Typhoid cases rise in state as counties act
For the third week in July there were 220 typhoid cases in the state, totaling 596 for three weeks. Mecklenburg leads in cases, with Rowan also high. counties push vaccination, sanitation, and private privies to curb spread. Landis and Salisbury implement sanitary measures, with free vaccine offered by the state board of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecklenburg County
Rowan County
A. J Warren
Wethe
Landis
Warren
Salisbury
Health Department
State Board of Health
Benny McCoy Calls Bantams to Meet Him for Charity
Benny McCoy of New York bantam weight fame issues a defi to bantams to meet in any cantonment city. He pledges 50 of his purse to athletic equipment funds for local camps and requires his opponent to do likewise, aiding the YMCA and other welfare athletic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny McCoy
New York
Atlanta Boxers Promote Free Exhibitions at Camp Gordon
Atlanta boxing promoters and War Camp Community Service arrange for all boxers at their Auditorium Armory shows to give free exhibitions at Camp Gordon before their Atlanta bout. Army YMCA physician directors and Lieut Messer assist. The war’s duration is blamed on belief it would end soon.
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Atlanta
Atlanta War Camp
Auditorium Armory
Camp Gordon
Army Y. M. C. A
Lieut
Messer
British Await Rupprecht Attack On Western Front
The dispatch notes that Crown Prince Rupprecht has his forces ready for a major offensive against the British, with storm troops, artillery, and air units in place. It says he has timed setups before and now awaits the high command’s cue as confidence in Hindenburg and Ludendorff wanes, while the Allies may counter with their own momentum.
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France
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
High Command
Friedrich Wilhelm
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
1900000 Porkers to Meet Biggest Bacon Order
Chicago July 24 The quartermaster's department U S A has placed the largest bacon and canned meat order in history for the American army overseas totaling 99 560 000 pounds of bacon and 134 000 000 pounds of canned meat to be supplied from about 1 900 000 hogs. Louis F Swift notes delivery will take six months and values exceed 50 million dollars for hogs and cattle.
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Chicago
Quartermaster’s Department
Louis F. Swift
Mr. Swift
Camp Gordon to Open Baseball Series at Ponce de Leon Park
General Sage will pitch the first ball with Col Stayer as his battery partner in a Camp Gordon versus camp team game at Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta on Saturday July 20. This starts a series of games with other camps and all receipts go to athletic equipment funds for participating camps.
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W. H. Sage
Camp Gordon
Col. E. 8. Stayer
Camp Jessup
Ponce de Leon Park
Atlanta
Hidden Wisdom Or Foolish Silence In A Gloss
A terse remark on silence masking folly and the risk of judging wisdom by talk. A second line proposes a cryptic claim about rubber tire manufacturing and a phrase about gin in China, suggesting a scattered, unclear report.
Automatic Soldier Is Late Invention
London reports a Danish inventor has patented an "automatic soldier" weapon. A steel cylinder buried upright rises 18 inches and fires 400 shots via wireless controlled inner rifle. From four to five miles behind lines, the device is unseen until it rises. Reports say hundreds can defend a position, blaze 400 shots, and never retreat.
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London
Associated Press
No New Dress Campaign Aims to Back Liberty Bonds
Chicago and New York reports show women pledging to sell the fourth Liberty loan of 6 billion dollars with the slogan no new dresses and thrift as fashion. Ella Flagg Young presided at the Chicago conference, urging 1,000,000 women to back the drive, matching the 40 percent of sales led by women in the prior loan.
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United States
The
National Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
Ella Flagg Young
W. G. McAdoo
National Committee
Frank A. Vanderlip
Eddie Rickenbacker Earns American Ace Title After Duel
An Army YMCA report praises Eddie Rickenbacker as an American ace known as Gimper. He rammed a hostile plane midair to break contact, landing with a broken wing while his foe crashed in flames. The feat adds to his reputation as a fearless auto racing and aviation figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Gimper
Whole English Town to Be Sold at Auction
Shaftesbury in Derbyshire will be sold as an entire town by order of Lord Stalbridge. The auction includes private houses banks post offices stores offices hotels and three saloons atop a hill in rolling farm country with Semley railway three miles away.
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London
Associated Press
Lord Stalbridge
Shaftesbury
Derbyshire
Semley
Still Discovered By Officers From Elkin
In Yadkin County near Elkin on a July Saturday morning authorities found a wooden whiskey still with a copper worm in operation. Arthur Stokes was captured and jailed on bond. another man escaped but is being sought. The contraption yielded 500 gallons of beer 50 gallons of wine and a quart of whiskey.
Wages Not Fixed for Street Car Workers
Washington reports the War Industries Board will not set a general minimum wage for street car employees. Each case will be considered separately and decided on its own.
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Washington
War Industries Board
President Wilson stenography school link in city by Edwards College
President Wilson’s stenographer system the Gregg shorthand taught locally by Edwards Business College. The note highlights the city campus offering shorthand instruction and related business courses.
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Wilson
Gregg
Edwards’ Business College
Dreco Cited As Relief For Nervous Dyspepsia
An advertisement touts Dreco as a permanent remedy for nervous dyspepsia and stomach discomfort. It cites testimonials from W. D. Blackwell of Inman South Carolina and notes Dreco’s natural ingredients stimulate stomach nerves for lasting relief.
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Dreco
W. D. Blackwell
Inman
8. C
High Point
Ring Drug Co
Fotey Kidneys Pills Aid Middle Age Kidney Strain
An advertisement from Mann Drug Co claims Fotey kidneys pills support overworked tired and diseased kidneys and bladder as natural aging slows kidney function. It highlights daily filtration of impurities and promotes pill aid for middle aged men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bladder Mann Drug Co
Travel costs curb hay fever and asthma sufferers this summer
A San Antonio reader notes increased travel and health resort costs will keep hay fever and asthma sufferers home. Foley’s Honey and Tar is recommended for relief, soothing inflammation and choking sensations. Geo Jenner of Labor Street endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and biliousness, advising travelers to carry them. Mann Drug Co.
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Foley
Mann Drug Co
Geo
Jenner
Labor Street
San Antonio
Tex
High Point resident touts Doan’s Kidney Pills relief
Mr Poole of 1007 EL Green Street reports irregular kidney secretions and back weakness followed by dizziness and fatigue. He says Doan’s Kidney Pills completely cured him and urges purchase for 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY manufactures.
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Doan
Mr. Poole
Poole
EL Green Street
Saves
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Mfgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Pershing Praises Wounded Soldiers In Paris Hospital
General Pershing spoke to wounded American troopers in Paris Red Cross hospitals. He told them their country was proud of them and that they had fought splendidly. He urged they should continue to do as well as they had done.
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Paris
Associated Press
Tam
Pershing
Red Cross
Paria
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General Sage
China
Beavans
Beavons
the Ladies’ Store
Represe
A. S. Baldwin
San Francisco
Elkin
Carolina Mak
Merchant of Inman
Enterprise
Quaker Tires
Quaker Tire
Southern Harness CO
N. C
Detroit
Fisi Tak
Beeson Hardware Co
High Point, N. C
Utica Knitting CO
Broadway, New York
Sioenreer
Hart Drug Co
Postoffice
Carter
Carters
M River Pills
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