Bryan Resigns as Cabinet Member in Wilson Era
William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic presidential candidate and author of peacemaking treaties, resigns as secretary of state after a clash with President Wilson over Germany policy. The resignation, accepted by Wilson, ends Bryan's official support of the administration while he plans to continue backing the president privately.
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Wilson
Germany
William Jennings Bryan
United
United States
Bryan
Bryant
White House
Baltimore
Mr. Bryan
Deed Recording Caution From Farm and Fireside Note
ARKANSAS farmer S R Ahrens warns about deed recording errors after recounting three incidents from thirty to forty years ago. He describes misdescriptions placing land miles off and a deed issued to his brother by mistake, later rectified only after gas was found on the tract.
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S. R. Ahrens
Arkansas
St Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church Service Notice
St Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church invites members to attend next Sunday June 13. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Preaching service at 11:00 a.m. Reverend E J Sox will preach on the theme The utter folly and the awful danger of excusing oneself from the service of God cited with He that hath ears to hear let him hear from Jesus.
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E. J. Sox
Jesus
Gaston Newspaper Aims for Better Run Than Predecessor
Gastonia launches a new weekly newspaper published Mondays and Thursdays by Brumley and Crooks. It presents a clean, newsy sheet and promises to outpace the former Gastonia Progress in quality and pace.
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Gastonia
Gaston
Messrs. Brumley and Crooks
French Offensives Extend Across Western Front
London reports indicate a broad French initiative along the western line, advancing near Arras and pressing German forces from the Aisne and Oise toward La Bassée, while British troops remain relatively quiet. French claims include 400 prisoners at Hebuterne and 250 at Soissons amid intense fighting and failed German counterattacks.
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London
Arras
Aisne
Oise
la Bassee
Hebuterne
Soissons
Peuth
Kolomea
Petrograd
Dneister
Galicia
Dubysa
Isonzo
Allied and Russian Front Movements Reported Shifts in Galicia and Gallipoli
A colonial era dispatch notes Teutonic allies advancing in Galicia with Russians retreating east of Czernowitz and near the Dniester. Meanwhile Gallipoli reports alleys driven back with heavy losses as Austrian forces near Lemberg or possibly close to capture.
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Dniester
Czernowitz
Constantinople
Galliopli Peninsula
Ivey Dots West Hickory June 8 Ice Cream Social
West Hickory Band played on a vacant lot near Ed Hahn's Saturday night. Several locals and visitors were mentioned visiting relatives and friends including Miss Vida Abernethy, Mrs Charlie Jones, Miss Tessie Butler, Miss Rosa Hudson, Miss Mary Propst, Mrs C M Ervin, Mr Robert Fowler, Miss Ruth Starnes, Mr Marie McKenzie, Mr John Lackey, and Miss Myrtle Mace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivey Dots
West Hickory
Ed. Hahn
Vida Abernethy
Asheville
Charlie Jones
Tessie Butler
Jones Lowman
Alta Vista
Rosa Hudson
Henry River
Mary Cook
Mary Propst
Newton
C.M. Ervin
Longview
Robert Fowler
Kings Mountain
To Falls
Ruth Starnes
Marie McKenzie
John Lackey
Mr. Lackey
M. J. Lackey
Myrtle Mace
Relief Fund Distributes Fire Department Benefits
The Kiremen s Relief Fund, funded from premiums collected by foreign insurers, totals $9,690.97 and will be deposited in a bank to support disabled firemen or those with ten years of service. Char ote leads with $967, followed by Burlington $106.66, Concord $86, Elizabeth City $209.76, Hickory $84.90, and High Point $325.38.
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Kiremen
Charote
Burlington
Concord
Elizabeth City
Hickory
High Point
Fire Department
Sloan's Pain Relief Ointment Clinical Claim
An old advertisement promises to ease neuralgia pains in the face head arm and back with a few drops of Sloan's ointment. It claims rapid relief without rubbing and urges readers to buy a 3 ounce bottle for 25 cents at druggists.
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Ory
Sloan
County Commissioners Approve 1915 Tax Levy and Road Plans
In a monthly session the county board set the annual levy and boosted the school tax to 8 cents to fund farm life school at Startown. The 1915 rate totals 94.23 cents with a poll tax of 2.24, plus state pensions and county road levies. Road signs at cross roads are ordered. Funds and reliefs are detailed for local properties and road projects, with jurors drawn for July court and a new district election for school funding. An additional $100 is allotted to the State department of agriculture for road demonstrations and a boy scout patrol to aid road maintenance.
