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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified Calomel and salts tablet for colds flu and grippe. It claims one or two tablets at bedtime with water cleanse the system by morning removing salts and nausea and restoring appetite for breakfast. A family package with directions is offered for 56 cents at drug stores.
In Rangeley Maine Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised by a local reader who suffered two years from pains in sides back and head as well as fatigue She reports improvement after using the remedy and returns to chores on the farm with a large family at home The note cites wide reception and claims many women have responded positively to the product.
Oscar L. O Neal swears he has filed for absolute divorce from Lillie O Neal in the Superior Court of Surry County. The sheriff cannot locate the defendant in county or state, prompting service by publication per affidavit sworn September 21 by J Luther Wood notary.
North Carolina Surry County Mount Airy to sell at court house door on first Monday in November 1925 all lots and sidewalks for street improvements. Items include Mildred Cockerham 52.45 dollars Mary Norman 307.72 dollars and Gee Dabney 77.17 dollars plus costs. Sale ordered by Town Board of Commissioners. R V Deverle city tax collector. September 20 1925.
Mrs. I E Terry reports strong improvement after using Dr Pierce’s Anuric tablets for backache and kidney trouble. She describes rapid relief from nightly pains and renewed bladder and kidney strength, recommending the remedy to others with similar issues.
The frantic search for air mail pilot Charles Ames ended with the discovery of his wrecked plane on Nittany mountain near Bellefonte Pennsylvania. Ames was found in the cockpit, death due to a quick crash after striking trees. Mail was intact and prepared for return west.
James Thompson a thirty year old shell shocked veteran who after three suicide attempts over six weeks finally died in Chicago. He first tried in St Louis by leaping before a train losing a leg, then attempted again on an elevated rail and finally leaped from a hospital cot to the tracks.
State records show Alpine Oolen Mills Incorporated filed for voluntary dissolution by unanimous stockholder consent. W N Everett Secretary of State certifies on October 6, 1926 that the dissolution consent is on file in his office as required by law.
Woodville, Oct 12. Cool weather and a frost affected farmland as tobacco fields suffered damage. The community reports school progress under Mina Pearl Martin and Mrs. Ernest Wood. A Billy Sunday club from Winston-Salem No. 7 led two services on Oct 18, with revival services starting that Sunday night led by Dr. J Thomas Smith and Rev. J H Hall.
Al Waters, Chicago driver, died en route to hospital after his car rammed a fence at the Michigan State Fair grounds. Twenty spectators were injured, four critically, as the 150 mile race neared completion. Waters had completed 146 laps when a rear axle failure sent the car into the crowd.
Fayetteville county deputies dealt with blockaders in two fatal incidents. A M Fireloth of Sampson County died at Pittman hospital from wounds received during a raid on a still in Sampson County in the afternoon. Sam Simmons, a negro, was killed after opening fire on Cumberland County deputies serving a whiskey manufacturing warrant.
Lelia Nod Ye named as executor warns all claimants to present verified claims by September 24, 1926 or be barred. All debts owed to the estate should be settled at once. Executorship dated September 24, 1925, attorney W. R. Badgett signs for the estate.
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