Farmers Busy As Protracted Meetings Weave Tales
Correspondence from Unionville and Marshville recalls Mill Creek and New Hope church revivals with eleven, then twelve additions by baptism. Notes on Badin and Marshville life accompany farm work, local visits, school moves, and restocking by noting rainfall, crop gains, and community fund needs for the Bethel cemetery.
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Inside Express
Unionville
Mill Creek
EB. C. Snider
E. M. Brooks
Badin
New Hope
A. Marsh
C. H. Martin
Bastin
J. E. Williams
J. J. Braswell
Mr. Willams
Barry Riser
Local Social Notes From Corinth Mississippi
Miss Ethel Price spent Saturday night with Mrs. Minnie Spittle. Julius Whitaker of Ch visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitaker. Bettle Richardson visits sister Mrs. W. M. Melton in Sandy Ridge. Wilma Gordon of Bethune D.C. spent Thursday night with grandfather H. L. McManus. Bunyan Richardson with Mrs. W. A. Kealah at Unionville. Arp McManus of West Monroe stayed with sister Mrs. Carl Price. Bundy Caskey and Lee Helms visited Mr. Ben F. Helms. Mrs. R. S. Spittle returns from Raleigh. Farm Girl.
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Corrinth
Ethel Price
Minnie Spittle
Julius Whitaker
W. A. Whitaker
Bettle Richardson
W. M. Melton
Sandy Iidge
Wilma Gordon
Bethune
D. C
H. L. McManus
Bunyan Richardson
Tater
W. A. Kealah
Unionville
Arp McManus
West Monroe
Carl Price
Mesars
Bundy Caskey
Lee Helms
Ben F. Helms
R. S. Spittle
Raleigh
Navy Poster Urges Workers to Do Their Part in War Effort
A Navy paymaster general poster aims to boost morale among textile and uniform cloth plants. It emphasizes personal investment in producing navy contracts and urges workers to help make cloth well and promptly for fleet use.
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Navy
Samuel McGowan
The
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Samuel M'Gowan
The iBekett Boys Vaccinated at Camp Battery D
From the Wadesboro Ansonian: Battery D boys report feeling unwell after receiving smallpox vaccination and two anti typhoid shots. They are not yet at full strength.
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iBekett
Wadesboro
Road to Peace Follow the Flag
Advertisement urges enlistment against Germany with claims that Ironized Paw-Paw tonic strengthens and heals anaemia, nerv ous disorders, and builds muscle for passing draft examinations. Promotes Ironized Paw-Paw tonic from Inter state Drug Co Inc New York with price £1.00 and formula on every bottle.
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William
Germany
Tron
Nux
Stars and Stripes
English Drug Co
Interstate Drug Co., Inc
New York
Fine Profits in Crimson Clover in Hickory Record
In Hickory yesterday Craig Shuford denied selling 1000 pounds of crimson clover seed for 400 this week. Col. W J Shuford notes crimson clover seed is imported from France and Catawba county could save thousands of bushels yearly. J D Johnson brought 1000 pounds of dairy cattle to Hickory for 125. Before the war this hay was mostly imported from Russia, now Catawba grows it. D E Bolick of Alexander county hauled 32 52 dollars worth of dried apples to Hickory for dehydration and winter use. He plans more apples to conserve food.
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Hickory
Craig Shuford
Col
W. J. Shuford
France
Catawba County
J.D. Johnson
Nussia
D. EB. Bolick
Alexander Unly
Bolick
Meat shortage warned as livestock conference discusses movement plan
In Washington speakers warned of meat animal depletion without action. The conference, called by the Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture, drew members of a United States livestock industries committee to study plans to move large numbers of cattle sheep and hogs from the west to feeding grounds in the south and east and to stimulate production.
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Washington
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
United States Livestock Industries Committee
Houston
Herbert Hoover
Riga’s rise as a Baltic trading hub and imperial shifts
The text outlines Riga’s growth into a major timber, flax, and linseed mart with rail and water connections to White Russia and Volhynia. It notes large export goods, rising imports, industrial expansion, and railway links to Smolensk and Orenburg. It traces Riga’s founding, Hanseatic ties, and turbulent rule by Livonia, Poland, Sweden, and Russia through 1812.
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Associated Press
Riga
W. ©. Heath
Baltimore
Petrograd
Britannica
Russia
Livonia
Gulf of Riga
Dvina
Dnieper
Volga
Baltic
Ust-Dvinsk
Dunamunde
Old Town
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Mitau
Napoleon I
St. Mary's
St. Peter's
Knights of the
Walter von Plettenberg
House of the Black Heads
Polytechnic
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Lomonosou
Alexander I
Majorenhof
Dom
Volhynia
Smolensk
Orenburg
Tsaritsyn
Lower Volga
Tambov
England
Asa
Duna
Meinhard
Albert I
Innocent II
Teutonic Knights
Albert
Sigismund I
Gotthard Ketteler
Order of the Teutonic Knights
Stephen Bathory
Poland
Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus
Poltava
Japanese Ambassador Ishii Pledges Peace and Alliance
Japanese Ambassador Baron Ishii addressed both houses in Washington, delivering fluent speeches that drew a warm reception. He urged permanent peace between Japan and the United States, praised the alliance against militarism, and warned against forces seeking to estrange the two nations.
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Baron Ishii
Japan
United States
House
Senate
Washington
Raids Target IWW Headquarters Across States
United States Marshals under Attorney General Gregory raided IWW headquarters in many sections Wednesday. Arrests were made as the federal action aims to curb seditious activity said to hinder war measures and government efforts by strikes and related means.
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Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Gregory
The
West
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F. W. Hayes
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