Ten years of the Food and Drugs Act reviewed
The 1906 act’s first decade improved consumer health by policing drug and patent medicines, cleaning polluted milk, preventing contaminated foods, and stopping unsafe shipments. The report notes 6,000 court prosecutions, 46,000 hearings cited, thousands of inspections, and 750,000 shipments examined, with ongoing state federal cooperation and industry collaboration shaping safer production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Jan
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
Officers Training Camp Opens in Columbia
The officers training camp at Camp Jackson in Columbia opens Friday January 5 drawing hundreds of visitors and families. The war community activities committee urges locals with spare rooms to list them to accommodate newcomers from across the state. Many soldiers and civilians plan to attend and some drafted men secured permission to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
D. C
Camp Jackson
War Community Activities Committee
Carrington Howard
Railroad to discontinue passenger trains between Winston Salem and Roanoke
Raleigh January 3 the corporation commission received a telegram from Norfolk and Western President Maher stating that after January the railroad will discontinue passenger trains 35 and 36 between Winston Salem and Roanoke Virginia. The action is under orders from the United States director general and due to continued freight congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Winston-Salem
Roanoke
United States
Thirty Below Reading Across Valle Crucis Area
In Boone on January 3 the county recorded its coldest weather. Beaver Dam thermometers showed 19 to 28 below zero while Valle Crucis residents reported 30 below. Blowing Rock was 10 below and Boone eight to ten below as another snowstorm loomed from the west.
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Boone
Jan
Watauga
Beaver Dam
Valle Crucis
Blowing Rock
Government to Pay for Lands and Crops Lost
Camp Sevier in Greenville South Carolina will disburse thousands of dollars Friday as Major Alex C. Doyle pays December rent and crop damages to landowners who leased land or suffered crop losses for the rifle range. Both owner and tenant must attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Alex C. Doyle
Morganton School Delays Reopening Amid Coal Shortage
Morganton authorities postpone the graded school's reopening to January 15 or later due to coal shortages and bad weather. Superintendent Kerby remains in critical condition at Grace hospital after a second operation.
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Morganton
Kerby
Grace Hospital
Parade Honors Departure of Col J Van B Metts
A splendid parade honored Col J Van B Metts as he leaves to attend the officers training school at Fort Sam Houston Texas. The 119th infantry organized the ceremony and military personnel participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
J. van B. Metts
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
119Th Infantry
Had the Grip Three Weeks
With January comes la grippe. Lin gering colds seem to settle in the system causing one to ache all over feverish chilly tired heavy and drooping. Mrs Lizzie Tyles Henderson ky writes my daughter had la gripe for three weeks I gave her Foley's Honey and Tar and now she is all right. Mann Drug Co.
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Lizzie Tyles
Henderson, Hy
la Grippe
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Wrestling Gripes and Boxing Bets Voice of Sports
Sports column mocks Ted Lewis headlock brutalities while venting about rough tactics. It notes Bill Kittnfer leaving the Phillies opening a path for Adams, who is expected to prove himself. Jess Willard’s Red Cross bout with Fred Fulton faces criticism over ten round limit and title not at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kittnfer
Phillies
Adams
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Red Cross
Fulton
Jess
Savers Benjamin Championship Battle One of Shortest on Record
On January 3 1858 Tom Savers defeated Bill Benjamin in Isle of Grain England in six and a half minutes for the title. The Little Wonder, a middleweight, held the heavyweight crown as Harry Broome and Bill Bainge shaped the era. The long-vanished bout drew river-trip crowds who left disappointed as Benjamin returned to farm life. Savers held the title to 1860 after the Heenan draw.
