Great Offensive Begins Today in Local Vote Offer
The Dispatch announces a liberal special vote offer: for every 25 cents in new or renewal subscriptions outside Wilmington, 250,000 extra votes are issued. Participants urged to recruit more subscriptions this week aiming toward August 17 awards including Studebaker Six and Chevrolet. Upcoming vote standings will be updated Tuesday with changes from Sunday. Local candidates in Wilmington and Wallace gain announced vote totals due to omissions.
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Wilmington
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Studebaker
Chevrolet
Washington Rum Rumors Stir Capitol Corridors
A Washington reporter probes the House office building amid rumors of empty whiskey bottles in corridors. The tale sparks talk of lawmakers boozing privately despite bold public vows to dry the capital, with dismissive humor and cautious commentary about potential pranks and scrutiny.
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Thomas F. Logan
Washington, D. C
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District of Columbia
Washington
Baltimore
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Providence
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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Wilson
Eight Southern Names In Army Casualty List
The June 10 Army casualty list shows four names killed in action wounded and missing. Southern entries include Privates Howard Morgan and Jessie Prine of Covington Louisiana and Private George C. Wright of Biscoe North Carolina along with Sergeants Malcolm C. Clark of Memphis Tennessee and Jabez P. Kelly of Smithville Georgia.
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Washington
John A. Ewing
Dorchester
Mass
Edgar Alfred Lawrence
Chicago
Catain Charles W. Aikens
John T. Costello
Binghamton
N. Y
Spencer G. Searles
Merriam Park
Minn
Elmer D. Mackey
McKeesport
Howard Morgan
Jessie Prine
Covington
George C. Wright
Biscoe
N.C
Malcolm C. Clark
Decatur Street
Memphis
Tenn
Jabez P. Kelly
Smithville
Joseph Crownrich
Hamburg
Ark
Willard Franklin
Green Mountain
N. C
Grove's Tasteless Child Tonic Malaria Cure Ad Witness
Grove's Tasteless Child Tonic claimed to destroy the malarial germs carried by mosquitoes. The ad mentions a price for Ady and promotes the tonic as a blood purifier and malaria remedy.
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Grove
Price of
Ady
Don’t Let Catarrh Drag You into Consumption
Avoid the dangerous stage of catarrh before it leads to lung involvement and consumption. The ad touts S. S. S. 8. 8. as a direct blood remedy that removes germs from the blood, claiming local sprays and inhalers fail. Readers are urged to obtain a bottle from their druggist and seek medical advice by writing Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Cinege
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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North Wth St
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Carsee Ee
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Surry Street
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Virginia Bryant
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Virginia James
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Western Union Telegraph CO
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Dagett & Ramdale
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Asheville, N. C
University of North Carolina
Lesher Whitman & CO. Inc
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McCray Puritan
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