Red Cross mobilizes knitted goods for troops in France
Local Red Cross chapter receives urgent cable from American Red Cross in Atlanta urging immediate production of 400 sweaters 400 mufflers 400 wristlets and 400 socks. Major Grayson Murphy warns of a severe cold season and calls for rapid shipping of warm woolens to aid French Belgian refugees and allied soldiers.
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Red Cross
Guy Kk. Snavely
Southern Division
American Red Cross Society
Atlanta
France
Grayson Murphy
Murphy
Switzerland
America
Commons appoints committee to probe national finances
The House of Commons formed a committee to inquire into national finances and propose ways to give Parliament stronger oversight of public expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Walter Johnson Recaptures Zip as Star Pitcher
Washington's Walter Johnson, the team’s ace, is regaining form with his famous z-z-zip delivery, once again overpowering opponents and reclaiming his place atop the rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Johnson
Washington
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Buyer in Allens Mills
Mrs. Chas. Reitz of Allens Mills Pa. praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a true friend for coughs colds croup whooping cough asthma and hay fever. She reports eleven years of use without wanting to be without it and warns to avoid POLEY'S for the genuine product, Mann Drug Co. involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Chas. Reitz
Allens Mills
Poley
Mann Drug Co
Fresh Meats and Poultry Market Ad
A city market advertises fresh and cured meats and dressed fowl. It highlights a sanitary facility with top cold storage and invites patronage from customers.
Soldiers Fall Short In Belated Season Clash
Company M advanced but failed to break through Highlanders trenches in Saturday's drive, repulsed 7 to S. Payne outpitched Ward as 10 hits to 15 were allowed. Scout John Carroll performed well for the wearers, while the eminent refugee from the border drew cautious praise. The war department may allow another game next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company M
Payne
John Carroll
War Department
Greensville
Villa offered for convalescent use by American army
Mrs. Percy Proctor asks American minister Ira Nelson Morris to relay to the state department her offer to place her villa near Mentone France at the disposal of the American army authorities in France. The villa has accommodations for forty men and she envisions it as a convalescents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Percy Proctor
Ira Nelson Morris
State Department
Mentone
France
Farmer John Erson Hangs Himself Over Bureaucracy
Stockholm reports John Erson a farmer from Njutanger hanged himself amid mounting weariness with declaring stocks of cereals bread sugar potatoes and other goods to authorities. The case underscores despair from bureaucratic demands.
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Stockholm
John Erson
Njutanger
Kidney Pills Praised By Rocky Mount Reader
Mrs A G Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina reports benefit from Foley Kidney Pills noting overwork harms the kidneys and leaves her feeling older than her years. The Mann Drug Co supplies and endorses the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
A. G. Wells
Rocky Mount
N. C
Mann
Forceful Sermons Preached Sunday at Green Street Baptist
Revival attendance at Green Street Baptist grew each service with 800 people in and outside the 600 seat auditorium. Four new members joined by profession of faith and baptism. Morning speaker Rev Walter Rodgers preached Heaven as a place of rest and activity, with admission through grace and faith. Afternoon and evening services followed with themes Wanted a Man and The Greatest Call in the World. Evening 7 45 p m service announced with future topics Climbing a Tree and A Plea of Guilty by Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Street Baptist Church
Walter E. Rtodgers
God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Rodgers
Mother
Father
Mr. Rodgers
Town of Jaffa in Palestine Ruins After Fire and Destruction
A Cairo based message to the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief reports Jaffa in Palestine largely ruined after Turkish arson and dynamiting. Nearby villages are destroyed, government records moved to Damascus and Nablus, and evacuees sent to Hebron. The city once housed 20 000 to 40 000 people with mosques churches and a railway link to Jerusalem.
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New York
Jaffa
Palestine
Jerusalem
Cairo
Egypt
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Jiean Mountains
Damascus
Nablus
Hebron
Big Drive for Food in Washington County
A countywide campaign in Washington county promotes food production and conservation. The County Food Conservation Commission holds meetings with agricultural experts and speakers to discuss fall and winter gardens, small grain acreage, and winter cover crops, aiming for record winter gardens and grain in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Washington County
County Food Conservation Commission
Malaria Tonic Promoted For Fever and Chills
An old advertisement touts Foley's King of Malaria Ghali Tonic as a remedy for malaria with fever and chills. It claims to combine pine flavors with purifying tonic properties to improve appetite and vitality, offered by Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley’s
Mann Drug Co
Man grows potatoes in a five by five foot pen
Kk. DD. Steele unveils a novel method planting Irish potatoes six inches apart in a five foot square pen with vines escaping the sides and top. He claims a large harvest with little work after planting and envisions city residents growing crops on fire escapes. Steele farms about five acres behind his home with diverse crops aided by his own labor.
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Steele
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised by Mann Drug Co
To prevent salt poisoning and cleanse the system bowel waste, Foley Cathartic Tablets work gently and surely without gripe or nausea. Suggested for headache bloating dyspepsia gas bad breath and other digestion disorders. Mann Drug Co promotes this remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Doctor Carlson Disco System Office Listing
An old advertisement lists Dr C I Carlson offering consultation for nervous and bladder disorders and other ailments at South Main Street with hours from 6 to 6 PM Monday Wednesday and Friday. The sparse text mentions free consultation.
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Henderson & Co.'s
Bennett
Henderson & Co
J. T. Bennett Co
Scrapieis Buncalovw
Highland Team
Highland Company
Payne and White
Ward and Carroll
Himsief
Prudence
JIA Bank & Trust Company
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
Subjeet
Java
E. D. Steele
Rais
DR. C. I. Carlson
North State
Bell
Arctic
BAY Ax Ee
Europe
TNC
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