Half Million Men Fight Like Mad in Verdun Battle
A staff report describes the Verdun siege as a volcano of destruction with up to half a million engaged. German losses mount as shellfire and tunnel fighting devastate Le Mort Homme and Douaumont. Combatants endure brutal bombardments. doctors report wounded fighting on, some insane with war cries, as supplies reach front lines amid heavy casualties.
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Verdun
Paris
Douaumont
Meuse
Cemetery Hill
Gettysburg
Hougomont
Waterloo
Lost American aviators hunt in prose dispatches
A fragment quotes Puek describing a day’s work as hunting for Villa water and lost American aviators. The line suggests a patrol or rescue context amid wartime efforts. The sparse text hints at search and recovery tasks with emphasis on locating missing airmen and resources.
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Villa
Oscar Cunningham Dies in Weaver College Tragedy
The town mourns 18 year old Oscar Cunningham son of Rev C E Cunningham after a fatal appendicitis and heart condition. He died following operations and hospital care, with funeral at the Methodist church and interment in the new cemetery.
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L. M. White
Central Methodist Church
Franky Laney
Oscar Richardson
Claudia Sanders
Judith Laney
Caroline Morrow
Annie Berhard Benson
W. Be, Abernethy
Shelby
Abernethy
Woman's Club
Elizabeth Stevens
W. C. Ogburn
E. H. Austin
Mr. Ogburn
Jane Lanier
Edmund Warren Ogburn
Guilford County
Greensboro
Mesdames B. H. Austin
Morrig
Wadesboro
Charles A. Long
Ogburn
T. J. Ogburn
Katharine Brittain
Methodist Church
Oscar Cunningham
Jackson
Waxhaw
C. E. Cunningham
Weaver College
Weaverville
High Point
Cunningham
W. F. Sandford
Mr. Sandford
Fred Plyler
William Massey
Mins
Minnie Massey
Mice Broom
Char
R. J. MeIliwain
Monroe
L. B. Guion
Sandford
Loma Stephenson
Marvin
Glenn Hawfield
Union
Henry Niven
Wofford Fitting School
W. W. Black
Ata
Provine
Sallie Honeycutt
Quire
G. W. Sutton
B. P. Hargett
Beasley
Walker McCain
Garrison
Jong
Eustace
Noad’s Grove
B.C. Ashcraft
Journal
Weddington
G. EB. Rogers
Bond's Grove
Luke Wolfe
W. H. Price
Ralph Broom
Mr. Rogers
Parker Address to Lumberton High School
Parker delivers a practical address at Lumberton High, introduced by H B Staey of the Lumberton bar. Staey praises Parker as an orator lawyer and statesman and lauds him as a superior UNC student. Parker argues success lies in a well rounded life and duty well done, criticizing schools for overemphasizing college prep over life preparation.
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Montgomery Stock Farm
Warner
T. H. Harris
Mount Gilead
Montgomery County
High Land Farm
Seventh District
H. B. Warner
Congress
Harris
Mt. Gilead
N. C
North Carolina
Henry Varner
Davidson
Feld
Washington
Yance
Tam
W. E. Abernethy
Shelby
B. C. Ashcraft
D. A. Houston
Hallie Mae Belk
Annie Bernard Benson
Mary Benton
Sadie Eubanks
Heatrice Paisley
Rachel Howie
Judith Laney
Leah Love
Caroline Morrow
Mary Porter
Claudia Sanders
Mabel Shannon
Elizabeth Stevens
Carson Yates
Austin Cason
Oscar Richardson
Davie Helms
Gary Caldwell
George Presson
Messrs
Oscar, Richardson
Roy Helms
Mesdames L. M. White
Rev
T L. Troy
Mary Douglas
Alling Krauss
Furman
H. B. Staey
Lumberton
Stacy
Parker
Ir. Parker
Republicans Nominate Full County Ticket at Court House
At a Saturday meeting in the courthouse the Republicans pledged a full county ticket after years without one. J Allen Baucom seeks sheriff, Mep Gilmer Joyce registers deeds, Henry Taylor cotton weigher Monroe, J D A Secrest recorder, B J Melton surveyor, T J Perry coroner. P L Crane, Mark Mullis, and W R McNeeley named for county commissioners. Guthre Haigler and S S Dunlap chosen for the Legislature.
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Court House
J. Allen Baucom
Gilmer Joyce
Register of Deeds
Henry Taylor
Monroe
J. D. A. Secrest
B. J. Melton
T. J. Perry
Crane
Mark Mullis
W. R. McNeeley
Messrs
Guthre Haigler
SS. Dunlap
Laundry Scrappers Guilty After Assault at Laundry
Estelle Williams, Bertha Crowder, Mary Williams, and Letha Starnes faced Recorder J D McRae for assaulting Wesley Helms and wife at Tor Steam Laundry. Defendants, all colored women, were found guilty and fined. Witnesses described torn shirts and waistbands, and continued altercations after demands for back pay. The case drew a packed courtroom with attorneys Stack Parker for Helms and John Sikes for defendants.
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Estelle Williams
Bertha Crowder
Mary Williams
J. D. McRae
Worning
Wesley Helms
Mentor Steam Laundry
Letha Starnes
Messrs. Stack & Parker
Helms
John Sikes
Trull
Helis
Mrs. Helms
Rail link to Charleston and Savannah urged via Monroe
The Charlotte News reports progress on Seaboard Air Line expansion enabling a direct Monroe to Jefferson South Carolina link, part of a larger Savannah route. The 70 mile Charleston Savannah line and 25 mile Monroe to Jefferson segment advance, with officials noting a broader Carolina reach and traffic growth. A Hamlet native, W R Bonsal, is cited as guiding interest in the project.
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Charlotte
Monroe
Jefferson
Charleston
Savannah
Charlotte News
Charelotte
S. C
Seaboard
Carolinas
W. R. Bonsal
Hamlet
Candidate Announces Candidacy for Sandy Ridge Constable
J F Crowell declares as a candidate for constable of Sandy Ridge township and urges county voters to participate in the forthcoming primary. He objects to Democratic primary actions and pledges to uphold duties if elected, noting salary funded by Union County taxpayers and referencing M L Flow as recorder.
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Sandy Ridge
Sandy Ridge Township
J. F. Crowell
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W. Va
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Ralph P. Buxton
Fayeatteril
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J. M. Niven
Union County
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co
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