Second Death in Horrible Auto Collision at Kemoree Crossing
Miss Dora Love, sister of Miss Bessie Love, dies at 18 after a Dec 17 wreck that killed Bessie. In the crash at Seemorlee crossing a jitney struck a freight train, injuring others including Letha Davis and Green Paxton. Fiona Jane Funderburk suffered internal injuries. Dora died at home Sunday at 2 am after lingering illness. funeral held at Mt. Prospect.
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Bessie Love
Kemoree Crossing
Dora Love
Icemarlee
Miss Love
Jonah Love
Mittie Davis
Letha Davis
Jane Funderburk
Messrs. Green Paxt
John Baucon
Furr Bros
Brown Helms
Seemorlee Crossing
Monroe
Charlotte Observer
Seaboard
Love
E. C. Snider
Consul McNeeley Describes Persia Convoy Safety
Letter from Consul Robert Ney McNeeley to his mother in Waxhaw, N C, dated December 18 and mailed in Essex England, states the British liner Persia left London convoyed by cruisers and destroyers and that the escort would be maintained all the way. He mentions plans to mail another letter from Gibraltar and spending Christmas at Marsetties.
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McNeeley
Persia
Wilmington Dispatch
London
Robert Ney McNeeley
W. R. McNeeley
Waxhaw
N. C
Jones Ends Exchange With Bold Self-Compliment
In a tense room scene Jones asks who a plainly ugly woman is. Robinson coolly replies. Jones recovers and pivots, claiming his own attractiveness would outshine hers.
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Jones
Robinson
Buck
Wingate News Highlights Local Oddities and Wartime Updates
Wingate and Mt. Pleasant notes cover social visits, school arrangements, corrections on past obituaries, and family news. The item from London reports Allied withdrawals at the Gallipoli front, the loss of battleship King Edward VII, and Balkan warfare updates, alongside North Carolina social service conference plans in Charlotte. Minor notices include a Burlington child’s tragic death, a found abandoned infant in Woodleaf, and local travels of residents like Rogers and Fields.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Woman's Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Young Peoples’ Societies
Y. MC. A
Y. W. C. Ace
Sioux Chief Ogallala Fire Dies at 90 After Suicide Attempt
Chicago dispatch reports Chief Ogallala Fire, who fought with Sitting Bull at the Custer massacre and sustained severe wounds, died in a hospital aged 90 after a week of unconsciousness following a self inflicted throat cut. He later lived as a Wild West show figure and pursued less warlike pursuits.
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Sitting Bull
Custer
Thicago Dispatch
Ogallala Fire
United States
Ogallala
Ogailale
Chicago
Health as a moral duty guides a businessman's New Year resolve
An energetic businessman vows to prioritize health this year, arguing science now shows health is an intellectual and moral obligation. He criticizes modern busyness for neglecting proper eating, rest, and exercise, insisting he will apply the same diligence to health as to his business.
Colored Teachers Association Meeting in Union County
The Colored Teachers Association of Union county will convene at the colored graded school on Saturday January 22 at 10 20 am. The superintendent urges every teacher who can attend to be present for important business and to keep an accurate record. Rev H O Frederick president.
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William L. Poteat
Wake Forest College
Walter L. Lingle
Union Theological Seminary
J. Y. Joyner
Public Instruction
Clarence Poe
E. K. Graham
University of North Carolina
Locke Craig
Thomas C. Darst
W. H. Swift
Greensboro
Julia Lathrop
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor of the
United States
Washington, D. C
Thomas W. Lineale
North
Tate Sanatorium
Charles W Hon
Heriot Clark
A.W. Mc.Alister
Jon Clark
N. Ce
Carolina
Charlotte
Colored Teachers’ Association
Union County
H. O. Frederick
Pres
Teachers’ Association
Army of trained men without waste of men and money
The article debates whether the United States should maintain a large trained army rather than a small force. It contrasts views on preparedness, navy protection, the Monroe doctrine, and coastal defense, noting only about 50,000 men today and urging a robust, ready force amid wartime debates.
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United States
Panama Canal
Mississippie
United States Army Engineers
Panama
War Department
Pices
Laure
Wilson
Senator Works
Harry G. Traver
Peare
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Killing After Mr Wright Shot While Returning Home
Emerdon Wright of Gibson died after being shot Monday night two miles west of Gibson while driving home from Bennettsville. Four shots were fired with the last striking him in the neck. He died at Hamlet Hospital and was buried in the Wright cemetery. Laud Quick is being sought by officers in connection with the killing. Wright was from a prominent family and the community mourns his loss.
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Mt. Prospect News
Journal
Mt. Prospect
J. A. Plyler
Joe Jr
Gastonia
Plyler
Betterment Club
W. F. Starnes
Durham
Trinity College
Milton Spencer
Ethel Spencer
H. 1. Yareborough
Nancy Lathan
Belk Brow
Myrtle Yarboroughs
Annie Lee Plyler
Marshville
The
Robert NeyleNeeley
Spriggs
Wingate
H. K. Helms
John Brown
Hamlet
Charley Evans
Wiley Hefner
Nell
Monroe
Maggie Jerome
Miriam
Bell Field
Rosa McIntyre
Gladys Hefner
Peachland
Bettle Fields
Greensboro
Della
Carthage
T. M. Fields
R. L. Womble
Noweal
Floyd Braswell
Cedar Grove
P. Timist
Gibson
Emerdon Wright
Bennettsville
Laud Quick
Wright
Bennettaville
Howe
Mr. Wright
Lhfe
Doe Denies Chesterfield Hunters Report Near Georgetown
Chesterfield hunters who spent a week near Georgetown return with a glowing account yet claim they bagged only small game and one deer credited to Joe Culbernon. Some members say two timid creatures leaped over the prostrate figure of Doc Laney while he slept at the switch, an assertion Laney firmly denies.
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Doe
Chesterfield Advertiser
Chesterfield
Georgetown
Joe Culbernon
Laney
Aslep
Engaged to Four Girls At Once Stuns Uncle
A humorously tangled scene unfolds as Cupid’s meddling nephew admits to four simultaneous engagements. The horrified uncle questions the conduct while the nephew offers a flippant, evasive defense. The uncle’s disbelief contrasts with the nephew’s nonchalant shrug at fate.
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Cupid
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