Our Flag in France and Civic News Briefs
Poetic appeal to support Allied efforts in France with lines praising patriotism and sacrifice. Marion Courtney Smith of the Vigilantes is named. Also notes Miss Iris Council entertaining friends at Thurston Street with Ruth Harris of Fayetteville visiting, games at three tables, ice course served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marion Couthony Smith
The
Vigilantes
Iris Council
Thurston Street
Ruth Harris
Fayetteville
Louise Reitzel
Edna Wall
Verda Well
Juanita Moffitt
Margaret Rankin
Aliss Viola Younts
Thelma Wineskie
Leona Muse
Varney Bernard
Bedford City
Darrell Pitts
Collier Ellis
O. D. Baxter
Complimentary Dance Honors Miss Bal Sam in Thomasville
On Tuesday evening at the Commercial club Mr and Mrs Randall B Terry hosted a dance for Miss Ruth Balsom of New York guest of Miss Odelle Peacock. Despite the heat the event was enjoyable with Uncle Sam themed favors and a list of attendees including Miss Mary Sherrod Miss Lucille Holton Miss Kathryn Harmon Miss Marguerite Kirkman Miss Thelma Wineskie and others from Thomasville and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odelle Peacock
Uncle Sam
Mary Sherrod
Ruth Balsom
Lucille Holton
Kathryn Harmon
Marguerite Kirkman
Thelma Wineskie
Louise Ingram
Dorothy Snow
Nellie Muse
Emily Brooks
Bessie Ttate
Miss Womack
Elizabeth Harriss
Marylily Fisher
Roland Holton
Banks Bencini
Talmage Rochelle
Horace Sisson
Andrew Lindsay
David Stanton
George Lowe
Frank Henley
Tom Dupree
Farl Smith
Tom Kearns
Austin Finch
John Tillett
Thomasville
Local Church Delegates Attend Lutheran Conference
Rev PD Brown travels to Gibsonville for Lutheran church conference. EF 8S Staley serves as delegate from the local church. Miss Flossie Stout returns from Greensboro visit. G Sam Bradshaw of Greensboro visited the city. Miss Alma Holt leaves for Statesville Cherryville and Charlotte. Ney C P Jerome of Kenly visits at R B Strickland home. Delphine Holder sails to Winston-Salem to visit her grandmother and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PD. Brown
Gibsonville
Conference of the
Lutheran Church
Staley
Flossie Stout
City
N. H. Warner
Greensboro
Alma Holt
Statesville
Cherryville
Charlotte
Delphine Holder
Shadow of the Flag and War Shadows
A historical piece blends a May scene with a war poem about fallen soldiers and a call for divine guidance. It includes a humorous lampoon about a broken engagement and a note about the British post office in France plus a local legal notice for J L Parrish and a Richardson building address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
German Crown Prince Attacks Fail Near Cerny
Paris August 3 reports say after heavy artillery the German crown prince led several violent assaults against French lines near Cerny in the Aisne on a 1500 yard front. French forces repulsed all attacks according to the afternoon statement. Weather condition noted on the Belgian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cerny
Aisne
Brooks Hanged After Conviction in Alabama Murder
In Mobile on August 3 Fisher Brooks a Black taxi driver was hanged at daybreak for the murder of Mrs Julia Meg Hess of Fulton. Brooks remained calm as he faced death and offered no new information to his prior confessions. In Tokio the same date the court of appeals denied the public prosecutor’s appeal in the Ralph Hoyt Zhayer case upholding a $10 fine for entering a fortified cone at Yokosuka without authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Tokio
Court of Appeals
Ralph Hoytzhayer
Utica
N. Y
Yokosuka
State of siege declared in Attica port area
A state of siege has been declared in the entire Greek department of Attica including Athens and Piraeus. Dispatches report the measure from Athens via the Exchange Telegraph company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica
London
Athens
Piraeus
Exchange Telegraph Company
Austro-Hungarians Enter Czernowitz City
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian troops entered Czernowitz the capital of Bukovina, after advancing via Amsterdam. The capture marks a significant move in the campaign in the region on August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czernowitz
Vienna
Amsterdam
Bukowina
Wrecks Removed From Tennessee River After Forrest Action
Engineers in Johnsonville Tennessee clear wrecks of gunboats and transports from a Confederate raid led by General N B Forrest. The work aims to remove navigational obstructions that have lingered for decades as an aftereffect of the 1860s conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsonville
Tenn
N. B. Forrest
Sts
A Bad Spring for Women
The cold damp spring causes widespread aches and rheumatic pains for women. A Nebraska reader reports relief from lumbago and related ailments using Vote Kites Pills, praising their effectiveness. Local drug company endorsement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackne
Tandy
Neb
Tam
Iumbago Hy Ito
A Drug Co
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Miss Council
Mrs
Randall B. Terry
Ruth Bal
Sam
New York
G. Sam Bradshaw
1Ea
Vansport
Bayiarat
Mary Putnam Hart
Sinai's Hill
J.L. Parrish
Jussigh Point
Ountys
Richardson Buildn Street
Ship
Chaglfore Notary Publishing
Isaac Hamburger & Sons
Merchant Tailors
Baltimore, Md
NEW Today
Moffitt
Ing Company
Tomor
Europe
North Carolina
Plupy
Matton Drug Company
Italy
Germany
Scots Greys
British Army Veterinary Service
Russia
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Loflin’s Millinery
Loflin’s
H. C. Gewis
Centennial Avenue
Elm and
Howell Streets
T. M. Jarrel
Broadway
George Beban
Tor
Impressario
Strong Paramount
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Caro
Lina
Infidel
Paul
Allen’s Department Store
North Carolina State College of Agriculture” of Engineering
Raleigh
W. C
E. B. Owen
Prudence
Edecre Jita Bank & Trust Company
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
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