Across the Hills and Local Society Notes
An Indianapolis News poem by Frank Bates Flanner reflects autumn beauty and spiritual meaning. Local items note Concordia Circle meeting, Red Cross room reopening, and community news. Marriages include James P. Caston and Ivra M. Trayes, A B Page and Ethel Buckner. MacMillan Rountree wedding at St James. School notices report delayed reopening due to fuel shortage and a Mothers' Club meeting rescheduling. John J. Blair returns from High Point.
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Frank Bates Flanner
Indianapolis News
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
Cape Fear Country Club
W. D. MaccMillan, Jr
Jane MacMillan
James P. Caston
Charlotte
Ivra M. Trayes
Delgado
Winter Park Presbyterian Church
A. J. Howell
East Wilmington
Mothers’ School Improvement Club
John J. Blair
High Point
German ships gain access to Russian waters in early 1918
London reports the German naval delegation at Petrograd reached an agreement with the Bolshevik government to raise the blockade of the White Sea and regulate maritime commerce. Free access to Russian waters is planned with a first commercial squadron expected before Russian Christmas. Food shortages worsen as crates bearing Berlin stamps appear in a Petrograd hotel. Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann reportedly stopped at Warsaw on the Brest-Litovsk journey, with Poland said to join future negotiations advisory.
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Associated Press
London
Petrograd
Daily Mail
White Sea
Germany
Daily Express
Dail Mail
Jews
Berlin
Amsterdam
von Kuehlmann
Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Brest-Litovskin
Quarterly report of Red Cross military relief
A concise quarterly update on Red Cross military relief efforts detailing aid distribution, medical support, and troop welfare initiatives. Highlights include assistance figures, locations served, and organizational coordination with military units.
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Quarterly
RED Cross Military Relief
Egg famine threatens local supply amid soaring prices
The issue reports a looming egg shortage in the local market with prices 50 to 65 cents per dozen. It cites the New York Produce News noting already tight receipts, rising demand, and a likely worsening shortage into February as cold storage stocks dwindle.
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Willington
New York Produce News
Tennessee
Illinois
New York
New Year's Day Observed With Office Closures Citywide
Many officers and offices close for the national holiday. Banks shut their doors and post office hours are shortened. Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Bell offices grant a day off to workers. Rural carriers forego routes, amid appreciation from the community.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Baltimore Woman Becomes First Female Wireless Officer At Sea
Miss Elizabeth Landale Du Val of Baltimore is the first woman wireless operator to assume sea duty. She is regularly employed by a steamship line operating between Baltimore and Jacksonville.
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Elizabeth Landale du Val
Baltimore
Two Accidents From Falls On Icy City Streets
Snowy sidewalks caused slick conditions and two serious injuries. John Bloome, traveling salesman for Ahrens Brothers, broke his leg near the ankle after a fall in front of Citizens Bank. Charlie Davis, salesman for I M Solky and Company, slipped and sprained his wrist while leaving work. Davis recovers at home on South Sixth Street.
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John. Bloome
Ahrens Brothers
Citizens Bank
Charlie. R
Davis
I. M.solky, and Company
South Sixth Street
Theatre review praises Cliff Watson Ragtime Revue at Reval
Critics report a favorable impression of Cliff Watson and his Ragtime Revue at Reval despite light crowds caused by bad weather. The show features a 14 member cast with lavish scenery and costumes delivering a musical comedy full of specialties. Voltaire Sturgis and his violin receive top praise, while The Kentucky Trio and Stella Stampter also win acclaim.
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Cliff Watson
Ragtime Review Company
Reval
Voltaire Sturgis
Liz
Kentucky
Stella Stampter
Boschee's German Syrup Ad
Vintage advertisement for Boschee's German Syrup touts fifty one years of use in the United States for coughs bronchitis and throat lung trouble. Claims include restful sleep easy morning excretion and relief from inflamed pains aiding recovery. Bottles priced 25 and 74 cents sold by Green's Drug store.
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Boschee
Germany
United States
Nature
Green
Russian Star Sonia Wharkova in The Painted Madonna at Grand
Grand theatre hosts William Fox presenting Sonia Wharkova in The Painted Madonna a photodrama about an artist pursuing a beautiful girl who fled his canvas. The Russian actress billed as the Girl with the Big Black Eyes leads a cast including Mason Lampe Herblin Tavernier Navaro Reeves Stewart with George M. Scarborough story and O A C Lund directing.
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Filmatick
Grand Theatre
William Fox
Madonna
Sonia Wharkova
United States
Madam Markova Are Ltd
Mney. Mason
William _.Lampe
David Herblin
Albert Tavernier
Anita Navaro
Edith Reeves
Julia Stewart
George M. Scarborough
O. A. C. Lund
Smarter Set to Appear at Academy Tonight
The Smarter Set musical troupe, billed as the best colored aggregation traveling, will perform at the Academy tonight. Led by Salen Tutt Whitmey and Homer Tutt, the 35 strong company promises high quality singing and dancing in their show My People.
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Academy
Salen Tutt Whitmey
Homer Tutt
Auf
Mie
Ars
Academy OF Music
Timorrow
America
Salem Tutt Whitney
J. Hoemer Tutt
Calgary woman first to join Canadian city aldermen board
Mrs J W Gale of Calgary becomes the first woman elected to a Canadian city's alderman board. Miss Frank J Emperor receives a salary of fifteen hundred dollars as clerk of the city council.
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J. W. Gale
Calgary
City
Canada
Frank J. Emperor
Weres
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Ceres
Ross
Southland
Arcady
Memry
Concordia Circle
Iarteqneen
Harmony iCircle
the Red Cross
Ogen
Gain Tomorow
John KR. Hanby
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. Hanby
Dr. Hanby
W. W. Koch
Kenelys
New Bern
Mary Clifford Bennett
Wadesboro
John T. Bennett
Eh Page-Buckner
A. B. Page
W.O. Page
Winter Park
Ethel Buckner
Wilmington
L .B. Boney
The
National Special Aid
Colonial Inn
Oscar Pearsall
Acmillan-Rountree
Cynthia Polk Rountree
George Rountree
Sidev G. MacMillan
St. James Episcopal Church
W. H. Milton
D. D
MacMillan
Seventh Regiment
United States Army
Camp Greene
N. C
Donald MacRae
Cape Fear County
Bird
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Russian
Red Cross
Zallol
Navy
Red Cross Bulétin
Amswer
Camp Sevier
Lois Toomer
Base Hospital
Waco
Texas
Toomer
Fort Caswell
North Carolina
U. S
Red
Cross of Friends
Brooke G. Empie
Naval Militia
H. B. Peschau
Geo. i Gillette
Major Pridgen
Thos
Gause
Invididuals
Fort. Caswell
Jasij Yuch
League
Anx
Cross
Mr. Bloome
Mr. Davis
Kansas
Bosree
Stella Stamper
Earl Meyers
Wizard of
Worrel
Sonia Markova
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