Cotton Pickin Time Poem and Local News Notes
A poem about cotton picking opens with vivid rural images from the North Carolina cotton fields and workers. The rest of the clipping lists short local notices: military reports, travel, illnesses, and routine city updates involving residents such as Dr. Clayton, Hugh Hamilton, S. B. Falker, A. L. Burns, W. C. Jones, Mrs. H. C. Sheetz, Miss Ruth Hubbard, Mrs. J. H. Shaw, William London, and others with brief mentions of travel, visits, or duties in Greenville, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hubbard
Reidsville
City
J. H. Shaw
Rochester Bigamy Suspect Hilly Labels Wives Abroad
Rochester police probe Lu cien d'Hilly arrested at Holley on bigamy charges and alleged false Lafayette Emscadrille ties. He admits one Rochester marriage to Helen Shadbolt on June 15 plus a Cortland wife and son. Letters claim English, German, and American spouses seeking claims or influence.
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Awit
Rochester
Lucien d’Hilly
Holley
Lafayette Emscadrille
Aero Club of America
Hilly
Helen Geraldine Shadbolt
Cortland
New York
Tondon
England
St. Louis
Lucien Dudley Hilly
Do Hilly
Pennsylvania
Germany
Hills
Call for Comfort Bags for Soldiers Leaving City
Red Cross seeks forty comfort bags for soldiers departing the city for cantonment Tuesday night. The negro auxiliary will provide bags and asks contributors to notify Red Cross headquarters or Mrs W A Hayes. Those who have not donated are urged to give as demand is heavy. bags will be supplied for filling on request.
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Red Cross
W. A. Hayes
Red Cross children's class to meet at post office basement
The Red Cross children's class making bandages will gather Saturday at 5 oclock in the basement of the post office building. Miss Bessie Sheloff leads the session. Only two more meetings remain before city schools open, so a large turnout is requested for Saturday and the 22nd meeting.
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Red Cross
Bessie Sheloff
Tar Heel Chapter Children of the Confederacy to Meet
The Tar Heel chapter of Children of the Confederacy will meet tomorrow at 10 o clock with Miss Helen Brockett. Attendance of every member is urged.
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Tar Heel
Children of the Confederacy
Helen Brockett
Miss Mendenhall and Miss White Leave for Brightwood School
Miss Mary Mendenhall and Miss Alice White departed today to assume roles at Brightwood school near Greensboro. Mendenhall will serve as principal of the institution.
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Mary Mendenhall
Alice White
Brightwood School
Greensboro
Miss Mendenhall
Mrs Thom Visiting Greensboro Friend
Mrs W F Thom visits Mrs W A Sharpe in Greensboro for a few days. Dr W F Clayton, as reported by local friends, has been attached to the base hospi.
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Mrs. W. F. Thom
Mrs. W A. Sharpe
Greensboro
W. F. Clayton
Hos
Farm Mortgage Bankers Meet in Minneapolis Convention
The Farm Mortgage Bankers association opened its annual convention in Minneapolis. Officers were elected and committee reports approved. Notable speakers included Dr. Marion Leroy Burton of the University of Minnesota Perry Holden of International Harvester EK H Donkey of St. Louis and R C Peters of Omaha.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association
Marion Leroy Burton
University of Minnesota
Perry Holden
International Harvester Company
H. Donkey
St. Loui
R. C. Petera
Omaha
Sweden's Nordic Influence Questioned Over Neutrality Crisis
The Swedish incident shocks Norway with calls to curb Swedish dominance in inter-Scandinavian affairs. Morgenbladet recalls Stockholm talks in 1917 when U boat warfare was not publicly addressed. Norway and Denmark demand Sweden dispel the perception of bias and preserve neutrality amid Lansing disclosures.
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Christiania
Norway
Morgenbladet
Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Lansing
Murder witness on stand in Mooney case trial
San Francisco reports Frank Oxman a material witness against Thomas Mooney for a 1916 bomb murder. Oxman faces charges of attempted subornation of perjury to sway testimony from F B Rigall of Graysville. Mooney appeals death sentence. prosecutor and defense debate Oxman credibility and a possible frame up.
