Catawba Soldier of the Civil War praised for vivid history
A reader lauds the Catawba Soldier of the Civil War, praising Hahn’s reminiscences as superior to Plutarch and Herodotus. The reviewer highlights authentic battle sketches, the focus on privates rather than leaders, and the work’s aim to honor Catawba’s hero sons and their families.
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Herodotus
Greece
Thucydides
Xenophon
Egypt
Phoenicia
Babylon
Judea
Persia
Plutarch
Wiley
Mr. Hahn
Napoleon
Ney
Third Annual Southern Cattlemen Meeting in Birmingham
The Southern Cattlemen's Association holds its third annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama from August 18 to 20, 1915. A large program features prominent cattlemen, instructions on practical methods, and a 60 head purebred breeding cattle auction. Special reduced rail fares apply within Southwestern Passenger Association lines. write Secretary Tait Butler, Box 935, Memphis for details. Also реклам note for Grove's Tasteless Cholera Tonic with quinine and iron included as a general tonic.
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Southern Cattlemen's
Birmingham
Ala
Southwestern ‘ Passenger Association
Southwestern Passenger Association
Pijie
South
Tait Butler
Memphis
Tenn
Cloudburst Devastates Erie as 25 Feared Dead
A major cloudburst floods Erie business districts to five feet, wrecks theDispatch plant, halting morning editions. Water rises rapidly, with 25 dead feared and 2,000 homeless as authorities assess three million dollars in damage. Daybreak reveals widespread destruction, homes, factories swept away, and numerous distressed residents.
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Erie
Erie Dispatch
Associated Press
Twentysighth Street
Mill Creek
The Baby Smokes Cigars in Greenville Tale
An infant in Pitt County reportedly begins to smoke a cigar after a mother presents it in Dr Green's Greenville office. The child, about three, previously suffered a parabasis stroke at age one and now handles the cigar between his fingers, surprising observers with a veteran smoker's grip.
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Raleigh News
D. M. Clark
Greenvile
Pitt County
Dr Green
Greenville
E.S. Awards
Arthur
It Looks Like A Compromise May Settle World Strife
The article argues that Germany quietly accepted U S protests against submarine warfare and the British blockade while avoiding public admission. Great Britain demands new international law and suggests arbitration. The Washington Administration may offer a split the difference solution to ease cotton shipments, signaling a broad minded compromise as the path forward.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
Washington
Woman's idea of a thousand dollars sparks odd tale
Read in dispatches from Washington a New Yorker sent ten thousand to the Treasury as reparation for some imagined wrong. A farmer in Oklahoma requested one thousand in a letter to Secretary McAdoo saying she needed the money more than the Government. She planned to buy corn two Ford cars and a set of false teeth.
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Washington
New Yorker
Treasury
McAdoo
The
Charlotte Observer
Sharp Herman P C Sharpe and Miss Cora Herman wed
Sharp Herman P C Sharpe and Miss Cora Herman were married at the Methodist parsonage with Rev A L Stanford officiating. The couple, attended by relatives and close friends, portrait Sharpe as a machinist at Piedmont Foundry and Machine Company and Cora as Elijah Herman's daughter. The paper extends congratulations. BEST quality jelly glasses at Umstead's.
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P. C.sharpe
Cora Herman
Methodist
A. L. Stanford
Sharpe
Piedmont Foundry and Machine Company
Elijah Herman
The Marked Woman at the Hub Theatre Saturday
Special at Hub Saturday presents The Marked Woman a part feature shown at the Hub Theatre Saturday Be sure to see it.
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Hub
Hub Theatre
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