Blacklisted American firms invited to protest meeting
New York reports that all eighty two firms blacklisted by Britain under the trading with the enemy act were invited to attend a protest meeting in the city. Shipping circles discussed testing Britain’s position by shipping goods from the blacklist to a neutral port or agent, while others urged forming a committee to approach the War Department in Washington.
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New York
Great Britain
Washingon
Court actions in Chancery notices and decrees
In Smith chancellor court, testimony ordered published or submitted on pleadings. Cases include Eugene McRee vs Delia McRee. Anna Campbell vs David Campbell. Lether Williams vs Maurice Williams. Decrees pro confesso in Sandy Granger vs Amita Granger and Frank N. Butler cases. Reports of sale in Amelia Laws vs Lovick Vail and Butler vs Bressler. Guardian ad litem motion in Butler vs Anderson. Stella Hunt vs Arbuckle on motion to commit.
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Chancery Court
Smith
Eugene McRee
Delia McRee
Anna Campbell
David Campbell
Lether Williams
Maurice Willams
Sandy Granger
Amita Granger
Amelia Laws
Lovick B. Vail
J. B
Chamber meeting honors German firms no test case urged
Edward Stegeman Jr of Brasch & Rothenstein forwarding agents led a meeting noting firms of German origin or unclear status would not pursue rights now. Invitations went to R Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston and Elliott H Goodwin of Washington. Stegeman warned a test case would just replay the Dacia and Wagner cases.
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Edward Stegeman, Jr
Brasch & Rothenstein
R. Goodwyn Rhett
Charleston
S. C
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Elliott H. Goodwin
Washington
Stegeman
Dacia
Wagner
Two Die and Six Hurt in N and W Collision at BelSpring
Roanoke Va July 21 Two persons were killed and six injured when a work train collided with an eastbound freight at BelSpring on the Norfolk and Western line fifty miles west of Roanoke. Dead are Frank and Commodore Graham of Montgomery Va. Injured include conductor T O Gardener and several Roanoke crewmen. The wreck halted track repair work caused by Sunday flood damage.
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Roanoke
Belspring
Norfolk & Western Railway
Frank Graham
Commodore Graham
Brothers
Montgomery
T. O. Gardener
la Fayette
N. C
W. T. Laucas
Geo. Wheaton
Colored
S. L. Mayo
J. B. Austin
Robert Langhorne
New River
Mayo
Austin
Gardener
Flooded Southeast towns face need for supplies and aid
The report notes damaged roads and people escaping homes needing aid while Asheville has no known cases requiring federal help. Local factories hesitate to reopen without flood protection. Government may dredge and widen the French Broad to increase water flow. the river is geologically navigable but never used by large vessels.
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Asheville
Hans Rees Tannery
National Casket Company
The
Geological Survey
Catawba River Rises Six Feet After Rain
Heavy rains in the mountains pushed the Catawba River up six feet, delaying railroad bridge and power line repairs. Charlotte reports limited forecasts due to telegraph outages as a relief committee forms to aid flood victims. Two unidentified Black men and a third body were recovered from the river at Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lancaster
8. C
Rock Hill
Catawba River
Somme Battles Resume in French Sector Amid Gains
Paris reports renewed Somme fighting in the French sector raising public confidence after a long pause. French forces attacked south of the river and targeted a German underground fortification with ninety trenches and deep shelters, offering stout resistance in the Barfeux Soyecourt areas.
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Paris
Somme
Champagne
Herbeville
Foquescourt-Vermendevillers
Barfeux
Soyecourt
Liquors Found at Three Places by Police
A large quantity of whiskey wine and other liquors were found Friday at the place of B Goldberger on Calhoun and Congress streets. Goldberger was ordered to report to police headquarters to answer a charge of violating the prohibition law. Small quantities of liquor were found at the places of Andrew Crooks St Michael and Water streets and at Tim Goulding's place on Bloodgood and Conception streets. Crooks and Goulding will be arrested.
