North Carolina Travelers Press Dues Exemption For Soldiers
The North Carolina Travelers Protective Association held a Greensboro session led by President O. K. Wilson. They discussed exempting service members from dues, classifying them as honorary members, to ease wartime obligations. The group urged notifying post Secretaries to obtain honorary credentials and pressed rail and hotel issues to improve travel conditions for servicemen.
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North Carolina
High Point
Jd. J. Norman
Wadesboro
G. 5. Edwards
Rocky Mount
A. L. Byrd
Charoltte
A. H. Holland Andd. &. Crutchfield
Wimston-Salem
H. T. Morris
Henderson
E. W. McNairy
C. C. McKean
KR. N. Carrier
N. H. Irwin
C. F. Tomlinson
Thecains
Southern Railway
B. H Marsh
W. S. Rankin
North Carolina State Board of Health
British Regain Ground Lost to Germans Saturday
London reports British forces attacked Saturday night and drove Germans from a trench northeast of Gillemont farm, restoring the prior positions. A German counterattack was repulsed, and Portuguese troops repelled a raiding party southeast of Lavantee.
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London
Gillemont Farm
War Office
Lavantee
Negro Confesses to Fairfax County Assaults
Richmood Va August 27 William Hi Burgess a Negro accused of assaulting 17 year old Mary Davis and Mrs Mildred Miller of Fairfax county was brought to Henrico county jail for safekeeping by Sheriff Allison. Governor Stuart ordered maximum precautions and barred visitors without passes.
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Richmood
William Hi. Burgess
Mary Davis
Mildred Miller
Fairfax County
Allison
Fairfax
Henrico County
Stuart
Reward Offered for Train Derailment Suspects
A $500 reward is posted by the Southern Railway System for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who removed spikes bolts and angle bars causing the derailment of a train near Huntersville N C on Tuesday morning July 17 1917. All communications should be sent to J W Connelly Chief Special Agent Southern Railway System Charlotte N C or Sheriff N W Wallace. W N Formau re Bien Manager.
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Souther Airway System
Huntersville
N. City
J. W. Connelly
Southern Railway System
Charlotte
N. C
N. W. Wallace
North Carolina
W. N. Formaure
World watches Moscow church congress for unity and reform
Washington reports broad global interest in the Russo-Greek Orthodox council now assembling in Moscow. Analysts note potential shifts in church governance, possible moves toward unity with the Anglican Communion, and the risk of rapid reforms such as women’s suffrage within the church.
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Washington
Moscow
Peter the Great
Russia
Holy
Wnod
Holy Synod
William T. Manning
Trinity Church
New York City
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Church of England
Anglian Communion
America
England
Strop
Church of
Exarch
Georgia
Old Synod
A Word to Our Germans
Charles Rosebault pleads for calm deliberation as U S opinions turn against German language press and German Americans. He warns of lasting consequences for loyalty and urges Germans to choose America first or face social fracture. He decries propaganda and urges unity through a melting pot to forge a strong American nation.
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Charles 4. Rosebault
Washington
Th Street
Viereck’s Weekly
America
Hindenburgs
Belgium
United States
Staats-Zeitungs
Hearsts
Vierecks
Germany
Hss
Amercans
Goorman
Fish as daily meat substitute urged by experts
In St Paul Aug 28 experts at the National Association of Fish and Game Commissioners and American Fisheries Society call for more fish in daily menus to ease meat shortages. The convention focuses on fish and game conservation, increasing fish consumption, and propagation efforts.
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St. Paul
Minn
National Association of Fish and Game Commissioners
American Fisheries Society
Local merchants urged to advertise to capture mail order business
The article argues that billions will pass to the community and emphasizes that savvy home merchants are already planning extensive ad campaigns to compete with city mail order houses. It warns that neglecting advertising risks losing business as the public consumes every merchant's offerings.
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State
Negro
Cape Breton
Ber
High Point Enterprise
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