Durham mayor successor likely among Newsome and Henry
Durham on Oct 17 contends over who will succeed the late Mayor Benjamin Skinner. M. E. Newsome and William P. Henry, mayor pro tem, are pushed by friends as candidates with Newsome seen as the front runner. Aldermen may choose next Monday night, with Newsome favored by locals and believed to win if voted by the people.
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Durham
Benjamin 8S Skinner
Aldermen
M. E. Newsome
William P. Henry
Henry
Aldermen Board
Newsome
Sailor Dies After Patrol Boat Explosion in Long Island Sound
New York Oct 17 body of a sailor killed in an explosion aboard a United States patrol boat cruising Long Island Sound was taken to an undertaking establishment at Babylon. Another sailor was severely burned and taken to a Babylon hospital. No information was available at the New York navy yard.
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New York
United States
Long Island Sound
Babylon
New York Navy Yard
Paris
France
Ghent
Great Britain
Czar
Russia
Lord Castlereagh
England
Polk
Nicholas P. Trist
Scott
Mexico
Trist
Santa Anna
Howard Drew Enters Drake University as Varsity Football Player
Howard Drew, the renowned Black sprinter, has enrolled at Drake University and joined the varsity football eleven, expanding his athletic pursuits beyond track.
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Howard Drew
Drake University
Women Food Conservation Campaign Aims Continentwide
New York announces a food conservation effort led by Chairman Williams with 10 000 women workers. A window card will urge households to pledge careful food use as canvassing begins in all 68 assembly districts and each election district.
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New York
Williams
Assembly
How Past Wars Have Been Ended
A historical survey notes how wars ended through direct negotiations, mediators, and battlefield conclusions. It covers cases from the American colonial conflict to the Boer War, detailing mediators like the czar and Napoleon III, and key turning points such as the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty and the Versailles accords.
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United States
Confederacy
Spain
M. Cambon
Washington
Italy
France
Austria
Iss
Napoleon HT
Francis Joseph
Victor Emmanuel
Prussia
Denmark
England
War Ministry
Berlin
Vienna
Nonageratz
Napoleon III
Bismarck
Thiers
Versailles
Frankfort
Transvaal
Middleburg
Lord Kitchener
Our Modern Method Restores Shoes With Electric Speed
Our modern system repairs shoes far beyond old cobbling. We offer more than repairs, making shoes look and wear like new while preserving the familiar comfort. Send your oldest pair as a test. work called for and delivered.
Cotton Pickers Ride to Fields in Automobiles
Kinston reports a labor pattern as cotton pickers travel by car to fields. Overseers pick up men, women and children in South Kinston, with relaxed start times and car transit offered if workers quit early. A portable coffee setup and decorated cars reflect the unusual arrangement amid a tobacco labor shortage.
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Kinston
South Kinston
Baptist Ladies Cancel Dahlia Show for Red Cross Term
The Ladies' Aid society of the First Baptist church announce they will not hold the Dah lia show this year due to stress of the times and Red Cross work. They plan a Bazaar between Thanksgiving and Christmas inviting all to attend.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
First Baptist Church
Red Cross
What is Happening Behind the Front
Berlin reports a city in disorder with chaos in railway forwarding offices. Parcels are lost or stolen amid claims of theft by cabdrivers and drivers. Public buying of second hand government clothes requires six weeks of registration and a permit. A judge links sausage to official documents in court. A case involves a postal clerk accused of theft of liver sausage from a parcel.
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Berlin
Amdinst
Skommandanenst Distrist
Berlin Tageblatt
Early Dreams Winner at the Atlanta Races
In Atlanta at Lakewood track on October 17, Early Dreams driven by Cox won the Atlanta cup after five heats among top Grand Circuit horses. A. McDonald’s bay gelding, Princeton, led early but finished second to Early Dreams in three heats, with Cox’s horse fourth in the final. Mary Rosalind Parr won the 2:00 pace in three heats, Measles took the 2:18 trot, and Donna Lola won the Matron stakes for three-year-olds.
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Atlanta
Lakewood Track
A. McDonald
Mary Rosalind Parr
Donna Lola
Germany to declare US coast war zone
A Berlin dispatch reported Germany is expected soon to declare the coasts of the United States Canada and Cuba as war zones. The undated message was received by the Admiralty via Wireless Press.
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Germany
Coast OF America
London
Berlin
Admiralty
Wireless Press
United States
Canada
Cuba
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Tanenhaus Bros
Liberal Credit
Ike
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Actio
Mann Drug Co
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High Point, N.C
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