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Tom Savers
Bill Benjamin
Isle of Grain
England
Savers
Little Wonder
Harry Broome
Bill Bainge
Benjamin
Big
Tom Sayers
Tom
Bill
Sayers
John Heenan
Joe Wormald
Andrew Marsden
Wormald
Horley
Heenan
Sam Hurst
Jem Mace
Tom King
Mace
Marsden
Wormad
Jem
Baldwin
Worma'd
America
Marc
Boxing results from late 19th to early 20th century
In Boston 1887 Ike Weir defeated Johnny Aaron in five rounds. In Butte 1905 Stanley Ketchel stopped Kid Thomas in the first round. In 1907 Jim Flynn beat Jack Sullivan in Los Angeles over twenty rounds. In 1910 Knockout Brown outpointed Pat Moore in ten rounds in New York.
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Ike Weir
Johnny Aaron
Boston
Stanley Ketchej
Kid Thomas
Butte
Jim Flynn
Jack
Twin) Sullivan
Los Angeles
Brown
Pat Moore
New York
Greenville colleges to resume after holidays January
Greenville S C January 3 The Greenville Woman's college will resume sessions January 9 after the Christmas holidays and Furman university will reopen today Due to the fuel shortage public schools will not reopen until January 9
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Greenville
S. C
Greenville Woman's College
Furman University
Bank Stockholders Meet In Directors' Room
Annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Commerce will be held Tuesday at 10 o'clock in the Directors' room for transaction of business. Notify that the meeting occurs on 1918.
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Bank of Commercil
H. Ape
More Officers Receive Appointments to Sevier
Camp Sevier Greenville January 3 Several more colonels and lieutenant colonels have arrived to take temporary command of regiments whose officers have joined the Fort Sam Houston school. Lieut Col Jacob A Miller is assigned to the 7th Field Artillery and Lieut Col John T Gerry to the 115th Field Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sevier
Greenville
Fort Sam Hlouston
Texas
Jacob A Miller
7Th Field Artillery
John T. Gerry
115Th Field Artillery
Mrs. Davis Finds Relief with Foley Kidney Pills
Mrs Thomas H Davis of Montgomery Indiana says she suffered months of bladder trouble before Foley Kidney Pills were recommended. After starting use she reports relief from backache rheumatic pains stiff swollen joints and kidney trouble as offered by Mann Drug Co.
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Thomas H. Davis
Montgomery
Ind
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Rebuilding Underway at Southeastern Life Insurance Building
Tireenville South Carolina January 3 Reconstruction begins this week on the Southeastern Life Insurance Company building heavily damaged by fire a few weeks earlier.
Jitney Offer for Foley Cough Remedy Trial Package
A promotional request invites readers to enclose five cents to Foley and Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Widney Pills and Foley Catholic Tablets accompanying a name and address. Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley and Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
City Transfer Co. Promotes Competent Hauling and Auto Service
The City Transfer Co. advertises competent merchants to handle hauling for patrons. They offer auto service for hire anywhere and at all hours. J. A. Dalton is the manager, with contact numbers Jay 25 and Night 3441.
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City Transfer Co
Merfard
Alrs
J. A. Dalton
Jay
Transit Schedule Fragments From Winston Salem Route
Readable timetable fragment shows departures from Winston Salem with times around 9 00 a m 11 00 a m and 2 00 pm listing stops at Zinzen high point and Por.
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Joint Committee On Definitions and Standards
Office of Co-operative State
Federal Food and Drug Control
Food and Drug
Southern Bell Telephone
THE
Southern Railway Company
Saally
Astri
Weide Iliberties
Canal
Columbia Officers
Winston
Ted Lewis
Ted
Stockholders’ Meeting
Fanu
Herce
4Lis
Onal Bank
Sevier
High Point
T. P. Murphy
C.b.matlocks CO
L. L. and
Atlantic Stere Co
Ivegfoy Express
H. A. Moffitt
Greensboro
Winston, Zinzendorf Hotel
Elwood
Guilford
Sligh Point
A. Kirkman
Sec
Treas
Citizens Real Esta and Insurance Company
Bank of Commerce
N. C
B. Overman
Piedmont
Wache
Trust Co
W. C. Idol
Jersey
Kee MD
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston, Wa, Va
Charleston, S.C
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