Long Expected Visit of German Airships Raid Britain
News from London describes a night raid by German airships over Norfolk coast towns including Yarmouth and Kings Lynn. Bombs killed several, injured many, and caused extensive damage to windows and cottages. Reports debate the airships versus aeroplanes, with discussions on lighting restrictions and insurance impacts. The piece also covers the inauguration of Governor Manning in Columbia, noting public turnout and his pledge to enforce laws along with a warning to communities failing enforcement.
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London Dispatch
Norfolk County
Yarmouth
Kings Lynn
Cromerees
Srorringham
Deersingham
Grimston
Snettisham
Heacham
Sandringham
Queen Mother Alexandria
Major Astley
National Reserve
Paris
London
King George
Queen Mary
Ndringham
Gov
Manning
Columbia
State
Richard I Manning
Andrew J. Bethea
House of Representatives
Committee On
Guv
State House
Gov. Manning
State Library
Engineer 5 ne killed in Wreck near Raleigh
A Seaboard fast mail bound for Jacksonville wrecked at Osgood about 36 miles from Raleigh Tuesday evening. Engineer Stone, 45, a Raleigh native with 16 years as a Seaboard engineer, was killed and pinned under the engine. Fireman Hogan said to be dying. Express Messengers Babcock and Radcutt injured. other details described as shake-ups and bruises. A wrecking train rushed to the scene, with doctors rendering aid. Stone’s widow and young son noted.
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Thomas 3. Stone
Raleigh
Hogan
B. H. Baubcoels
T. Madsclift
Washington, D. C
Seaboard Fast Mail
Jacksonville
Pla
Osgood
Tts
Stone
Wre
Express
Radcuft
Babcock
Sandford
Dre
W. A
J. A. Monroe
Sanford
Mr. Stone
Walton
Hamlet
Rogers
McGee and Judd
Seaboard
Raleigh & G
Carolina
Wingate Correspondent Reports Local Scene and Markets
Jan 21 Wingate notes best cotton on market at cents seed 40. Grand Lodge Free Masons meeting in Raleigh, Mead o Branch prayer service boosts Wingate moral status. Cotton slump drives farmer risk taking in prosaic business. Community jokes about hog killing, lye hominy, Nancy Halle, and frugal times. O P Tim ist offers prudent advice amid taxes.
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Wingate
Mere Brady Gaddy
Lem Watson
Grand Lodge of Free Masons
Raleieh
Meadow Branch
Nancy Halle
Buelex
Britain and US Agree on Freer Trade for Two Neutrals
Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands have reached a tentative accord to ease commerce with the Netherlands and Italy. The British embassy and State Department say the agreement reduces complaints about interference, and removes the danger of contraband reaching Germany and Austria via these routes.
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Great Britain
Maly
Netherlands
United States
State Department
Italy
Holland
Germany
Rocky River Springs Military Academy to Open
Announcement states Mr Atkinson will keep operations at Hand to the Plow location, transferring boys to Rocky River Springs Military Academy with Capt C E Stokes. The school runs year round, with January April July and October enrollments, two shifts daily for study and work, and a hotel operated by a trained staff from Albemarle. Over 125 acres of farm, water from four springs, and need-based aid are noted, plus a trip to Washington for top corn yield. The Raleigh meeting of the North Carolina Conference for Social Service features Willian J Bryan and other leaders, opening January 28 with prominent speakers and reduced railroad rates expected.
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Normal and Industrial Institute
Albemarle
Jerry Moore
Washington
W. J. Bryan
Raleigh
Dan
North Carolina
Willan J. Bryan
Thomas Mott Osborne
Cora W. Stewart
Kentucky
Josephus Daniels
North
Clarence Poe
EB. K. Graham
Walter Clark
W. 3. Rankin
D. H. Hill
EB. C. Branson
J. Y. Joyner
A. W
Murder at Palmerville over President Wilson salary dispute
In Wadesboro, two White employees of Hardware Construction Co. John Bolden and J M Green fought over President Wilson salary details. Green bet Bolden $800 to $100. both wrong and right partly about 75,000 salary and 25,000 or 50,000 expenses. Green shot Bolden. Bolden fled and remained uncaptured. Meanwhile farmers are linked to church growth with 120,000 churches built costing 750.9 million and rural church membership about 20.9 million.
