New York society notes and distant travels in verse
Corresp reports Henri Fer who travels with many dogs and chats of world tours and medals. Court scene ends with a discharged prisoner. various Broadway gossip mentions Held and a Rembrandt painting note. pawnshop crowds and Waldorf bag curiosity close with a sombre magazine found inside.
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Enti
Herlem
Ing
Henri
John Philip Sousa
Breen
Eny
Henry
the Waldorf
Rheumatism Warnings and Remedy Advertisement
A vintage advisory urges wearing rubbers in damp weather to avoid rheumatism and sciatica. It promotes Rheuma, claiming relief in days with a half teaspoon daily, priced at 50 cents. credits R. R. Bellamy and local druggists as sources.
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Rheumatiz
R. R. Bellamy
Advt
Peace talks falter as battles flare in Europe and Caucasus
January 19 1916 dispatches report Austria Montenegro peace negotiations broken off while Turks retreating in the Caucasus with losses and prisoners. Russians open a new offensive on the Bessarabian front east of Czernowitz launching four attacks. Yonkers Statesman notes casual chatter about a brother’s autumn in an airplane.
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Paris
Austria
Montenegro
Caucasus
Bessarabian
Czernowitz
Farm products hit record value in 1916
American agriculture posted a gross value of 13.449 billion dollars in 1916, the highest in U.S. history, with crops at 9.111 billion and animal products at 4.238 billion. Four crops topped a billion dollars each: corn, cotton, hay and wheat. prices to producers rose about 55.9 percent from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief From Rheumatism
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment. It claims quick relief from pain stiffness and soreness in joints muscles and bones including sciatica backache and neuralgia. The ad urges a small trial bottle from any drug store and promises freedom from pains.
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St. Jacobs
Jack
Robinson
Kidney and Bladder Trouble Linked to Uric Acid
A historical health advert notes that uric acid irritates kidneys and bladder, causing burning and frequent night urination. It promotes four ounces of rad Suits daily and Jad Salts, a grape and lemon lithia drink, as simple remedies to neutralize acid and restore normal urinary function.
Notice of absolute divorce in New Hanover County
The Superior Court of New Hanover County begins an action Thomas Campbell vs Hattie Campbell for an absolute divorce on grounds of adultery. The defendant must appear at the February 1917 term at Wilmington Court House to answer or demur. case dated December 21, 1916. Also includes a long roster of individuals listed with monetary amounts.
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State OF
North Carolina
New Hanover
Thomas Campbell
Hattie Campbell
Superior Court
New Hanover County
Said County
Wilmington
W. N. Harriss
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