Tuberculosis sermon urges air, exercise and school reform
Rev L M White preached on tuberculosis on Tuberculosis Day at First Baptist Monroe urging better air in schools and more exercise for men. He cited Red Cross seals and alarming US death figures while warning several local homes showed dangerous filth. urged annual medical exams and rapid action at first symptoms.
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L. M. White
First Baptist Church
Gurney
Presbyterian Church
J. E. Abernethy
Mr. White
Bela
United States
American Red Cross
Monroe
White
Monroe High School
Waxhaw High School
Ason
Waxhaw
Captain Hinson
Monroe Bears Wingate On Fast Team In Local Game
Monroe high school, with 7 of 32 points from a 7Y scorer, relied on speed and teamwork in a close contest against Waxhaw. Notable play included Goodwin Crowell and Ernest Vestel for Waxhaw, Vestel scoring all of his team’s points while hailed as one of the state’s fastest high school forwards. Local high schools form a sports association to boost boys and girls athletics. Monroe slated to host Wingate next Friday with a lineup featuring Hingon Crowell Ayers Austin Stewart for Monroe and Vestel Ves tel McCain Sims Helms for Waxhaw.
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Monroe
Goodwin and Crowell
Por Waxhaw
Ernest Vestel
Monroe High School
Wingate School
Hingon
R. F
Crowell
Goodwin
Ayers
1. G
Austin and Stewart
R. G. Waxhaw
A. Vestel
BE. Vestel
McCain
Sims
Helms
Ballots for Both Slogan Spurs Union County Equal Sufrage League
A local equal suffrage league forms after a Gertrude Watkins lecture. Mrs A M Secrest chairs with officers including Mrs Eugene Ashcraft and Mrs E M Griffin. The group opens with fifty four members from diverse professions and families. The union county league invites county residents to enroll, stressing gender parity and active committee roles. Members listed include Rev L M White Dr H E B Gurney A M Stack J C Sikes G Lee and many more.
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Union County Suffrage League
A. M. Secrest
Pitty
Gertrude Watkins
Jackson Elib Rooms
Union County Equal Surfece League
Eugene Ashcraft
E. M. Griffin
Gus Henderson
G. 8. Lee
Miss Rosa
League
H. EB. Gurney
Messrs
A. M. Stack
J.C. Sikes
G. Lee
Frank Laney
Pa.j. Li
Reve T. How
H. Itewart
O. Blair
Meadamer
G. Lienderson
A. F. Stevens
W. A. Lane
J. F. Laney
Jeff Sewell
Henry Laney
D. B. Snyder
Rosa Blakeney
Nette
R.A. Morrow
Ten Commandments for Husbands and Wives Spark Comment
The Rev Frank Rideout of Second Baptist Bridgeport issued ten matrimonial commandments for husbands and ten for wives. The rules urge kindness, finance, talk, and devotion while warning against nagging and jealousy. A side note describes a Toledo plant tour with vast production and machinery details.
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Frank E. Rideout
Second Baptist Church
Bridgeport
Cotton Drops in Market as Government Crop Outlook Shifts
The Ineal market fell more than a cent per pound amid news of a larger crop for 1916. Government estimates lowered production to 11,511,000 bales, about 126,000 bales below prior forecast, with buyers wary and prices volatile in New York and New Orleans.
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Mr. Wills
Nextlink
Aiminies Io
Department of Agriculture
New York
Mareh
Liverpool
New Orleans
Football deaths rise in 1916 season by AP figures
Football claimed 16 lives, one in the south, during the 1916 season. Last year there were 16 and in 1815 there were 15. Officials say not a single death occurred in any game where players were fully trained mentally and physically for the severest test, and only one college man was among the victims.
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Associated Press
Unionville News Briefs From December Correspondence
Miss Ray Purser teaching at Jerome spent weekend with parents. Aycock and Wright families visited relatives here. D L Farr visited relatives Saturday. Wilee Scott and family moved into H H James house. H M Williams and Carl McRorie returned from Charlotte hospital, improving. Mrs Martha Green ill. Wild Rose to Charlotte for neuralgia treatment. Rev Fink and wife settled in new parsonage. Fink to preach next Sunday at 7:30. all invited.
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Unionville
Journal
Raymerle Purser
Jerome
Newton Aycock
J. C. Aycock
Reuben
Fred Wright
D. L. Farr
Wilee Scott
Union Grove
H. H. James
Mesars
H. M. Williams
Carl McRorie
Charlotte
Martha Green
Wild Rose
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