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County Board of Education
Startown
Hickory
Jacob’s Fork
C. H. Drum
G.W. Pope
Clare‘mont
S.L. Lefevers
Jasper Johnson
W. J. Holdbrooks
Correte
Terrapin Creek
C.D. Drum
C. W
Chas. Huffman
Jennie Arrow
Ood
Oliver’s
Mabala Gantt
W.M. Harrison
C. F. Lackey
L. Hawn
John Anthony
Pearl Whitener
Plateau Roller mi
Ed Blackburn
Geo. Cansler
Catawba
T. E. Harwell
R. L. Setzer
James Christenburs
J. P. Boggs
N. C. Coffey
E. D. Eckard
Wellington Barger
G.H
Geitner
A. W. Buff
G.P. Camp
Tbell
H. E. McCombs
Sanford
Anderson
J. N. Deaton
Avey
Baker
O. V. Yount
C. H. Geitner
J.Q. Deal
J. A. Deal
J. N. Setzer
W. J. McRee
State Department of Agriculture
Catawba Organized by Done and the Boys
The board ordered the jailor to file bills for keeping prisoners with the county court when the prisoners fall under its jurisdiction, as reported by Enterprise.
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Enterprise
Deeds Filed For Record In Local Register Of Deeds
Several property transfers documented by the Register of Deeds including Martha C. Miller to D. W. Kistler for 7 acres, T. L. Henkle to Mintie and Boyd for half interest in Lot 1 Block A, and Wm H Woods of Patrick County Virginia to Wan F Fogle for 10 acres. R O Colt and W S Stroup swap parcels in Longview. Abernethy commissioners sell Lot on Margaret Frylands in Long View. Fogle to Samuel Goodson sells a Thirteenth Street lot in Hickory at $525.
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Register of Deeds
Martha C. Miller
D. W. Kistler
Henry Sigmon
T. L. Henkle
Mintie &. Boyd
Mecklenburg
W. S. Stroup
L. C. Yount
R. O. Colt
Longview
J. F. Abernethy
Z. B. Buchganan
Commissioners
C. H. Abernethy
Margaret Frylands
W. F. Fogle
Samuel Goodson
Thirteenth Street
Hickory
John Henderson Wins a Prize for Pharmacy Average
Mr John L Henderson of this city won the prize at the State University for the highest general average in the two year pharmacy course. Mr Henderson has completed the course. Mr Leonard A Campbell and Miss Bessie Miller were married Sunday morning by Rev J E Barbe at his home in this city. The Democrat extends congratulations.
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John L. Henderson
The
State University
Henderson
Leonard A. Campbell
Bessie Miller
Frank Miller
South Fork
J.E. Barbe
Democrat
Fragmented reflections on war and virtue and public duty
An OCR messy summary reflects scattered quotes on peace and war, wisdom and folly. It references courage under provocation, patriotism, and civic responsibility with fragmented lines about marriage, society, and emotions. The passage hints at a wartime mindset and moral exhortations.
General Villa seeks neutral territory for peace talks
In a move toward settlement, General Villa asks General Carranza to agree to neutral ground for a conference on Wilson notes. The dispatch also notes executions of Mexican generals tied to Gutierrez, postponed prize-court hearings on meat cargos, and a Mongolian Russia China treaty at Kiakhta.
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Eulalio Gutierrez
Matamoros
Prize
Fridland
Bjornstjerne
Bjornsen
Kib
Alfred Nobel
London
Kiakhta
Sibera
Russia
China
Mongolia
Constipation Cure Advert: Po-Do-Lax Overnight Promise
An ad hawks Po-Do-Lax claiming overnight constipation relief by stimulating the liver and pancreas to increase bile flow. It promises no griping, no fermentation, and a gentle, complete cure with a small dose tonight for a morning bowel movement.
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Contir
Western Front
Undine
Italy
Chiasso
Switzerland
Paris
Caporetto
Gradisca
Cormons
Palmanova
Servignano
Rome
Albania
Scutari
Giornale D’italia
Berlin
Przemysl
Vienna
Lemberg
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Dis
John Henderson
Campbell Miller
Weather Bureau
Gennin
Vndors
Blewed
Department of Justice
Knox Booth
Internal Revenue
Alabama-Tennessee
Ceylon
Kandy
National American Womans Suffrage League
Chicago
Congressional Union
Democratic Party
Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard
East Aurora
N. Y
Reginald A. J. Warneford
Royal Navy
England
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