Pou Warns of World War Fate in Western Front Battle
Raleigh speaker Hon. J. H. Pou warned that the spring may bring the war's bloodiest battle on the western front, determining fate of the world. He urged united home effort, predicted U S forces would face Germany by 1919, and called on citizens to do their part or face consequences. Also recounted a Reidaville inquest over a pistol incident and Burke county blockade running violence with Patton injured.
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J. H. Pou
Toutons
Earth
Raleigh
Winston-Salon
Poll
Pow
Germany
United States
Pou
Mr. Pow
America
Mr. Pou
Mr. Poll
Rhine
Wim, Patton
Upper Creek Township
Burke County
Ellis Faulkner
Morganton
Daily
Patton
Simmerson’s county home raided for whiskey barrels
Lexington officers raided R L Simmerson six miles from the county seat uncovering nine whiskey barrels under a rug and a pit hidden behind a trap door. Simmerson posted a $2,000 bond to answer in court while his son Bryan had been pardoned by Gov. Bickett after a prior whiskey conviction.
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Lexington
R. L. Simmerson
Davidson County
Simmerson
Country Club
Bryan Simmerson
Gov. Bickett
Italians Capture 1500 Deserting Troops On Asiago Front
Italians drove a force along the Asiago plateau in northern Italy, seizing strong positions and over 1500 enemy soldiers. Berlin admitted a reverse but said reinforcements could not be brought up. Airplanes aided the battle, with the Austro German line counterattacking and suffering heavy losses. The wider war news reports strikes in Germany, Bolshevik peace talks, and seizures of Romania’s gold in Moscow, with Finland’s situation and a planned Versailles conference also noted. The report mentions London air raids with casualties and ongoing activity on various fronts.
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Italy
Asiago
Berlin
Monte Tomba
Bassano
Vicentza
Arras
Marshal Haig
London
Kent
Essex
Russia
Germany
Trotzky
Brest Litovsk
Petrograd
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Austria-Hungary
Rumania
United States
Flour Warning Sparks countywide rush to conserve
Wingate January 30. The Food Administration draws fire as critics push thrift amid flour shortages. A local call to redistribute excess flour, curb waste, and heed government demands under threat of secret-service scrutiny. The note urges planting the biggest garden and potato crop, and doing one’s part with faith in victory. General Alpine.
Indian Trail Pro Professor Manages Student Top Spinning
Indian Trail January 30 weather woes hinder travel as Miss Annie Crowell joins Punderburk Bros in Matthews. Visitors Stacy Orr and James Hill from Charlotte arrive in mud filled roads. Miss Mamie Ross travels to Wingate to see her brother. A student’s top antics prompt the professor to call him out and discipline him publicly.
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Indian ‘Trail
Annie Crowell
Punderburk Bros
Matthews
Stacy Orr
James Hill
Charlotte
Mamie Ross
Wingate
Political unrest and revolts surge in Central Powers
Amid ongoing front line operations, Austria-Hungary and Germany see fresh civilian clashes over war economy woes. In Finland eastern provinces, red guard clashes with Finnish forces while Petrograd reportedly ships 600 reinforcements to Viborg. Switzerland reports flour shortages trigger Bohemian rioting and police confrontations, with similar clashes in Rhenish Prussia as troops are deployed.
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Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Finland
Red Guard
Helsingfors
Rikimark
White Guard
Petrograd
Viborg
Switzerland
Rhenish
Prussia
Dowd and the Sunshine Quest on Route 1
In a marshville home column the narrator recalls Dowd Hamilton a temporary carrier on route 1 who longs for sunshine amid a long wet spell. Dowd vows to quit if no sun but remains on the job as he travels Brown Creek swamps asserting grit and humor despite harsh weather. Gov Whitman restores citizenship to ex congressman Willett who faced prison and a fine over a 1911 bid for a Queens Supreme Court nomination. The Chattanooga streetcar strike ends with a union surrender as no company proposal is offered.
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Dowd
Marshville
G. O. Tucker
Harrell Bros. & Company
Tucker
Dowd Hamilton
Post Office Department
Gov. Whitman
New York
William Willett
Queens County
N. Y
Supreme Court
Joseph Cassidy
Cassidy
Turtle tale told on Sunday by slow speech Hemp Helms
Cotton statistician Mr Helms amused Marshville audience with a rural tale of a boy and a large turtle. He explains how the boy hid the catch by tying the turtle to a sapling in a spring and later dug it up claiming it was the best turtle he ever ate.
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Marshville
Cotton
Helmss
Mr. Helms
Western N C Faces Another Flood Threat
Western North Carolina faces renewed flood danger, though not as severe as the 1916 disaster. High waters washed out a railroad bridge at Craggy, cutting coal and supplies to Asheville area plants. The Seaboard Air Line coal chute at Norlina burned, losing 160 tons of coal valued at $20,000, with an unlikely spark from a smokestack blamed for the blaze.
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N.C
Asheville
North Carolina
Craggy
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Norlina
North Carolina - Virginia
Leader in Low Prices Offers Crushed Feed and Goods
During wartime efforts the shop urges higher crop and livestock production. W. P. Plyler advertises a new crush mill that processes corn on the cob, velvet beans, oats, and cotton seed, promising 25 percent savings. The mill runs Saturdays, offering corn flour and meal, plus a general merchandise line. The shop buys hens, eggs, corn, peas, fodder, and other items at top market prices.
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W. P. Plyler
Mr. Prospect
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Buford
Reidaville
Nick Davis
Howard Webb
Davis
Wilson
Daily Papers
Lenoir County
Food Administration
Aoe Saris
B. B. Shankell
Tennessee
John Harkey
J. M. Harkey
Charlie Broom
Monroe
Z. A. Presley
Sir John
Sam
Mr. Griffin
Gienalpine
Chattanooga, Tenn
Carmen
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