Dinner to Whole Village at Icemarlee Picnic
A village mill picnic at Icemarlee featured a grand feast with two thousand rolls, hundreds of chickens and ice cream, a 30-piece brass band, and speeches praising clean work conditions. Mayor and stockholders attended as Chief officers oversaw arrangements, while J. Abernethy urged effort under wholesome conditions. Also reported are drowning deaths of three Coast Artillery National Guard members at Southport Beach during a Sunday fishing. Ardrey died despite life-saving efforts, White missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Icemarlee
South
Icemorlee
D. W. Green
W. 8. Lee
Chas, Leeman
Bob Iceman
Mill Company
Charles Icman
Monroe
Messrs
R. A. Morrow
J. H. Lee
J. M. Belk
T. P. Dillon
Rey
J. EB. Abernethy
C. Earnhart
John Davis
B.T. Brewer
Carl Helms
Southport
Charlotte
Fort Caswell
Ardrey
White
Swain
Bagley
Wilmington
Clute
Raleigh
Ardyey
Oakisland
Brinkman
Foud
Straw Alsobrooks Fleeing After Liquor Raid Near Monrovia
Straw Alsobrooks, labeled the blackest of the flock, left Monro Friday after officers Griffin and Fowler raided a home and found liquor beyond the legal limit. Straw vanished before they arrived, and rumor points him heading south with Lancaster among the suggested routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straw Alsobrooks
Monroo
Straw
Griffin
Fowler
Lancaster
Bethlehem Notes and Local News Highlights
Correspondent Mary Howle visits Stella Richardson in Marvin. Ruth Clawson visits Mrs. T. B. Starnes. Claude Broom building a cottage near Rough Edge. R. C. Moser ill but improving. T. E. D. Starne visiting daughter Mrs. Eugene Secrest at Baker's Crossing. Antityphoid treatment widely used. Woman suffrage debate at J. C. Turner’s home ends in negative. Road work continues after floods. overseers restoring conditions. Tom Ross of Monroe visits. Doster and Moser families plan mountain trip. C. M. Moser to start 12 days of singing school August 21. Frisky lacks money or fame for his profession. New York surface railway strike settled. streetcar workers gain right to organize. A cautionary line on saloons warns of eyes ruined.
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Bethlehem News
Mary Howle
Marvin
Stella Richardson
Ruth Clawson
T. B. Starnes
Claude Broom
R. C. Moser
T. E. D. Starne
Eugene Secrest
Baker's Crossing
J. C. Turner
Tom Ross
Monroe
H. T. Moser
J. B. Doster
Doster
C. M. Moser
Moser
War News From Front Lines in August Dispatches
Reports from Petrograd Paris Berlin and other capitals describe shifting battles across Europe with Russian advances in Galicia and along the Sereth and Zlota Lipa rivers. French forces push toward Maurepas and Hill 109 while German lines near Combles and Peronne face renewed French pressure.
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Glicia
Petrograd
Sereth
Zlota Lipa
Tustobaby
Dniester
France
Berlin
Thiepval-Pozieres
Paris
Combles
Peronne
Fayolle
Maurepas
Maurepaa
Pollus
Hardecourt
Clery
Somme
Marincourt Wood
North Carolina Roads and Bridges Loss Estimated
State geologist Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt pegs storm flood damage at about 1.5 million dollars to roads and bridges across the Catawba Yadkin and French Broad basins. A million dollars stems from bridge losses while sections may require retreatment and new surveys are underway. Residents show strong resolve to move quickly on restoration efforts.
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North Carolina
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Pratt
Cotton Futures Reach Six-Year High on New Orleans Dispatch
A New Orleans dispatch reports cotton futures surged to the highest level in six years amid heavy buying. Traders in New York and Chicago led the purchases with strong outside interest. Interior buyers supported prices at times, while some hedged against a forthcoming crop, guided by fears of adverse weather including Oklahoma drought.
