Kings Mountain Range Uses Historic Battlefield For U S Artillery Training
The Kings Mountain battlefield in North Carolina is designated as a 2700 acre artillery range. A camp to house 2500 soldiers and 1200 horses is built near the site for heavy field artillery training at Camp Greene. British officers will tutor American troops as descendants of the former fighters observe.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Kings Mountain
America
United States
Camp Greene
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Blood Action for Catarrh
A vintage testimonial style ad claims catarrh is internal and influenced by constitution. Hall's Catarrh Cure purportedly cures by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as makers and offers free testimonials.
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Oder
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props
Toledo
O. All Sts
Heiress Verda Bliss and the riverside warehouse case
Miss Verda Bliss visits the city warehouse tied to her uncle Geoffrey Wad hams estate. Delbridge and allies trap her protector Dare inside a grain chute, but he escapes as police are summoned. Verda later reconciles with Dare under attorney Crompton’s guidance.
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Verda Bliss
Geoffrey Wadhams
Verda
Delbridge
Mr. Crompton
Miss Bliss
Dave
Dare
Mr. Dare
Samuel Crompton
Mistletoe Beliefs Behind Old European Customs
A writer notes mistletoe was once seen as a tree itself and linked to the cross, believed to ward off evil spirits, and thus hung in homes as a sign of hospitality. The origin of mistletoe kissing is unclear, though the practice is very old in northern Europe.
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Europe
It Takes Shoulder Water to Clean the Porch
A child overhears a comment about elbow grease for plastering. She recalls the phrase and later tells her mother that scrubbing the porch requires lots of shoulder water, voicing a playful literal interpretation of effort. The scene reflects a child’s grasp of idiom through domestic tasks.
Track Meet Moves to Fair Grounds Near Ada
The county track meet shifts to the fair grounds a mile north of Ada with the literary events at the Methodist church. The track meet is set for Saturday April 6 and the literary features Friday evening before. Supt. Floyd reports multiple schools planning to attend and expresses optimism.
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Fair Grounds
Ada
Methodist Church
Supt
Floyd
Dart
Woman's Case Startles Ada With Eye Wash
A businessman's wife suffers eye pain from reading and sewing for years. After one Lavoptik eye wash application her eyes feel shocked by quick relief. The ad promises Lavoptik benefits for weak or inflamed eyes, with an aluminum eye cup offered free by Gwin & Mays Drug Co.
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Gwin & Mays Drug Co
Landmarks and labor trends in Francis as rain spurs work
J. E. Davis sells his Main Street business house to J. H. Vickery who plans to move stock of confectioneries after repairs. The town notes drilling machinery shipments, new wells, and a modern house under construction. A. R. Collins becomes cashier at Bank of Francis. Oil and railroad work attract labor while gardens benefit from the rain with May vegetables expected.
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Main St
J. H. Vickery
Frank Scroggins
A. R. Collins
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Bank of Francis
Germans Keep Tap On England Weather in War Reports
London reports that Germany has weather data crucial for air raids and a British meteorologist says submarines collect observations off northwest Ireland to relay forecasts to Germany via wireless relays around the British Isles. The method skims English data but avoids public weather forecasts in English papers.
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Associated Press
London
England
Ireland
Germany
British Isles
Famous Forest May Go
Paris reports debate over Fontainbleau forest being sacrificed for military use. Historians artists and writers protest while the military outlook sees the forest increasingly like a lumber camp due to heavy wartime lumber needs.
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Asociated Press
Paris
Forest of
Fontainbleau
Ottawa
St. Maurice Rivers
New Radio Course Opens at University of Oklahoma
A second wireless telegraphy course is started at the University of Oklahoma for men in draft age after over thirty completed the first course. Most graduates immediately entered government service. The government will accept all operators who can receive ten words per minute. Enrollment is open at any time.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Corpse Ship Carries Bodies to Cemetery
In Bagdad a massive barge carries native corpses to a riverside cemetery near the prophet's whitened bones. The deck is crowded with straw cases and Arab attendants sit playing a domino like game as the bodies, some years old others newer, are loaded according to how quickly families saved for transport.
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Associated Press
Bagdad
Airplane Used as Ambulance on Palestine Front
British official correspondent reports an airplane briefly served as an ambulance on the Palestine front. A small mobile force engaged in action, and the aircraft was pressed into medical service to evacuate wounded soldiers.
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Associated Press
Cairo
British airman saves wounded soldier in Sinai desert
At Hassana on Sinai's eastern edge a British soldier was wounded and required immediate surgery. An airman volunteered to carry the injured man 44 miles to the nearest hospital, a journey that saved the casualty's life.
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Hassana
Sinai Peninsula
War Savings Society Advocates Thrift Like War Club
A wartime thrift drive promotes a War Savings Society described as essential for public savings, likening it to the old war club as a force for discipline and collective effort led by Dr. Beets.
Tape measures lack precision per standards
The United States Bureau of Standards warns cloth measuring tapes should not be relied on for accuracy better than one dart in 500 to 1 000, indicating the limits of everyday fabric measurement tools.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Let a Want Ad Get It for You
A compact want ad promotes using classifieds to find needed items or services. It highlights easy posting and broad reach for readers seeking quick, affordable results.
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