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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1917

Page

2

Woman Credits Tanlac With Restored Appetite and Strength

Mrs. Margaret Wright of 109 Magnolia Avenue Wilmington says Tanlac gave her a strong appetite and energy after two years of nervous indigestion. She describes improved sleep, reduced nervousness, and relief from stomach pain and heart palpitations at age 69. Tanlac sold in multiple North Carolina towns including Wilmington, Burgaw, Southport, Rocky Point, and more.

Wilmington Margaret Wright Magnolia Avenue Tanlac Bellamy Drug Store Burgaw C. L. Halstead Southport Watson’s Pharmacy Rocky Point A. N. Rhodes G. W. Kirby New Bern Ash L. M. Todd

Daylight Saving Plan Gains National Attention

New York January 29 delegates gather for the National Daylight Saving Convention at the Hotel Astor to consider turning clocks ahead one hour to gain extra daylight each day. The plan, backed by business groups nationwide, would set clocks forward May 1 and back September 30.

New York Father Time Hotel Astor United States

Major G H Crabtree Retires From Army Service

Washington Jan 29 Major G H Crabtree of the Medical Corps was placed on the retired list on his own application. A Maine native he entered the Medical Corps from Illinois and earlier served as a lieutenant with the First South Dakota Infantry during the Spanish war.

Washington, D. C G. H Crabtree Medical Corps Army Crabtree Maine Illinois Spain First South Dakota Infantry

Thomas W. Lawson a Wall Street Volcano of Two Decades

New York January 27. A profile of Thomas W. Lawson Boston financier and sensational figure on the political and financial stage for twenty five years. From early youth to wealth he built a fortune through risk and bold bets while sparking lawsuits and newspaper attacks. He formed a vast following by flamboyant advertising and public campaigns including copper consolidations and a grand new city scheme in Kentucky. His life features rapid rises dramatic stunts and a lasting impact on finance and public discourse.

Thomas W. Lawson Boston Washington Wall Street New York Standard Oil Money Trust Lawson Thomas W Niagara Cambridge Mass Stevens, Amory & Co State Street Lawson Story Service Company Rand- Avary Publishing Company Westinghouse Electric Southern Land Grand River Land Company Bay State Butte H. H. Rogers John D. Rockefeller United States Goodwillie Cartbridge Dreamer Massachusetts Dreamworld Europe Kentucky Tennessee Cumberland Grand Rivers General Electric Boralma Lexington Amalgamated Copper Consolidation Rogers Rockefeller Julian Caesar the Rubicon Frederick the Great George Washington Napoleon Paris

Sage and Sulphur Compound Hair Darkener Ad

Grandmother kept her hair dark and glossy with Sage Tea and Sulphur. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, sold for about 50 cents at downtown drugstores, restores natural color by morning with repeated use. It dampens on a comb for single strands and hides gray hair, advertised as a cosmetic product.

Wyeth

How to Master the Machinery of the Body

An advice column promoting self care with laxatives and kidney remedies. It urges weekly use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and Anuric tablets to improve digestion liver function and kidney purification. It offers a free urine analysis from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo New York and cites hospital practice observations.

N. B. Cox M. D Dr. Pierce

Papers Raise Price to Two Cents in Philadelphia

Philadelphia newspapers raised their price from one cent to two cents today due to rising costs of newsprint and related materials. The move reflects higher production expenses affecting daily editions.

Philadelphia

Purify Your Blood With S. S. S. Remedy Ad

An old advertisement claims acids poison the blood and cause numerous ailments from rheumatism to skin diseases. It promotes S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier and builder, urging medical advice and to buy at local drugstores with Swift Specific Co. contact in Atlanta.

S. S Medical Department Swift Specific Co Swift Uilding Atlanta

Through sleeping cars to Raleigh schedule listing

Sleeping cars operate daily except Sunday between Wilmington and Raleigh with connections at Goldsboro and Selma. Trips depart Wilmington at 3 20 A M and 6 15 A M arriving Raleigh by 8 52 A M and 1 15 A M respectively. sleepers open after 10 P M and may be occupied southbound until 7 A M. Reservations PHONE 160. Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South.

Wilmington Raleigh Goldsboro Selma Ly Raleigh Ly Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South Standard Railroad South T. C. White Phono Lysay

Diamond Jubilee of Victoria Cross Observed

London marks the Victoria Cross diamond jubilee completing sixty years since its 1856 institution by Queen Victoria for supreme bravery in the presence of the enemy. Nearly three hundred VCs have been awarded since the start of the current war.

London

When Baby Has The Cro Neck Breathing Relief With Vicks

A home remedy note highlights Vicks VapoRub as a South favored treatment for croup. It describes warmth and vapors aiding breathing and diminishing nervous tension, citing a Souderton, Pennsylvania mother who used Vicks on her baby during croup episodes.

W. M. Rosenberger Broad St Souderton Vick

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