Airship Spy Sighted Near Waxhaw Sparks Town Talk
San idy Ridge farmer Geo L McManus reports his son Richard saw a large airplane about thirty feet long pass near his farm Thursday around 11 pm. locals suspect a military spy aircraft surveying the Southern Power line. The Waxhaw item also notes the North Carolina Library Association meeting slated for April 24–25 in Salisbury with Dr George F Bowerman and Mrs T S Lucas among speakers. Carrie L Broughton, secretary.
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Waxhaw
Waxhaw Enterprise
Geo. L. McManus
Sanidy Ridge Township
Richard
Hey
North Carolina Library Association
Salisbury
Salisbury Library Association
Geo. F. Bowerman
Public Library
Washington, D.C
Bowerman
Council
American Library Association
T. S. Lucas
McClellanville
S.C
The Joke Was On The Policeman
Grover Mangum sent Policeman Gregory for wood and staged a pretend claim by W. J. Blakeney. The officer apologized to both men after Blakeney arrived furious, then heard the joke and laughed.
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Pageland Journal
Grover Mangum
Gregory
Grover
W. J. Blakeney
Mr. Blakeney
South Carolina Restores Full Sack Flour Purchase
The $8-pound sack replaces the former $6 option as law changes allow citizens to buy a full sack again. The change brings relief to those who must bring home flour for household use.
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Pageland Journal
South Carolina
Nation poised for rapid war prep and air fleet buildup
Washington reports a nationwide surge in mobilization as the War and Navy departments push to standardize aircraft, mobilize 2 000 planes and 4 000 pilots, form home guard units, and expand naval enlistments. The plan includes 1 600 planes for an army of 1 000 000 and 200 to 500 for coastal defense, with Congress urged to fund pay increases and coast guard mobilization.
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Washington
Monmoth
War and Davy
Army
National Advisory Committee On
Aero-Naulles
Avy
Navy
Ae Jane
Baker
Department
Congress
Corps of Home Guards
Home Guard
Home
Bathrick
Ohio
Daniels
Bertholf
Coast Guard
Treasury
Navy Department
Taft declares duty to prepare for war in Richmond speech
Richmond March 21 Former President Taft told a crowd of over 4000 that war is sometimes necessary and the United States must prepare when war is inevitable. He urged support for the League to Enforce Peace and warned against appeasing invasion of rights.
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Richmond
William H. Taft
Taft
League
United States
London reception greets American writer by British hostess
A seven year old daughter of a London society woman is presented to a famous American writer at a reception. She tells him, I think you are a very wonderful man, because mother told me to.
Death of Captain Henry McKeithan of Wadesboro
Death reported for Captain Henry Holmes McKeithan at his Wadesboro home at 8 40 after years of feeble health from a mix of diseases. Born January 1839 in Brunswick county he moved to Wadesboro in 1874 as A C L Railway agent and later ran a brokerage business after retirement in 1900. Potatoes praised as crop. national figures show 17 percent rise in early plantings across six states including North and South Carolina and Texas.
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Wadesboro
Culver
Ansonian
Henry Holmes McKeithan
Captain McKeithan
Brunswick County
A. C. L. Railway
Texas
National Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
Mildred in a Hair Remedy Prompts Baldness Billboards
A prominent American druggist predicts Mildred in a Hair Remedy will boost sales and nearly end baldness within eight years. He claims widespread use would erase dandruff and scalp diseases, noting mail orders from Boston and sales through English Drug Co. The passage ends with a humorous comparison to Santa Claus and his continued output despite plant closures.
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America
Mildred
Mildred Louise Co
Boston
Mass
English Drug Co
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Tyson-Jones
Monroe
Sikes-Sanders Co
Grove
Ford
Detroit
Mammouth
Bivens Brothers
T. C. Lee & Co
General Merchandise
Santa Claus
Monroe Drug Company
Whitman
Ansco Kodaks
Cal and Biological Depot
The
Henderson Rollells
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