Madame Bernhardt in Mothers of France on screen
The film presents French trenches ruined villages and Rheims Cathedral with scenes of hospitals, starring Sarah Bernhardt in a drama by Jean Richepin. Producers Louis Mercanton and World Pictures collaborate as the French government partly owns the feature. It’s touted as possibly her last motion picture and a historically significant production. A Royal show, Soladar's Brinkley Girls, Dixie Trio, and a Hawaiian act follow with strong crowd demand.
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Ne *Rench Trench
Rheims
France
Sarah
Bornhard
Madame Bernhardt
Jean Richepin
Apa
Louis Mercanton
Mothers of
America
William A. Brady
World Pictures
the Royal
Soladar
Brinkley Girls
Peerless Dixie Trio
Rice and
Earl
Charles Soladar
Brinkley Girl Musical Comedy Company
Indigestion cure touted by merchant in Bristol ad
A Bristol Virginia retailer praises Acid Iron Mineral for ten years of stomach trouble. The testimonial claims rapid weight gain from 145 to 180 pounds after using six bottles. The ad touts safety, no alcohol, and lists numerous U.S. drugstores and distributors in several states. Price is $1.00 per bottle.
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W. T. Cash
Bristol
Virginia
Ferrodine Chemical Corp
Roanoke
Bellamy’s
Hardin
Southside
Elvington
Jarman & Futrelle
Hanover
Payne, Hall, Green
Fentress
Bunting
Wilmington
Burgaw
Dees Drug Store
C. Harrell & Son
Benson
Peacock Drug Co
Clinton
Robi
W. Holliday
L. E. Cox
Herring & Chestnut
Lee Drug Co
Dunn
Wilson & Lee
Maxwell Drug Store
Watha
Jas. G. Blake
Warsaw
Brown Drug Store
Wallace, Robinson Drug Store
P. S
Hawes
J. R
Gaiigaiaus
Vineland
N. C
Don’t neglect your stomach ad promises relief today
An advertisement urges immediate action for stomach problems. It claims first dose brings relief and markets a sixty cent box for sale at R. R. Bellamy with vivid symptoms listed to entice purchase.
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R. R. Bellamy
Advt
University of North Carolina Embraces Military Training
The UNC campus has adopted a comprehensive military training program with 500 volunteers, four companies organized under Captain J Stuart Allen. Training includes drills five to ten hours weekly, trench construction, bombing and rifle practice, and a growing signal corps and band.
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University of North Carolina
Thomas W. Lingle
Emerson’ Field
J.stuart Allen
Canadian Army
Jonathan Leonard
Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Vivian Whitfield
Horner School
Allen
Signal Corps
Princess Pat’s Canadian Light Infantry
Pamlico County Men to Make a Hard Legal Fight
Pamlico County men prominent in their communities face a legal fight as tobacco growers in Craven and surrounding counties boost Red Cross relief with donations. Heavy rains caused crop damage across the Eastern region, slowing roads and flooding lowlands. Cotton will begin to market regularly, with bales expected daily and at least one sale noted at 25 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
Craven
New Bern
Red Cross
Craven County
Weather and transport woes mix with local life in New Bern
Rain and a washout on the Norfolk Southern line between New Bern and Goldsboro disrupt travel as crews repair damaged track. In town, marriages mark notable unions while a near fatal accident injures a boy at Five Points. Local health work expands as R. M. Connell arrives to aid Craven cattle tick eradication. Two large rattlesnakes are captured near Havelock and exhibited at J. O. Baxter’s store. The piece ends with a call for Americans to cut sugar consumption by a third.
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Norfolk Southern
New Bern
Goldsboro
Caswell
Norfolk
Marie Duncan
Cc. D. Duncan
W. D. Bornemann
Burlington
N. C
Father Gallagher
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Helen Pittman
Kinston
Clyde Willis
East Front Street
Connell
Craven County
Havelock
J. O. Baxter
Miraculous Cure Claim for Elixir Babek in Malaria Treatment
An advertisement features J F Oerlet of Vienna Virginia praising Elixir Babek for curing malarial fevers and chills. The promo claims the product wards off malaria and related ailments, offers dosing guidance, and lists a 50 cent price per bottle with prepaid direct shipment.
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Babek
J. F. Oerlet
Vienna
Dlixir Babek
Public Auction Sale Under 1917 Mortgage by Nixon Couple
Under a power of sale in a 1917 mortgage to Mechanics Home Association, Charles and Martha Nixon convey real estate in Wilmington New Hanover County. The property at Twelfth and Dawson streets, described as 165 by 30 by 165 by 30 feet, will be sold at public auction at the County Court House door on October 22 at noon for cash.
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Fae S. Croom
New Hanover County
Ilmington
North Carolina
Clerk of Superior Court Co. Ac
Charles Nixon
Martha Nixon
Mechanics’ Home Association
New Hanover
Twelfth Street
Dawson Street
Wilmington
N. C
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Dr. Vineberg
Seaboard Air Line
Charlotte
Imediate
Pullman Parlot
Orton Hotel
Koonce
T. P
John T. West
Raleign
N.C
Atlanta
Augusta
Georgia Railroad
Florence
Sumter
Orangeburg
Centrie
Union Depot
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Bouts
T. C. White
Gen. Pass. Agt
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad
South
The
Standard Railroad of
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Asheville
N. Cc
Waynesville
Iee
Toxaway
Reware
Hendersonville
Luda
Gen. Pass
J, Craig
Pans. Trolf
Mgr
Wilnitustoit
Brinkley
BIG Features
Dixie Trio
Rice
Eari
Ed Pa
Mae Ward
Uubaanniok
Henry
Sarah Bernhardt
Womandhood
Dustin Farnem
Dorand
Winston-Salem-Morehead City
Winston-Salem-Goldsboro
Southern Railway System
Beaufort
Winston-Salem-Morehead City-Beaufort
Wilcomance
J. O. Jones
Raleigh
16Th St
Mes
Joel Goodlett
B. M
Alfredo Barili
Adelina
Patti
Barili Conservatory of Music
Tai Uate
Bert ‘ Upil
Shivar
Shelton
S. C
Gate Telephone Crescent Candy CO
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NTY
Superior Court
Beulah H. Croom
Chapel Hill
Pamlico County
Eney World
Ashington Pre Food Administrator
Unsts
Conservation Division
Food Administration
Royal Baking Powder
Royal Baking Powder Company
Dept. H
William Street
Neco York
Rye
Corbett Co
Wrights
Electrix Center
Wrightsville
P. M. Ae
Pene
Leave “Electric Center
Beach
Wimington
Mezi
P.M
Seren
A. MJ
Casas Zs
Ninth
Orange Streets
P, M. Ay
Alma Brown
Royal Theatre Building
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