Bentown Bard Inspires Hearts With Gentle Lessons
A social column sketches a poetry reading by The Bentown Bard W F Clayton and a charity bridge gathering hosted by Mrs C M Hauser on North Main. It notes guests from Reidsville to Baltimore, lists table prizes, and records a Women’s Club meeting at Friends church to discuss a library campaign amid local reunions and visits.
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Hauser
North Main Street
C. M. Hauser
Henri Turner
H. B. Hiatt
J. G. Briggs
Vergil Idol
W. T. Parker
W. G. Shipman
G. W. Clark
B. S. Cummings
E. 5. Hutchinson
T. J. Gold
Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
Clara L. Cox
Friends Church
Marriage Surprise Unites Miss Mary White and Mose Woodard
Announcement from Baltimore dated July 16 1916 reveals the marriage of Miss Mary White of High Point and Mose Woodard of Raleigh. The couple kept the nuptials secret from family with plans for a weekend ceremony likely Friday or Saturday. The Asheville house party traveling by car reports telegrams from Charlotte Rock Hill D C and Rock Hill amid travels with Misses Mary Wilson Elmer Gwyn Iris Holt and others enjoying the journey.
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High Point
Baltimore
Mary White
Eee Point
Mose Woodard
Raleigh
Asheville
Charlotte
Rock Hill
D. C
Mary Wilson
Elmer Gwyn
Mount Airy
Iris Holt
Burlington
Ernest Wall
Bob Amos
Camp Glenn boys reported well and sanitary
Captain Zollicoffer of company M returns on three day leave from Camp Glenn. He confirms the camp is clean and sanitary, no disease danger, and rations are good. He notes 115 men present of 142 target strength and invites fit volunteers over 18 to join.
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Zollicoffer
Company M
Camp Glenn
North Carolina
Mexico
Huge steel bridge over the Yadkin River is gone
Floods Friday night and Saturday wrought havoc in this region. Southern railroad schedules between North Wilkesboro and Winston-Salem were wrecked and telegraph links beyond Donnaha were severed. A brave operator at Ronda kept lines alive by relocating equipment to a hilltop to flash news.
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Yadkin River
Winston-Salem
Southern
North Wilkesboro
Donnaha
Ronda
Emma Yerbryke recovers with Chamberlain’s Tablets
Miss Emma Yerbyke of Lima Ohio reports two years of frequent stomach trouble and bilious attacks. She could eat little and felt dizzy and faint at times. After trying Chamberlain’s Tablets she improved rapidly and recommends them as obtainable everywhere.
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Emma Yerbryke
Lima
Ohio
Chamberlain
High Point Recruits Aid National Guard Growth
Lieutenant Armstrong and Corporal Burton led 26 new recruits in two weeks, lifting Company M to 115 men as Captain Zollicoffer prepares to enlist all over age 18 with or without parental consent. The effort comes as wartime strength targets aim for 142. Captain Zollicoffer plans Tuesday departures.
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National Guard
Zollicoffer
Camp Glenn
Troops Moved Comfortably to Mexican Border
The war department opened an investigation into national guardsmen transport conditions to the Mexican border after the Moore resolution. Officials said existing reports show troops were moved under unprecedented comfortable and favorable conditions.
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Washington
War Department
Moore
House
Baker
Bowel Complaints in India Highlighted by Missionary
A Des Moines church lecture featured a Indian missionary who recounted falling ill in inland India. He credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life, noting its preventive and curative use for cholera and milder bowels in India and the United States.
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India
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Yadkin River Rages Floods Reach Peak Damaging Area
Lexington July 17 The Yadkin River flood on the toll bridge route was at its highest level and rising, flooding lumber crops livestock and buildings. Barrels of oil from nearby mills floated past, moonshine plant debris washed away, tobacco hogsheads washed from Nichooos near Elkin, creeks in the region remained high and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Yadkin
Elkin
Unsettled Weather Predicted Across Atlantic States
The weather bureau said a tropical disturbance has moved east of Turks Island and another lies between Turks Island and Nassau with a northward drift. Unsettled conditions will persist tonight and Tuesday in the middle Atlantic states, with thunderstorms slated for Tuesday in Alabama Georgia and Florida.
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Associated Press
Washington
Turks Island
Turk’s Island
Nassau
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Three Magnificent Steel Railroad Bridges Gone
The three steel and concrete bridges spanning the Catawba river at Mount Holly were swept away by flood waters. They belonged to the Piedmont and Northern the electrical railway the Southern and the Seaboard. The P and N bridge cost $100,000 to build. Workmen attempted to save it and a coal train was run out onto the structure but the effort failed.
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Charlotte
Mount Holly
Piedmont and Northern
Electrical Railway
Southern
Seaboard
P. and N
Diamond From the Sky Prize Winner to Be Announced
The winner of the prize for the serial picture Diamond From the Sky will be announced on screen at the Rose Theatre in a few days.
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Rose Theatre
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An advertisement urges every family to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during summer. It claims the product is essential, offers excellent value, and says it is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
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Benttown
W. F. Clayton
Richard KR. Saunders
Reidsville
N. E. Russell
West Russell Street
J. H. Russell
Dunn
Charles Russell
New York
New York Medical Association
A. B. Russell
Jessie Kimbrough
New Castle
Ind
Aura Grimes
J. P. Orange
Virginia
Julius and
Edward Smith
Atlanta
J. P. Rawley
Richmond
Marie Stevens
Statesville
Thelma Wineskie
Hamilton Street
F. Wineskie
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Bessie McClure
D. BE
Bullard
Fred Ingram
Virginia Beach
T. O. Rhyne
Gastonia
C. E. Wagner
Chimes Street
Dr. H. ©. Pitts
Greensboro
J. O'Neal Craig
Winston
J. D. Mann
South Main Street
Randall Mann
J. D Mann
Mesdames
M. L. Mitchell
Allen Wilson
Philadelphia
F. M. Barbee
S. C. Lyon
Creed
Bellans
Moffitt Furnishing Company
Camp Glenk
Lieutenant Armstrong
Corporal Burton
Numa F. Reid Lodge
F. S. Wall
W. M
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Whit, Ei Las Trach
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
W. C. Idol
Safpcty First
Saxon Sales Company
H. R. Sisson
MGR
P. O. Box
Enterprise
Cortright
Meta! Slate
Victoria In
Cortright” Reg. U.S. Pat. O
Beeson Hardware Company
Vose & Sons
Kihler & Campbell
Kranich & Bach
Wing & Sons
Harvard
Kingsburys
Leslye
J. A. C. Fincker
Sohmer
Schultz
Ivers & Pond
Charlotte, N. C
Steiff
Tryon St
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