Hopewell Destruction Fires Up to Redraw City Plans
Hopewell Virginia suffered massive fire damage described as a three hour blaze that destroyed over a thousand buildings nine blocks wide. A Greek restaurant sparked the inferno. militia restored order as looters were stopped and residents sought shelter in Petersburg.
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Richmond Journal
Sons of the Orient
Hopewell
Dupont Plant
Dupont Company
City of Lights
Appomattox Street
Three Rocks
Blues
Richmond Grays
Petersburg Grays
Petersburg
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Women Against Armany Appeal for Peace at Conference
Representatives at the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference in Richmond urged peace and opposed war preparation. Miss Clay of Kentucky argued for a general peace movement, claiming preparation may not prevent conflict, while lamenting the current global war.
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Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference
Miss Clay
Kentucky
P Timist Still In The Ring Correspondence From Wingate
Wingate December 15 The Journal prints a personal column by P Timist describing feeble health bad weather and limited material yet he writes to the paper. The note mentions Billy Stewart relocating to his father in law’s old plantation to manage the farm Zeb Chaney seriously ill with pneumonia Boyce H Griffin returns from Florida and schoolwork.
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P. Timist
Wingate
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Billy Stewart
Zeb Chaney
Boyce H. Griffin
Florida
Griffin
Land of Flowers
James Chaney
Rockingham
O. P. Campbell
Ansonville
Frank Trull
Dradey
Trull
Berean
Meadow Branch School
Fidelis
Wingate Academy
Jor Black
J. W. Bivens
Langston
Carroll
Osee Long
Timist
U S France Note Demands Swift Action Over Ancona Sinking
The United States issues a formal note to Austria Hungary denouncing the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona as inhuman and barbarous. It demands punishment of the submarine commander and indemnity for American casualties, warning that diplomatic relations may be severed if demands are not met.
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Mes and Lacy
Washington
Greensboro
James H. Hartness
Statesville
Col
Bryan Grimes
State Penitentiary
J. $. Mann
Ben St Lacy
Grimes
Lacy
Messrs
Simmons
Bailey
Watts
Webb
Dortch
Washington Dispatch
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
United Tex
United States
Henry Ford Calls for Immediate Truce to End World War
Henry Ford urges belligerents to halt fighting and enter negotiations. He argues neutrality should join a conference to propose a basis for peace, spare lives, and prevent further slaughter. Ford appeals to rulers to stop bloodshed and return soldiers to their homes.
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Europe
Henry Ford
Hunting Trip Ends With South Carolina Game Warden Arrest
Five Monroe men invited by J H Johnson to a hunting week were halted when a state deputy, a former Holmes pupil, arrested Capt Tom Bale and Capt Lew el for violating game laws. Johnson posted bond and the group resumed hunting as their roles and rights were settled.
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Meera
G. M. Beasley
T. T. Capehart
T. B. Salea
J. W. Sewell
J. H. Johnson
Chappell
8. C
Monroe
South Carolina
Department of the State
Sherlock Holmes
Ben Tillman
Mr. Johnson
Tom Bale
Capt. Sale
Lewel
Messrs. Capehart
Beasley
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Blind Tiger
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Widenhouse
Fael Watson
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Atson
Hartness
Mann
Raleighs
Watta
Harteness
Raleigh
Armany
Disputch
F. B. Meyser
REAL
Austria
State Medical Board
Ben
Senate
Senate Committee On the Navy
Daniels
Department
Meyer
Tillman
Borneo
Bryan
Roosevelt
Bashan
Congress
Bethlehem
Carnomle
Midval
Ital
Ger
Seneca
State Board of Health
Bright
L. M. Bowers
Binghampton, Y
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefeller
Bowers
Rockefellers
Tabernacle Cemetery
J.B. Bruce
J. B. Bruce
L. L. Bedenbough
H. W. Belk
Samuel Belk
J. M. Belk
Bank of View
Alice Doster Baker
Beaves
Ashcraft Bros
J. F. Carns
T. D. Carns
Emanuel Carns
Nannie Carns
Carns Bros
Gr, Carns
L. A. Courtney
Reece Carns
S. B. Carns
Minor Carns
Henry Carns
Nancy A
M. Funderbark
T. PF. Gibson
J. F. Hayes
J. R. Hunter
W. B. Houston
R. Kenneth Laney
Prof
W. C. Lyles
Elijah Laney
Lee & Lee Co
H. R. McManus
EB. K. Plyler
Dd. Plyler
R. D. Plyler
B. Plyler
B. K. Plyler
S. H. Plyler
P.M. Plyler
C. B. Plyler
A. P. Plyler
J. W. Snipes
M. Taylor
P. G. Tator
J. W. Taylor
J. R. Threatt
M. M. Walters
J.B. Usher
Ella Wilson
Williams
M. L. Walters
Isabella Taylor
Rookdale
Mra. A. P. Plyler
Deas Plyler
Carrie Funderburk
Georgia Plyler
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Hall of Peace
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