Christmas travel notices and local weddings in Marshville news
Readers recall holiday visits as Charleston seeks family reunions and the region notes multiple marriages in Marshville. The item lists returning students, engaged couples, and social events including the Jennie Wren Sewing Club gathering and a wide circle of Christmas visits across small-town North Carolina communities.
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Wingate
Dee
Carl Griffin
Childeen
Rockingham
Griffin
Clyde Jones
John A. Bivens
Wake Forest
Mary Jones
Merdith
Raleigh
Ellie Bivens
Gains
Leo Whitmore
Mies Man Iriffin
Ksu
Zeb M. Little
J.P
P Whitmore
B.C. Griffin
Spurgeon Black
C.J. Black
Davenport College
John W. Rivens
J. G. Carrol
J. Carl Meigen
Palmerville
H. P. Meigs
Sallie
Lolo Griffin
Billy Griffin
J. B. Hagler
J. B. Griffin
Elm Street
Waxhaw News Notes Many Weddings and a Death
Local column reports numerous holiday homecomings from colleges and military service, weddings including Barr Wolfe and Callie Kindley and Walter Weir with Gertrude Clement, Luke Carter and Ola Temple, plus the death of W. H. Gilmore in Rehoboth. Lieutenant C M McMurray heads to Manila with his wife and daughter after duty in Texas.
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Lieut. McMurray
Manila
Waxhaw Enterprise
Frank Sanford
Weaver College
George Roscoe McNeely
Trinity College
Ruth McCain
Erskine College
Ed F. Helms
Columbus
Ohio
C. F. Gamble
The
State University Pharmacy School
May Gordon
Littleton College
Lola Rodman
Barnum Springs
Emma Lee Niven
Newport College
Ethel Rodman
Porter
J. L. Rodman
Homer Secrest
Albemarle
M. J. McCain
J. J. Wolfe
Callie Kindley
W. Kindley
Stafford Oating
Atwood Steele
Pearl Weir
Tracy Weir
Tirzah
Walter Weir
Gertrude Clement
Belton
D. C
Luke Carter
Thomas Carter
Mix
Ola Temple
J. Z. Temple
Mill Village
W. K. Hogan
W. H. Gilmore
Rehoboth
Waxhaw Baptist Church
E. W. Bogan
Mr. Gilmore
England
California
U. S. Army
Army
Charlotte
W. K. Kealah
Plenty of Apples and Pardon Pleas in Marshville News
The Marshville area reports on farmers debating fertilizer costs versus cotton profits as war prices reshape farm choices. Local unions distribute mountain Limber Twig apples while officials seek a pardon for Walter Gaddy.
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Gaddy
Marshville
Guernsey
Gilboa
Union Co-operative Association
Mary Burns
Meredith Colleges
Lottie
Shelton. Harrells
Bules Creek
Bryce Little
Om Cary
Ray Newsome
Beemer Harrell
Grier
Earl Marsh
Weaverville College
Rome
J. J
Jep. Smith
Staley Edwards
Douudry
Prohibition Amendment Defeated In House Vote
The Hobson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition to state legislatures failed in the House on Tuesday night with 167 for and 189 against. Two thirds were required. Democrats led the opposition with Underwood and Mann at the helm, as most members backed or rejected the measure across party lines.
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Hobson
House
Underwood
Mann
North
Carolina
Mr. Poll
Mr. Small
King Albert to America Amid Belgian War Hardship
King Albert spoke with the Associated Press from a Flemish town hall amid German shelling. He praised his army for holding the line near Yser, Dunkirk, and Calais and thanked the American people for feeding his suffering subjects, urging continued aid as Belgium endures bombardment and inundation.
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West Flanders
Belgium
Dunkirk
Calais
Albert
Associated Press
United States
Council Chamber
Careworn
Edgar Senger
American Commission For the Relief of
Alber
Yaer
Yser
the Yser
King Albert
War Dispatches from the Front and Wingate Christmas Notes
London reports Allied actions in the West and Russian offensives in Poland and Galicia with heavy casualties anticipated. German forces reach Skierniewice near Warsaw while Grand Duke Nicholas withdraws from Cracow. Across East Prussia and Belgium, fighting continues, with aeroplanes over northern France and Belgium. Christmas notices from Wingate recount community moves, student travel, weddings, and school reopen plans as the OPTIMIST closes.
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London
Poland
East Prussia
Galicia
Warsaw
Skierniewice
Nicholas
Cracow
Russia
Carpathians
Petrograd
Nieuport
Westende
Airen
Belgium
Bury
Lincela
Pe Hune
France
King eyes Brussels ride as Belgian Army head
A Belgian king figure muses on joining the Belgian Army with a future Brussels entry envisioned. An observer recalls promises of capital return within three months. Land posters near The Journal office mention ongoing events and correspondent notes.
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Brussels
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