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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
5
In Tarboro a Superior Court suit by Newton against Rosenbloom Levy Company for 1.50 ended with Newsom, a pauper, taxed costs of about 60 dollars to the county. The piece argues these trifling suits waste time and strain court resources under state law.
Ethel McChristian of Winston-Salem N C was fined 25 dollars in Richmond police court for wearing an X-ray skirt on a street in the Sowing district. Justice Crutchfield noted fashion while calling it beyond decency and the woman paid the fine.
The next quarterly meeting of the Surry County Farmers Union will be at Antioch Local four miles west of Mt Airy on Thursday night and Friday July 2 and 3 1914. Mr Comer president of the Producers Tobacco Company of Danville Va will speak Friday on tobacco storage and marketing methods.
Public notice offering two store rooms for rent in the Nations Block with immediate occupancy. Apply to T J Thompson at Bunker Building or J R Thompson Executor of Jos Nations for details and terms.
A local Independence Day parade features prizes for Best Float 1st prize $25 and various categories including Best decorated Automobile, Best clown, Best single or double team, Best horse back rider, and Best two horse wagon team with Mt Airy note. Additional prizes include Best pair of mules, finest looking family riding in wagon, and a watermelons eating contest. A float commemorating Independence Day will also be included.
Kansas City Missouri reader recounts doctors predicting infertility and says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved monthly pain and helped bear two healthy daughters. Another Georgia reader reports relief from stomach pain sleep issues and fatigue after using the same product and endorses it.
Captain Cheape and Devereux Milburn shared honors after the international polo match as the English four including Cheape Barrett Tompkinson and Lockett defeated the Americans. Milburn led the scoring for the U S team despite injuries and a sister lost at sea two days before the opener.
An advertisement frames S&S as a pure medicine made from native botanical material with no minerals or drug crops added. It contrasts medical properties to everyday foods and implies it supports balanced health despite health concerns.
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