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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
4
Ararat Lodge No. 558 A F and A M notes the death of W S Campbell a Mason and loyal citizen. The resolutions praise his character and pledge sympathy to his family. The lodge will wear mourning and drape the charter for 30 days and inscribe the resolutions in the records.
Minor Hall 20 of Greensboro drowned in South Buffalo Creek while attempting to rescue two men from drowning. He heard cries near his route to Sunday school and plunged in without disrobing. Others rescued the two men, but Hall’s body was found later and life extinct.
Notice of sale by deed of trust for Henry Lampkin debt to Forsyth Savings. Trustee J S Hill sells two brick stores at the corner of Needmore and Wilson Streets Mt Airy at Dobson court house door July 6 1916 1 30 pm. Street bounds given. June 1 1914.
Southern Railway launches the season’s first excursion to Atlantic City New Jersey on Thursday June 22 1916. Fares from multiple Charlotte Concord Lexington and other points are listed with round trip tickets return valid for fifteen days and stops in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington.
Attorney W F Carter of Mt Airy delivers the alumni address at Davidson College urging graduates to become strong educated citizens rooted in faith. He recalls personal ties to the college, emphasizes training body mind and spirit, and calls for labor, study, and service to sustain a republic.
Chief Moore announces a citywide crackdown on reckless driving and traffic violations in Charlotte. He cites recent collisions and near misses at the square and other corners and warns speeds limits of six miles at crossings twelve in business districts and fifteen elsewhere. Speeding and passing stopped street cars will face warrants and enforcement.
A reader testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as life saving and preventing insanity after illness. She credits the remedy with restoring health and urges others to seek its benefits and guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. of Lynn.
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