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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
5
Mrs S A Houney of Columbia South Carolina says three years of illness were eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and she regained strength to do housework. The ad urges use at first symptoms and cites a country survey claiming 98 of 100 benefited.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has tightened censorship with New Year's editions seized for criticizing his cabinet. Sequestration of opposition newspapers continues across Italy, with Novo Giornale offices looted in Turin. Some papers suspend editorial pages and print only news to evade suppression.
Annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the Sydnor & Sparger office on January 15, 1925 at 4 p m. W G Sydnor serves as secretary and treasurer.
By virtue of a deed of trust J L Doby assigned to W L Reece trustee for F S Eldridge default occurred and land will be sold at the courthouse door in Dobson on January 16, 1925 at 1 30 PM. The property includes 44 acres described by metes and bounds and a second tract of 50 acres with 9 acres east of Snow Creek. Reed as trustee W L Reece December 15 1924.
Captain E F Lovill died at his Boone home after weeks of illness at age 84. A Confederate veteran and long-serving lawyer, he chaired the Appalachian Training School trustees, served three terms in the State Senate, and held roles including deputy U S revenue collector. Survived by his son William Savill and two daughters, with relatives in Surry. Funeral Sunday at two with Masonic honors. interment in family lot.
Norfolk January 1 The battleships Texas and New York will leave the Navy Yard Saturday for Hampton Roads to join the Wyoming and other vessels. The fleet plans to move to Southern waters for winter maneuvers with target practice off Cuba and Panama. New York has had repairs and overhauls including boilers guns and machinery. Texas arrived after sinking the uncompleted dreadnought Washington and has undergone boiler guns and machinery overhauls. Both ships are in excellent condition and ready for duties.
Washington reports the 1926 calendar shows Friday the 13th in February March and November. The superstition notes that 1924 had a Friday the 13th in June, the other year with triple unlucky days.
Amarillo Texas January 2 1925 two twins born in the home of Mr and Mrs T B Daniel surprised locals by arriving within hours of midnight. Thomas was born at 9 45 p m December 31 1924 and his brother James followed at 1 40 a m in 1925 marking a year change between siblings.
In Dobson at the courthouse door the J F Hendren trustee sale offers two Rockford tracts. First tract covers about 3 10 acres near West edge road line and A street with bearings from Bland line. Second tract about one third acre lies east of High Street north of Davenport and south of Burrus. Date December 15 1924. D Folger attorney.
Heavy snow blanketed New York City leaving 11 to 12 inches and causing major delays. City mobilized 20 000 shovelers 1 400 trucks and 41 snow plows as steamers waited up to four hours. Passengers hauled trunks through slush many trunks abandoned and later recovered. Five people died in the metropolitan area during the storm.
Anuric tablets promoted as a remedy for kidney backache and uric acid distress. The ad claims kidneys must be flushed and toxins removed, linking lumbago headaches dizziness and dropsy to uric acid buildup, urging readers to ask their druggist for Anuric.
A police census shows Tokio now has 1,917,000 inhabitants, recovering after the 1921 earthquake losses. The city rose by 890,000 since the quake but remains 260,000 below its pre disaster population, still ranking fifth behind Berlin.
Notice of sale by J. H. Hendren as trustee on January 16, 1925 at Dobson Court House for cash to satisfy a deed of trust by A. V. Ayers and wife. Four tracts described with bearings and distances totaling about 89.25 acres, including 65 acres on first tract, 18.75 on second, and 5.5 on fourth, with boundaries given by old lines and neighboring landowners. Attorney A. Folger.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine provides relief through a local ointment and an internal medicine that reduces inflammation by acting on the mucous membranes. The copy emphasizes forty years of use and urges readers to ask doctors or Cheney & Co for the product.
A brief ad-style note promises relief from stomach and liver distress with a small 25 cent medicine cost. It emphasizes simple, affordable relief for crowded hearts and weary souls through a patent remedy.
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