Submarine War Escalates to Deliberate Murder Claims
Wesley Frost, American consul in Queenstown, describes Germanys unrestricted submarine warfare as deliberate murder for every ship sunk. Frost recounts sinking cases, lifeboat horrors, and crew suffering as U boats avoid deck guns and torpedoes, with captains blamed for letting liners escape.
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Washington
von Tirpitz
Kaiser
Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Ireland
Britain
Abosso
Frost
Laconia
Best Year Yet for Orphanage in North Carolina
Dr Archibald Johnson presents a glowing Charity and Children exhibit praising a record year for the orphanage with a current fund surpassing 860000. The Thanksgiving offering is highlighted as unmatched in the South while Kennedy Home farm under Herman Sutton strengthens support. Printing departments set new revenue highs despite paper mill setbacks and high living costs. The piece lauds loyal North Carolina supporters and calls the community loving and faithful.
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South
Love
Kennedy Home
Herman Sutton
North Carolina
Old Men Only: New Saloon Card Rules Stir St Louis
Excise Commissioner Edward S Lewis issues eight commandments for saloons. Only old men may play cards in adjacent rooms, no gambling or stakes, no card play in bars, and Sunday and election day closures to be stricter enforced.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Star
Edwards
Lewis
Chamberlain's Tablets Endorsement and Catarrh Cure Ad
Richmond Kentucky resident F B Tressy praises Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder and urges trial for indigestion and constipation. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy for catarrh with a $100 reward for failure and invites readers to Bend for circulars. includes Druggists endorsement.
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Chamberlain
F. B
Tressy
Richmond
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
White farmer beaten by mob near Monroe after alleged stepchild death
John Medlin, a white farmer on the Kaziah place near Monroe, was taken from his home by about six men and whipped. He is accused of severely whipping his 12 year old stepson a week earlier, an act that allegedly caused the boy’s death on June 8. The mob cites rumors of abuse as motive and calls for a coroner and county physician investigation. Merlin Medlin suffered a badly lacerated upper lip, a cut to the head, and injuries from kicks, but his condition is not deemed seriously life threatening. He refuses to name suspects.
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Frost
Oberlin
Ohio
Monroe
John Medlin
Kaziah
Concord Road
Medlin
Merlin
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