Shinn Accepts Invitation to Deliver Morganton College Baccalaureate
The Rev J L Shinn pastor of Winter Park Masonboro and Seagate churches has accepted to preach the baccalaureate sermon at the North Georgia Baptist College commencement in Morganton Georgia. He will also assist revival services at Mineral Bluff Georgia for two weeks before returning to the city. He departs tomorrow and will be away about two weeks.
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Gev
J. L. Shinn
Winter Park
Masonboro
Seagate
Pees
North Georgia Baptist Vollege
Morganton
Shinnell
Mineral Bluff
Shinn
North Georgia Baptist College
Wi Imineton
Donations to Fort Caswell Hospital Through Harper Memorial
Over two weeks, various community members contributed foods and drinks for the hospital at Fort Caswell. Donations included cakes, jelly rolls, layer cakes, olives, milk, crackers, and cash gifts, with additional support from local businesses and a Red Cross relief effort.
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Fort Caswell
Harper Memorial
J. B. Fox
J. EB. Wilson
H. E. Bonitz
A. H. Shepard
P. C. LeMoyne
James Smith
Missouri
Monroe
C. R. Yopp
Debbie Shrier
Margaret Pleasants
Neil More
Bruff
Morse
Marine Hospital
Marine
James Walker Memorial
W. P. Toon
Samuel Bear
Jurgen
Abelovitz
Olympia
Star
A.C. L
L. Sellers
W. P. Woodcock
A. G. Warri
Cape Fear Dairy
H. L. Hanby
O. L. Fisher
Other
Colored Friends
Oyaters
Edward Nickson
Kirktum and Co
Bear Produce Co
Iaples
Market House
Athens ‘Andy Co
Mrs. S. Bronchi
Northern Fruit Co
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Johnson’s
Consolidated Barber Shop
G. H. Hutaff
Military Relief Committee
the Red Cross
Emily Toon
C. E. Hooper
Wilmington
Red Cross
Hugh MacRae
Norfleet
Cooper named delegate to Win the War For Permanent Peace convention
Thomas B. Cooper has been appointed as a delegate to the Win the War For Permanent Peace convention in Philadelphia May 16 18 by Governor Thomas W. Bickett. The convention aims to discuss postwar peace aims and policies.
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Thomas E. Cooper
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Cooper
Thomas W. Bickett
Seaboard Sells Liberty Bonds to Workers in Patriot Campaign
The Seaboard Air Line Railway urges employees to subscribe to the third Liberty loan, targeting at least $1,000 each. A brochure titled A Citizen's Duty urges sacrifice and saving, linking bond purchases to supporting soldiers and national defense, with the railroad offering employee credit to pay from future earnings.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
England
Belgium
France
Italy
Serbia
Europe
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Seaboard
Public figures back convention to prove war aims
The article notes a call for a convention to shape war aims and oppose premature peace. Signed by prominent public figures including ex presidents, the action signals strong political backing and public engagement in wartime policy.
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Lems
Agricultural campaign urges Southern farmers to grow more feed
Burgess Wood Gaither of the North Carolina Experiment Station campaigns to expand hay and feed production with Chamber of Commerce support. He urges farmers to plant corn, soybeans, and hay crops on available land to reduce tobacco and truck acreage, stressing self sufficiency and coordinated effort with bankers, merchants, and professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Wood Gaither
North Carolina Experiment Station
Chamber of Commerce
Gaither
America
South
City Increases for Police Fire and Street Workers Approved
City committee approved pay boosts for police and fire crews of five dollars per month and street department workers twenty five cents per day. The measures, aimed at retaining staff tempted to seek higher wages elsewhere, await full budgeting in June with hints of a $100 monthly minimum for fire and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Fire Department
Women Soldiers Clinch Military Status in Civil War Era
History notes General Lee issued a captain’s commission to Miss Sallie Tompkins for organizing and running a private hospital in Richmond for Confederate soldiers. This preceded later government actions granting military status to women surgeons and nurses.
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Lee
Sallie Tompkins
Richmond
Wilmington Lodge 319 calls emergent meeting in 1918
Masonic temple notice for April 23 1918 announces emergent communication on Tuesday evening at 8 00 for Fellow Craft work. Several candidates urged to attend. Visiting brothers invited to meet. By order of the Worshipful Master Co P Gorman secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Wilmington Lodge No
W. M. Co
P. Gorman
Vickers to Speak at Academy of Music Friday Night
Captain Leslie Vickers, veteran trench line leader and former Liberty Loan speaker, will address the Academy of Music Friday evening about his 18 months in active service. Admission is nominal with half proceeds going to a worthy organization. Wilmington is expected to turnout in force.
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Leslie Vickers
Hne
Academy of Music
Vickers
Wilmington
Eight more men called for city draft induction
Eight additional men are ordered to report Thursday afternoon for induction at 4 pm. Sixteen of 24 will be entrained for Camp Jackson Friday, with the rest bound for Fort Scriven Georgia in coming days. The listed registrants include 555 John Mathis Bremer and others. The adjuvant general’s office posted the Fort Scriven quota of 481 men for May 10, with six from the city board and one from the county board. Mt Holyoke College plans a summer vegetable program to stock the college for a year, using a 25 acre college farm worked by squads of 24 girls for four weeks.
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City Draft Board
Militar Service
Camp Jackson
Fort Scriven
John Mathis Bremer
George Willie Summerlin
Robert Cardaniel Powell
Mt. Holyoke College
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