlotte prepares for a grand celebration on the 20th of the month, expected to be the most elaborate she has staged to date, with plans for a notable display and festivities.
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Charlotte
Mrs. Brant Recovers After Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs. R. Brant of 11115 Paden St Parkersburg West Virginia suffered lagrippe leading to kidney pain and backache. After using Foley Kidney Pills she reports relief and ability to resume housework. For sale by all dealers.
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R. Brant
Paden St
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pithy Poultry Health Advice From The Charlotte Chronicle
The Charlotte Chronicle outlines practical signs of poultry illness and suggested actions. It covers crop binding, diarrhoea prevention, rheumatism in joints, croup risk, removal of lame birds, bumblefoot treatment, oviduct disorders in hens, pneumonia indicators, colds, canker and typhus symptoms, foul nasal discharges, cholera indicators, and liver congestion signs in fowl.
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Charlotte Chronicle
Durham tobacco houses buy 7 million pounds at 144 cents
The Durham tobacco season closed with 7,000,000 pounds sold at an average of 144 cents per pound, totaling $940,442.34 paid to farmers. Mrs. Rose A. Freeman of Clifford, VA praises Foley remedies, noting her husband’s kidney cure after prior medicines failed. she recommends Foley Kidney Pills and other Foley products sold by dealers.
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Durham
Rose A. Freeman
Clifford
Foley
Foley & Cas
Saved His Mother's Life with Electric Bitters
Laura Gaines of Avoca Louisiana credits Electric Bitters with saving her life after four doctors gave up. She praises the tonic for aiding fainting spells backache headache weakness and kidney issues, urging other women to try it. It is sold for five cents with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back.
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Laura Gaines
Avoca
Jane Callahan
Whiteville
N.C
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Haye Advises Patch Farming Tools For Rows
A Progressive Farmer note recommends patch farming with long rows using horses, narrowing rows with a wheel hand cultivator when necessary and avoiding the costly hoe.
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promote Health And Energy
Ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as the busiest little things ever made changing weakness to strength and draining to mental power. Claims cure constipation dyspepsia chills malaria and more. Only 25 cents at dealers.
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Dr. Kings New Life
No complaints as others hold better jobs we rejoice
A brief remark suggests restraint in envy when others have preferable employment. The speaker urges rejoicing rather than lamenting differences in status, emphasizing a cheerful attitude toward different opportunities. The tone is measured and pragmatic about workplace comparisons.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Gains Noted Support
A historical notice praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for curing coughs and colds. It cites rising sales and voluntary testimonials from those treated, urging readers to try it for themselves or their children, with dealers listed for purchase.
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Chamberlain
Deafness Cure Claim Through Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames catarrh for most cases and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward if not cured, urging readers to request a circular from F J Cuesky & Co of Toledo Ohio and to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cuesky & Co
Toledo
Mortgage Sale Under Eaves Deed in Watauga County
Public auction to the highest bidder at Boone Court House Door on May 20, 1912 at noon for a Blowing Rock land lot of one fourth acre more or less. The sale follows a mortgage deed executed by D M Eaves to Henkel Livestock Company dated August 24, 1910 and recorded in Watauga County. David J. Craig, secretary with treasurer, signs for Henkel Livestock Company.
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Henkel
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Boone
North Carolina
Blowing Rock
Weeden
David J. Craig
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