If I Could Sing One Song Aimed at Pure Truth
A fragmentary verse expresses longing to sing or paint or act with enduring, uplifting impact. The page then lists brief society notices: Mrs. Jones of Laurinburg visiting here. others traveling or returning home from Wrightsville Beach, Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Charleston. engagements with relatives and friends in Raleigh and Wilmington. Also mentions Red Cross fundraising at Carolina Beach and a Ladies of the Maccabees event notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
W. C. Jones
Laurinburg
J. A. Sayle
Charleston
Miss
Wrightsville Beach
Pope’s Peace Note Receipts Not Yet Acknowledged
The United States has not acknowledged receipt of Pope Benedict XVs peace proposals. Britain says its reply was handed to Cardinal Gasparri in Rome and will be examined in a benevolent and serious spirit by the Papal Secretariat.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Pope Benedict
Foreign Office
Ambassador Page
Britain
Rome
Gasparri
Local Furlough Visit and Red Cross Bridge Event
First Lieutenant Joe Jacobs arrives from Raleigh on furlough to stay with Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Jacobs at their cottage on the Northern Extension. He was among the Fort Oglethorpe trained officers. A cinema bill features Broadcloth and Buckskin and In a Prohibition Town with a grand march led by Miss Leonora Cantwell and Lt. Joe Jacobs. A Camp London wigwag display and souvenir flags accompany the evening. Red Cross benefit Thursday at Seashore Hotel lobby features a bridge whist tournament to raise wool funds for front articles with prizes donated by Bon Marche and Thomas F. Wood Inc.
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Joe Jacobs
Raleigh
B. J. Jacobs
Jacobs
Fort Oglethorpe
People's Pleasure Palace
Leonora Cantwell
Camp London
Oglethorpe
RED Cross
Seashore Hotel
Wrightsville Beach
Sehrie
Bon Marche
Thomas F. Wood, Inc
Seashore Hotel Guests Listed By Arrival
A roster of visitors at the Seashore Hotel includes G. C. Fisher C. C. Love from Concord BE K Proctor J M Russell and H K Russell from Lumberton W H Redfern with wife and child from Charlotte R H Parker with wife and child from Gastonia Miss Mabel Gen try from Birmingham and W B Cole from Monroe I E L Anderson from Fair Bluff J D Mc Lean J A Graham from Red Springs John Ellis from Goldsboro H C Allen and Mrs C H McCutcheon from Atlanta D H Fuller W G P Amon from Lumberton Luther Cromartie from Clarkton June F Diges from Rockingham Miss Florence Taylor from New York C L Moody Nichols E R Harris R R Dodson J A Stewart H E Vincent from Charlotte Miss Marie Cowan from Hazlet J H Harris from Roseboro.
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Seashore Hotel
G. C. Fisher
C. C. Love
Concord
BE. K. Proctor
J. M. Russell
H. K. Russell
Lumberton
W. H. Redfern
Charlotte
R. H. Parker
Gastonia
Mabel Gentry
Birmingham
W. B. Cole
Monroe
I E. L. Anderson
Fair Bluff
J. D. McLean
J. A. Graham
Red Springs
John Ellis
Goldsboro
Lumina program honors Oglethorpe officers with grand march
Two hundred fifty couples led a grand march and flag tableaux in a Lumina program honoring the returned Oglethorpe officers. The event drew a large crowd, with about a thousand people in attendance for the ceremony and festivities.
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Lumina
Oglethorpe
Estimates on copper cost given President
Federal Trade Commission estimates on copper and steel production costs go to President Wilson for fixing prices for war needs. Final sale figures depend on production cost study. The report suggests designating a government agency to continually investigate steel costs during the war. Copper costs figures were not released, but the report indicates large profits at present market prices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Russian political conference to open in Moscow
In Moscow on August 25 to 27 a state conference will convene in the great State theatre to discuss the political situation and plans for a new national government. Premier Kerensky will preside and open with a statement on the political and economic state. Diplomatic corps have reserved seating. 1500 invitations issued.
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Associated Tress
Moscow
Kerensky
Austrian Legation to Leave China for Vienna
Pekin reports the Austro-Hungarian minister and staff will depart after China's declaration of war. They will travel by a Dutch boat from Shanghai to San Francisco and then to Vienna, with the Dutch minister coordinating the exit.
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China
Associated ~Press
Pekin
Shanghai
San Francisco
United States
Vienna
Dr. R. v. Williams and Rev C. Shore in district travels
In Rocky Point, Dr. R. v. Williams spent yesterday in the city on business. Rev C. H. Shore, presiding elder of the Wilmington District, left yesterday for Mann and other points where he holds district conferences.
