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Mixed-Notes and Maxims From a Busy Southern Page
A collage of witty aphorisms and short items touches on music, crime, agriculture, weather, law, and social life. Highlights include references to Raleigh Exposition events, a 13 year old sentenced for highway robbery, the Edgecombe Guards at the Exposition, significant cotton and wool production figures, and the stockholders meeting at the Fair. The prose blends humor with local updates and moral exhortations.
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