Roosevelt Crum affair and colored postal fears in Charleston
Washington letter reports President Roosevelt faces opposition in Charleston over appointing a colored collector named Crum. It details Senate rejection, treasury denial of pay, and the slim chance of a special act. Also covered are warnings to a rural carrier in Gallatin Tennessee, fears of negro mail carriers, and political fallout within Post Office investigations led by Bristow and Posner, with charges raised by Tulloch and Foraker Hanna factions in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Charleston
8. C
Senate
Cur
Crum
Crum Asa Raress
Treasury Department
Congress
Post Office Department
Gallatin
Tenn
John C. All~ Good
Allgood
Mr. Roosevelt
A. W. Machen
Bristow
M ©. Fosnes
Postoffice
Posner
Extes G. Rathbone
Bristows
Fit
Seymour W. Tolloch
Thomas W Gilmer
Comptroller’s Division
the Treasury
Post Office
Washington
New York
Gilmer
Delus Ding
Civil Liberty Party
Wincinatt
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Hanna
Ohio
Sena
Free Botanic Blood Balm and Dr King's Remedy Notice
An advertisement blurb promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poison cancer and other ailments with a free medical advice offer from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga. It also mentions Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and offers trial bottles free with guaranteed relief and testimonials from Mrs C B Van Metre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Previd
Dr. King
C. B. van Metre
Sheperdtown West Way
M. B. Blackburn
Centenarian Grover Area Sister Says She Kept Working
A Kings Mountain Herald note reports a local colored sister living near Grover claims she is 106 years old. She notes she learned to work at twenty and has worked nearly every day since, remaining stout and healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Kings Mt. Herald
Dr King's Pills touted as liver stomach remedy at 25c
A testimonial from D H Turner of Dempsytown Pa claims two weeks on Dr King's New Life Pills restores youthfulness. The ad praises the vegetable formula as gentle with no griping and lists Blackburn's as the seller. It ends with a cynical remark about lacking humor in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempsytown
Blackburn's
Winter to Summer Farm Work Urges Self Reliance
The editor urges farmers to map winter and early spring chores such as grubbing fencing pruning ditching and emphasizes doing them now to avoid spring labor shortages. He laments labor scarcity and argues many own land, contrasting U S prosperity with European peasant oppression. He warns against landlords keeping tenants ignorant and notes Ireland and Russia under severe feudal grip. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Grampian
United States
Lreland
Russia
Boone
Neglected Boys Care Tough to Find Homes and Place
A fragment argues there is nothing more worth caring for than boys and that they receive little space or attention at home. It stresses the need to better support boys as they grow, contrasting neglect with the hope of proper care and guardianship.
Electric Bitters Sale Promise Cure for Stomach Ailments
A fragment recalls Dr Merritt of Mehoopany Pa using electricity as a life saving test and claims a patient improved from violent hemorrhages due to ulceration after taking electronic remedies. The ad touts Electric Bitters as guaranteed for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and other stomach troubles with a product locate at Binckburny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TG. Merritt
Mehoopany
Binckburn'y
Angels Without Wings Note Stands As Quotation Pivot
A fragment quotes someone noting that angels without wings are the best because they cannot try or fail, reflecting a terse philosophical line with uncertain attribution and no additional context.
Cure a Cold in One Pay Product Claim
A historical ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Cablets cure colds for a single payment with a refund if ineffective. The box bears EL Wy irove's signature and lists 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Wy Irove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ayer
J. v. Fiala
Hadlyme, Ct
Ayers
Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
F. A. Linney
N. C
Edmund Jones
Lenoir, N. C
Natanga
J.C. Fletcher
Boone, N. C
E. F. Lovill
Attorney AT Law
Geo, P. Pell
J. W. Todd, Todd & Pell, Attorneys AT Law
Jefferson, N. C
Watauga
Coffey’s Hotel
Coffey
J. M. Hogshead
Banner’s Elk. N, C
N.C
Gaines
Tor Foraker
Mr. Hanna
Mr. Por Jaker
Botanic
Galveston
Texas
Cardus
Adams
Cardui
Cordai
Shepardie
Mottin
Bony
Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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