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Ket
Pought
Woolrow
Wadesboro
Hardware Construction Co
Palmerville
John Bolden
J. M. Green
Wilson
Green
Bolden
United States
The Brave Sacrifice of a Mississippi Soldier in Newberry 1865
Correspondence from The Journal recalls Calvin S. Crosier born in Brandon Mississippi murdered near Newberry South Carolina September 1865 after protecting a young white woman from a federal soldier. Crosier was executed by his own regiment in a vengeance act, his tomb bearing praise and a moral reminder of Civil War Southland suffering and courage for future generations.
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Newberry
Texas
D. C
Crosier
Nervy American Carried Cotton to Germany
The Elmont under Captain Pinchin sailed from Galveston in December and arrived in Bremen on January 1 with over 6000 bales of cotton, the first American merchantman to visit Bremen this war. He navigated without a pilot due to fears of internment and mines, proving the voyage possible with careful seamanship. In a separate incident, John Kentner Sr and Jr, both missing limbs, fought with improvised weapons at their home, ending with the son jailed.
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Elmont
Galveston
Toxico
New York
Bremen
Elmonte
Unsport
Edward T. 1Hin
Ehnonte
Atlantic
Deal
England
Hook of Holland
Hook
Pinchin
Bremin
Pinehin
Elwon
America
Dad Pight
Elwood
Tad
John Kentner
John Kentner, Sr
John Jr
Progress Of The War War Dispatches Discuss Front Line Struggles
London reports detail renewed fighting on multiple fronts in France Belgium and Poland with artillery the busiest arm. Germans reinforce near Pont-a-Mousson and hold ground south of the Aisne while Russians renew offensives toward Miannaya and the Masurian Lakes. Air activity includes British raids into Belgium and Rhenish Prussia. Archduke Charles Francis visits German headquarters as talks among Allies unfold. Separately domestic notes recount a bizarre tale of a boy’s accident with a closet and alcohol.
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Servia
London
Flanders
France
Planders
Aisne Valles
Argonne
Vosges
Germany
Trent
Ihen
Aisne
Soissons
Mers
Pont-a-Mousson
Pont Lions
Masurian
Tannenburg
Galicia
Bukowine
Transylvania
Norfolk
England
Belgium
Holland
Basen
Rhenish
Prussia
Hollomt
Alr
Vuteh
Archduke Charles Francis
Enir
Stephan Bu
Hungary
Mullin
Sonal Land
Great Britain
State Senate Deliberations on Rail Merger and Legal Reforms
The article reviews key legislative actions including the Wilmington and Weldon merger dispute, the Atlantic Coast Line consolidation, and state jurisdiction on railway consolidations. It notes statutes, committee referrals, and the governor's reports on public works, plus a board proposal to manage state institutional finances and a marriage notice from Pageland Journal.
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Wleigh Dinputed
Wilminton & Weldon Rathiond
Mieranthy Disney
Wilmington & Weldon
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coal Line
Virginia
Mlingtindro
St Tetture
Sta
Senate
House
Caren
Webern
Hower
Traix
Bown
Dadernel
Alan
Davie
Exon Tie Peeitentiary
Riw Ie
Reseende
German War Chief Foresees Indefinite Conflict
The German army chief of staff Falkenhayn grants an interview on war prospects. He says Britain is strong but Germany is ready for a landing in Belgium and that the war may last three years or longer. He claims ample food and troops, with Berlin holding a strategic position despite calls for victory.
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Belgium
Liew
Bri Falkenhayn
Janer
Berlin
Senegal
Europe
Germany
Lord Ritche
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