Damage suit against Pullman Company heads Craven court term
New Bern will host Craven County Superior Court beginning November 19 with Judge Calvert presiding. Miss Jenn Sultan and Miss Nita Willems sue the Pullman Company for damages claiming failure to provide accommodations after buying berths and missing the trip north. The case draws notable interest amid a docket of local matters.
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New Bern
Craven County Superior Court
Thoriss T Calvert
Raleigh
Jenn’ Sultan
Nita Willems
Pullman Company
Craven County
Everly
Guion
W. B. R. Guion
O. H. Guion
Camp Sevier
Greenville
D. C
Guien
Battery A. Field Artillery
North Carolina
Unclear text fragment with names and vague topics
Fragmentary notes mention Johnny Ertle St Daryl bantem weight and Mike Mc Nuelty with vague references to a company and Kaiserism. The piece lacks coherent events or outcomes to summarize into a complete news item.
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Johnny Ertle
Om Lus
Mike McNuelty
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Praised by Women
Testimonies from Rosa Lee Hoean of Woodsmn Tennessee and A Hudgins of Sylacauga Alabama extoll Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for nervous prostration and expectancy. Both claim the medicines relieved suffering when other treatments failed and urge women to use them.
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Woodsmn
Tenn
Dr. Pierce
Rosa Lee Hoean
Route 1
SyLacayGa
Ala
Doctor Pierce Fay-rite Prescription Promotion
An advertisement touts Doctor Pierce Fay-rite Prescription as free of alcohol narcotics and harmful ingredients. It claims liquid and tablet forms are sold by druggists and offers a mail request for a trial package with 10 cents and a free 136 page book on women’s diseases for sick women who write for consultation.
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Doctor Pierce
Doctor Vierce's Pellets Liver Purgatives Sold by Druggists
The advertisement promotes Doctor Vierce's Pellets as original small liver pills offered as a laxative and cathartic. It claims the product has been sold by druggists for nearly 50 years and emphasizes their effectiveness.
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Doctor Vierce
Notice of Career Change by John W. Forlaw
John W. Forlaw announces severing ties with Peterson & Rulfs and joining Boylan & Hancock at 7 N Front Street. He invites friends to seek footwear services, effective November 1, 1917.
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Peterson & Rulfs
Boylan & Hancock
Front Street
John W. Forlaw
Lafayette Association Aims To Foster Democracy In Chapel Hill
Special to the Dispatch reports the Lafayette Association plans a UNC extension bulletin to unite communities and renew democratic instincts. The group, named for Lafayette, will study democracy, liberty, and international ideals, with high school students and parents as members and local chapters organizing readings, discussions, and events.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
LaFayette Association
University of North Carolina
Bureau of Extension
LaFayette
England
France
Russia
United States
American patrol boat sunk by a German torpedo
A patrol boat was sunk by a German torpedo as the conflict at sea intensified. Details remain sparse with the incident continuing from Page One, leaving the fate of crew members unclear and naval authorities investigating the attack.
Farmers Prosperous Under War Prices Report
A Houston Texas bank reports many farmers have abandoned new loans as this year’s crops paid off existing farm debt, signaling broad prosperity under war price conditions. The Associated Press notes the Federal Farm Loan Board has observed this shift as farmers reduce borrowing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Houston
Texas
National Army Troops Reviewed at Camp Jackson
National army troops from the eighty first division were reviewed for the first time at Camp Jackson by Major General Charles J Bailey. About 17 000 men participated in the review with Governors Rick Guy of North Carolina and Manning of South Carolina witnessing the event.
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National Army
Associated Press
Columia
S. C
Camp Jackson
Charles J. Bailey
Rick Guy
North Carolina
Manning
South Carolina
Railroads Seek Sugar Rate Increase to Interior Cities
Railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise sugar rates in carloads by about 20 percent from the eastern seaboard points and New Orleans to interior cities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Easter Seaboard
Points
New Orleanas
Huge Buildings for Nation's Help Special to The Dispatch
Washington D C Nov 6 The war creates demand for vast federal offices as plus officers, clerks, and staff pour into the capital. Temporary structures rise quickly to house agencies including Council of National Defense, Food and Fuel Administrations, and Army Ordnance. A 600 official CN D building was ready in 53 days, while a mammoth three city block war office is set for four months. Federal civilian staff may exceed 35 000 and recruiting via civil service agents expands to a half million behind the front lines.
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Washington, D
Washington
Council of National Defense
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
Army Ordnance
War and Navy Departments
Ordnance Department of
Million from Elks for Base Hospitals
Washington reports the Elks raise 1 000 000 for base hospitals behind French lines with 500 000 members contributing 2 each. A 60 000 appropriation funds equipment for Red Cross Base Hospital linked to the University of Virginia and staffed by 26 physicians, two dentists, and 65 Red Cross nurses. Other base hospitals listed include San Francisco Portland Richmond Atlanta Baltimore Charlottesville Lexington and Brooklyn.
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United Press
Washington
Elks
France
Lodge
The
Elks’ War Relief Commission
Red Cross
University of Virginia
San Francisco
Portland
Richmond
Atlanta
Baltimore
Charlottesville
Lexington
Brooklyn
Grand Lodge
Reston
Newman Mourns Death of Petersburg Mother
The death of Mrs. Newman, mother of Mr. Jack T. Newman of this city, occurred Tuesday in Petersburg Virginia. Funeral services and burial are held in Petersburg. Mr. Newman traveled to Petersburg Monday and has not yet returned home.
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Jack Newman
Jack T. Newman
Esse
Petersburg
Newman
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the Peoples Savings Ban
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