Admiral Dewey Dies at 79 in Washington
Admiral George Dewey, famed for his Spanish War exploits, died at his Washington home in his eightieth year after a long illness. He had not regained consciousness since yesterday, with his secretary and family at his bedside. The Navy plans half mast honors and burial at Arlington, joining Farragut and Porty as holders of the Admiral rank.
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Washington Dispatch
Dewey
Navy Department
George
Admiral Diet
Wilson
Secretary Daniels
Boly
Arlington National Cemetery
Poto River
Dewy
Farragut
Porty
Spain
United States
Creede
Jim
Congress
Fey
Blace
General Board
Navy
Atwan
Tremon Latest of All Police and Fire Death Rates
Medical officers in New York report death rates for police and fire departments are lower than the citywide average due to high fitness and strict upkeep. Between policemen and firemen the safer occupation is noted as the fire service.
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New York
Polce
Fire Departments
Kaiser Welcomes Ninth Grandchild Amid War Strains
Prince Joachim, youngest son of the Kaiser, is reported to have married Princess Marie Augustine of Anhalt in March last year. Their child marks the Kaiser's tenth grandchild and the fourth born since the war began, signaling family continuity during troubled times.
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Kaiser
WSR
Wss
Seta Ceceely la Pelace
Joachim
Prussia
Marie Augustine
Anhalt
Tittle Prince
Kateer
Darkey kept Austin in hot springs baths to death tale
A story from Hot Springs Arkansas recounts M N Austin who stayed in a steam bath long after a keeper urged him out. He counted to seven hundred before leaping out, claiming the attendant tried to kill him. He reportedly lost two and a half pounds of flesh and set a local record.
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Austin
Hot ‘Springs
Arkansas
M. N. Austin
Cologne Gazette
Jef Waxhaw
Germany
India
Mr. Austin
Iharkey
Darkeys
Darkey
Union County
Adventurous Postcard Journey Across Seas
A Chicago mailed postcard travelled by air to New York and Bremen via a German submarine then reached Berlin through standard mail service. The journey spanned multiple transport modes and ports, illustrating a remarkable wartime mail route.
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Chicago
New York
Deutschland
Bremen
Berlin
Fat Folks May Now Become Slim Quickly
A health toner claims easy weight loss for people 10 to 30 pounds over normal weight without starvation or heavy exercise. It urges moderate eating, fresh air, deep breathing, and four daily doses of Tasero tablets from English Drug Co. at a low cost.
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English Drug Co
Japanese battle cruiser Tsukuba destroyed by harbor explosion
A blast in Yokosuka harbor damaged the Japanese battleship Tsukuba, killing or injuring over 100. The vessel, built in 1905, displaced 13 750 tons, measured 440 feet, and carried heavy armament.
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Yokosuka
Hampton Roads
Yokohanua
Remarkable Weight Gain Claim by PK Clark in 30 Days
A testimonial claims PK Clark gained 25 pounds in 30 days after using tonoline, with another user noting a 10 pound gain in 14 days. The ad promises a free box to prove the product and directs readers to send 10 cents for postage to the American Proprietary Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, with sale noted by English Drug Co.
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Clark
P. G. Clark
Chas, Brackett
American Proprietary Co
Boston
Mass
English Drug Co
Cough Medicine Praise and New Asheville Law Firm
Mrs. Hugh Cook of Scottsville New York praises Chamberlains Cough Benedy for quickly easing her children's colds after use in Garbutt. Locke Craig opens Craig & Craig Attorneys at Law in Asheville with son George Winston Craig as partner assisting former North Carolina governor. Regular watch question from London Mail adds period humor.
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Hugh Cook
Scottsville
N. Y
Mays
Garbutt
N.Y
Chamberlain
Asheville
Jan
Locke Craig
State of
North Carolina
George Winston Craig
Craig & Craig
Craig
How to be rid of chronic dandruff method
An advertising claim promotes Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff. It instructs rubbing the product on the scalp to destroy the dandruff germ, promising quick results after several days of massage and improved hair vitality, with the Finglich Drug Co. as a source.
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Finglich Drug Co
Witchcraft and Signs Near Monroe
Esquire M. L. Flow notes locals within three miles of Monroe believe witchcraft affects dairy butter, and that reading a Bible while churning will yield butter. Other superstitions claim fire with flint rocks stops hawk predation, flat pumpkins result from standing, and long handled gourds come from leaning over while planting.
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Esq. M. L
Monroe
Presbyterian Church Notes Services and Meetings
The Presbyterian Church outlines Sunday schedule with 11 a m worship, 3 p m Sunday school, 4 p m Y PS CR, and 7 p m praise service. Members urged to pay church and manse pledges next Sunday. Sunday school orchestra rehearsal at 2 15. The Philatheas meet with Mrs Carrell Monday evening at 7 30. Session holds important meeting after morning service.
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Presbyterian Church
Rehersal
Philatheas
Carrell
Dr King's New Discovery Promoted For Cold Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for colds with soothing pine flavors and antiseptic laxative effects. It urges readers to buy at their druggist and promises quick relief from lingering coughs and throat irritation.
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Dr. King
Rheuma Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An advertisement touts Rheuma as powerful and quick acting with a half teaspoonful once daily. It claims thousands found relief over five years and offers a money back guarantee if the poisons are not driven from the body. Available from English Drug Co or any druggist for 50 cents.
