Mothers of Men to Be and Local News In Brief
Wartime era notes highlight a fatherly plea to mothers guiding sons to duty. Social items report weddings, absences, and community events at the Hill School and nearby homes. Edward C. Ashe to report for Naval Reserve. George S. Ashe serves in the Army. Red Cross meet at St Johns Mission. Florence Renneker and John Verdew wedding. Y M C A meeting announced. visiting nurse benefit event planned. Albright Pittman marriage at Wrightsville Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Ashe
Naval
Naval Reserve Base
Te Standard Oil Co
Ashe
George S Ashe
Carry
United States Army
Red Cross United of St. John's Sion
Florence Emma Renne
John H. Verdew
E. Renneker
South Grth Street
N M. Wells
D. D
St Presbyterian Church
H. E. Fees
Leary S. Cruser
Iton
Swanna Albright
Edward Freeman Pittman
J. S. Albright
Wrightsville Avenue
Andrew J. Howell
Winter Park Presbyterian Church
Neenah Wood
I Love
You
Mable Woolard
Pittman
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
A. J. Drummond
Goldsboro
R. G. Foster
Graham
Lucy Sterns
Fairmont
Mail to soldiers in France promised faster delivery
Washington officials say letters to American troops in France are handled with dispatch. Otto Praeger explains the mailing system, from New York and Chicago hubs to France, delivering properly addressed mail via company orderlies while misaddressed letters go to a statistical bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
United States
France
Otto Preager
Prager
New York
Chicago
Statistical Bureau
General Pershig
Crawford Simpson
19Th Street
Great Britain
Praeger
Mr.Praeger
Post Office Department
Mississippi Ice Blocks River Traffic in Deep Freeze
Memphis reports five boats sunk valued over 150000between this city and Cairo with ice ration endangering docks and ships. Desoto the last side wheel steamboat, lies sunk. New Orleans notes low water curtailing northbound steamboat traffic. Vicksburg says the river is frozen nearly bank to bank for years.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
Mississippi River
Desoto
Mississippi
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Bargain Offer on Fine Muslin Piece Goods and Linens
Dainty undergarments and fine fabric selections are offered at drastically reduced prices. Finished garments are sold with the materials, as prices for materials have risen and will continue to do so. The sale emphasizes economy and patriotism as reasons to buy now.
Women's Gowns and Lace Embroidered Accessories
Listing of under garments and gowns with lace and embroidery details. Includes chemises in sheer nainsook, long cloth skirts with embroidery flounces, corset covers in fine nainsook, ladies drawers with lace trims, silk finished teddies and camisoles, and priced items from 98 cents to 1.98 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RSS
National Banks Rename German Institutions Amid War Prejudice
Washington January 23 banks with German names purge titles after war declaration. Comptroller Williams approved five changes replacing German terms with American or Liberty in Newport Louisville St Joseph Vincennes and Covington banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Curency Williams
German National Bank of
Lit
Newport
American National Bank of
Germanational
Bank of
Little Rock
Ark
Midnight in a Broadway Spoon Shop Tale of Quiet Lodgings
A New York correspondent recalls a late night in a sparse theater district cafe with a rheumatic friend and a shifting crowd. The jittery scene includes a dope ridden patron, a chewed pie theft, and whispered talk of boxing and urban life. Bartley Madden faces Tom McMahon in New Orleans as Mike Erile builds a Philadelphia reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Ritz
Vincent
St. Louis
Bartley Madden
Tom McMahon
New Orleans
Mike Erile
Kewpie
Philadelphia
Black Draught Praised By Seward Resident
Mrs Annie Bowlby of Seward Oklahoma writes that after two years of use Black Draught cured a blistered mouth vile taste fever back and kidney pain and nervous distress. She says liver action returned and the trouble never recurred and urges others to try Black Draught sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Okla
Annie Bowlby
Thedford
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God
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Betterment Association of the Hill School
Renneker-Perdew
Iiss
Viola Poindexter
Elkin, Isa
Lillian Sto
Henry G. Harper, Jr
Charis
W. H. Milton
Charlotte
Vinton Liddell
Hast Avenue
H. P. Moseley
Miss Pearle. Andrews
Columbia
S. C
National Army
Young Men’s Christian Association
Hemenway School
King’s Daughters
Mr. Praeger
Steves
Eciece Cco Cescees
S.e
Nainsock
Belk- Williams Co
Dorothy Dodd
Sally Lunn
O. McIntyre
California
Lemend
U. S.S
Citizens Bank
Cor
Peterson
W.S.S
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