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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
9
A planned tour of aircraft plants precedes a dawn visit to Hog Island to honor the workers. The event marks appreciation for the extensive wartime production effort and highlights the American industrial push.
Congress shifts from hearings to on site fact finding with senate military affairs subcommittees visiting ordnance plants and aircraft facilities in Pennsylvania and other sites to obtain first hand data on production. Leaders expect cooperation from War Department officials to reveal output levels and capabilities over the next seven months.
An advertisement extols Calotabs as a pleasant replacement for calomel, claiming it purifies the liver and cleanses the system with a single nightly tablet. It asserts superiority over old calomel, promises no need to alter habits or diet, and notes a thirty five cent price in animal packaging.
Colum bia report on the Democratic state convention as South Carolina gears up for a busy summer primary season. Vying for U S senate include Cole L Blease and A F Lever with Nat B Dial J E Mahaffey, plus six candidates for governor led by A J Bethea and R A Cooper. Opponents of Blease claim control of the state convention by a large margin.
George Burns, formerly at Detroit Tigers where he played as a pitcher, now performs solidly at first base for the Philadelphia Athletics.
A Columbia South Carolina railroad worker Mr Frank Thomas reports relief from stomach trouble liver sluggishness and nervousness after using Ironized Paw Paw He praises energy restored sleep improved mood and plans to keep a bottle at home The ad notes local Wilmington drugstores and mail order service for the tonic with the formula on every bottle and Interstate Drug Co Inc New York as advertiser.
BELLEVIEW TENN I was suffering with muscular rheumatism when I began Dr Pierce's Anuric Tablets and soon felt relief. Anuric is fine for rheumatism and uric acid problems. Readers urged to try a trial pack by mailing ten cents to Dr. Pierce at Buffalo NY. Sugar-coated PLEASANT PELLETS recommended as a supplementary remedy.
Valentine Company offers a quick durable auto repaint using expensive first coats and high quality varnishes. The firm guarantees quality and presents a low price for the service to refresh appearances.
County Auditor of New Hanover County lists discharged vouchers and payee names for April 1918 including Alex Davis, H L Laon, R A Burnett, Mrs Mary Parham, F J Dempsey, Dan Hawkins, J Williams and many vendors such as Tide Water Power Co, Carolina Cut Stone Co, Seaboard Air Line R R, Atlantic Coast Line R R, Armour Fertilizer Works, and Wilmington Printing Co. The record covers services, supplies, taxes, and fees with detailed line items and totals.
Distressing skin troubles blamed on heated blood and humors as summer arrives. Describes eczema, tetter, psoriasis, acne, salt rheum and dry, leathery skin. Promotes S. S. S. as a purely vegetable remedy cleansing the blood and delivering lasting relief. Address 409 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. ad.
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