South to Save Big Crops With Labor Aid
Officials of the U S Department of Agriculture told a farm labor conference in Birmingham Alabama that unlimited aid from every source can meet the southern labor shortage and harvest the cotton and corn needed for wartime food. They cited farmers city cooperation and volunteer labor from women and workers leaving other jobs to help in the fields.
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Birmpgham
Ala
America
United States Department of Agriculture
Nen
G. I Christie
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricul Tral
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Amherst County
Kansas
Oklahoma
South
Alarm over Typhoid Fever Spread in North Carolina
War department expresses alarm at rising typhoid cases as men move to training camps and August callups loom. Colonel Vaughan notes epidemic signals, asks state health reports, and requests vaccine access and rapid updates on control efforts. He says the U S Public Health Service will assist and that telegram updates may be sent as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
North Carolina
Army
United States Public Health Service
Notorious Distiller T W Farrington Captured After Manhunt
Sheriff Z Wagner and Deputy search for Tom Farrington in Yadkin county. A chase ends between Greensboro and Ashboro as Farrington deserts a Ford roadster loaded with liquor. Wagner injured when his car hits a stump. Farrington posted bail for a Yadkinville hearing next Thursday.
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Zachary
Yadkin County
Wagner
Tom Farrington
Yadkin Couty
Farrington
Greensboro
Ashboro
Yadkinville
High Pay Drives Boys In Arsenal to Devil
London July 23 Bishop W W Hough says the 8000 Woolwich Arsenal boys earning up to double his salary are led toward vice by wealth. He warns excessive pay tempts them into bad company and the Devil. He notes many were street outcasts a year ago.
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Arsenal
London
Woolwich Arsenal
W. W. Hough
Flat Feet Companies Organized at Devens
Ayer Massachusetts July 23 two flat feet companies at Camp Devens have been organized to take treatment for their deficiency. The two companies have been made a part of the first development battalion organized to train for service men who have minor physical defects.
Soldiers blinded in war wed after loss of sight
London reports that more than 150 British soldiers who were blinded in combat have married since becoming blind, highlighting resilience among veterans as wartime hardship continues to shape personal lives.
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London
Notice Sale of Land in High Point North Carolina
Public auction to sell for cash the 8250 square foot parcel in High Point Guilford County North Carolina. The sale, under a 1916 mortgage by Hattie and S R Cole to Ed L Ragan, is set for August 5 1918 at 2 pm on the premises. Mortgage default cited in the deed records Book 283 Page 308 et al.
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N. C
High Point
Loflin Kinley and Son
Loflin, Kinley and Son
Tligh Point
Spring Street
Matthews Corner
Matthews Line
ED L. Ragan
License Tax Notice for High Point Delinquents
All persons firms and corporations liable for the city of High Point license taxes for the current year must pay promptly or warrants will be issued for delinquents. The notice is dated July 12.
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City of
High Point
Soldier's Cough is Cured by Foley's Honey and Tar
Private Harold Hamel of the 66th Regiment at Fort Adams writes he suffered a three month cough then found relief with Foley's Honey and Tar. He recommends it and says he will keep it on hand as it aids hay fever asthma and bronchial coughs. Mann Drug Co.
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Harold Hamel
66Th Regiment
Ft. Adams
R. T
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Farmer Travels 30 Miles to Help Wife’s Health
O'Hanlon's Drug Store in Winston Salem drew a crowd when BE Eaton of Yadkinville described a long journey of 30 miles to seek relief for his wife’s years long severe stomach trouble. The report notes Eaton's prominence in local agriculture and his relief upon arriving in the city early one morning.
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O'Hanlon
Winston Salem
BE. J. Eaton
Yadkinville
Dreco Herbal Remedy Sparks Family Recovery
Mr Eaton recounts his wife’s rapid improvement after one Dreco bottle. He cites relief from indigestion back pains heart flutterings and fatigue and praises Dreco as a life changer. The couple belong to Missionary Baptist church in Yadkinville and note local Ring Drug Co sells Dreco in High Point.
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Yadkinville
Mr. Eaton
Mrs. Eaton
Missionary Baptist Church
High Point
Ring Drug Co
Mann Drug Pills Claim Superior Kidney Remedy
A testimonial asserts Foley Kinney Pills are the best for kidney trouble and related backache rheumatic pains sore muscles stiff joints and frequent bladder action.
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Foley Kinney
Mann Drug
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Oahwe
N. H. Silver Company
Gar
Hart Drug Co
Postoffice
Victor C. Vaughan
Surgeon General’s Office
John J. Kinvoun
State Board of Health
T. W. Farrington
Zachary and
Devens
Hattie
Ed. L. Ragan
Ter of Deeds
Guilford Coun
Winston
Salem
Medicine
Calomel
Agin
Interurban Motor Lines
Winston-Salem
Elwood
Zinzendorf
Guilford
High Point Phunt
the Welcome Bank
O. E. Kearns, Pres
A. M. Rankin
J. H. Adams
GA. Pollock
H. A. Millis
Old Hickory
Furni
Mer Homes
Peoples House Fur
Nishing Company
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