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San Francisco
Frank
Oxman
Thomas 4. Mooney
Oxspan
Mooney
Stte Supreme Court
F. B. Rigall
Graysville
District Attorney’s Office
Young Doctor Loses Legs in Base Hospital Raid
Marlboro Massachusetts September 14 a cablegram reports Aubrey S McLeod of Harvard Base hospital now in France was severely wounded in a raid by German airmen on September 4 and had both legs amputated Doctors say his chances of recovery are good A Pershing report lists four Americans killed in the hospital raid
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Marlboro
Mass
Aubrey S. McLeod
Harvard Base Hospital
France
Joseph McLeod
Patterson
Harvard
McLeods
War Department
General Pershing
Veterans on Hand for Annual Camp in Columbus
Two hundred Union Veteran Legion members gathered for their thirty-second annual encampment in Columbus Ohio. Officers will be elected and Samuel M Evans of Pittsburgh is favored to succeed Jeremiah T Lockwood of White Plains New York as national commander. Postal workers who belong to the Legion received paid leave to attend the encampment, per a Burleson order.
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Columbus
Union Veteran Legion
Zanesville, O
Samuel M. Evans
Pittsburgh
Jeremiah T. Lockwood
White Plains
N. Y
Washington
The
Postal Service
Burleson
Germans Stand Behind the Kaiser in War Unity
Amsterdam dispatch quotes General von Hindenburg replying to Wuerttemberg trade leaders that Germans reject President Wilson and vow unity behind the Kaiser. He says foreign meddling should end and Germany will stay hard as steel to shorten the war and win.
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Amsterdam
Duesseldorfer
Anzeiger
von Hindenburg
Wuerttemberg
Wilson
Kaiser
War Decorations Kept by Americans Law Passes Senate
Senator Henry C Lodge wins Senate passage for a bill allowing Americans to retain medals awarded by allied governments for military service when joining the American army. The law previously barred keeping such decorations and many decorated veterans wished to retain their honors rather than surrender them.
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Lodge
Senate
Washington
Henry C. Lodge
House
Aliens with Seven-Year Lapse Face Draft Exemption
Albany, Sept 14 Aliens who have waited seven years to file final naturalization papers will be exempt from conscription but will lose labor law benefits in New York. Attorney General Merton E Lewis issued the ruling, affecting thousands who have used declarations of intent to gain employment on public works.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Merton E. Lewis
Navy May Use Turpentine in Shops as Price Falls
Washington reports a turpentine price drop from 50 to 45 cents a gallon prompts renewed Navy use in paint shops. Senator Fletcher leads southern and gulf delegation to Secretary Daniels to discuss restoring turpentine usage after mineral oils replaced it years ago.
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NAVY
Washington
Europe
Fletcher
Florida
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Daniels
Glad to Testify Cardui Helped Woman in West Virginia
Mrs S W Gladwell of Watoga West Virginia testifies she suffered headaches backache and bearing down pains at age about 15 and improved after using Cardui. She took three bottles, gained strength married with three children and never needed a doctor for female trouble. She recommends Cardui to others and notes it has been in use over 40 years.
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Watoga
W. Va
S. W. Gladwell
Cardui
Flight Collision In North Island Sparks Student Aviator Incident
San Diego report notes Edward M. Wallsh Jr and Theodore B. Lyman, both California student aviators, collided their planes about 500 feet in the air near North Island. Both men survived the incident.
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San Diego
Cal
Edward M. Wallsh, Jr
Theodore B. Lyman
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Howard Clinton
Lumberton
N.C
Charlotte Observer
Pital
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S.C
Clayton
Hugh Hamilton
Davidson College
S. B. Falker
Dalton, Ga
A. L. Burns
W.C. Jones
H. C. Sheetz
Richmond Ocean View
William London
Winston- Salem
John Pickett
Charlie Shaw
Abe Bones
Busi
Ness
George Pryor
C. M. Vanstory
Charlotte
Miss Brockett
Wallace Reid Lasky
Paramount
the Broadway Today
Frank Oxman
Millinery Department
Loflin’s Millinery and Jewelry Store
Marshal Hindenburg
Cardus
Venetia Smith
High Point
Orange Brothers
Every Express
Allen
Atta HY Fan
Aurray
WAIS
Florence Blair
N. Main Street
S. Main St. School
Jack Taylor
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