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B. Goldberger
Calhoun
Congress
Goldberger
Andrew Crooks
St. Michael and
Water Streets
Tim Goulding
Bloodgood
Conception
Crooks
Germanys Face Dual Front Attacks On East And West
London July 21 German forces endure a renewed but unsuccessful counteroffensive on the British front while French and British forces push on the Somme on a five mile front. Simultaneously Russian offensives resume in the Carpathians and Riga sector with fighting near Kovel Vladimir-Volynski. Berlin faces pressure as critics warn of defensive strain and possible retirements to shorten long fronts.
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London
Hardecourt
Somme
Rome
Carpathians
Kovel
Vladimir-Volynski
Riga
Petrograd
Brussiloff
Stokhod
Lipa
Berlin
Germany
Apollo Floated Back in Bay Trade After Shore Incident
The bay steamer Apollo will re enter the Eastern Shore trade within four or five days per Captain Bowen. The vessel was floated Thursday from above One Mile Creek where she ashore in the storm. He said only minor repairs were needed.
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Apollo
Bowen
Negr ess girl shoots self in home crisis in Georgia
Fourteen year old Georgia Parker reportedly shot herself during a personal crisis Thursday night at her mother’s residence on Montgomery Street. Detectives Harris and Newbern report the incident occurred around 7 pm. The event follows broader World War I context notes describing French and German troop actions near Verdun, including delays due to weather and shifting gains on the Thiau mont and Fleury fronts.
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Negress
Georgia Parker
Harris and Newbern
Montgomery Street
Warren
Verdun
Thiaumont
Fleury
Woman A Physical Wreck Milwaukees Lydia E Pinkham Ad
Milwaukee reader Mrs P L Britt credits Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound with relief from bearing down pains after years of doctor visits. She also praises the Sanative Wash and notes lasting wellness. The advertisement touts its forty year track record and offers free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confidentially.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. L. Britt
Booth Street
Hanly Nominated by Prohibition Party in St Paul
Frank Hanly former Indiana governor led the Prohibition party in St Paul as delegates adopted the platform and nominated him for president on the first or second ballot amid demonstrations. William Sulzer and F C Hendrickson sought candidacy with limited success. A platform plank backed initiative referendum and recall.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Frank Hanly
Indiana
Hanly
Tor William Sulzer
New York
Paul
J.frank Hanly
Prohibition Party
National Prohibition Party
Eugene W. Chafin
Arizona
William Sulser
Cumberland
Maryland
Hanly Forces
Norfolk Killing Mystery Stuns City Police Investigate
Norfolk Virginia July 21 Police probe continues after Z B Keister survives a gunshot wound to the head and his wife dies in a house fire described as arson. Investigators found bloodstained cloth and stick in the attic and a carpet soaked with kerosene amid the damaged basement and attic areas.
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Norfolk
Z. B. Keister
Commonwealth
Keister
Advances in Molasses and Blackstrap Rates Authorized
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled increases justified for molasses from New Orleans and other Louisiana and Texas points to northern river destinations and for molasses to Memphis St Louis and Missouri cities. Rates were denied for molasses to west bank Missouri destinations and for blackstrap to Kansas Oklahoma Fort Calhoun Nebraska.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Missouri
Gulf
Memphis
St. Cloud
Minnesota
Missouri River
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fort Calhoun
Nebraska
Sir Sam Hughes Cleared in Graft Probe Findings
Ottawa July 21 The Meredith Duff royal commission finds Sir Sam Hughes minister of militia innocent of responsibility for government fuse contracts with American manufacturers. The commission announced its findings today amid controversy over alleged undue profits.
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Ottawa
Sam Hughes
Meredith-Duff Royal Commission
Germans Suppress Food Riots in Belgium and France
German military authorities have suppressed food riots in Belgium and northern France. Reports from reliable sources name Agence areas including Liege Verviers Roubaix Renaix Saint Nicholas Lokeren Termonde as sites of the disturbances and their containment.
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Belgium
France
Rotterdam
London
Lige
Verviers
Roubaix
Renaix
St. Nicholas
Lokern
Termonde
Eckman Alterative Promoted For Tuberculosis Aid
An old article advocates fresh air and pure food as first help for tuberculosis and suggests Eckman Alterative as extra support. It claims the remedy aids recovery in many sufferers and has also helped asthma and bronchial issues. It emphasizes no opiates or habit forming drugs and notes sale by R. L. Braswell and leading drug stores with Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
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Eckman
R. L. Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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