War weary congressman warns of famine if food cuts occur
Former Kansas congressman Charles F. Scott, returning from relief work in Mes siam and France, telegraphed from London that famine looms if food supplies shrink. He described Belgian towns in ruins, starving families, and German occupation farming under the commission, with warning of continued aid needed to prevent widespread hunger.
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Charles F. Scott
Kansas
Messiam
France
London
Walter R. Stubbs
Scott
Malines
Belgium
Hospital Patient is Shot At Then Invades Judge Brown Home
A patient from ensbone Hospital, Dr. Lancaster, escaped through a hospital window firing a revolver. Barefoot and in pajamas he ran to Summit avenue and invaded Judge B Glenn Brown’s Summit home. Mrs Brown fled as the intruder demanded a gun. Police found the house empty but the patient remained inside.
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Lancaster
St. Leo S Hospital
Summit Avenue
Glenn Brown
Summit, Avenue
Judge Brown
Fire Burns House Near Weddington District
Correspondence of The Journal notes a five room house owned by Mr J D Hemby occupied by Mr Lester Manus burned late Saturday afternoon. Fire likely started from chimney sparks. Manus lost most household furniture. Ed Killough builds new corn and saw mill in western Weddington as town gains another mill.
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Weddington
Ed Killough
Seymour Taylor
Pauline Taylor
Charlotte
W. B. Thomas
Indian Trail
J.D. Hemby
B. W. Thomas
Mittie Greene
Letha Mamilton
Marshville
Bessie Jamison
Grady Hemby
Annie Wolfe of
Waxhaw
W.s.hemby
Ladies’ Aid Society
Henry Honeycutt
D. F. Short
J.d.hemby
Lester
Manus
Dillinger
Currie
North Carolina
Bowie
Sotto Voice
House
Rockefeller and Carnegie defend their foundations before federal commission
New York Dispatch reports John D. Rockefeller Sr and Andrew Carnegie testifying before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations. Both defended their endowed foundations and denied threatening liberty. Carnegie spoke playfully and disclosed gifts while Rockefeller outlined governance, labor relations, and his wish for workers as partners without surrendering control.
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Rockefeller
Carnegie
New York Dispatch
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Andrew Carnegie
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
United States
Vabor
Industrial Workers of the World
Mr. Carnegie
Wen
Andy
Andrew
Care Nexie
Chesterfield Means Business Pushing Good Roads Plan
Chesterfield County pushes a new highway bond plan allowing townships to issue bonds for permanent road improvements. Led by LaCoste Evans and the 265 Day Good Roads League, delegates from all eight townships debated the program with state legislators in Columbia. The article also notes political and religious leaders urging peace and unity across communities, plus a look at rural teacher housing and other regional notes.
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Columbia
Chesterfield County
LaCoste Evans
Cheren
Thomas Amos
Chesterfield Court House
L. Huntley
M. J. Hough
J. W. Griggs
W. J. Tiller
H. FP. King Ard
R. M. Myers
Mr. Croghan
Jule S. McGregor
F.M. Moore
W. A. Rivers
Cole Hill
J. B. Williams
B.D. Thames
Steer Pen
Cordy
Still Hounding the Bar ry York News A war ship arrives
A boat reached New York carrying people unaware of the war. The vessel likely sailed from Charleston, bringing unfamiliar arrivals to the city and prompting local attention.
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York News
New York
Charleston
Negroes Rob Farmer of Money in Elkin District
Last Saturday near Elkin a farmer, George W. Ray, was robbed after withdrawing money from a bank. Three young African Americans accosted him, choked him, and took the money before vanishing into the woods. One suspect was later captured at a negro shanty, with two others still at large. Police and neighbors searched through the night. In another Wilson County case, two white boys face charges over a fatal shooting at Elm City. Charlie Narrow allegedly fired the shot that killed John Wiggins. the killing was deemed accidental, with trials set for the next term. Norton and Weaver were held as involved.
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University News
Hoke County
McGoogan
Corn Club
Canning Club
Tam Fraank
Perors
Russia
Germany
Warsaw
Baura
Borsimow
Gixting
East Prussia
Nits
Maura
Carpathians
Geo. W. Ray
McNeer
Noero
Ray
Mr. Ray
Allsbrook
Kim City
Charlie Narrow
Wiggins
Narrow
Norton
Weaver
Conner Swindell
Bond
Lock of Hair Establishes Prisoner's Innocence
A hair taken from a dead victim frightened the prisoner John G. Stercks who confessed to killing Mrs Daisy Wehrman and her child near Scappose Oregon on September 4 1911. John Arthur Pender sentenced to be hanged will be freed by executive order after capital punishment abolition. Pender had denied guilt and Governor West postponed his execution to let the public vote on abolition.
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John G. Stercks
State Insane Asylum
Daisy Wehrman
Scarppoose
Ore
John Arthur Pender
Pender
West
Ball Dropped Out After 30 Years in War Injuries
Calvin Cook of Catawba county learned a minnie ball remained in his face after a war injury. The ball, lodged for decades, finally surfaced when he blew his nose on a Saturday, restoring breathing through his nostril.
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Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Uct
Rockefeller Foundation
Mickory
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