Dr Smith Gives First $5 Toward New Church
Baltimore evangelist Rev. L B Smith donated the first five dollars toward the North Main Street Methodist Protestant church’s new building, a $30,000 project with about half funding already in place. He preached a 30 minute sermon on the Second Coming of Christ, urging preparedness and watchfulness as the church continues services through the week. Dr Owen Smith Jr, formerly of Asheville, has moved to High Point and furnished a suite at Ring drug store.
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North Main Street Methodist Protestant
L. B. Smith
Baltimore
Dr. Smith
A. G. Dixon
George T. Penny
Dixon
North Main Street
High Point
Aml Christ
Owen-Smith, Jr
Owen-Smith
Asheville
Fourteen Cases Cleared In Busy Municipal Court Morning
The morning docket held fourteen cases with nine defendants found guilty and $64.37 turned to city coffers, a record break. Bob Wade faced a likely strong liquor charge, a case continued for preparation. Several others were continued or fined for simple assaults, drunkenness, or auto violations, with one acquittal.
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Bob Wade
Asheboro
Bob
Peacock
Busy Bee
John Davis
M. R. Kirk
Arthur Duberry
George W. Warring
Elmer Jones
J. A. Ridge
M. W. Axiom
L. B. Williams
Juluus Smith
Lola Gochureh
S10
Bud Proctor
Glenn McFarland
James Johnson
Germany to Protect Poor Class of People in Winter
Essen reports Secretary Stegerwald of Baron Batocki’s food bureau announcing new relief measures for poorly paid workers. A sliding income based food price scale or state compensation for certain articles will ease winter unrest. potatoes, autumn produce will be supplied at reasonable prices, meat prices to drop, and extra meat allowances planned for hard labor. The Kirchlicher Anzeiger quotes an Archbishop of Cologne urging church funds to back a war loan and mobilize clergy support for victory.
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Essen
Germany
Stegerwald
Baron Batocki
Kirchlicher Anzeiger
Cologne
Two Americans Given the Croix de Guerre
Word from the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance corps shows William P. Clyde Jr. of New York and Caleb James Coatsworth of Buffalo have been awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government for their work at Verdun during the past month. Clyde is a Yale 1901 graduate and Coatsworth joined the corps about a year ago.
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London
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps
Western Front
William P. Clyde, Jr
Caleb James Coatsworth
Blown Thirty Feet by Bomb and Still Lives
London report describes Captain H. C. Kinred diving onto a bomb in French trenches to smother it and spare seven sloping soldiers. He was blown at a 30 degree angle to the top and out of the trench, yet survived thanks to a steel waistcoat. The seven others escaped with minor injuries. Photographs show tatters of his tunic.
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London
H. C. Kinred
Massive Yadkin Dam Nears Completion At Narrows
Albemarle NC Sept 11 The Yadkin Narrows dam, a 170 foot high reinforced concrete project, nears finish with about 1,500 workers including 400 state convicts. When ready it will generate 75 000 horsepower for Aluminum Company of America and create a vast lake spanning Stanly county with new housing for workers.
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Albemarle
Yadkin
Narrows
Women Drive Vienna Street Cars as WarTransforms Service
In Vienna by September 11 more than 5,000 women work in the municipal street car system. Of 12,000 men prewar staff, about 10,100 have left for other duties, leaving women to conduct and soon possibly drive motorized cars. The service runs nearly around the clock hauling passengers coal and goods with steep grades hindering driver assignment.
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Vienna
Ministry of Railways
Brussiloff Predicts End of War by Next August
General Brussiloff, in an interview with the Daily Chronicle correspondent on the Russian front, predicts the war may end by August 1917. He cites Austro-Hungarian strain under attack and notes Romanian intervention as a pivotal event. He adds he is no prophet, but August could mark the end of the war effort.
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London
Brussiloff
Daily
Chronele
Romania
Suffrage Group Ends Session Endorses Nonpartisan Stand
The National American Woman Suffrage Association concluded its final business session in Atlantic City on September 11 with a declaration of principles condemning partisan ties. It notes the key result of recent work is that all political parties include woman suffrage in their platforms and every presidential candidate supports the issue.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National American Woman Suffrage Association
No Carousing at Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg officials curb parties on the battlefield with licensed guides instructed by the battlefield commission to prevent booze groups from carousing on the site. The move follows several disruptive parties on the field.
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Gettysburg
Battlefield Commission
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Montgomery Hills
Aluminum Company of America
Mamonth
Bion H. Butler
Pittsburgh
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Europe
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Old Whitney
New York
Jacksonville
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Petersburg
Washington
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Mr. Edison
Edison
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Voigge
Dan W. Smite
Centennial Avenue
Terminal Station
Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
N. B
Aberdeen
Star
Charlotte
Burkhead
N. C
E. D. Kyle
H. S. Leard
Mgr
Norfoli
Arctic Ice &CoalCo
Arcuie
Mre
The
Bank of Commerce
C. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
H. A. Millis
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock, JR
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