Monroe Merchants urged to advertise to save home trade
The Monroe Journal urges local merchants to advertise in both town papers to keep shoppers at home. It laments the cut to Monroe business from mail orders and Charlotte trade, calls for a Chamber of Commerce survey, and stresses united effort by banks, bottling works, and all shops to boost home commerce.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Marshville
Charlotte
North Carolina
Union County
Wooden ships planned to curb German submarine threat
The United States plans a large scale wooden ship program to defeat the German submarine campaign. The plan envisions three 2000 ton ships daily, produced with the full support of the Shipping Board and over a hundred private plants, with production reaching full swing by fall and averaging three ships a day in the first year.
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United States
Shipping Board
Pantry Found Boy After Short Missing Span
A quick search recovered a small boy after he was misplaced for a few minutes. Authorities reported the incident without further complications.
Sketches by John Beasley on wartime draft and food duty
The column mocks wartime draft policies urging food producers to stay home while cotton farmers face compulsory service. It jokes about a selective draft led by Col Will Hudson requiring age limits, age and health quirks, and a dislike for pickles and beer, highlighting tensions over civilian mobilization.
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Will Hudson
Uncle Ian
Col Kirkpatrick urges war backing democracy in speech
A Charlotte mayoral figure sent a telegram urging support for the Allies in World War I. The message argues the conflict is about preserving democracy against Teutonic autocracy, framing Wilson's stance as backing allies to defend government by the people.
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America
Germany
Wilson
Kaiser
Napoleon
The Car Starts Up in A Glass Night Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem from Aberdeen narrator Clyde Davis portrays a cold car in dawn. The speaker describes cranking the engine and fueling with vivid mechanical imagery. The piece ends with a bleak line on Christian faith and a stray remark about a cheerful chap.
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Clyde Davis
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