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New Orleans
New York
Chicago
South
Oklahoma
Pleasant Hill Gatherings at Sell Pond Draw Big Crowd
The Pleasant Hill community at Sell Pond near Unionville held an annual celebration last Saturday drawing several hundred attendees. Speeches by R. L. Stevens W. O. Lemmond J. J. Parker and Zeb Green highlighted a day of games and a picnic dinner, with Arthur Williams Brownie Hargett Baxter Harget Frank Griffin and Callie Davis earning prizes.
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Pleasant Hi
Goose Creek
New Salem
Sell's Pond
Sell Fish Pond
Messrs
R. L. Stevens
W. O. Lemmond
J. J. Parker
Zeb Green
Pleasant Hill
Selt Poe
Arthur Williams
Brownie Hargett
Baxter Harget
Frank Griffin
Callie Davis
Chief Marshall
J. A. Sell
W. B. Simpson
Vander Simpson
Henry Austin
Winston Griffin
Sandford Strawn
Curran Griffin
W. M. Sell
Union County
Sell
W. C. Lemmond
LG. Clontz
Bond
Lemmond
John Beasley
Parker
Solon Bragwell
Green
O. I. Rt
Greco
Bate
Unionville
North Carolina Man Dies After Shootout at Georgia Mill
John Lingle of Hudson NC was fatally shot by mill hand John Terry at a saw mill near Julietta Georgia after Lingle ordered Terry to leave the camps and stop selling whiskey. Lingle died three hours later while Terry died instantly. The conflict arose from discipline and enforcement actions at the camp.
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North Carolina
Lenoir News
John Lingle
Hudson
John Terry
Julietta
Terry
Lingle
Mr. Lingier
Fatal duel report between Lingle and Terry described
Fragmentary transcript recalls a confrontation where both men fired pistols during a struggle. Lingle allegedly struck in the upper lip and head region, Terry was shot in the stomach and back, and both men ended the incident with Lingle claiming to have hidden the second weapon.
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Mr. Lingle
Terry
Money made and lost in the Badin development venture
Raleigh News and Observer reports on the American Aluminum Company promoting water power sites along the Yadkin and Uwharie rivers. Prominent figures include Mrs. Smith, Charles J. Bonaparte, and Charles B. Johnson, with land purchases for Smith mill and Swift Island, raising power and prospects for Badin and Stanly Montgomery counties.
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Badin
Uwharie
Yadkin
Narrows
Smith Mill
Smith
Montgomery County
Charles J. Bonaparte
Yadkin River
Wooley
Clark
Water Power Corporation
Bonaparte
Little Island
Charles B. Johnson
Raleigh
Pittsburg
Stanly
Montgomery
Saw Mill Carried Away By Spring Branch
In Lenoir, a complete saw mill owned by Mr. Hardy Gragg was washed away by a flood. Located in the Globe area, the mill sat about three-quarters of a mile up a spring branch from John's River. Rising waters carried the outfit including boiler and engine downstream into the river and beyond, with no trace found to date.
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Lenoir News
Hardy Gragg
Globe
John’s River
Boller
Bakers Back 10 Cent Loaf and Bigger Size
The National Association of Master Bakers in Salt Lake City, Utah, approves a 10 cent loaf and adopts a resolution to double loaf size. The move would raise price from 5 to 10 cents and increase loaf dimensions. A separate quote reflects on gender roles and social norms about domestic chores.
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National Association of Master Bakers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rail strike crisis: Wilson seeks arbitration basis
President Wilson held talks with both railroad managers and four railway brotherhoods amid a looming countrywide strike. He pressed for a workable arbitration basis and scheduled further meetings to avert a nationwide shutdown, with optimism rising that a settlement could be found without a walkout.
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Four Brotherhoods of
Wilsen
United Sites
Washington
Wilson
Wonight
Presigent
Committee of
White House
Mani
Dam at Lake Toxaway Breaks Near Asheville
A clay and stone dam at Lake Toxaway 38 miles from Asheville failed Sunday night after a sudden roar. Built in 1902 for 38000, the earth and stone structure collapsed within minutes likely from spring seepage. The broken barrier released waters through a 16 mile gorge toward the Chauga river, with no towns directly impacted.
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Lake Toxaway
Asheville
North Carolina
North Hich
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Howell
McCoy
New York City
Greater
Gerograd
War Office
Galicia
Pripet
Roumanian
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