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Newspaper

Wilson News

Location

Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1899

Page

8

Honor Roll and Community Notices from the Graded School

The page lists weekly honor rolls by grade at the Graded School for May 12 with numerous students named, followed by an administrative note from Supt. Mangtum. It also advertises Wilson Council No. 40 Jr. O U A M's anniversary banquet with Rev. Thomas speaking, and includes a Weekly Crop Bulletin dated 1899 detailing weather, planting and crop conditions across the state.

Robt. Anderson Marion Edgeton Edgerton Lorna Hales Elsie Gardner Ida Ellis Pearl Riley Ella Wells Julia Farmer Lizzie Winstead Bessie Edgerton Julian Keel Paul Ellis Lee Flora Ernest Dunn Edgar Lee Maude Hurley Sue Corbett Bertha Riley Wiley Edwards James Kinsey Howard Mayo James Bynum Courtney Nunn Lucy Paris Jean Venable Georgia Hales Elsie Moore Evelyn Paschall Lizzie Wilson Joe Davis Fred Connor Moses Farmer Fletcher Overman Allen Bynum Lynwood Wilkins Clara Daniel Ella McCraw Gladys Wells Pattie Watson Jennie Boykin Clyde Farmer Mattie Culpepper Edgar Boykin Willie Godwin Ned Rawlings Elmer Oettinger Edwin Deans Ethel Warren Frank Barnes Jack Ellis Robin Kinsey Thos Powell Clem Morton Harry Starr Lillian Keel Allison Deans Nathan Daniel Eliutn Grape Julia Foote Mattie Paris Rosa Powell Mary Stallings Rosa Wells Eloy Denson Ernest Farmer John Forham Henry Best E. P. Mangtum Wilson Council No. 40, Jr. O. U. A. M C. A.G. Thomas Fayetteville Christian Church Thomas

Browns' Iron Bitters Promises Cure for Dyspepsia

An advertisement proclaims Browns' Tron Ritters as a cure for dyspepsia and outlines its use for stomach, blood, and nerve ailments. It notes physicians find dyspepsia highly uncertain and promotes the product as valuable for all stomach issues.

Fairleigh Platte Cannon del Tutt

Nearly Burned at the Stake in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn on May 17 a boy of about ten was tied to an iron fence with clothing pulled off. Two other ten year old boys built a fire from papers and kindling. Miss Jackson heard screams, freed the bound boy, and the assailants fled.

Brooklyn N. Y Miss Jackson Remsen Street

Dr Kings New Discovery Gives Free Trials to the Needy

Public interest notes Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds has given away over ten million trial bottles. It claims to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and lung diseases. B W Hargrave the local druggist offers a free trial bottle with regular sizes five cents and one dollar guaranteed or refunded.

Dr. King B. W. Hargrave

John and Peter at the door through Christ’s trial

A Sunday School commentary by Wm. K. Fisher on John 18 15 27 describes John the disciple aiding Peter at the high priest’s door, Peter’s denial before the damsel, and Jesus before Caiaphas. It notes the Sanhedrin’s dawn adjournment and the polemics of the witnesses.

Wm. K. Fisher Christ John Simon Peter Jesus Peter Unte Hich Whitelaw Annas Caiaphas Messiah God Mark Stalker

Jam at Duke Wellington's Tea Guests Lesson

The Duke of Wellington showed a playful stern side when he found no jam at Strathfieldsaye. He rang the bell and declared that children invited to tea must have jam, delivering a memorable nudge that echoed Waterloo.

Duke of Wellington Waterloo Strathfieldsaye

Southern textile growth linked to railways and mills

The Textile Excelsior argues Southern cotton mill development owes much to major railways led by the Southern Railway. It cites Census data showing loom and spindle growth from 1866 to the present in Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia, with 410 mills total and 241 on the Southern Railway. The piece urges continued Southern prosperity and local manufacturing capacity.

Textile Excelsior South Southern Railway Alabama Georgia Kentucky Missississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

Textile growth and railway praise loom in the South

The article notes the start of several new textile mills along the Southern Railway corridor within twelve months. Existing mills are enlarging output with new machinery. It praises the Southern Railway for promoting cotton spinning and textile manufacturing in the South and highlighting local support for railroad-led industrial development.

Southern Railway

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