Battery E 112th Field Artillery Mustered Out
The unit, raised in Watauga Caldwell and nearby counties, trained at Camp Sevier and fought in France. Their discharge lists battles from St Michiel to Meuse Argonne, with George G Barnes the only local KIA and Claude Teague Luther Bingham wounded. List of returning servicemen follows, noting strong family lines of local heroes. A New York dispatch reports a pogrom against Jews in Buenos Aires with police complicity and a later bolshevist threat. 1,400 Reds were captured and deported after an expedition in Port Natal Chile.
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112Th Field Artillery
Germany
Watauga
Caldwell
Camp Sevier
France
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Toul
Woevre
George G. Barnes
Claude Teague
Blowing Rock
Luther Bingham
Sherwood
Waitauga County
Rom Lovill
Cleve
James Gross
Edward Hodges
Elbert Vanney
Stuart O ‘Brown
Robert Honeycutt
Stuart Barnes
Gurtie Barnes
Paul Uttz
Clarke Brown
Hill Winebarger
Roby Brown
Russell Maltba
New York
Bennos Aires
Zionist Organization of America
Zionist Organization
Port Natalis
Chile
Washington Father of Liberty Bonds
The piece honors George Washington as the father of his country and describes his Revolutionary War era support for the fledgling government. It notes he lent about 72 dollars from private funds, sold Virginia property to do so, and emphasizes the early sacrifices that helped establish a financially strong United States with bonds backed by solid security.
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George Washington
Washington
Virginia
Wasington
Victory Liberty Loan Sunday Set For May 4
L. B. Franklin, Director of the War Loan Organization, announces May 4 as Victory Liberty Loan Sunday to avoid Easter conflicts. The campaign asks all ministers in the Fifth Federal Reserve District to cooperate and for Sunday schools and Bible classes to observe a day of thanksgiving for victory.
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Victory Liberty Loan
L. B. Franklin
War Loan Organization of the
United States Treasury
Victory
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve
Public School Reopens With Plan for Nine Months
Boone School Committee led by Roy M. Brown announces Tuesday opening of the Public School on April 8 with the same teaching staff except Hartwey will devote full time to the school. Funds from last year cover nine months and planned improvements. compulsory attendance extended to six months. The committee urges citizen cooperation for a successful year.
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Hartwey
Boone
Boone School Committee
Roy M. Brown
Wanted men and women to take orders for hosiery
Wanted workers to take orders among friends and neighbors for a genuine guaranteed hosiery line for men women and children. Eliminate swindling. Earn 50 cents an hour for spare time or 21 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mill Norristown Pa 61.
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International
Norristown
Governor appoints state highway commissioners plans terms
Governor Bickett announced appointees to the State Highway Commission Lieut Frank Page of Aberdeen as chairman from Raleigh for organization April 1. Appointees include John E Cameron Kinston Jas K Norfleet Winston-Salem and James J Sukeleather Asheville. Page salary 5500 full time six year term Cameron four Norfleet two. Includes other items on military and local news and a subscription appeal.
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Bickett
Frank Page
Aberdeen
John E. Cameron
Kinston
Jas
K. Norfleet
Winston-Salem
James J. Sukeleather
Asheville
Raleigh
Page
Paige
Cameron
Norfleet
War Department Sells Surplus Supplies to Foreign Nations
The War Department announced sales of over 200 million dollars of surplus war material to foreign governments. France bought 155 million dollars of smokeless powder acid copper cannon and steel plates. Italy purchased 41 million worth of machine guns and ammunition. The Netherlands bought 685 thousand of nitrate of soda. Czecho Slovakia bought about one million in airplanes and supplies 496 thousand in soldiers gear 214 thousand in machine guns and 171 thousand in hand grenades. Other buyers included Great Britain 2.8 million Cuba 104 thousand Liberia 14 500 and Switzerland 9 500.
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War Department
France
Italy
Netherlands
Czecho-Slovakia
Obituary of Jordon C. Henson of Henson's Chapel
Jordon C. Henson was born June 20, 1847, and died January 28, 1919. He married Martha B. Farmer on April 25, 1869, and they had nine children, all living, connected to Henson's Chapel. A faithful member, he attended Sunday school and longed to rejoin services after fall illness. His family and church mourn his passing. Pastor J. W. Benvert offers prayers for solace.
