Pennsylvania Launches United States Superdreadnought Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania, the world’s largest fighting ship, was launched at Newport News amid a peace message and cheers from officials, including Secretary Daniels, German raider commander Max Thierichens, and 16,000 spectators. The ceremony featured a prayer for peace, a luncheon, and pledges of training and modernization for the Navy, with emphasis on submarines and readiness. Separately, Dr. G R Norman of Brookwood, Alabama, was sentenced to six years in prison for theft of state medical papers, with accomplice Kelly Adams receiving two and a half years.
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United States
Pennsylvania
James River
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Max Thierichens
South Atlantic
Daniels
Brumbaugh
Swanson
Virginia
Episcopal
Berry
Army
Navy
Old Point Comfort
Dodele
Congress
Hampton Roads
Wilken
G. R. Norman
Brookwood
Ala
Kelly Adams
State Capitol
Alabama
Norman
Greatest Ship Launched Statesville Landmark
The Landmark joins Charlotte News protesting Rowan county court action sending a woman to the workhouse for stealing her husband’s pocketbook. The piece argues the fine point of a woman’s rights to her husband’s money and cites precedent, while also noting a community building plan in Albemarle, sweet potato shipments from Catawba county, a fatal fire near High Point, and a new Stanly County commission for roads.
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Statesville
Landmark
Charlotte News
Rowan County Court
Salisbury
Rowan County
Albemarle
Stanly County
Stanly
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised Free Trial to Soldiers
Soldiers in Europe suffer kidney diseases from cold wet trenches, while Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, offer a free trial box to readers. The ad cites endorsers such as F Carroll, S J Hargett, W H Long, R F D, and Mrs Pearl McCall among Monroe residents and local names.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Monroe
Doan's
F. Carroll
J. Hargett
W. H. Long
R. FD
Pearl McCall
Hayne St
A.g.mcneely
Franklin St
Lester Privett
A. Warlick
Bryan St
Expert Plumbers Offer Estimates for All Jobs
Expert Plumbers Austin and Correll advertise estimates on all plumbing work with contact details. The notice lists a phone number 104 and suggests prompt service for city residents seeking plumbing repairs and installations.
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Austin & Correll
Man Takes His Own Medicine The Optimist Drug Ad
An optimistic tone promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as effective for curing cold symptoms. The copy asserts belief in medicine, claiming it penetrates throat infections, kills germs, and aids nature to heal. It urges readers to be optimists and buy a bottle today.
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B. Williams
Hampton
Ohio
Dr. King
Aged minister freed in Newton case over fees
J H Garris, an elderly minister, was discharged on costs after being charged with practicing medicine without a license. It emerged he did not charge patients, receiving cash gifts from grateful patients instead. A note on rheumatism and Sloan's Liniment followed as a public health advert.
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J. H. Garris
Newton
Health First Order Advice on Preventing Illness and Balance
Pluttsburgh Dispatch advises health maintenance through moderation rest and exercise. It cautions against overloading the mind and body, notes headaches as symptoms not diseases, and suggests simple rules plus hydration and salt use to aid liver function and circulation for a healthy mind and body.
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Pluttsburgh
Prisoner in Church Tower Trapped Vicar Rescued
The Rev Paolos Rehkemuazie of Ulcome Yorkshire climbed to an upper chamber in the church tower to inspect it. A snapped rung left him unable to descend and he tolled the bell for hours. He signaled by tying a white handkerchief to a window bar, prompting a farm servant to summon the village carpenter who rescued him.
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Paolos Rehkemuazie
Ulcome
Holderness
Yorkshire
England
Jenkins' Juvenator Promises Quick Cure Even If Customer Is Jenkins
A pale customer debates Jenkins' Juvenator with a draugiet chemist who touts a dramatic one day effect. The customer refuses claiming the absurd claim, noting he is named Jenkins. The scene parodies sensational tonic ads and humorous self-reference.
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Jenkine Juvenator
Sit
Jenkins
Weather Forecaster Dismisses Fourth of July Thunder Claims
Forecaster Hiles rejects the old belief that wars or fireworks trigger more thunderstorms on July Fourth. He notes weather bureau records show no spike in storms on Independence Day, debunking the cannon and gunpowder theory once common among rainmakers.
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Hiles
Biles
Lucky Man Echoes of a Wealthy Heir’s Fall
Two clubmen discuss a young man of distinguished family who squandered his entire fortune left by his father. Dolan laments his misfortune, while Donnelly notes the greater pity if the father had left him more, and the man’s affairs are in wretched shape.
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Dolan
Donnelly
Swamp Root praised in 1919 testimonial letter
A 1919 letter from H W Spinks of Camp Hill Alabama describes severe kidney pain relieved by Lithia Water and Swamp Root. The document includes a notice of partition sale in Union County North Carolina with two land tracts described, bids, and sale date set for April 1915.
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J.J. Parker
Superior Court
Union County
D. L. Little Et Als
Glennie Nance Et Als
J. D. Lite
Monroe
N.C
Tate J. A. Linle
New Salem Township
Unies
Caroline
Smith's Corner
Smith
Astin
J. M. Austin
M. Austin
JM. Austin
B. J
P. Ko
H. D. Little
Stuck & Parker, Attys
Dr R L Payne Physician and Surgeon Monroe NC Card
Dr R L Payne physician and surgeon located in Monroe North Carolina. Office in Post Office Building opposite Aion Drug Co with office hours 11 to 1 and 2 to 4. Residence phone 273 F.
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R. L. Payne
Monroe
N. C
Aion Drug Co
Attorney advertisement for Lemmond in Monroe NC law office
O Lemmond Attorney at Law offers legal services in all state and federal courts. He will provide careful attention to collecting claims and settling estates by administrators and executors.
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O. Lemmond
Old Library Room
Monroe
N.C
Dentist Dr W T Waller Advertises Services in Charlotte
Dr W T Waller, dentist, advertises nitrous oxide and oxygen administrations for painless tooth extraction and operating. X ray works specialty. Located over First National Bank at 118 Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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W. T. Waller
First National Bank
Tryon St
Charlotte
N. C
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Marshville
Matthews
Sloan
AXE Health
H.W. Spinks
Camp Hill
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Winghampton
N.Y
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W. B. Houston
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