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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
6
In Seattle harbor fifteen tons of dynamite on a scow exploded early today, damaging about $40,000 in windows citywide. A watchman guarding the explosives is believed killed. The blast was felt up to 35 miles away. cause unknown but port warden suspects non accidental.
The Federal Court of Appeals in New Orleans held that debts from future trading with intention to deliver or receive the commodity are gambling transactions and cannot be collected in states prohibiting gambling debts. The ruling reversed a Georgia federal court verdict in favor of broker T. D. W. James against Waldo L. Clement for $10,000 tied to cotton margins. The case was remanded for a new trial.
An Ohio Valley reader from Terre Hill Pennsylvania testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles and pains enabling better sleep and appetite. The ad extols the product as a longstanding standard remedy created from roots and herbs with nationwide recognition.
The page lists students named on the honor roll for September across grades one through eleven. Names span multiple schools and include Sam Bircham James Chuckle Opie Rhodes Theron Willis Roland Carpenter and many others with numerous omissions and OCR quirks.
London reports claim Roumania mobilizes up to a million men and seeks regional understandings with Bulgaria. German press shows anxiety and a Frankfurt Zeitung call for concessions. Vienna hears Germany and Austria-Hungary must be ready to concede to Roumanian demands as Russian forces redeploy along the San River with no decisive outcomes yet.
Major General Edward Stuart-Wortley cites Canadian divisions in France and documents the horrors of German asphyxiating gas. He details lung tissue liquefaction, two day dying process, agonized hospital wards, and calls German methods a flagrant breach of humanity. He recalls prior intimacy with Emperor William and notes sympathy in Britain.
An Mt Airy advertisement urges readers to watch kidney secretions and seek Dean's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys. It cites Mrs. N W Dobbins of 223 Spring St and claims the product relieves backache and kidney disorders, sold at 60 cents by Gwyn's Drug Store and other dealers.
An advertisement urges readers to try Chamberlain's Liniment to end rheumatism. The claim describes relief from rheumatic pain in the arms and shoulders and promotes the product as effective for spring aches and stiffness.
Rainy conditions dominate Cana Virginia with tomato planting underway and crops of corn wheat and rye thriving. Robi H Towe bought a new mowing machine on the 28th. William H Johnson injured his hand severely while working. Roscoe Towe visited A T Monday's home. Willie Sue Blackburn stayed with grandmother A M Towe. Road work continues in the area.
The writer states only Chamberlain's Colic Obalere and Diarrhoea Remedy gave full relief and cure during illness and urges friends at Calloway Stewart to purchase it. The note ends with a promotional sale mention.
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