Standstill in town as fuel orders shut mills
Several thousand people lose work as the city adheres to fuel administrator Garfield's orders to shut down for fuel saving. Mills and fertilizer plants halted. offices and stores mostly open, using heat as usual. A local committee plans to keep retail stores open Mondays from January 21 to March 4 while conserving heat and fuels.
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Garfield
Elm
Delgado
Businss
Bounty Fuel
M. W.illard
J. O
Dorsey E.hillips
Willard. Mn
Ipyards
Howner
Te Chamber of Commerce
Hood Opposed 10 Suffrage Amendment
Washington congressman recounts that Mr Hood, ill in bed for ten days, would have voted against woman suffrage if present. He had long opposed the measure and urged a pair, but no legislator agreed to be paired. Hood remains bedridden with a severe breakdown from overwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Robert L. Coughton
Hood
Mr. Doughton
Ruffin
Mr. Hood
Man Claims Divine Guidance to End War In North Carolin
Richard Icker a traveling salesman is jailed in Asheville after declaring Divine inspiration to end the war and attempting to warn President Wilson. He sought direct contact via telephone and mail with his ideas and was prevented by hotel staff and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Richard Icker
Hitmore
Hacker
Wilson
Washington
Mallon
Che
Nurses demand grows for health and war effort
Raleigh leaders urge expanded nursing across all fields from Red Cross to rural towns. The State Board of Health cites urgent needs for 100 nurses in a base hospital bound for France by May or June, plus widespread public health and rural nursing to keep farmers, children, and women healthy during wartime.
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Raleigh
N. C
Red Cross
Weir
State Board of Health
North Carolina
France
Council of National Defense
The
New York
Lloyd-George's Son to Travel with Earl Reading
Liverpool January report says Major Richard Lloyd George son of the Premier will accompany Earl Reading the high commissioner to the United States on a diplomatic trip.
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Lloyd-George
Liverpool
The
Post
Richard Lloyd-George
America
Earl Reading
United States
Fresh Sunday Dinner-Order Pot Roast at 30c Lb Hoyt Kennedy
Hoyt Kennedy offers Sunday dinner orders with powcham at 30 cents per pound. Contact phone 670 for orders and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Kennedy
Postal Telegraph Ad Service Offers Telegram Style Ads
The notice explains that messengers of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company will collect advertisement orders, using the same rapid service as for telegrams and cables. For more information about ads call 176, while telegraph service lines remain under Postal Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Chas Finkelstein Jewelry Ad Promotes Gold Items
An advertisement urges customers to visit Chas Finkelstein at No 6 South Front Street to buy diamonds watches cameo brooches and solid gold and gold filled jewelry with a message about sending a portrait for a son going into the trenches dated 12-13. The copy emphasizes savings and early purchase and references Foltz and Kendrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Finkelstein
S. No
Front St
Foltz and
Kendrix
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City
Harris Printing and Advertising Co
Motte Business College
M. Lance
Carolina Beach
Prafrne Iron & Steel Co
Norflok
Bear Prod
Mdse. Co
Market St
L. Mazer
5Th St
Phila
Farris
Gordon’s
Toledo
A. Shands, Jr
Toledo Scale Co
Orange
Mechanics Home Association
W. M. Cumming
Princess
Grand Theatre
Dispatch Office
Zena Brenes
W. B. Thorpe & CO
Water and Ann Streets
C. L. Dickinson
Agt
Telephone
Geo. C. Jackson
Thrift
American Bank and Trust Company
Wilmington, N. C
Liberty Loan
the Peoples Savings Bank
J. Holmes Davis
Cashier Corner
Front and
Princess Streets
Uncle Sam
War Savings Club
Brooklyn Bridge
W. B. Cooper & Co
Lee
Wilmington Clearing House Association
Thos. E Cooper
Sue Home Savings Bank
C. W. Yates
Vulcan
Cape Fear ‘Hardware Company
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