Guetly Men Hured at Work on Questionnaires
The city and county boards report many men being engaged in completing and returning WWI questionnaires. Attendance at the courthouse rose, with lawyers aiding registrants. officials warn all forms must be sworn and filed within seven days or risk automatic loss of eligibility.
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Court House
Boyes
Cnay
Ren
John D. Bellamy
Grant
W. Bb. McKay
Isaac Wriel
Denry Heyer
W. B. Campiy
Seutuel BR. Woods
Bediy
A. G. Ricaud
V’. Foslylienes
Walter P. Gafford
Graham
Wotligam
MM. Cellamy
A. Th. Hots
Williams
B. G. Empie
Transien
Ivy fellovy _Poelock
L. King
Wm. W. Lewis
Puglave
Wm. Lave Grissom
Sid Iy Donald
Edwin Robinson
Josion
Joseph Walker
Jno
W. Geover C. Gorman
Andrew W. Ivey Ilaywood S. King
Richard Irtii A
Alexander McDonald
Edgar Pooomen
Geo. Jones
Robertitis
Herring Herring
Ernest T
United States Seeks 15000 Home Guards for Utilities Protection
The government calls 15,000 men beyond draft age to form a home guard branch guarding public utilities. Married men and veterans are sought. service stays near home with no foreign duty and no active combat except riot control. Applications to Sergeant James B. Bradford in Lumberton North Carolina.
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United States
James B. Bradford
Lumberton
N. C
McCain
United States Guards
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Butler Receives Call to Succeed Resigned Pastor
After Sunday services at Southside Baptist church Rev. A A Butler is urged to become pastor replacing Rev. W G Hall who resigned earlier. Butler will decide in a few days as the church conveys strong wish for his acceptance. Hall has already left the post and awaits his next assignment.
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W. G. Hall
Southside Baptist Church
A. A. Butler
Butler
Mstter
Orthside
Mr. Butler
Duplin Contingent Heads to Camp Jackson
Twenty men from Duplin County drafted into the army traveled by train to Camp Jackson Columbia. The group includes F. R McMillen Billie Brown Perry Edwards McKay Grady H J Margolius Roy Martin Chauncey Carlton Robert Hardy Dortch Moody Perry Sholar Mex Margolius Samuel Judge John Parker Richard LeRoy Thomas C H Krowles Paul Outlaw Leon Taylor Corey Canter Alfred Howe Riley Peden.
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Duplin
Duplin County
Eight Thousand Kansas Girls Can Fruits and Vegetables
Half a million quarts of fruits and vegetables were canned by eight thousand Kansas girls during the past summer and fall.
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Kansas
Jones Marrion S Martin Stef Wn Johnston Arthur Foy
Names listed likely part of a notice or roster. Readable items include Jones, Marrion S., Martin Stef Wn., Johnston Arthur Foy, Frank J. Johnson. No clear event or action given in the fragment.
Vigilance Corps urged to counter German propaganda nationwide
Mayor Moore cites a call from the American Defense Society urging citizens to form local vigilance units to aid the government against German propaganda and enemy activity. The plan classifies residents as loyal, disloyal, or unknown and directs reporting to police and justice officials.
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P. Q. Moore
Richard M. Hurd
Day
Board of
Trustees
The
American Defense Society
Russia
Italy
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Neventeres
Berlin
Executive Committee
Police Department
Department of Justice
Army
Navy Intelligee
Washington
America
Vigilance Corps of the
National Headquarters
East 23Rd Street
New York City
Rural children rally for Red Cross and War Savings Stamps
School programs across the county emphasize Red Cross support and War Savings Stamps. District meetings are planned at Masonboro East Wilmington Castle Haynes Winter Park Wrightsboro and Seagate with speakers from the War Savings Stamp Committee led by Major Joseph W. Little.
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Red Cross
North Carolina
Masonboro
District 19
East
Wilmington
Castle Haynes
Winter Park
Wrightsboro
Washington Catlett
Catlett
Wrightsville
Seagate
War Savings Stamp Committee
Jos. W. Little
Infant Delia Ray King Dies. Interred at Verona
Delia Ray King aged 16 months died early yesterday. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel King of 515 Dawson Street. The funeral train carried the body to Verona for burial in the family burial ground.
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Delia Ray King
Samuel King
Dawson Street
Verona
Portable cinema circuit planned for Brunswick county
Mr. P. W. Wells of the Howard Wells Amusement Company leaves for Brunswick county with a portable moving picture outfit to exhibit in several towns. A Delca lighting unit provides power and an auto truck transports the setup. The plan calls for a six town circuit with weekly showings and rapid 30 minute setup.
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P. W. Wells
Howard- Wells Amusement Company
Brunswick County
Delca
Boston Mayoral Race Sees Four Candidates Confident
Boston voters faced a crowded mayoral ballot with four candidates aligned against incumbent James M. Curley including James A. Gallivan Peter F. Tague and Andrew J. Peters. Socialist James O Neal campaigned with campaign stickers as city selects council and school committee members amid a license question vote.
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Boston
Mass
James
James M. Curley
James A. Gallivan
Peter F. Tague
Andrew J. Peters
James O'Neal
First Woman Master in Chancery Catherine McCulloch
Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch a noted woman lawyer and suffrage worker is the first woman to receive appointment as a master in chancery in Chicago She was among the first women admitted to the Illinois State bar and has practiced before the Supreme Court
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Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Chicago
Illinois State Bar
Supreme Court
War Savings Stamp Effort Aims for 10 Promises
A wartime note describes a program to issue war savings stamp certificates and save money for the coming year. It urges readers to pledge to persuade at least 10 people to invest in thrift cards.
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Smith
Uoading
Wilmington Motor Co., Inc
Robert G. Barr
Chestnut Street
Dock Street
France
New Jersey
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
War Savings
Juzsanne
Luzsanne
the Reily—Taylor Company
New Orleans
Aysociated
Raleigh
Eysory
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Wilson
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