Fragmented excerpts reflect wartime sentiment and civic notes
A collection of disjointed items mentions publicity, weather, Austrian and German war figures, postal costs for papers, Main Street work plans, and a new book by Ambassador Deard detailing experiences in Korea. The tone blends editorial commentary with local civic notes and international frictions.
Centennial Avenue paving delays prompt city action
Residents demand the Central Engineering company finish Centennial Avenue paving or face removal. The piece accuses the firm of delay, questions weather impacts, and urges a fixed deadline if progress fails. A separate dialogue fragment follows, portraying a confrontation and a plea for restraint.
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Centennial Avenue
Central Engineering Company
Colonel Osborne as Revenue Commissioner May Resign
The report claims Colonel W Hi Osborne has offered his resignation from the Internal Revenue Service in the Wilson cabinet. He is praised for exposing frauds, collecting back taxes, and uncovering new revenue sources. If he returns to Greensboro, the city gains a progressive citizen while the government loses an indispensable official.
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W. Hi. Osborne
Wilson
Colonel Osborne
Osborne
Greensboro
Thrift Gardens Prayer for Peace and Protection
A lyrical exhortation to guard sacred earth and gardens for soldiers and peace. The poem appeals to Lizzie Woodworth Reese and God to restore beauty, abundance, and safety for towns, graves, and virtuous people, imagining heavenly guardians over cultivated lands.
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Lizzie Woodworth Reese
Father Mother and Son Under Fire in Regiment
A letter from Ver nere landowner reveals a staff captain's note about a woman and a 16 year old boy found among unmounted chasseurs. The pair, wife and son of a chasseur, served in trenches with the battalion for five months before discovery, a secret kept by all but the narrator.
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Paris
Vernere
Patalion
Carrie Tubb Sings Battle Hymn of the Republic in London
An American surprise delighted the audience at London's popular concert opener. Carrie Tubb, a leading English prima donna, delivered the Battle Hymn of the Republic with dramatic force, drawing breathless silence and enthusiastic applause after an encore request.
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London
Carrie Tubb
Salvation Army
Story Illustration by Edwin Colling Frost on Germany
Anoski material presents a grim tale where Mr Jones returns home to find his daughter dead and a frightened assailant fleeing. In a tense confrontation the father overpowers the aggressor, pinning him with his hands at the throat as the ruffian gasps for mercy.
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Edwin Colling Frost
Germany
Mr. Jones
Labor shortage hits Southern Railway crews from Spencer to Danville
Shortage of workers noted along the Spencer to Danville stretch with Southern Railway reporting 75 missing section crew members. An informant describes trains operated by a foreman and a single line worker trying to keep main tracks in good order amid the crisis.
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Spencer
Southern Railway Company
Danville
Thumb Nail History of the Great War
Eugene P. Lyle Jr. presents a provocative wartime summary attributing salvation of the world to Belgium France Britain and America while condemning Germany for moral rot. The piece frames Allied nations as saviors and criticizes Germany's national soul.
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Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
Belgium
France
Ieat
Britain
America
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