Indecent Dress and Song Spark Public Debate
A Greensboro Daily News reprints a Literary Digest symposium on Carnality in Song Dance and Dress. The piece cites moral observers worried by current popular songs, dances, and fashion, urging better poetry and modest dress while noting mixed calls for censorship and parental guidance.
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Greensboro Daily News
Halt
Doe
New York
Observer
Ebay
Ashe” Isingsi
Masie
George Haml
Chicago Daily News
Syracuse
N. Y
Near Hickory debate sparks town pride in crusty exchange
Carl Taylor and Jene boro News spar over Hickory growth and a mislocated 12 mile point. Catawba County News complains about misdirected coverage while Hickory Democrat notes Newton as a suburb and questions source locality.
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Jeneboro News
Carl Taylor
Omer Coker
Hickory
Catawba County News
Newton
Hickory Democrat
Travellers Club Opens Season With Miss Geitner
The Travellers Club met with Miss Mary Geitner on August 19 and discussed an incoming year's program centered on Florence the city of flowers. Miss Geitner, the president, prepared a program tracing Florentine history and art, noting Hawthorn's view of Italy’s famed statesmen and artists. The club plans its first meeting on October 2 at Miss Geitner's home.
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Travellers Club
Mary Geitner
Florence
City of Flowers
Geitter
Florentine
Hawthorn
Italy
Attacking Attention Dates in Hickory Rattlesnake Incident
On last Saturday afternoon delivery boy Fred Salvo killed a three foot five inch rattlesnake in front of J S Setzer's home on Sixteenth street. The reptile had seven rattles and a button and, per J F Allen, was seven years old. The local remark notes Hickory's progress drawing new residents and dangers alike.
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Fred Salvo
Bost & Newton
Sixteenth Street
J. S. Setzer
J. F. Allen
Hickory
Fifty Years of Suffering From Tetter Cured by Ointment
An advert claims a woman with eczema endured fifty years of burning and itching and is now well after using Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. A customer letter from Mrs. D L Kenney praises the cure, with the product offered by Moser & Lutz or by mail for 50 cents from Pfeiffer Chemical Co.
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Moser & Lutz
Pfeiffer Chemical CO
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Hall
F. J. Cheney, & Co
Toledo
Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Prizes Promised for Clean Displays at Livestock Show
John A. Jones outlines aims for the Live Stock Show at the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville. Objectives include promoting economical breeding of better animals over scrubs, linking farming success to strong teams, proving benefits of stock breeding in the South, and fostering high class displays to encourage Southern breeders. The event runs September 1 to November 1.
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South
Saal
National Conservation
Knoxville
John ‘A. Jones
Livestock Show Promises Large Premiums and Night Event
The Conservation Exposition will feature a Live Stock Show aiming to teach resource conservation. Noted livestock figures will lecture while displays of finely bred horses cattle sheep and swine showcase quality against scrubs. Premiums total 14000 across departments with top awards including 1000 for best saddle horse and 800 for best pair of brood mares plus 1000 for best county exhibit. A commodious well ventilated barn will house the livestock and a Night Horse Show will draw large crowds.
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South
Livestock World
Bouth
To Farmers Wives and Daughters
A letter from Newton Iowa urges rural women to study cooking science and domestic science to improve diet and health. It calls for local rest rooms for country mothers when traveling to town and invites readers to share opinions for county papers.
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Cade Court
Newton
Jesus
Gordon Wilfong
I Newton
Yeran Church at Granite Falls to be Dedicated
The new Lutheran church at Granite Falls will be dedicated the first Sunday in September. Rev. J. H. Wannemacher of Holy Trinity Lutheran church Hickory will deliver the sermon. The dedication service is set with a focus on community faith and regional church growth.
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Yeran
Granite Falls
J. H. Wannemacher
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hickory
Beard's School Opens September First Nineteenth Eighteen
Ames Beard's school announces opening day and advertising for the new term. The message notes the start date as September 1, 1918, with local notice to families and interested parties.
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Vetus
Sso
Ames Beard’s
South Carolina Hero Sheriff Defies Mob at Spartanburg Jail
Greensboro News reports on Spartanburg Sheriff White who protected a Black suspect in a mob assault. With his wife and two sick children inside, he faced armed rioters and dynamite as Governor Blease failed to provide aid. White's stand, though politically costly, prevented a lynching and showcased courage beyond mere bravado.
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Spartanburg
Sne
Penta Oso ‘Vietian
Dager Mount
South Carolina
of Co
Inge Te
Seine
White
Columbia
Gould
Greensboro News
Base Ball Championship Races to North Carolina
Red Springs champions from the east meet Morganton champions from the west in a series of games at the Grounds in Charlotte on August 28 29 and 30. Pitchers Jaynes and Covington head the rival lineups as both teams spurn offers from North Carolina League clubs. Large crowds are expected with rail specials and side attractions planned.
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Wno
North Carolna
Red Springs
Morganton
Charlotte
North Carolina
Jaynes
Covington
Motor Cycle Record Smashed by Chicago Rider
Urgy Goudy of Chicago set a new dirt track record by riding 100 miles in 92 minutes at the local mile track. He broke the previous 100 mile dirt track mark of 95 minutes and 5 seconds.
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Volumous
Uarry Goudy
Chicago
Daniels' Sister-In-Law Appointed Navy Library Clerk
Washington august 24 Miss Ethel Bagley sister in law of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and longtime government clerk has been appointed a clerk in the navy library at a salary of 1600 dollars per year.
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Washington
Ethel Bagley
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Government Service
Navy Library
Greatest Land Show at National Conservation Exposition
Land show promoter claims the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville will host the greatest land show ever seen in the South and possibly the United States. Railroad officials from Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific and Alabama Great Southern pledge strong representation with extensive exhibits, educational displays, and demonstrations on soil conservation crop rotation and farming methods. Included are plans for a large new Land Building with space for land company displays, and lighting a strong push to educate farmers across the region.
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Stratton
Cincinnati, New Orleans &Texas Pacifi
Alabama Great Southern Railroads
Knoxvile
Knoxville
United States
Land Companies
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmer
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery Advertised Remedy
A patient describes severe dysentery starting mid July with weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds and two months of suffering. After trying doctors’ medicines with no relief, they report a dramatic improvement after using a remedy promoted by a drug firm, with promotional notes and discovery details.
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Gries Ie
Toy Drag Co. I
Primitive People of Panama Narrated by Glen Mills Daily
A North of the Panama Canal description portrays Panamanian natives as retiring and elusive. Women and children remain in settlements beside the Chagres river, while men trade at posts for pigs and bananas. Settlements have thatched huts with a simple living area, fireplace of four stones, a kettle, and two crooked sticks serving as a ladder.
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Panama Canal
Chagres River
Glen Mills
Hope Mills lawyer Gunn guilty plea in Cumberland case
Lee Johnson of Hope Mills, member of the Cumberland County Bar, was found guilty of retailing by jury and entered a plea of nolo contendere to three additional indictments. Solicitor Sinclair not pros in another case and declined a sixth verdict due to a witness testifying Johnson appeared too drunk to confirm if he sold or gave the beverage.
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Lee Johnson
Hope Mills
Cumberland County Bar
Nolo
Sinclair
Pros Fm
Johnson
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