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Jordon C. Henson
Martha B. Farmer
Henson's Chapel
Will
George
Charlie
Watt
Ben
Ed Henson
Amantha
N. Y
J. W. Harbin
Tacoma
Wash
Solomon Hollers
Charlotte
N. C
Hard Trivett
Bluff City
Tenn
Henson
J. W. Benvert
Finish the Victory Liberty Loan Campaign Now
A call to national thrift urging immediate saving to ensure success of the Victory Liberty Loan, fifth government war loan. Emphasizes personal sacrifice, bank stability, and avoiding business stagnation, noting lenders’ need to fund army support, wounded rehabilitation, victor repatriation, and reconstruction. Prompts readers to prepare for the Victory Lif ing Loan.
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Sam
Uncle Sam
Solid Security For Your Bonds
A historical note highlights American wealth and resource control, stating 6 percent of the world population owns 7 percent of land while the United States holds dominant shares of copper coal gold oil iron and steel silver cotton wheat corn meat and more. It notes Europe owes the U
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America
Europe
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Local Wood Worker
N G Deal a Hickory North Carolina wood worker suffered back pain restlessness and disturbed sleep from kidney trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills gave prompt relief removing back pain and improving his general well being. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Fos ee Co Buffalo New York is the distributor.
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Dean
N. G. Deal
Hickory
N.C
Doan
Mr. Deal
Fosee Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
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Liberty Bonds
United States
Spottsylvania County
Florida
Panama Canal Zone
Emile Cotton
Premier Clemenceau
Philip Brown
Roosevelt
Inter-Allied
Budapest
Labrador
Grooswater Bay
Nain
Scretary Daniels
Great Britain
Burns
Indianapolis
Matthews
Ithaca
U. S
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
First River
Vladivostok
Siberia
Russia
Saskatoon
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Marion Mower
Syracuse
Marshal Petain
Miss Mower
Abraham Ramsey
Smoky Mountains
Knoxville
Democrat
Cuba
Liberia
Switzerland
Watauga County
Cook
EH Cook
Ben ‘Audill
Meres
JF Roark
Miles Winebarger
Joseph H Winkler
North Fork
J Potter
Potter
Stony Fork
Anna Ballou
W Hendrix
E Johnson
A Watson
H Watson
I. Younce
Meat Camp
W Adams
Sarah C Bryan
DM Coffey
Dugger & Profit Heirs
Tate
O LC Wilson
Woodring
Aldridge
H A Dobbin
Am “Gers
Jestes
Mattie Phipps
Smith Profitt
IC Beagle
Joe Townsend
W_H Wagner
D H Wright
Hawneehaw
E Townsend
S EF Townsend
Christina Ward
J W Ward
McKinley W
JB Baird
BH Broyhill
Mra RC Church
H_A Dobbin
JL Davis
JM McGuire
JT McGuire
John Seagle
JB Shook
JD Shook
Wilson Townsend
Dobbin
Fred Parsons
Wade Parsons
Miles Wincharger
Laurel Creek
EC Stansberry
WG Trivett
CD Wai
Roby L Ward
JW Baird
Eres
WM Harman
JW Harman
Eeces
M F Keller
Miss Jane Keller
John Keller
Louisa Leventhrop
Lydia McGuire
JC Master
G H Rowe
W J Ray
Cove Creek
Mes AE Church State L
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Boone Isaacs
G Johnson
Jett
Frank Matthewson
G C Norris
MN House
Thomas
JP Wilkerson
Abernethy
Ashdey
John Buff
Thos Bryan
J ¥ Anderson
D M Ashley
M Clark
EC Cannon
J W Cannon
J C Coulter
M R Colt
D J Craig
NC Calen
John F Cox
J A Durham
Edmisten
Mrs C Emerson
H Edmisten
JM Foster
Grey Fitzhy, H
Minnie
Oster
Joe H Greene
Lou Greene
Lum Greene
Mattie Gwyne
RW Gibbs
W Gage
J Hartley
Wesley Hartley
Willey Hartley
Hayes & Martin
Jacob Leona Henley
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