Furniture Buyers Flood City Market as Industry Grows
The city, long a furniture manufacturing center, attracts buyers from Alabama and beyond. Exposition halls showcase stock numbers and wholesale prices, with some orders needing up to 10 cars. Local plants in High Point offer varied, low-cost furniture, drawing increasing trade and plans for daily buyer arrivals.
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Furniture Manufacturing Center
Alabama
Missouri
New England
High Point
Effort to run the cars ends in disaster in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga on September 18 the street car strike escalated with non union crews facing daily bombardment by strike sympathizers. About 40 men attacked a car at Sheehee's switch injuring the crew. Motorman Adams fled into the woods after a shattered shoulder and a guard with two broken fingers. Service on that line was abandoned.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Golf and Country Club
Chickamauga
Sheehee's Switch
Adams
Two Negroes Killed After Sunday Joy Ride
In Charlotte a Sunday joy ride ended in tragedy as two black men died after an auto clash with a streetcar. The accident occurred as a group of five or more men returning from South Carolina fought inside the vehicle. One man died on the scene and another later at the colored hospital.
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Charlotte
Rebecch Potts
Cornelius
Tredell County
Sultan Receives Bernstorff for Credentials in Constantinople
Berlin envoy Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, was received by the sultan in Constantinople and presented his credentials as ambassador to Turkey.
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London
Ceoun von Bernstorff
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
Red Cross Begins Visits to Tuberculosis Hospitals
Major Gray son M P Murphy head of the Red Cross commission to France reports the American Red Cross has begun systematic visits to municipal tuberculosis hospitals in Paris. Visitors bring games stationery postage jelly crayons and books to comfort patients as Paris speaks of expanding six pavilion facilities with 464 beds not yet full. The aim is to improve care and extend patient stays to avoid costly new hospitals.
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Grayson M.P. Murphy
Red Cross Commission
France
Red Cross War Council
Paris
American
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Wich
State Health Board Unveils Four New Health Exhibits
Four new health exhibits completed by the state board of health will travel to fairs across the state next week. Each eight model exhibit covers a disease or health topic with malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and baby care as subjects. Four demonstrators will accompany the displays, with portable exhibit material sent to community fairs at no cost besides shipping and rare loss.
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State Board of Health
Sylva
Hickory
M'lemore Pushes States to Train Their Own Negro Soldiers
A House resolution by Rep Melchore of Texas calls for each state to train its own Black soldiers in segregated camps. He argues that sending Northern trained Negroes to the South endangers local peace and happiness and should be abandoned.
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M’lemore
Washington
Melchore
Texas
Two Asheville Boys Badly Hurt In Motorcycle Crash
Clarence and Harold Bell, brothers of Asheville, were badly injured when their motorcycle collided with a car driven by Dr. Frank Smith on Woodrow avenue and Broadway. Both boys were hospitalized after the crash. Mrs. Mary Klump, aged 70, of Allentown, Pa., is thought to be the oldest woman druggist in the world.
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Asheville
Clarence
Harold Bell
Grove Street
Frank Smith
Mary Klump
Allentown
Indictment Returned in Virginia Murder Case
Robert Monger, a wealthy Rockingham County farmer, is indicted on two counts for the murder of neighbor Milton Hensley and felonious assault on Claude Hensley. Jesse Monger, his son, indicted for aiding and abetting. Both plead not guilty. trial set for October 5. Robert held without bail. Jesse freed on $1,000 bond.
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Harrisonburg
Robert Monger
Rockingham County
Milton Hensley
Claude Hensley
Jesse Monger
Jesse
Murder change against C E Scherer dismissed
Wilmington records show Charles KE Scherer retired merchant charged with murdering Neil Walter near Belle Vue cemetery April night. Recorder George Harris dismissed the charge after arraignment when Solicitor Burton failed to show probable cause. defense witnesses testified Scherer was with his wife at a carnival the murder night.
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Wilmington
Charles KE. Scherer
Neil Walter
Bellevue Cemetery
George Harris
Burton
Nederer
Play for Red Cross Benefit in Albemarle
Local talent will perform a play titled America First at the graded school auditorium on Wednesday evening. The event supports the Red Cross chapter as a charitable benefit with proceeds aiding relief efforts.
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Red Cross
Albemarle
Redroas
Fire at Putiloff works in Rome disrupts factory area
A Petrograd dispatch reports a great fire breaking out in the military factories at the Putiloff works in Rome. The incident is noted in a message via the British Admiralty wireless press from London.
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Rome
British Admiralty
London
Petrograd
Putiloff Works
Mies Charlotte Vincent Named Assistant Bacteriologist
Mies Charlotte Vincent has been appointed assistant bacteriologist of the health department of the city of Baltimore.
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Mies Charlotte Vincent
Baltiamore
Japanese and Chinese Women Aid Hawaii Food Conservation
Japanese and Chinese women in Hawaii have organized to support the territory’s food conservation movement, contributing to community efforts and resource preservation during a period of rationing and collective action.
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Hawaii
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