China and Belgium relief notes mix with pulp and fire
The article blends a North Carolina drainage debate on timber from swamp lands and fire risks with a Chang Hsun political update in China. It also reports Belgium child hunger relief plans, citing Dr Walter Lucas and the Dollar Christmas Fund, aiming to fund 3 cent meals for Belgian children and a $100,000 goal by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Changhsunis
China
Greensboro
Joseph Hyde Wrait
North Carolina
Chang Hsun
Walter Lucas
Belgium
Commission For Relief In
Alexander Hemphill
United States
Henry Clews
Dollar
Hemphill
Henry Clews and Company
Bankers
Broad Street
New York
Dollar Christmas
Quotations Rise on Bleached Cottons and Fabrics
New quotations this week show advances in fine bleached cottons advancing one cent a yard and in medium grade bleached cottons. Prices for weltings and napped fabrics also rise with mill-led moves. A buyer seeking a duplicate order faced a four cent surcharge the same day, reflecting mill limits and a 65 percent jump in next fall’s flannel costs.
Remedy From One Dose Cures Dysentery Patient
An elderly town resident near death from dysentery was urged to try Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One dose stopped the discharge and several more cured him, a report from J L Baer of West Manchester Pa. Many locals at Bacer's Station attest to the remedy's efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. L. Baer
West
Manchester
Bacer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Internal Blood Action
An advertisement argues catarrh is internal and not cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy acting through the blood on mucous surfaces, authored by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with testimonials available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Paul Rockwell to wed heiress of France in Paris
Paul A Rockwell of Asheville North Carolina will marry Marie Françoise Jeanne Leygues daughter of George Leygues president of the foreign affairs committee. Rockwell and his brother Kiffin Rockwell joined the foreign legion at the war onset with Paul retired due to trench injuries and Kiffin later in the aviation corps. The wedding is set for early December and the couple plan a honeymoon in Spain and North Africa before returning to Paris in the spring. The bride to be inherits a large fortune from Hippolytte Alfred Chauchard Pounder of the Louvre department store along with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul A. Rockwell
Asheville
N. C
Mary Marie Francoise Jeanne Leygues
George Leygues
Chamber of Deputies
Rockwell
Kiffin Rockwell
France
Foreign Legion
Paul
Kiffin
Aviation Corps
Spain
Africa
Hippolytte Alfred Chauchard Pounder
Louvre
Baby whooping cough relief cited by anxious grandmother
Mrs. Sam C. Small of Clayton New Mexico writes that her three month old grandson had whooping cough and Foley's Honey and Tar saved his life. The product is marketed by Mann Drug Co for coughs croup colds and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Small
Clayton, N. M
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Ashes of Jack London Buried at Glen Ellen
The late Jack London died Wednesday night and his ashes were buried on the hillside near his Glen Ellen ranch. A concrete receptacle was prepared as the urn with the ashes was placed there in a ceremony attended by Mrs. Lorton, neighbors, and ranch hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Cal
Jack London
Glen Ellem
London
Youth Killed by Freight Train Near Hickory Ice Plant
Robert Sigman aged 17 was killed near the Hickory ice plant when he swung onto an eastbound Southern freight to hitch a ride. He said Watch me catch that train before the accident occurred. Sigmon fell beneath the wheels and was ground into several pieces. The body was mangled and death followed within about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Robert Sigman
Southern
Sigmon
Woolen goods advance in fall 1917 price fixes
Woolen goods manufacturers set fall 1917 prices with broadcloth quoted at 1.50 a yard, up from December 1915 95 cents. Homespuns sell well for spring and light-weight serges remain in demand. Light-weight worsted for men shows price gains from 2% to 10 cents a yard as the British permit wool shipments from Australia does not affect the local market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Cable
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State Geological and Economic Survey
Belhaven Board of Trade
Wilmington
Paper
Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry
Chase
Ypublic
The
Associated Press
Peking
Creneral Chang Hsun
Man of
Shanglai
Clang Hsun
Anke
Anhwei
Shanghai
Hsuchonfufu
Whiangsu
South China
Tientsin
Hsuchonfu
Hsuchowfu
Tang Shao-yi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chang Yoo-tseng
Szechuen
Nanking
Yang-tse
Tien-tsin
Central
Ment
Paul Rockwell
Glen Ellen
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
Our
Tilford
Liggetts
Ring’s Drug Store
Rexall Store
Bank of Commerce
the Welcome Bank
O. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
V.-Pres
H. A
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
Millis
Arctic Ice & Coal Co
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