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R. v. Williams
Rocky Point
C. H. Shore
Wilmington
Yester
Mann
Officials Invited to Harbor Island Mass Meeting
City and county leaders including the Mayor, City Council, and Board of County Commissioners were invited to attend Friday night’s mass meeting at Harbor Island Auditorium. Officials are asked to sit in reserved seats to bolster turnout and support for attracting outside capital to the city.
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City Council
Board of County Commissioners
Harbor Island
Singers urged to join Harbor Island mass meeting program
A community singing event at the Academy of Music Friday night calls all singers to transfer allegiance to the Harbor Island mass meeting and aid in the singing. Choral Society members are asked to notify Mr. E. H Munson to confirm participation for the big occasion.
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Academy of Music
Harbor Island
Choral Society
Wilmington
E. H Munson
Increased Coal Handled by U S Railroads
New York report shows a 6 486 000 ton rise in bituminous coal moved by railroads. In July 764 965 car loads were carried, up from 635 244 in July 1916, a 20.4 percent increase, per Fairfax Harrison, Railroads War Board chairman.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Fairfax Harrison
Railroads’ War Board
Belgian war mission greeted at City Hall in New York
The Belgian war mission, visiting New York as the fifth foreign mission, was formally welcomed by Major Mitchel. A wartime color ceremony marked the public greeting at City Hall with a guard of honor from the 7th regiment and 500 sailors and 200 marines from the navy yard.
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Aby Associated Press
New York
Mitchel
City Hall
7Th Regiment
Navy Yard
Traffic toll in New York July 194?
Fifty four persons were killed and 1656 injured in Greater New York by automobiles during July according to a traffic violations report. There were 1227 speed violations in the Greater City in July, down from 1909 in June.
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Associated Press
New York
American Airmen Reported Killed or Captured
Paris dispatch from Associated Press states Oliver Chadwick of New York and another Boston member of Captain George Shignemer’s aerial squadron have disappeared near Verdun after a counter engagement. One believed prisoner, status uncertain, prompting widespread concern.
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Paris
Pega -Ghag
Oliver Chadwick
New York
George Shignemer
Tue
Kether Ip
Boston
Msery
Verdun
London Under Aerial Attack A vivid eyewitness account
A crowded London office scene is shattered by a barrage of aeroplanes and shells. The writer recalls early raids, the shift in public mood, and how civilians and officials seek safety, revealing London’s rueful awakening to the danger and a new war-wisdom.
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Jake
Jessie
London
War Office
Srance
Whitehall
Financial District
American bankers to back Mexican loan
Washington August 21 American government signals moral endorsement for a Mexican loan to support the Carranza government after two years of appeals. Officials deny direct U.S. solicitations while American bankers have been approached repeatedly. London bankers previously declined involvement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carranza
United States
London
Camp Meeting Crash Leaves Road strewn with wreckage
After a colored camp meeting Sunday a major borough road was littered with wrecked automobiles and wagons. Three machines and one wagon were reported demolished and scattered along the highway.
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Majorboro
Submarines Outgunned by Steamer Off Atlantic Coast
An Atlantic port report says a British steamer defeated a German submarine on outward voyage and repelled an attack on the return trip. Gunners hit the periscope of the first submersible, which vanished, while the second submarine escape after gunfire without a confirmed hit.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
France
United States
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Fayetteville
Laura Crump
Charlie Howie
Miss Ruth
Greenville, S. C
W. H. Howie
Miss Lee Herlin
Greensboro
Myrtle M. Merritt
Durham
George G. Moore
Red Cross Street
Eunice Sutton
Faison
R. B. William
Mary Lemuel Boykin
Margaret Murphy
Waynesville
Asheville
M. D. Caffey
City
Helen Davies
Miss Davies
Nannle Miller
Hamlet
Minnie Taylor
Burgaw
H. C. Hooper
Wallace
C.R. Haskins
J. H. Hannen
Washlington, D. C
F. A. Bissinger
Hannen
Mig Pauline’ Knobloch
Carolina Beach
New Hanover Trt Company
Red Cross Society
Daily News
J. W. Tankersley
Edward Tankersley
Bishop Davis
Collegiate
League
Sorosis
Raleigh News
E. R. Randall
Katherine Cross
Richmond
Charles V
Wilmington Lodge
A. F
A. M
C. P. Gorman
Sec’y
A.D. Brown
Brenlin
Wrightsville
Luaina Screen
Anna Little
E. Forest Taylor
Franklin
EL Tieaders
Seanard OF
Philadelphia
New York City
New Yok City
The
New Shades
Belk- Williams Company
North Front Street
United Press
Mesery Woodus Kellum
A. W. Janen
Ancram
Lord
Marsden Bellamy
Kelly
Hardy Lanier
United American Mechanics
Ni Carolina Council
Messrs
Rd Register
Frank Brittain
Whitlock-Woest
Postooies Park
Olifef- Militia Bureau
Wasser
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