Fifteen Prizes Awarded In Union County Contest
Last night ended a two week period awarding sixteen special prizes to popular young ladies in Union County and nearby districts. Prizes include gold lockets and rings with winners listed by township. Extra Vote Period begins this morning lasting two weeks until November 30th with double votes until Monday night. Analysis notes high stakes and calls for subscriptions to maximize votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Myrtle Blythe
Jackson Township
W. B. McManus
Monroe
Lanes Creek Township
Myrtle Price
Mary Jones
Sandy Ridge
Belk
Magele Simms
Lanes Creek
Sarah Baker
Eula Phifer
Marshville
Rena Moore
Goose Creek
May Austin Buford
Mayme Belk
Vance
Dora King
New Salem
Ola Medlin
Lancaster County
Ethel Taylor
Chesterfield County
Maud Fenderburk
Contestant Voting Privilege Cited In Next Monroe Issue
In the next Monroe issue a contestant may cast enough votes to boost her standing by 120 000. The item mentions week ending dates including November 30 and references an election like vote casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Devotion Keeps Army Sandwich for 42 Years
Waxhaw correspondent reports a widow kept a traveling army sandwich given to Corporal John Parker in October 1872 near Charlotte United States Army Artillery. Parker died months later in California. His widow preserved the bread until 1907. now owned by his daughter Mrs. W. H. Gilmore. The bread remains hard and yellowed yet intact. Also notes on theatre pictures and music at the P time theatre for the fair victors Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxhaw
Charlotte Observer
Company A
United States Artillery
Charlotte
John Parker
W. H. Gilmore
Wingate
Biven
Journal
Walter Brown
Charles E Brown
Mary FP. Brown
Willie Bivens
John W. Bivens
Fredericksburg
B. Y. Tyner
EB. C. Snyder
J. G. Carroll
Pee Dee Association
Rockingham
Wintgate School
Sandy Parker
Helms
Craig
John W. W. Bivens
Bivens
O. P. Wimberly
O. P. Timist
Business Outlook Brightens Amid War Turbulence
The Journal notes improving business conditions as reserves banks open, exports rise, and markets show cautious gains. Cotton remains hardest hit but shows slight recovery while wheat prices slip due to anticipated larger crops. The overall tone is hopeful, acknowledging wartime strain yet consistent with a improving economic trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reddold
America
New Baby for Gov Craig in North Carolina
Hail and good day to Locke Craig Jr born yesterday afternoon weighing nine pounds. He is the Governor’s second child at the Governor’s Mansion joining Brantly Aycock, son of the late Governor Charles B Aycock. The Craigs have three other sons, George, Arthur, and Carlyle, all attending college or the Naval Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Raleigh Dispatch
Locke Craig
North Carolina
Young Craig
Brantly Aycock
Charles B. Aycock
George Craig
University of North Carolne
Arthur
Carlyle Craig
United States Naval
Annapolis
American Cotton Use Drops Distinctly in Early Year
The census bureau reports American cotton consumption in the first three months of the year fell compared with last year, and October exports were less than a third of previous levels. UK imports rose to 232,065 bales, while Germany took none and France received 22,202 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Enemies Use Dummy Trenches and Deceptive Signals
A London dispatch describes modern warfare at the Aisne front with British troops building dummy trenches and placing figures to lure German artillery. A heliograph signaling system and night skirmishes are used to mislead the enemy, while armor and transport improvements aid wounded evacuation. The narrative includes a court note on Heavener’s contempt case and a theater listing for Miss Joyce at the Pastime Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Dispatch
Aisne
Netly
Batte Front
England
Southhampton
Audacious Loss Shrinks British Navy’s Might at Sea
The Audacious, third largest British battleship, lies at the ocean bottom off Ireland after a torpedo or mine strike on October 27. Surviving crew were saved by the Olympic. most officers and men abandoned ship as a dramatic explosion sank her stern first. Secrecy was imposed on Olympic passengers and crew. The loss marks the most serious single British naval defeat since hostilities began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ireland
Olympic
Liverpool
Charles M. Schwab
Belfast
Lord Roberts Dead After Pneumonia Visit to Battlefield
Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts died in France on Friday night at age 82 from pneumonia. Famed for Kandahar Pretoria and Waterford campaigns, he led Britain in nine wars, rising from subalter n to field marshal and chief of all British armies, earning the Garter in 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battlefield
Lord Roberts
France
Roberts
Kandahar
Pretoria
Waterford
Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Camnpore
India
Sir Abraham Roberts
Trish
South Africa
Great Britain
William
Germany
Wellington
Clive
Kitchener
Order of the Garter
Boy Shot While Hunting In North Carolina
Thomas Wakefield age 13 is in a local hospital with a bullet in his brain after a hunting accident with his brother. Doctors see a fair chance of recovery and no operation has been performed yet. The report notes a similar prior case with a favorable outcome and mentions ongoing concern about wildlife threats in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenserry Wispaven
Thomas Wakefield
George Wakefield
War Stalemate and Winter Preparations Across Fronts
The fighting nations show deadlock as bad weather halts advances. French and German armies sit immobile while Russian and Turkish forces clash with unclear outcomes. Parliament approves an additional billion in war funding and a million more men. Lord Roberts dies and the Audacious is lost amid heavy winter conditions. The Russians entrench near East Prussia and Belgians brace for winter as floods affect West Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
East Prussia
Jas
Manchuria
Belgium
France
West Flanders
Dixande
British
House of Commons
England
Rnians
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Bright Secrest
Ees Wingate
Mattie Jones
West Monroe
Della Iceman
Ethel Sprouce
Sandy Ridge Township
Annie Gordon
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Vee
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Mineral Springs
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Sone
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Magete Sims
Addie Tyson
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Georgia Broom
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Elise Davis
Odessa Hamilton
Myrtle Sinclair
Blake Ashcraft
Ola Baucom
Wilma Haiett
Bupord
Gaither Coan
Mary Starnes
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Rosa Rogers
Maggie Sistare
Lessie Plyler Ae
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New York
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Alawba News
Wilfong
J. R. Heavener
Heavener
Long
D. J. Prout
W. L. Bolick
David Seabuck
N. C. Barringer
D. F. Barger
T. L. Hewitt
M. Wilson
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Himelf
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Pastine Theatre
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Kansas City Journal
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