Red Cross drive urged for Union County in Raleigh talks
Mrs Will Hudson reports Union County delegates at the State Red Cross convention in Raleigh urging massive hospital supply work. Emphasis on making surgical dressings bandages, auxiliaries, and canteen service to aid both army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hudson
Union County
Red Cross
Raleigh
America
France
Army
Navy
Laney
Germany
Americans in France Fight Gallantly Against Superior Germans
A small detachment of American infantry in front line trenches faced a much larger German force. After a brief, hand to hand clash, the Americans were overwhelmed. Three Americans were killed, four wounded, and a sergeant, a corporal, and ten men captured. Two French soldiers also died. The enemy losses were unreported. The detachment’s bravery was praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Spain to Continue Policy of Absolute Neutrality
Madrid November 4 Premier Marquis Manuel Garcia Prieto de Alhuemas announced the new government will uphold the same absolute neutrality policy as prior administrations. He is to assume the foreign affairs portfolio, with Senior Alvaredo relinquishing it.
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Madrid
Manuel Garcia Prieto de Alhuemas
Alvaredo
First clash details on French front in WWI
Washington reports details of the November 3 clash between American and German troops are still awaited. General Pershing’s Sunday note and today’s casualty list show three Americans killed, five wounded, and twelve captured in a small trench sector. The fate of the others remains unclear.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
Behold the Ford and the Chevrolet Song in a Garage
A garage scene recounts encounters with customers in various cars. The poem follows a Ford owner in McIntosh gear, a Chevrolet visitor, a quiet Dodge with youths, and a Buick girl who declines gas yet offers a smile. The verses celebrate service, toil, and friendly exchanges at a busy station.
Eighteen die as Salvation Army mission burns in Patterson
Fire in a frame building adjoining the Salvation Army rescue mission in Patterson New Jersey early today traps eighty five men sleeping inside. Fire apparatus arrived late due to alarm confusion and rapid flames blocked the sole fire escapes forcing many lodgers to leap from windows. Ten men were hospitalized with likely mortal injuries and many others injured in the desperate escape. Identification of the dead is deemed impossible as the institution's records were destroyed.
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Higbheen
Salvation Army
Patterson
N. J
Salvation Army Rescue Mission
Hamlet Scores Again as Railtown Center
Hamlet, Nov. 4. Hamlet becomes the rail center under Seaboard Air Line reorganization. The northern district general superintendent will be based in Hamlet, now handling transportation for Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. R. S. Marshall becomes general superintendent at Hamlet.
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Hamlet
Marshville Social Notes and Visits Highlight Weekend
Mesdames J E Abernethy of Monroe and Flora Broadaway of Peachland visited relatives in Marshville over the weekend. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Marshal Newsome of Wingate and Rev T F Marr at the Methodist church. The D C Club hosted a Halloween themed social at Miss Kate Green’s home with games and a moonlight ride.
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Joe
Journal
Marshville
J. E. Abernethy
Monroe
Flora Broadaway
Peachland
Relaves
Marshal Newsome
Wingate
R. C. Newsome
T. F. Marr
Charlotte
Kate Green
Lucile Bailey
J. EB. Liles
F. M. Edwards
Mr. Liles
Mary McWhirter
Pauline Pinkston
Wadesboro
K. L. Whittington
Greensboro
Virginia Abernethy
Francis Bailey
W. C. Bivens
Mary Davis
Local notes from Marshville and vicinity mix church events and gossip
The Marshville column lists prayers at the Methodist Ladies Missionary Society and church services led by Prof. Ray Funderburk, plus visits from Shelton Harrill, Homer Leonard, and several town residents. It notes a Guernsey cattle exhibit plans, a Marshville Planing Mill Co. project, and a marriage in Water Town. It ends with world war era notes on Soldier Louis J. Yandle and Miss Alice Frances O Riley, a jail break report from Warsaw, and a cheeky line about a preacher versus a prizefighter.
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Baptist Church
Ray Funderburk
Shelton Harrill
Homer Leonard
Charlotte
Robt. Cunningham
Helen
J. B. Bailey
Daisy Cadieu
Thelma Cadieu
Thelma
Ladies Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Carl Bailey
B. B. Allen
Benson
Messrs
Murr Crowder
Henry Gray
Wadesboro
Emma Hunter
Weddington
J. T. Williams
Tina Mullis
Wingate
J. C. Austin
Pleasant Walk Farm
Wilmington Fair
J. E. Thomas
Bcal
Louis J. Yandle
W. H. Yandle
Vance Township
United States
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Alice Frances O'Riley
St. Patrick's Church
Watertown
Hollis Burns
Yandle
Edward Fortune
Mary O'Riley
Sacket’s Harbor
Coast Artillery Corps
O'Riley
Albert M. Skinner
Wattertown Blue Print Co
Governor Commutes Walker Death Sentence to Life
Raleigh November 5 Governor Bickett commuted the death sentence of 19 year old Charles Walker to life imprisonment for killing his sweetheart Florence Sutphin in Caldwell county. The governor cited lack of deliberation in the act and the public conscience opposing capital punishment for a first offense. The reasons comprise three typewritten pages. In New York City the mayoral election campaign ends amid war issue debates as Mitchel seeks re election while linking opposition to German influence to the Tammany Hall challenge.
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Ayer of
Boxheart
Saih
Raleigh
North Carolina
Bickett
Charles Walker
Florence Sutphin
Caldwell County
N. Y
New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Tammany Hall
Wilson
U. S
Washington
Gerard
Committee On Public Information
Segregation Unlawful Supreme Court Rules
The U S supreme court unanimously declares compulsory racial segregation in residential districts unconstitutional canceling Louisville ordinance that barred moving into blocks with a majority of opposite race. Similar laws in Richmond St Louis Baltimore and other Southern cities would not stop race amalgamation or conflicts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisville
Richmond
St. Louis
Baltimore
Tax Law Sparks Tobacco Tax Evasion Tale
The Greensboro News reports a man boasting about telling his wife she wished to buy ten dollars worth of two cent stamps before the three cent letter postage law took effect. The issue notes a merchant who bought tobacco in bulk hoping to dodge the tax, portraying a controversial reaction to the new levy.
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Greensboro
Indian Trail threshing notice and cottage for rent
Notice announces cane seed threshing at Indian Trail on Wednesday and Thursday November 14 and 15. Garmon and Starnes urge owners to bring seed and complete threshing. Also a lost eyeglass return to H. D. Browning. A five room cottage for rent on College Street, apply to Mrs. H. B. Adams. Sewing machines repaired by N. E. Levy at 306 West Jefferson Street.
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N. B. Levy
West
Jefferson Street
Indian Trail
Garmon & Starnes
N.C
College Street
H. B. Adams
N. E. Levy
Subscription overhaul ends renewals on expiration date
Beginning January first The Journal will stop all subscriptions promptly on the date of expiration with two weeks notice. The new cash in advance system aims to reduce losses from lapsed renewals, postage, printing, and labor by stopping subs based on label dates rather than subscriber names.
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E. Barrett
Wee Spot Cash Grocery Store
Spain
Brooks
Secrest Motor Company
Monroe, N. C
Yours Truly, R. F. Parker
L. G. Helms
John McCall
Rgaie
Warsaw
Kenansville
William Henry Harrison
Falson
Robert Fitzsimmons
Monroe High School
Bru-Nel
W. R. Outen
Benton's Cash Store
Doster Place
G. W. Plyler
Waxhaw
Rt. 5
W. Jefferson Street
A. M. Crowell
H. D. Browning
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