Sale of Surry County land by order of Superior Court
By order of the Superior Court of Surry County I will sell at public auction on the premises at 1 p.m. a 44 acre tract, bounded by Pleasant branch and Jesse Crutchfields line, with 16.7 acres previously conveyed to John Wall, partition sale noted. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, remainder in two months with approved security. May 9 1916. J. H. Poindexter, Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of
Surry County
N. C
T. G. Marion
Jesse Crutchfield
Pleasant
Jesse Crutchfields
John Wall
J. H. Poindexter
England Tightens War Time Liquor Restrictions
London reports new measures curbing beer brewing tobacco and whiskey as part of the war economy. The Ministry of Munitions would ban most whiskey distillation except for by products used in explosives. Tobacco imports face limited licenses for home use only, while beer output is capped at 85 percent of 1915 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Munitions
Board of Trade
Notice of Land Sale in Mt Airy Corner
Land sale by trustee under Henry Lampkins deed of trust for Forsyth Law Trust Co. to satisfy debt. In Mt Airy at Needmore and Wilson Streets sale at court house door Dobson July 6 1916 at 1 30 pm. Two brick stores on the lot bounded by Wilson and Needmore Streets. J.8. Hiil, Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lampkins
Forsyth Law Trust Co
Register of Deeds
Surry County
Court House
Dobson
Mt. Airy
Needmore and
Wilson Streets
Wilson Steet
Said Street
Needmore
Hii
Great Britain Holds Supremacy of Sea in North Sea Battle
London reports indicate Britain's fleet maintained sea supremacy after a long North Sea clash. Losses include three battle cruisers, three cruisers and eight destroyers on both sides. thousands of sailors missing or dead. Survivors describe brutal combat, fires, and heroic acts as crews faced sinking ships and chaotic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Sea
Great Britain
Horace Lambert Hood
David Beatty
Sowerby, Cay
Prose
Sir John Jelicoe
Jelcoe
Beatty
Wight
Stresm
Shark
Prosperity Will Persist Postwar Warns McAdoo in Raleigh
Secretary McAdoo told the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce that prosperity will continue after the European war. He argued that postwar orders will offset any drop, praised the Underwood Simmons tariff, urged the ship bill to expand Central and South American trade, and noted U S bank resources surpassing major international banks. He dismissed fears of war order decline as partisan or ignorant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
United States
McAdoo
Chamber of Commerce
Central
South America
Mr. McAdoo
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Russia
Reichs Bank of Germany
Bank of the Netherlands
Swine National Bank
Bank of Japan
Europe
Germany
Austria
South
Central America
Danish Steamer Naesborg Captain Describes Sea Battle
The Naesborg captain reports a dramatic clash off Jutland as British dreadnoughts attacked German ships. Smoke filled the sky and the sea roared while shells fell near the steamer. The German fleet split. one part escaped as British forces pursued others westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
London
Naesborg
Cape Honntholm
Jutland
Help For Working Women: Letter Praising Pinkham Compound
Mrs James Conley of Frankfort Kentucky writes she suffered from female weakness and could not work until Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound restored her health and endurance She urges other women to try the remedy and notes the company offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts for those seeking help
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Conley
St. Clair St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
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W. West Drug CO
MAIN
Mount Airy, N. C
Mount Airy
J. D. Minick
Mt. Airy, N. C
the Implement Co
Main St
Richmond, Va
Williams
England
Haynes G Company
Accident Liability Insurance
McCargo Hulting
Mt Aires
Billiken
Florsheim
Blue Ridge Inn
Elbing
Burton
Tipparery
Mr. Lyndell
Lepatourel
Church of England
Lyndell
Field Marshall
Viscount French
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Holland
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. Conley
Devoe
W. E. Merritt CO
Mountairy, N.C
National Banking Act
Treasury Department
First National Bank
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