International sport and war news from 1918 era
Plans for American indoor games invite Sweden to send a team while relief and naval cost debates dominate headlines. A blizzard hampered rescue of 200 wounded aboard the Northern Pacific but no lives were lost. Wartime diplomacy, Venezuelan politics, and European postwar upheavals fill the column with notices of bombings, elections, and military movements across France, Germany, Poland, and Russia.
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America
Swedish Athletic Association
Northern Pacific
Fire Island
Rodman
North Sea
McGinty
Southern Forestry Association
Jacksonville
Fla
Graves
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Michigan
Europe
Atlantic
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New York
Federal Railroad and Food Administration
trans-Atlantic
Philadelphia
Boston
Annie Ward Tiffany
Syracuse
N.Y
Farm Loan Board
Congress
Florida
Robert von Moschzisker
State Supreme Court
Frank L. Gorman
Municipal Court
P. A
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Ford
Truman N. Newberry
Ford
Senate
Herald's Review Of North Carolina Capitols Important Events
Herald's Review compiles a record of major events at the North Carolina State Capitol and across the state. It highlights key legislative actions, political developments, and notable occurrences shaping public affairs for readers.
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Herald’s Review of
North Carolina
Capitol
Herald
Raleigh News Briefs on Food Control and State Officials
North Carolina merchants face food administration penalties for overcharging and profiteering as the agency prepares to revoke licenses and blacklist firms. State banking changes include resignations and appointments, with Hubbard moving to a cashier post and Nichols succeeding him. Education leaders shift as Dr. Brooks becomes state superintendent, replacing Dr. Joyner. Farm survey plans launch in western counties under J M Johnson, focusing on Mecklenburg and Cabarrus. Contagion fears ease with influenza, but officials warn sessions in Raleigh could threaten public health amid the epidemic.
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S.A Mubhart State Bank
John G. Nichols
State Bank
Hubbard
Hubbard Nan
Battery Park Tank
Asheville
Heta
North Carol
J. M. Jobmson
State Experiment Station
Carolina
Mecklenburg
Catawba
University of North Carolina Plan on Wilsen Presidency Denied
A report claimed UNC directors planned to offer President Wodrow Wilsen a $20,000 salary, but university secretary RK W D Connor denied any official move. The note noted possible private suggestions but nothing official. The piece also covers peanut growers in parts of North and South Carolina, price concerns for peanuts and cottonseed, and a mysterious Jonas Ridge light sighting investigated by officials.
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U.N. C
Wilson
Keleighe-Moch
University of North Carolina
Wodrow Wilsen
RK. W. D. Connor
Shipyard to resume large scale work in Wilmington
Wilmington Wooden Shipbuilding Company, led by Captain George W. McKown, announces the Shipping Board permits resuming a major program to build schooners and seagoing barges. Hundreds more workers to be hired as the yard produced a record fastest Southern schooner in five months. Sergeant Charles Lewis of Winston-Salem, home from France, returns with France’s decorations after service in the Marines at the Marne, Chateau Thierry and Verdun. He was severely wounded and had gone to France in June 1917 with General Pershing.
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Wilington
George W. McKown
Wilmington Wooden Shipbuilding Company
Shipping Board
Rhiping Board
Montha
Winston Bay
Winston-Salem
Charles , Lewis
France
Unk States
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Verdun
Pershing
Buy Car Load of Holsteins for Damocrat Cheese Factory
A letter from N Buckner of Asheville trade board asks extension service to arrange a carload of Holstein cattle for use with the Damocrat cheese factory near Weaver. About 190 head have been sent to Transylvania county farms since last July exhibit on Pack Square Asheville. Opposition faded as dairy cows gain support with cheese factory plans. Bids for 135000 dollar school bonds to aid Charlotte Public Schools for a new high school building, opening January 17 at 8 am. North Carolina Suffrage Association to meet January 10 in Raleigh with William Jennings Bryan to speak to suffragists in the evening. Durham county commissioners to consider a 14000 dollar anti malaria campaign based on Lieut. Woodfall’s survey.
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Paris Petit Journal
Paul Durasta
Switzerland
Philippe Berthelot
Foreign Office
Perm
Ural Mountains
Gaida
Semenoff
Chita
Siberian
Russia
Verkhini Udinsk
Lake Baikal
Berlin
Copenhagen
Germany
Geneva
German Christian People’s Party
Ministry of Religion and Education
Adolf Hoffman
Ste Te
George
Mary
Wilson
Prince of Wales
United States
Stornoway
Scotian
Stornoway Harbor
A. Arey
Anheville
Charlotte
Eriennal
Charlotte Public
McNinch
Charlotte School Board
Bryan
Raleigh
North Carolina Suffrage Association
Raleigh Woman's Club
William Jennings Bryan
Mra
John 8. Cunningham
General Assembly
Assembly
Durham
Durham County
Nurvey
Lieut
Woodfall
United States Public Health Service Reserve
Plana
Ang Ity Board of Health
Bolshevik Peril in Europe Sparks War Declared Outlook
A cautious outlook emerges as Bolshevik forces threaten further upheaval in Europe with implications of an imminent declaration of war on the world. Political leaders weigh responses while military movements intensify.
