Dr. Newark
This is a picture of Dr. W. E. Newark, founder and owner of the Charlotte sanitarium.
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Dr. Newark was born on September 11, 1861 in Ontario, Canada. He had 3 siblings and was married 4 different times. He had two children by two wives, with two of his wives dead from illness. In 1900 Newark founded the Charlotte sanitarium. It ran very smoothly, then in 1905 he decided to open a gymnasium and a swimming pool. It was a nice place to bring the family. A Year later he decided to add on to the sanitarium, he added a second story, and a basement. Then when Newark was 61 years old, he died of a heart attack leaving his children and wife alone, leaving the sanitarium with no owner.
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