War Talks by Uncle Dan and the Mexican border training
Uncle Dan discusses military training with Billie and Jimmie Colman, highlighting a North Carolina youth photographed before and after five months of training. He argues six to eight months of intensive training boosts capacity and job prospects, urging support for the Chamberlain Military Training Bill to extend the program nationwide.
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Bille
Jimmie Col- Man
Mr. Collins
Uncle Dan
Billie
Tinnie
Baseball Nine
Uncle da
Jimmie
Galesburg
Haskett
Uncle Pan
North Carolina
Cade Dan
Traihing
The
Colors
Uncle Sam
Uncle Dun
Congress
Professor Slocum
Halifax Items Highlight Local Visits and Red Cross Meeting
Miss Sallie Barkley returns from Crowell RL visits to Rose Mary Smithfield and Ayden. Mrs Coppege and Misses Venner resume Raleigh duties. Sheriff House and J J Wade visit. Red Cross chapter elects officers at Hotel parlor with 115 members.
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Sallie Barkley
Crowell
Applewhite
Rosemary
Smithfield
Ayden
Phoenix and
Shaw
Coppege
Chas, Froelich
U.S.N
Louis Froelich
Lora
Annie Venner
Raleigh
Nannie Gary
George Field
West Point
Jos
G. Butts
Sheriff House
R. L. Hale
Hertford
N. C
Dallas
Texas
N. L. Steadman
Emporia
Willis Wilcox
Jack Jones
Tillery
N. L. Stedman
Sam Richards
Halifax
American Red Cross Society
Sterling Gary
R. L. Applewhite
the Red Cross
In Memoriam Mr. R. M. Brown
A community mourning obituary notes Richard Moseley Brown died January 8 1918 at age forty four from pneumonia. He was born February 28 1874 son of Susan Elizabeth Moseley and Richard W. Brown. He returned to Roanoke Rapids after working as Chief of Construction for Consolidated Railways in Hampton Virginia and married Effie D. Trueblood December 28 1904. Survived by wife five children and father. Burial was January 4 1915 with funeral by Rev. Lewis N. Taylor.
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Richard Moseley Brown
Here
Strong
Mr. Brown
Susan Elizabeth Moseley
Richard W. Brown
Roanoke Rapids
Consolidated Railways Company
Hampton
Virginia
Effie D. Trueblood
Sam Trueblood
W. D. Tillery
J. R. Baird
M. Taylor
L. F. Rook
G. T. Simmons
W. 8. Saunders
Dr. T. W. M. Long
E. H. Ricks
T. M. Jenkins
G. L. Hayes
C. A. Wyche
3. J. Bounds
Job Taylor
R. T. Daniel
W. W. Wiggons
Lewis N. Taylor
Do Not Meddle With Your Ears
The passage warns laymen against manipulating the ear despite plausible but ill informed remedies. It stresses the ear as a sensitive organ prone to injury from improper handling and advocates judicious treatment by professionals rather than informal advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samantha
Editor Beware Pleasing All Readers Warned In Quote
A Colier's Weekly quip notes editors who please everyone will vanish behind a glass plate coffin image, implying editors cannot satisfy all readers. The remark cites the Thomneville Times and mentions postman visits as unconnected factors in timing.
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Rine 5
Thomneville
Ge.) Times
Collier's Weekly
Hart announces Virginia Olive to William Roy Shelton
Mrs Charlena Hart announces the marriage of her daughter Virginia Olive to Lieutenant William Roy Shelton of the Three hundred twenty fourth Infantry on Tuesday January 15 1918 in Rosemary North Carolina.
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Charlena Hart
Virginia Olive
William Roy Shelton
Three Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Rosemary
North Carolina
Red Cross Notes Roanoke Rapids Knits In Aid Event
The Roanoke Rapids Red Cross chapter shipped fourteen sweaters eight mufflers two pairs of socks and two wrist bands. An entertainment at the Peoples Theatre on Friday January 25 raises all proceeds for the Red Cross and the play promises a scream from start to finish.
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Roanoke Rapids
Peoples Theatre
The
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mmie Collins
E. L. Travis
J.J. Wade
Lillian Harrell
Scotland Neck
Sater
Edwin Stevenson
U.S. N
IN Memoriam
MR. R. M. Brown
Red
W. F. Horner
Tucker Hat
N.C
W. Northington
Peoples Store Company Incorporated
Peoples Store Company
W. C. Thompson
Herald Pub. Company
Rosemary Banking and Trust Company
Safety and Service
Roanoke Pharmacy Company
J. H. Harrison, Jr
Rose’s
Baltimore
Coburn
F. M. Coburn
Sengbusch
National Bank
Federal Reserve
First National Bank of
Halifax County
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