Venice Under Threat as War Rages Beyond Italian Front
Correspondent describes Venice and its lagoon defense facing Austrian advances in 1918. Navy controlled fortifications, floating batteries, and canal patrols safeguard the city while residents endure flooding, destroyed farms, and evacuations. Monuments bricked up. commerce eroded. hope remains for a 1918 turn.
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Italy
de Mber
Janice
Reges
Attila
Venice
Navy
Ssue
Burano
Piave Vecchia
Porte Grandi
Piave Ft
An Islands
Flanders
Ods
Inter
Piava
San Giovanni
Paolo
San Marco
Dodge’s Palace
Bem
Colleoni
Piazzi San Marco
Merceria
Grand Canal
Mental Clinic Depart to Aid State Hospital
A new department will be added to the State Hospital in North Carolina on January 17 to treat mental diseases and provide care before conditions worsen. The move aims to expand local mental health services and prevent cases from reaching crisis stages.
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Igh
N. C
Administrator's Notice for Lizzie Hill Estate
The administrator announces claims against the estate of Lizzie Hill must be presented by January 10, 1919 or be barred. All creditors are urged to submit proofs of claim promptly. J. H. Davis is the administrator of the Lizzie Hill estate.
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Lizzie Hill
Ae Sa
J. H. Davis
Tidewater Presents Uts View Of The Case
Tidewater Power Company writes Councilman Bunting to explain deepening dispute over two night per week street light dimming under Fuel Administrator rules. Company argues city contract controls lighting and seeks arbitration to interpret terms amid cost saving concerns. Councilman Shepherd announces the indefinite suspension of Fireman Freimuth for neglecting city duties and running a private business.
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Tidewater Power Company
Bunting
Weould Ike
Wilmington
R. Hunt
Asst
Shepherd
Freimuth
Stockholders Meeting Called For Wilmington Homestead and Loan
Annual stockholders meeting of the Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the office of J. Hicks Bunting Drug Co. Second and Princess streets. All stockholders urged to attend. C. Brown, Secretary.
Waterways bill urged to aid wartime coal, shipping needs
Special to The Dispatch reports Senator Ransdell urges support for a revolving fund allowing the President to fund inland and coastal waterway transportation facilities. The piece links improved waterways to coal distribution, steel production, and wartime logistics, urging readers to contact their senators and representatives.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
United States
Jos
Ransdell
Louisiana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
New York Times
England
France
Italy
Y M C A Juniors Plan Friday Night Campout
The Y M C A Juniors host a January 18 outing with an overnight camp. Potato roast supplied by teachers. Prof John J Blair will recount star stories. Three squads depart at 5 pm 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm from the Y M C A.
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John J. Blair
Registering Aliens in Greensboro
Greensboro police chief Foushee follows instruction from U S marshal Webb to register all aliens in the city. The task, said to be simple, targets only four or five individuals in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
N. C
Foushee
United States
Webb
Peplac credited by Mrs Palmer for relief of stomach ailment
Mrs Lucille Palmer of Charlotte says Peplac improved her stomach trouble, sleep, and weight after years of fermenting food and nervousness. She reports a three pound gain and plans to continue the medicine, now sold at R R Bellamy's and leading Wilmington stores.
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Lucille Palmer
South Tryon St
Charlotte
Mrs. Palmer
R. R. Bellamy
Wilmington
Adv
Campaign for Blue Ridge Association Plans 125000 Drive
John J. Eagen named general chairman and Dr. W. D. Weatherford campaign director for a 125000 drive to be run Feb 3 across 13 Southern states and the District of Columbia. Y M C A secretaries and Army workers will support the effort with substantial state allocations and Blue Ridge training programs.
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Atlanta
John J. Eagen
W. D. Weatherford
Nashville
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Florida
Arkansas
Maryland
West Virginia
Red Triangle
Army Y. M. C. A
Southeastern
Blue Ridge Association
Blue Ridge Summer School
Ackley
Blue Ridge
South
Blue Ridge Mountains
Honored Heroes of Chemin des Dames
Young American officers witnessed a French ceremony honoring veteran units at Chemin des Dames after the victory. Generals pinned medals on decorated soldiers as bayonets gleamed in the rain on a field near a shell damaged city. The scene inspired U.S. cadets to aspire to future leadership in the war.
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America
France
Chemin Des Dames
Legion of Honor
Cornell
Reappoint Union Secretary in North Carolina
Raleigh January 17. Mr. W. C Crosby executive secretary of the Community Service Bureau of the State Department of Education is reappointed by Dr H Q Alexander president of the Farmers Union as secretary of the Union.
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Raleigh, N. C
W. C Crosby
Community Service Bureau
State Department of Education
H. Q. Alexander
Farmers Union
Farm er O. B. Harding Dies After Opioid Overdose
Raleigh North Carolina January 17 1900 Mr O B Harding a well to do farmer in Neuse County died in a local hospital after being found unconscious from an opiate overdose in a hotel room. He was carried to the hospital Sunday and died Monday.
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Raleigh
N. C
O. B. Harding
Neuse
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Wilmington, N. C
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Souther
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Vetran
Foster & Fits
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Birmingham
Greenwood
Little Rock
Charlotte Jackson
Macon
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Kryptok
Vineberg Masonic Temple
Green’s Drug Store
Market St
Winston - Salem- Morehead City-Beaufort
Whitman
Justin
Jarman & Futrelle
Process Street
N. Y
Riggs
Best Drug
Superior Court
Alice Larkins
John Lartins
Thomas Harriss
Court House
Queen Street
Second Streets
Second Street
Queen Stret
William M. Bellamy
Hall
M Hall
J. Cheney and CO
Toledo
Ohio
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Harry E Payne
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