Grandfather Orphans Home Seeks Mountain Support
A civil appeal from Banner Elk North Carolina describes the Grandfather Orphans Home near Elk Park and Newland. It outlines its purpose as a Christian home and school for mountain orphans, current leadership by J W Holcomb, funding through farm products and donations, and enrollment requirements for children aged six to twelve with guardianship. The piece urges Sunday schools to dedicate collections monthly to sustain the home and notes ongoing expansion, including more rooms, electric lights, a telephone, and planned water works. It includes a call for deeper community involvement and provides Rev Edgar Tufts as the contact for further details.
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L Ridge Mountains
Man Ronneth
Elk
Linville
Watauga
Estitoe
North Carolina
Elk Park
Newland
Banner Elk
Bunconde
Lees
Mettae Institute
J. W. Holcomb
Thornhill Wagon Company
How To Prevent Croup Safe Home Remedy
Mrs H M Joboe of Elida Ohio shares how her child prone to croup can be aided. She kept a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home and gave one or two doses during a creaky cough which broke the attack. She praises its safety and reliability for children and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
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H. M. Joboe
Elida
Ohio
Society Verse on Bohemian Living and Heaven
A poem in the society column imagines a life of cards and whiskey, preferring leisure and elegance for ladies, before reflecting on present deeds. It ends with a sober note about judgment at heaven's gates, questioning if virtuous acts were enough. The piece presents a satirical, reflective voice about social quirks and eternal consequence.
Distress in Stomach After Meals Cited Relief
A reader from Victor New York reports relief from stomach distress after meals using Chamberlain's Tablets. The remedies regulated bowel action and alleviated headache and constipation within a short time.
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Chamberlain
Henry Padghai
Victor
N. Y
Memorial to Phillip Church pioneer educator and church builder
A tribute recalls Phillip Church born October 14 1827 in Wilkes County North Carolina died October 27 1914 aged 87 13. He taught more children than most teachers of his era helped organize Beech Mountain Church and served as a church worker for 25 years. Known for intellectual gifts and sunny disposition he married Anna Trivet and fathered 11 children. The piece highlights his role in education and religion and ends with a farewell as death nears. Also includes a letter from R L Doughton thanking supporters in the 8th Congressional District election.
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Phillip Church
Witkes County
North Carolina
Brother Churcht
Nathaniel
Lucy Chineh
Anna
Samuel Trivett
Phillip
Brother Church
Jordan of Death
Heaven
Democrat
Boone, NC
Persdn
R. L. Doughton
Sloan's Liniment Advert Claim and Endorsement
A vintage ad touts Sloan's Liniment for lumbago and rheumatic pain claiming instant relief from back muscles to joints. It urges a 25 cent bottle, promises rapid penetration and a money back guarantee, and ends with a Pope quotation about vanity as a moral note.
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Sloan
Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach troubles gain favor
Chamberlain's Tablets are a medicine intended for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The product reports a meeting with much success and rapidly growing popularity. Obtainable everywhere.
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends who assisted and comforted us through the sickness and death of our little girl. Their kindness helped us bear the burden, and we hope to return the gesture in the days ahead. Yours sincerely, J. F. Jackson & Family.
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J. F. Jackson
Paradise of God May Bring Peace for Brother Phillip
A reflective note from Geo. W. McGuire asserts that after life’s storms Brother Phillip may find rest in the Paradise of God, indifferent to sunshine or storm. The writer frames a spiritual farewell with calm assurance.
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Phillip
God
Geo. W. McGuire
Grandin Lumber and Railways Put Under Receiver
A federal suit in Asheville led Judge James E. Boyd to appoint W J Grandin as receiver for the Grandin Lumber Company and the Watauga & Yadkin River Railway Company. Assets are about 7 million against 1.95 million liabilities, with Grandin also president of both firms. The case notes European war effects and a failed London loan, while promising protection for creditors and stockholders as plans to stabilize the enterprises proceed. The timber lands span 720,000 acres in Watauga Wilkes and Caldwell counties with major holdings valued at 6 to 7 million, and a 150 000 foot per day mill is idle until finances improve. The rail line runs 21 miles from North Wilkesboro to Grandin and 4 miles from Elkville Junction to Denny, with service to continue during receivership. This marks the largest receivership in Western North Carolina Federal Court history.
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Asheville
Grandin Lumber Company
Grandin
Caldwell County
James E. Boyd
United States District Court
W J. Grandin
Watauga & Yadkin River Railway Company
London
Sle
Watauga
Wilkes
Caldwell
North Wilkesboro
Elkville Junction
Denny
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Promises Cough Relief
Hopeless lung trouble claims show many recoveries due to Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. Mr W Wilkins from Gates North Carolina cites a cave cure as four permanent recoveries and urges readers to get a bottle for dry hacking coughs. Only 25c at your druggist.
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Dr. Bell
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Edgar Tufts
Banner Elk, N. C
Ivery
Iam
Tae
Philp Chavet
South Fork Baptist Church
Watauga County
Ot Beech Mountain Church
Congressman Deughten
Pope
Butler Drug Store
E. S. Stallings
Western
Fletcher
Castoria
Mountain City
Marbleg Company
Mountain City, Tennessee
J C. Fletcher
John H. Bingham
Fletcher & Bingham
Boune
North Caro
Watauge
G. M. Peagler
Bristol
T. E. ‘Bingham
Boone
F. A. Lin
N.C
Ney
Silas M. Greene
Jeweler Maser
Watca Reawina
Allon
Vilas
G. H. Hayes
E. S. Coffey
Attorney AT Law
Nat. T. Dulaney
Fourth Street
Tenn
Edmund Jones
Lenoir, N. C
Watenga
L. D. Lowe
N. C
A. Linney
Boone, N. C
18Th Judicial District
F. Lovill
W. R. Lowill
Lovill
Boone, N. G
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