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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes lemon juice mixed with orchard white as a cheap skin whitening lotion. It instructs squeezing two lemons into a bottle with orchard white to create a quarter pint to apply daily on face neck arms and hands. It promises reduction of freckles tan sallowness redness and roughness with smooth clear skin.
Base of the American Flotilla in British waters reports no trace of 50 crew members from a British merchantman attacked by a submarine. The destroyer picked up a distress call and found only wreckage after a five hour run through high seas. Rescue efforts continued for two days with no survivors observed.
The article urges using Givn’s Cough Remedy to ease a loose expectoration common in whooping cough and facilitate coughing up phlegm.
A British destroyer rescued 54 crewmen from a torpedoed merchant ship after 30 hours afloat. The second officer praised American sailors for lifesaving help and shared details of the sinking, survival in lifeboats, and the crew’s gratitude for the Americans hospitality. The event occurred amid a farewell conference at Fort Oglethorpe with officers praising the soldiers’ dedication and resolve.
Henry Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, voices patriotic resolve during wartime. He offers the Highland Park plant for government use and notes 2500 ambulances are already being produced while assuring the country the war will not halt American industry.
The Argentine steamer Toro was torpedoed off Gibraltar while bound for Goa with Argentine products. The captain and crew are Argentine, and the foreign minister has asked Madrid to conduct an inquiry into the incident.
The Farmers Supply Company a Mt Airy North Carolina corporation with principal office on Franklin Street North Carolina reaches voluntary dissolution after unanimous stockholder consent filed May 19 1917 and recorded. Secretary of State J Bryan Grimes certifies dissolution procedures completed and the consent on file in Raleigh.
Public auction at 2 o clock Saturday June 30 1917 on the premises to sell the remaining unsold part of land described in the 1916 deed of trust by J E Smith and Roxie Smith. The property includes a large road front near the Granite arch opposite the quarries and several acres with improvements. Cash terms. R M Simmons trustee.
Having qualified as executor of the last will of Adelaide Bunker deceased I notify all claimants to present claims for payment within twelve months from this notice or the claims will be barred. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly to H Hayns executor this date in 1917.
The last will and testament of Sarah FE Gardner is published. Creditors must present claims within twelve months from the notice date or be barred. Executor McKnight requests all debts to be paid to the estate promptly.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Robert deceased, notice is given to indebted persons to settle at once. Those having claims against the estate must appear on or before May 24, 1918, or be barred from recovery. This 24th day of May 1917. T. W. Bray, Administrator.
The article explains a mild sour stomach caused by rapid eating or overeating and suggests slow eating thorough mastication and small portions for supper. It recommends avoiding meat at night and taking Danabisin's Tablets to aid digestion.
A hoarse, fragmented advertorial text promotes Dodeon's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims the product will remove biliousness, revive liver function, and prevent weakness without salivation or side effects, urging readers not to miss a day of work.
By deed of trust executed by M. L. White the trustee will sell at the Court House door in Dobson on August 6 1917 at 1 PM to satisfy a claim of 177.46 the described property lies along Mud Branch and E D Freeman lines and includes 20 acres more or less in Shakers line area with references to a white oak pine and maple trees. The sale is conducted by C W Dockery as trustee.
Administrator Wallace W Cook calls all debtors to pay promptly on the Martha C Cook estate and urges all creditors to present claims within the legal period or face loss of rights. Dated June 22, 1917.
An Associated Press report from behind British lines describes northern French children evacuated by Germans amid British and French offensives. Many are orphans or grievously wounded, with shell shock and undernourishment. they live near front lines seeking quiet. Entente troops shield and relocate them as French reconstruction committees organize care.
Has Good of Chamberlain's "Chamberlain's Tablets are a winner" writes F B Sey Rmmens of Kentucky. When troubled with a or constipation give them a try.
A caution against calomel warnings its mercury toxicity and harmful effects. The ad extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable remedy to cleanse the liver, claiming calomel causes cramps and illness and that Liver Tone safely restores digestion without side effects.
Canadian Army dispatch reports Germans fiercely defend Lens as a last outpost protecting Lille and its industrial basin. Haig's forces recaptured Vimy and Messines ridges, with Lys defense breached northeast of Lille. Front south of Souchez sees ongoing shelling and gas use. young German entrants aged 18 are increasingly captured.
Governor Bickett proposes turning the meat saved from barbecues into Red Cross funds for the maimed and sick soldiers. He will adopt this policy for all invitations, urging hosts to forgo the pork and donate the equivalent value. Durham hosts welcomed the plan and it drew charitable support amid wartime food concerns.
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