New Bern to Have a Modern Hospital Soon
Special to The Dispatch reports New Bern will gain a modern hospital in the Craven Street Congoldén home after remodeling by Rhodes & Underwood. Drs. R. S. Primrose and R. N. Duffy will direct it, with local citizens aiding in management and affordable care promised.
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New Bern
Jaye
Craventreet
Rhodes & Underwood
Olympia
Pamlico County
Julia Val
Orge DuVal
Pollocksville
C. Hinson
Beaufort
Hinson
DuVal
Pamicéo County
En Bern
Theorld
W. A. Winant
York City
North Carolina
Winant
United States
Unty
Craven County
Patriotism Gift From Mrs Quinn Hair For Munitions
Washington notes an offer from Mrs. Bridget Quinn of Conifer Pennsylvania to donate her hair and her daughter's hair rose for use in munition factories if needed. Secretary Baker replied acknowledging patriotism but stating the sacrifice is not required. The gesture follows rumors of German use of women’s hair for belting munition machines.
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Washington
War Department
Bridt Quinn
Conifer
Baker
Option on Idle Richmond-Chesapeake Railroad
An option to the Richmond and Chesapeake Railway, idle since November 22 after the State Corporation Commission ordered dissolution, has been reported. Frank J. Gould of New York is a principal owner. The deal may close within the next few days before the option expires March 1, with potential resumption of operations this month.
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Richmond
Richmond and Chesapeake Railway
State Corporian Commission
Frank J. Gould
Ofew York
Vendor snippet hints at wartime boy labor and German threat
Fragmentary OCR shows a boy tending a gar and raising livestock while comparing him to an older brother in France. The tone suggests wartime duty and German danger, but details are incomplete.
Robert N Page to Aid in Thrift Campaign
Winston Salem reports Robert N Page of Abideen will serve as vice director of the State War Savings Committee under Col. F H Fries. He will first aid counties with organization, starting in Mecklen burg and then Buncombe, to push NC toward a 50 million dollar War Savings Stamps goal. County readiness and statewide structure are seen as key. 47 of 100 counties currently have some form of plan.
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Winston-Salem
Robert N. Page
Abideen
State War Savings Committee
Col
F. H. Fries
North Carolina
Page
Mecklenburg County
Buncombe
Fries
Gilbert T. Stephenson
Iredell Meares
Mike Traynor
Perquimans
Hertford
Bertie
Martin
Halifax
Edgecombe
Nash
Pitt
Craven
Wake
Durham
Person
Rockingham
Guilford
Forsyth
Davidson
Davie
Rowan
Randolph
Montgomery
Stanly
Cabarrus
Anson
Richmond
Scotland
Hoke
Cumberland
Robeson
Bladen
Duplin
Columbus
New Hanover
Gaston
Cleveland
Burke
McDowell
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Jackson
Swain
Haywood
Graham
Macon
Clay
Cherokee
North Carolina urged to become savers to fund war bonds
Gilbert T. Stephenson of the War Savings Committee says North Carolina has the lowest per capita wealth aside from Mississippi. He notes wealth of 2 billion with annual production of 500 million and urges residents to save 27 dollars per person and lend 16.27 to government to meet a 50 million war financing goal.
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Dispatch
Winston-Salem
N .C
North Carolina
Union
Mississippi
Gilbert T. Stephenson
War Savings Committee of
Brentenson
Stephenson
United States
Unknown man found dead near Gaffney with bullet wound
The body of a white man about 25 was found two miles north of Gaffney by train No. 36 crew. A pistol and a pocketbook with no money were found. no identification. Spinal meningitis quarantine closed city schools and restricted gatherings and visitors to local institutions including Bailey Military Institute and Lander College.
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Gaffney
S. C
City Board of Health
Camp Jackson
Bailey Military Institute
Lander College
Lived Over Century Saluda Man Dies at 110
Osborne Lewis, a Negro from Saluda County, died February 12 at his home above Good Hope in his 110th year. Born March 8, 1808 in Virginia, he was brought south by a slaveholding family and later lived as a free man for over 59 years. He served in the Mexican War and remained in good health until two weeks before his death, reportedly able to walk seven or eight miles.
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Saluda
S. C
Osborne Lewis
Good Hope
England
Virginia
Lewis
Two Soldiers Arrested at Camp Sevier
Two Camp Sevier soldiers, Private Heinrich Adler of the 105th Ammunition Train and Private Julius Rubenstein of the base hospital, were arrested by Co. J. Lyon US marshal on confidential Washington instructions and jailed locally. No charge was stated.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
Heinrich Adler
105Th
Julius Rubenstein
Co. J. Lyon
United States
Washington
Health Board Receives Global Notes and Local Aid Reports
North Carolina health officials relay a flood of mail from 50 000 letters a year including a death certificate joke Dont know Died without the aid of a doctor. A Calypso Branch shipment to Atlanta shows 70 abdominal bandages 110 triangular bandages 50 bandages 60 head bandages 7 prs woolen socks 5 prs bed socks 2 shoulder straps 4 convalescent robes 15 pajama suits 35 bed shirts. Magnolia auxiliary organized with 34 charter members 5 additions. officers elected. A light verse parodies Mary Had a Little Lamb about the spread of a cold at school.
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North Carolina
India
Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Health
Health Bulletin
Calypso
Warsaw Red Cross
Atlanta
Mesdames
D. E. Best
J. C. Russ
Edward Gibson
Magnolia
S. B. Hunter
L. Dan
Mae Pickett
Jessie Croom
Graniteville strike holds at 20 percent raise demand
Graniteville South Carolina February 23. An agent of the Department of Labor at Washington has failed to settle the strike of 600 cotton mill operatives at Graniteville Cotton Manufacturing Company. The mills remain closed and the workers stand firm for a flat 20 percent wage increase with no disorder reported.
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Graniteville
S. C
Department of Labor
Washington
Graniteville Cotton Manufacturing Company
Negro girl receives $9000 government life insurance
In Anderson D C on February 28 a 12 year old African American girl named Lillian Brown collected nine thousand dollars in government life insurance after the death of her father Walter E Brown. He was an Anderson Black man who enlisted in the Regular Army and served as a private in the 368th Field Hospital of the 92nd Division.
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Anderson
D. C
Lillian Brown
Walter E. Brown
368Th Field Hospital
92Nd Division
Minor Cases to Hear in Darlington Court
Darlington South Carolina reports that general sessions will convene Monday with few cases on bond and only one prisoner in jail. A white boy escaped earlier by removing wall bricks from a housebreaking charge. Judge F B Gary will preside. liquor absence kept docket small.
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Darlington
S. C
Court of General Sessions
F. B. Gary Wills Prestle
Impressive prohibition address in Warsaw draws large crowd
Dr George W Young spoke at the First Baptist church on prohibition and risks for young men at training camps. The audience responded generously to a fundraising appeal. Miss Fannie Best’s class won the large American flag in the attendance contest. A near collision occurred when a buggy stopped on a railroad crossing as a train approached, but no one was hurt.
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Warsaw
George W. Young
First Baptist Church
de Leon Carlton
Fannie Best
Mildred West
Southbend
Norfolk
Wilmington
Vivia West
Blanche Rogers
Woods to Lead U S Propaganda Effort Abroad
Arthur Woods the former police commissioner of New York City is appointed to direct American propaganda abroad to inform foreign nations about U S war aims and activities. He will work with the Committee on Public Information to counter German influence.
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Arthur Woods
U. S
New York City
Mr. Woods
Committee On Public Information
Underwood & Underwood
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