Mrs Dixon Proves An Able Preacher At North Main
Mrs Dixon spoke at the North Main Street Methodist Protestant church on missions in Japan and China. She described women missionaries’ unique role in Japan, urged tithing and sacrifice, and led a collection for a girls school near Yokohama. The session marked the society’s thirty fifth anniversary.
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A. G. Dixon
Charlotte
North Main Church
Woman's Foreign Missionery
Dixon
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Protestant Church
Alamance County Justices Acquit Durham Citizen
Alamance County Justices Smith and Eu liks acquitted Y. E. Smith superintendent of East Durham Manufacturing of a charge of attempting to assault Floy Wyatt wife of a local farmer. After a brief trial with over 100 witnesses the verdict of not guilty was returned. Wyatt testified to a struggle while Smith denied wrongdoing. The case featured testimony on character and disputed events at Wyatt's home. Notable witnesses included Dr. William Preston Few and Sheriff John Harward.
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Durham
Smith and
Euliks
Y. E. Smith
East Durham Manufacturing Company
Floy Wyatt
Alamenco
Mr. Smith
James S. Southgate
William Preston Few
Trinity College
S. S. Best
Er. R. Leyburn
H. M. North
John F. Harward
J. R. Pendercraft
Webb buys Asheville Gazette News and reshapes paper
Asheville Feb 21 The Gazette News announces sale to C A Webb and associates. Webb former state senator and Democratic committee chair now U S marshal of the western district. Paper will be Democratic in politics but run as a business venture and not a political organ. New owners take charge today. Hildebrand shifts to Greensboro Daily News duties.
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Asheville
Gazette News
C. A. Webb
Webb
State Senate
Democratic State Committee
United States Marshal
Hildebrand
Greensboro Daily News
Germans Prepped for Attacks by Technical Superiority
Vienna reports that Austro-Hungarian and German officers credit technical superiority as the decisive factor in modern warfare. Leaders, artillery, field intelligence, machine guns, and well-supplied troops are cited as outperforming Russian, Italian, Serb, and other forces, with trenches, rail links, and barbed wire expanding across fronts.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Russia
Italy
Isonso
Danube
Earthquakes Recorded at Canisius College Seismograph
Seismographs at Canisius College in Buffalo recorded a pair of preliminary shocks at 1.01 and 1.03 with a combined main event from 1.18 to 1.37 and after shocks at 2.21. The earthquakes were of considerable severity and estimated to be 3,400 miles away, directing east to west.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Canisius College
Ninth Republicans Fail To Name Candidate In District Convention
Newton Feb 21 Ninth district Republicans concluded at their convention not to name a candidate to oppose Representative Webb leaving the race to voters in the June 3 primary. Newt Hallibuton led the session after J D Albright called it to order. C A Jonas and J Will Roberts were named delegates to the national convention. B F Campbell chaired the county meeting which sent two delegates to Raleigh. Roosevelt drew applause in several speeches as the meeting drew a large crowd.
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Newton
Representative Webb
Newt Hallibuton
Larke
J. D. Albright
Charlotte
C. A. Jonas
J Will Roberts
B. F. Campbell
Raleigh
Roosevel
Pennsylvania Sails for Trial Runs on Maine Coast
The battleship Pennsylvania sailed from Norfolk navy yard for trial runs off the Maine coast. After bottom scraping and painting, she is expected to show improved speed than the preliminary trials off Virginia coast last Wednesday.
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Norfolk
Pennsylvania
Navy Yard
Maine
Virginia
Earth shocks recorded at St. Louis University
A sequence of tremors was detected in St. Louis on Sunday between 11.50 am and 1.09 pm. Five main shocks occurred from about 12.14 to 12.23, with the epicenter stance noted roughly 4,600 miles away off the coast of Chile.
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St. Louis
St. Louis University
Chile
Cattle Delivered for Immediate Butchery Services
A cur load of short horn cattle arrived for butcher purposes. The cattle are stall fed and expected to yield excellent meat. The supplier also offers brains liver county style sausage sliced ham Kinghan bacon boiled ham dressed fish fancy dressed chickens spare ribs oysters daily dressed turkeys and eggs.
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North Main Street
M. P
Mirs. Dixon
China
Japan
Alamance County Justices
Charles A. Webb
Duna
Petrograd
Semlin- Belgrade
Carman
Bulvari
Albania
Greece
Michtle
Mary Pickford
THE
Foundling
Pennsylvania Sails
Weck
Sextoblade
Razor
Model Bakery
Beeson Hardware
Just
Bennett’s Market
Vance
N.C
North State Phone
Bell
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