Desperate Fights with Bolsheviks Reported by American Troops
American forces engage in multiple clashes with Bolsheviks amid a hard battlefront. U.S. troops repel assaults and push through disrupted lines as authorities report heavy fighting and patrols in key sectors.
Battle near Kadish in snowbound front amid Bolshevik advance
American forces on the Dwina front faced Bolshevik attacks in Kadish amid two to four foot snow. Troops reclaimed Kadish after a fierce push with artillery support. American wounded received careful care and an officer’s body was returned for burial. The fight involved infantry and trench mortar units and highlighted the broader clash as Bolshevik forces threaten European territory.
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Kadish
Bolshevists
Onega
Petrograd
Archangel
Wilson stresses working class guarantees in peace talks
Milan reports President Wilson to the working classes as stating that global peace must be built with guarantees for justice and the future of the peace. He said the social structure rests on the great working classes and that the peace must reflect their sentiments, voiced during a municipal reception speech.
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Milan
Wilson
Roosevelt laid to rest quietly at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay N Y Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sixth teen th president died at his home and was buried in Youngs Memorial cemetery without pomp or flowers. Funeral service held at Christ Episcopal church with prayers and simple rite. no music or eulogy per Mrs Roosevelt's wishes, pastor Rev George E Talmage presiding.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
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Young
Long Island Sound
Roosevelt
America
Christ Episcopal Church
Spread of Bolshevism In New York Alarming
Department of justice agents in New York have been assigned to thwart Bolshevik activities. The movement is described as alarming with more than 50,000 people said to be active or passive followers in the city.
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New York
Department of Justice
Appropriations Committee Approves Wilson Relief Request
Washington. The house appropriations committee approved President Wilson s request for 100 000 000 for relief work in Europe outside Germany in a vote described as very close. The opposition crossed party lines with Democrats and Republicans voicing disapproval. The vote was reported as 7 to 6 but no official announcement was made.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Wilson
Congress
Europe
Germany
Transports Arrive With Soldiers From France at Newport News
Army transport Pas Tores lands at Newport News with 1,236 sick or wounded soldiers including 136 marines. Most are sent to Camp Butler debarkation hospital for a brief rest before distribution across the country. they come from nearly every state and many wartime organizations.
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Newport News
Pastores
France
Camp Btuart
Revised statistics show increase of deaths in 1918 cities
Washington reports influenza epidemic caused 111,688 deaths in 46 largest cities last year. The combined death rate reached 19.6 per thousand in these cities. Baltimore led at 26.8, Nashville at 26.4, while St Paul 18.9 and Minneapolis and Grand Rapids at 14.0 each were among the lowest.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Baltimore
Nashville
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
Protestants Received by President in Church
After visiting the Vatican President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson went from the American embassy to the American Protestant Episcopal church. Attending were ambassador Thomas Nelson Page Brigadier General Wm. W. Harts Count Bruschi Falgari and Countess Bruschi Falgari, with church representatives from evangelical Italian churches.
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Vatican
Wilson
Thomas Nelson Page
Wm. W. Harts
Count Bruschi-Falgari
Victor Emmanuel
Bruschi-Falgari
Helena
Italy
Dexter G. Whittinghill
American Baptist Mission
Walter Lowerle
St. Paul's American
Francis B. Keene
Cons
Waldensian Church
English Aptist Missions
Roosevelt Will Not Be Candidate for President 1920
In Washington it is understood Col. Theodore Roosevelt will announce he will not seek the presidency in 1920 due to poor health. If he withdraws, Senators Lodge Knox Watson Harding and Sherman are seen as potential entrants, a factor behind recent Senate attacks on the president.
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Col
Theodore Rosevelt
Roosevelt
Lodee
Knox
Watson
Harding
Sherman
Senate
Mexican Refugees Send Delegates to Conference
In El Paso six hundred refugees from diverse political factions formed an organization and voted to send delegates to Parin for the peace congress to seek permanent peace in Mexico and repatriation of political exiles in the United States and Europe. Delegations will also be sent to President Carranza Francisco Villa and other leaders to advance the movement.
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el Paso
Parin
Mexico
United States
Europe
Carranaa
Francisco Villa
Maxwell Blake of Tangier 18 Summoned by President
Tangier reports Maxwell Blake, American representative at Tangier, renowned for deep Moroccan affairs knowledge and aloof stance from local intrigues, has been summoned by President Wilson to Paris to be consulted on the quest, with congratulations for seeking Moroccan justice.
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Maxwell Blake
Wilson
Paris
W Questain
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