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English Drug Co
Negro Slayer Bryant Sentenced to Twenty Years
Fayetteville January 17 Carl Bryant a negro slayer of Deputy Frank Dees was sentenced to 20 years in State prison by Judge Lyon after a verdict of second degree murder was accepted Bryant was returned to Raleigh for safekeeping on December 27 after capture at Aberdeen Richard Judge indicted as accessory was discharged for lack of evidence Ike Monroe faced trial as accessory when court adjourned The article mentions a bystander remark about Hungary and Emperor Charles the First.
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Fayetteville
Carl Bryant
Frank Dees
Lyon
Bryant
Raleigh
Aberdeen
Richard Judge
Ike Monroe
Jcourt
Youth's Companion and McCall's offer withdrawn at March end
Readers may subscribe to both publications for a full year at 2.10 with one 15 cent McCall Dress Pattern, but the price rise for McCall's ends the offer. The Youth's Companion includes fifty two issues and twelve McCall fashion numbers. Choose any 15 cent dress pattern with a two cent stamp. The Youth's Companion, Boston Mass.
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Youth's Companion
McCall's Magazine
McCall
McCall's
Companion
McCall’s
St. Paul St
Boston
Maxs
Notice of Sale In Union County Chess Champion Auctioned Lands
Notice announces a public sale of land in Monroe township Union County North Carolina to satisfy a superior court proceeding. The sale lists two tracts totaling about 66 acres with specific metes and bounds and notes a dower right of Martha Ann Taylor. Commissioner J C M Vann schedules the auction for January 20, 1917 at the Monroe court house door.
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Frank Marshall
North Carolina
Union County
Superior Court
Martha Ann Taylor
Paul
Funderburk
Philadelphia
R. W. Lemmond
Marshall
Monroe Township
Union Coam
John D. Taylor
Old County
Jno
Helms
Old Jew's Road
P. O
W. O
Seats
Spring
B. Helms
W. E. Taylor
J.C. M, Vann
Maggie Knight
George Sistare
Nannie Helms
Hyband
Evan Helms
James Jare
James Sistare
N. C
Henry W. Sistaro
James Sistaro
Monroe
Dee
Stack & Parker, Attys
Plaintitt
Notice of Mortgagee Sale of Real Estate in Union County
Notice is given that on January 27 1917 at 12 m at the Monroe NC courthouse door the mortgagee will publicly auction for cash a 42 acre Union County tract on Chinquipin Creek. The land adjoins Deck Pressley N A Chaney and J W Baucom and was conveyed by Alexander Simpson to the mortgagee by deed dated 1916. The sale is subject to any balance due on prior mortgage to R C Griffin.
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North Carolina
Union County
Alexander Simpson
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Court House
Monroe
Chinquapin Creek
Deck Pressley
N. A. Chaney
J. W. Baucom
R. O
J. W. Pressley
Madison Chaney
P.O
Sikes Mill
D. A. Price
Mexander Simpson
G. M. Tucker
Morta
R. C. Griffin
Alexander Sinjaon
Edwards
Vatin & Pratt
Attys
Notice of Sale of Town Lot in Monroe North Carolina
Ward H. Wood and W. S. Blakney trustees will sell at public auction on February 5, 1917 at 12 M at the courthouse door Union County Monroe N C a town lot. The parcel adjoins J R Shute C E Richardson and others and is Lot 78 in the Monroe plat containing about 32 400 square feet.
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Mra. M. A. G Griffin
Ward H. Wood
American Trust Company
Register of Deeds
Union County
JA. O
J. W. Griffin
M. A. G. Griffin
Blakeney
Val County
A. L
Martch
Court House
Monroe
N. C
J. R. Shute
BE. Richardson
Main
LaFayette Street
C. E. Richardson
Alley H
J. M.stewart
Mary A. G. Griffin
Office of the Register of Deeds
H. Wood
Sale of Real Estate in Union County NC by Trustee
Under a 1916 deed of trust B T Sikes and wife sell by the trustee John C Sikes at public auction at Monroe court house on January 2 1917 at noon. The 108 acre tract in New Salem township on Stegal branch borders John Stewart Hampton Brooks Jacob Thomas and Jan Spears, with Cornelia Sikes infant’s one fifth interest subject to the deed of trust and to a will reference in Union County Clerk of Superior Court records. Redwine and Sikes attorneys.
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B. T. Sikes
M. Sikes
John ©. Sikes
Jno. R. English
Ilair
Court House
City of
Monroe
New Salem Township
Union County
Nort Carolina
Stegal Branch
Superior Court
North Carolina
Cornelia Sikes
Office of Register of Deeds For
A.T
John C, Sikes
Redwine & Sikes, Attys
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Standard Oil Company
Reus Lavann
Baltimore, MD
Wamil Oc
Eacys
Richmond
Rayo
London Mail
Lithuania
Omeone
Kitel Friedrich
Pola
Tennessee
Nagheville
Tenn
Senate
Supreme Court
Charles the
Mortage
Read
Albert B Robinson
Winct J
Robinson
Admx
Albert B. Redfacon
Yana & Prati
Atiys
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