Fraternal News and Lodge Reports
Anniston Fraternal Lodge No 706 held a full semi monthly meeting with degrees conferred Willis B Shepperd Lodge No 752 Blue Mountain met Thursday with visitor B Littlejohn assisting at Fellowcraft degrees Camp McClellan work noted Anniston Lodge 443 held special communications conferring Apprentice and Fellowcraft and Master Mason degrees Anniston Commandery No 23 K T held a regular conclave with plans for Christmas day meeting and charity drive Sir Knight K R Morgan of Heflin died suddenly and funeral planned in Heflin Caldwell Lodge No 46 nominated officers for 1918 Anniston Lodge No 31 elected officers with visitor Knight Sherman of Camp McClellan and J L Crawley chosen to represent at the 1918 Alabama Grand Lodge J A Robertson nominated for Keeper of Records and Seals of Calhoun Lodge No 44
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Anniston Fraternal Lodge No. 706
Willis
Shepperd
Blue Mountain
Fr. B. Littlejohn
Anniston
Wes
Camp McClellan
Anniston Lodge No. 443
Anniston Commandery No
K. T
Knights Templars
Anniston City National Bank
Kaigh’s of
Pythtex
Calhoun Lodge No. 46
Anniston Lodge No
Knight Sherman
Camp
McClellan
American Railways’ Association
J. L. Crawley
Anniston Lodge No.1
Grand Lodge of Alabama
Knight Crawley
Order
Offic ers Receive Heavy Military Sentences in 1920s Case
Washington reports First Lieut Carl H Calvin coast artillery faced years at hard labor and dismissal for improper conduct under wartime articles. Temporary Second Lieut John Ward infantry was found guilty of drunkenness in San Francisco and dismissed, but President Wilson commuted it to forfeiture of 360 dollars and six months confinement at post.
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Washington
Carl H. Calvin
Coast Artillery Corps
Federal
Atlanta
John ©. Ward
Infantry
San Francisco
Wilson
War and Salvation Army boycott amid postwar shortages
Lord Robert Cecil forecasts a postwar global food and raw material shortage leading to a boycott of Germany. He argues Allies will satisfy their own needs first with surplus sold to neutrals later, warning of severe economic disaster for the Central Powers as the war extends.
Charleston American Loses Second Class Mail Privilege
The Charleston American newspaper had its second class mailing permit revoked by Postmaster J M Pouinot for violations of the June 1917 censorship law. Notice was served on Walter F Livingston A Clifford Thompson and Nelly J Sams with John P Grace absent. The paper, established in 1916, faced a November hearing without public action announced.
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Charleston
Olives
Kington
Pouinot
John P. Grace
the American
Giants and Cleveland to play spring exhibition series
The Giants and the Cleveland American League club will schedule ten spring exhibition games announced tonight. The first games set for April 4 and 5 in Dallas Texas. The remainder include Houston New Orleans Memphis Chattanooga Lexington Kentucky from April 6 to 13.
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New York
Giants
Dallas
Tex
Houston
New Orleans
Memphis
Chattanooga
Lexington
Wife of Cuban president heads Red Cross drive
Madame Menocal wife of the president of Cuba has raised one million dollars for the Cuban Red Cross she leads. The organization will maintain in France a Cuban Hospital Unit staffed entirely by Cuban doctors and nurses.
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Madame Menocal
Cuba
Red Cross
France
Calhoun Acre Yields 268.50 Profit For Bob Riker
M C Iner praises one acre of Calhoun land showing a profit of 268.50 after costs on a cotton crop held yesterday. Riker, also a hog raiser, sold a 21 month old hog at 86 pounds worth 197.20 at wholesale pork prices.
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M. C
Iner
City to Open Municipal Coal Yard to Ease Shortage
In Washington on December 22 the city council ordered a municipal coal yard to relieve poor residents amid a coal shortage. A council member was sent to West Virginia to obtain coal as officials call the situation serious.
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Columbia
D. C
West Virginia
North Carolina Resources Rise as State Banks Grow
A Raleigh dispatch reports state resources of North Carolina increasing. State banks show a net rise of 28.28 million dollars based on State Corporation Commission summaries. Deposits surged by about 26 million, lifting total bank resources and deposits across 453 banks to a high level.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
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Wartime Innovations and Productions Across The Front
The text notes a German use of poison gas in 1915, Detroit producing over 100 kerosene trucks weekly for Uncle Sam, and a British plan to convert potato surplus into alcohol. It mentions Isaac Lewis’s Lewis gun firing 700 rounds per minute, medical rib grafting for skull repair, and British aeroplane workers earning up to 2500 dollars weekly. It also highlights small sugar savings from soft drink bottlers and wartime medical advances.
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Lewis
Isaac Lewis
Uni States Army
Mayor-elect Hylan Appeals in New York Sightings
Fragmentary notice indicates Mayor-elect Hylan in New York faces an appeal related to a ceremonial or official matter. Readable lines reference observance and a morning event, with unclear context and names partially obscured.
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New York
Hylan
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H. G. Ernest
Heflin
J. A. Roberton
Calhoun Lodge No. 44
the Fuel Administration
Ther
Alabama Power Company
Anniston Operations
Buffalo Rock
Buffalo Rock Company
Birmingham
Gegil
Salvation Army
Anniston Citi
Germany
Zews
Piane
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Hauswirth
Menocal
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Calhoun
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United States
ALA, Plumbing
Imene
Renin
Ad Benes Hospital
Muslin
Malone-Woodruff Co
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