Elkin Epworth League lunch aids war effort
The Epworth League hosts a Saturday luncheon to conserve food and support wartime efforts, promoting a jet Kitchen Cabinet. Proceeds benefit the war effort as local residents shop for repairs and supplies. D E Nelson of Ararat announces used gear for sale including a rebuilt Geiser thresher and oil engine. W E White in Mebane seeks pine lumber contracts. Roberts Walker Furniture Co promotes Victor records arriving July 1.
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Roberta Walker Furniture Co
Geiser
Aix H. P
D. E. Nelson
Ararat
N. C
Victor Records
Roberts-Walker Furniture Co
Record of War Savings pledges urged for June 23 28
Winston-Salem reports a State War Savings drive will record every taxpayer pledge during June 23 28. The bulletin urges subscribers to commit to the loan or face government action, noting deserters at home will face scrutiny and penalties as in military service.
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Winston-Salem
War Savings
United States
Langston Recommends Draft to Expand Non-Productive Roles
Major John D. Langston urges the provost marshal general to classify young lawyers and traveling salesmen as non-productive workers under the selective service. He cites legal slowdowns and reduced court terms, arguing deferred young lawyers should work or be placed in Class 1, while sales force cutbacks could ease factory labor shortages. The non-productive category also covers hotel, store, and club staff, ushers, sports attendants, and domestic clerks, with limited excuses for idleness such as sickness, vacation, or compelling domestic hardship.
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John D. Langston
Selective Service
Langston
Hfc
German Spies Threaten Empey Amid War Lectures
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, author of Over the Top, reports threats from German spies after lecturing in Pennsylvania. He received warnings at Scranton and on a sleeper car, vowing to continue patriotic talks for American relief efforts and Liberty loan causes.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Vitagraph
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Italian Queens For Sale In Bee Business Yard
In Mount Airy North Carolina Fred L Johnson offers Italian queen bees bred from fine stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. One queen 1.00 dollars, six for 5.00 dollars, twelve for 9.00 dollars.
Three Soldiers Die as Bridge Collapses near Marietta
Three soldiers killed and 13 injured when an army truck fell through a wooden bridge into the Etowah River in Cherokee county 18 miles northeast of Marietta Georgia. The fallen were from Camp Gordon Atlanta and were escorting draft evaders, with federal agents present.
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Marietta
Etowah River
Cherokee County
Here
Whem
Camp Gordon
Atlan
Ernest Rheinsmith
Sam F. Smith
A. L. Maseuise
Sixteen Steel Ships In First Half of June
Washington reports 16 steel ships delivered to the Shipping Board in the first half of June totaling 39 162 deadweight tons. Five were contract vessels and 11 were requisitioned ships. Shipyards across Atlanta Great Lakes and the Pacific coast built the tonnage. The 10 fastest wartime ships averaged 99 9 10 days to construct, about three months, a dramatic improvement over prewar times.
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Shipping Board
The
Atlanta Coast
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast Yards
407 Ships Salvaged From Sunk Vessels Since 1915
London reports from the admiralty salvage department reveal 407 ships sunk in British waters were recovered from January 1915 to May 1918. Through December 1917, 206 ships were raised, with 147 salvaged by end May 1918 due to better methods. Hazards include poisonous gas from rotting cargoes and ships being torpedoed during salvage work. One vessel was raised fifteen fathoms using compressed air.
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London
Admiralty Salvage Department
Notice of Pardon Application for Chas Jarrell
E C Bivens and J H Folger announce they will apply to Governor T W Bickett of North Carolina for a pardon for Chas Jarrell convicted in April 1918 by the Surry Superior Court and sentenced to 12 months on Rockingham county roads for carrying a concealed weapon. Objections may be filed by June 20, 1918.
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T. W. Bickett
North Carolina
Chas. Jarrell
Surry Superior Court
Rockingham County
E. C. Bivens
J. H. Folger
Jarrell
Forethought saves expense says Caldwell family remedy note
FE W Archer of Caldwell Ohio writes that his family has used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and finds forethought saves expense during travels and visits.
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FE. W. Archer
Caldwell
Ohio
Chamberlain
Timber logging for Mount Airy power plant project
Announcement seeks contractors to log and saw timber for Mount Airy town power plant. Work starts July 15. See John Banner, Chairman, or J W Barber, Superintendent, for details.
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Mount Airy
John Banner
J. W. Barber
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Business Builders
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Cora Gilmer
S. Main Street
Deliv
Mt. Airy
M. E. V. Hines
Roberts-Walker Furnita
Bhart
W. E. White
Mebane, N. C
Empey
France
Camp Wheeler
Fred L. Johnson
Mount Airy, N. C
Washington
Nage
For
Cardui
Mary E. Veste
Madison Heights
Cardal
Casdal
Lam
Big Leaf Tobacco Factory
Planters Warehouse
S. A. Mennis & Co
J. R. Patterson
Surry County Loan
W. W. Burke
A. G. Bowman
W. F. Carter
E. H. Wrenn
F. S. Eldridge
W. A. York
G. D. Fawcett
W. W. Hampton
W. G. Sydnor
J. D. Smith
Geo. D. Fawcett
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Treas
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
More, Md
Richmond
Charlotta, N.C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, 5. C
Aladdin
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