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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
3
Readable segment chronicles a dramatic alligator capture in the Savannah River swamps with a methodical hunt and crate shipping to the Bronx Zoo. It also reports Charles E Vawter’s acquittal in the Stockton Heth murder case and a long theatre and melodrama synopsis involving Mary, Phillip, Mme La Rue, and a dancer’s rise.
Mrs J D Roberts of East St Louis Indiana praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her child's whooping cough. She says it kept the cough loose and stopped severe coughing spells and she trusts it most in the house. The note adds it is also good for odds and croup.
Spring brings weather shifts and colds, with Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey touted to ease sore throats and coughs. A Texas bride-to-be horsewhipped a man who failed to appear for the wedding day, a risky escape for the errant fiancé.
Victor Carlstrom and Carey B. Epes, army aviation student, died when an aircraft collapsed midair at about 3 500 feet. Crowds witnessed the plunge. Carlstrom, Swedish born but Walden, Colorado home, was a famed instructor. Epes, 26, had resigned from a bank to join the army aviation corps. Funeral plans pending return of station head. Both were engaged to marry soon. Miss Sallie Blagsenham and Miss Margaret Temple were in town.
New York reports that Carlstrom, who logged over 3,000 flight hours in eighteen months, held the altitude record of 11,180 feet with two passengers and the cross country distance record of 283 miles with one passenger. Aero Club President Alan R Hawley praised his instinct and cross country skill. Carlstrom earned the Aero Club medal of merit for 1916 and 1917 and the Curtiss marine flying trophy, plus a gold watch for the Chicago to New York flight.
An advertisement touts Rheuma taken daily as a quick, harmless cure for rheumatism, claiming thousands have found relief in days. It urges purchases from English Drug Co or any druggist for 50 cents with a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
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