Peace Was Topic TREATED At Friends Yearly Meeting Opening
At Guilford College on August 10 the 219th session of the Yearly Meeting of Friends opened with a peace focus. James H. Southgate of Durham addressed the assembly, urging that lasting peace comes only when hearts accept Jesus. The morning session chose officers led by Dr. L. L. Hobbs and heard reports from Bible schools seeking a $50 appropriation. The London letter urged unity beyond sect labels and praised collective action to end war. Delegates from multiple states attended, including Rev. John L. Kittrell and Rev. Waldo Woody among others.
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Friends’ Yearly Meeting
Guilford College
Friends
Yearly Meeting of Friends
North Carolina
London
Eng
War
James H. Southhate
Durham
Fox
Wesley
Langely
Mr. Southgate
London Friends
Jesus
Yearly Meeting
L. L. Hobbs
Joseph Peele
Mendenhall
Wilson Hobbs
Hobbs
F. &. Blair
Blair
Southgate
Bible Schools
Peele
United States
Trinity College
Durham Board of Trade
North Carolina Peace Society
the Friends
London Yearly Meeting
Friends Everywhere
God
Hiasster
John L. Kittrell
West Milton
Howard M. Hofe
Baltimore, Md
Charles L. Weoten
Cherokee
Oklo
Sophromia E. Reynolds
Poughkepsie
Waldo Woody
Wilmeton
Mustache Memoirs Stir London Officers’ Ranks
London dispatch notes a flood of pamphlets debating why officers wear mustaches. Three types emerge military, magnificent, and morbid with Chaplin-like styles banned. The morbid style gains popularity, seen as a venial sin yet stylish, while gas masks may soon equalize facial hair.
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London
Two Arrests In Black Tom Explosion And Fire
Jersey City authorities arrest Early Stason and Axel Larsen on suspicion of complicity in the Black Tom explosion and fire of July 36. Papers found include submarine drawings and a letter implying further acts. Investigators link a benzol blast last Sunday to an incendiary plot.
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Jersey City
N. J
Stason
Axel Larsen
Iverson
London
Black Tom
Larsen
Italian Troops Capture Gorizia in Austria War
Rome reports Italian troops entered Gorizia this morning and seized more than 10 000 prisoners. The move reflects rapid advances in the war with Austria as Italy announces the victory.
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Associated Press
Rome
Gorizia
Genuine Antique Chair Sealed as Masterpiece
A buyer insists a chair is genuine antique directly from its maker. The seller claims authenticity and pride in the craft, while doubts about provenance surface amid the exchange.
Recorder's Court Doles Fines and Raises Mock Charges
Judge Dalton fines Oscar Williams twenty dollars and costs after a guilty verdict for assault on Walter Torens. Williams faced a road sentence, then a fine agreed by a railway foreman. Bertha Palmer and Lem Harriss, a negro couple, were taxed costs after Bertha was acquitted of pistol assault. both pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Dave Evans case continued. Sam Young freed for lack of jurisdiction.
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JJ. G. Ryan
Oscar
Walter Torens
Bertha Palmer
Lem Harriss
Bertha
Lem
Dalton
Albertson
T. J. Gold
Dave Evans
L. B. Williams
Sam Young
Ned Dorsett
Young
Methods of Serum Treatment Advanced by New York Official
Dr Haven Emerson city health commissioner outlined serum treatment methods for infantile paralysis. Techniques include spinal puncture fluid reinjection and spinal injections of serum from recovered patients. The discussion noted antibodies from convalescents may aid infection defeat. A related report records 57 deaths prompting postponement of public school openings to possibly October 1 or November 1.
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New York
Haven Emerson
Board of Education
Department of Health
Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Schedule in Effect
The schedule lists expected train arrival and departure times at stations as of October 1, 1915 and notes that times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
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H. A. Mills
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock, JR
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
W. C. Idol
Wachovia Bank & Trust CO
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Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Danville
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Washington, D. C
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Henderson
Petersburg
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