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Newspaper

Charlotte News

Location

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1911

Page

2

Officers Elected For The Women s Home Missionary Union

Monroe June 2 The seventh annual meeting of the Woman s Home and Foreign Missionary Union of Mecklenburg Presbytery concluded with officers elected for the coming year. President Mrs A W Cleveland First Vice Mrs C Houston Second Vice Mrs W R McCalla Third Vice Mrs C H May Fourth Vice Miss Annie Morrow Recording Secretary Miss Anna Blair Corresponding Secretary Mrs A L Young Assistant Corresponding Secretary Mrs L J Ingram Secretary of Young People Miss Neal and Miss Eunice Anderson Executive Committee Mrs R A Dunn Mrs N S Matthews Mrs W A Daniels Mrs R M Mann were chosen to host next year in Wadesboro. The church raised about 4500 for missions and 650 per member abroad. The illustrated lecture by Dr George Worth highlighted the program. The union heard mission reports from Charlotte Winston Salem and Porter andOK. Mrs W A Cleveland was seated as new president.

Monroe First Presbyterian Church of Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Union of Mecklenburg Presbytery A. W. Cleveland Steel Creek C. Houston W. R. McCalla Sugar Creek C. H. May. Hopewell Annie Morrow Anna Blair A. L. Young Charlotte L. J. Ingram Wadesboro Young People Nk Neal Esther Késtier Korea Mecklenburg R. F. Kirkpatrick Missionary Union J. R. Irwin George ©. Worth China Nae Jaanice Anderson Miss Anderson The Lillian E. Reid Kate Hope Robinson Mary C. Wiley Winston-Salem Wiley Edith Morton Porter Eva Rupert Albemarle Normal and Margaret Rankin Asheville Montreal Emma Dunn Paw Creek Union Miss Wiley L. W. Curtis Hamlet South Fayetteville Presbytery Fayetteville Irwin W. A. Cleveland

Cascarets Digestive Health Ad Claims Gentle Relief

An advertisement urges daily use of Cascarets to keep bowels clean and liver active. It promotes Cascarets as gentle vegetable laxatives, candy tablets, one dose when needed, and a 10 cent box for household use.

Commencement At Due West in South Carolina

In Due West South Carolina June 3 Erskine college auditorium hosted a graduating concert by the school of music and expression. One thousand visitors and students attended as five theological students Betts Boyce Patterson Hood and Hunter prepared to receive diplomas. The class day program starts at four this afternoon and the baccalaureate sermon is set for tomorrow morning.

Due West S. C Viao Donalds S. C Erskine College School of Music and Expression Darlington Betts Boyce Patterson Hood Hunter

Passenger steamer Northwest burned at Buffalo dock

The passenger steamer Northwest owned by Northern Steamship Company was destroyed by fire at Buffalo dock early today. With sister ship Northland, she prepared for Great Lakes season opening on June 21. Fire likely caused by oil explosion. loss estimated at $500,000. Northland towed from danger by city fire tug.

Associated Press Buffalo N. Y Northwest Northern Steamship Company Northland Great Lakes

Peg Leg Graham’s Far West Travel Tales

Report from Sharon native “Peg-Leg” Graham recounts his Confederate Re Union trip from Little Rock to Tahlequah via slow Arkansas rail, with stops at Ft. Gibson and Tahlequah. He details trains, a Rev. Harry W. Miller encounter, garrison sites, river bottoms, hunting, a jack rabbit chase, and a church visit.

Little Rock Graham Sharon Cook Ark T. O. Graham Tahlequah Oklo Arkansas Ft. Smith Ft. Gibson Okla Harry W. Miller First Presbyterian Church Jefferson Davis Zacharay Taylor Jeff Davis Arkansas River Iron Mountain R. O. Kirkpatrick Illinois

Plague and Smallpox Death Toll Reported in Amoy

Health officials in Amoy China reported fifty four bubonic plague deaths and seven fatal smallpox cases during the fortnight ending yesterday. The figures reflect a severe outbreak with multiple fatalities across the region.

Associated Press Amoy China

Hokara Massage Cream Promises Clear Complexion

Hokara massage cream markets itself as a skin food that removes wrinkles and pimples, calms irritations, and leaves skin velvety. It claims antiseptic qualities, with a “best you ever used or money back” guarantee and pricing at 25c for a small jar and 50c for a larger size, sold by R. H. Jordan & Co.

R. H. Jordan & Co

Aldermen Revise City Revenue Schedule in Session

Sixteen of twenty one aldermen met to continue revising the city revenue plan. Key actions included adjusting social club taxes and keeping the $2 per locker license, while removing several proposed levies on steam railroads wood dealers and fruit vendors. The free newspaper list failed by 9 to 7. The board plans a Monday hearing for protests against any revision.

Board of Aldermen Matthews Bland Er. S. Williams

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