County Preparing to Elect Teachers for Wrightsboro Schools
County Superintendent Professor Washington Catlett calls a meeting at the Wrightsboro school house to elect teachers for next year. He plans county wide meetings to select principals as districts prepare for the coming term, aided by higher salaries from a recent tax election.
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Wrightsboro
Washington Catlett
Profesor Catlett
Catlett
Wll
Board of Education
Language precision and travel intent in translation debate
A Washington Star quote contrasts English and German nuance, noting that saying “I’m going to Paris” in English predicts action, while the same promise in German is less likely to be fulfilled. The remark highlights perceived differences in expression and intent between the two languages.
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Paris
Washington Star
War Savings Drive Progressing Nicely
A Wilmington meeting at campaign HQ at 5 pm will hear reports from precinct leaders and canvassers to complete national war savings day totals. President Wilson urges pledge by June 28 to save and buy stamps. a letter from E E Lundy confirms extra purchases.
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War Savings
Woodrow Wilson
Wilmington
Wilson
Green
Pinetown
N. C
E. E. Lundy
Quote on baseball errors from Louisville Courier-Journal
A brief quotation notes that making mistakes is human but not in baseball, attributed to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Farmers of Fairmont Section Busy with Tobacco and War News
The Fairmont area expects opening tobacco sales July first as harvests begin. Cotton prospects look good, corn weaker. Local residents and service members are noted, including Desertion rounds, furloughs, and calls to Camp Jackson, Camp Sevier, and Camp Sevier medical corps. A community picnic at Ivey's Bluff honors local families and officials.
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Fairmont
Eva McDonald
Wilmington
Mt. Clive
W. C. Britt
Camp Jackson
B. C. Baker
Camp Sevier
S. C
Sebastian Pittman
Sam Dunne
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Baltimore
H. W. Brown
North Carolina
Morganton
Waynesville
H. L. Blue
E. S. Woodward
Bennie Baker
W. A. Batley
Lake Waccamaw
C. A. Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Columbia
Greenville
Messrs
Marcus Bryan McDaniel
Neal Thompson
Phariese
Furman Lewis
Everett Floyd
Lonnie Hunt
Navy
Hilda Weinstein
Lumberton
H. Weinstein
Lesle Clements
English Woman Seeks Haig Autograph via Charity Check
An English woman mailed General Sir Douglas Haig in France a sizable check and asked him to donate the proceeds to any charity he chose. The gesture aims to secure an autograph from the British commander.
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Sir Douglas Haig
France
Woman Granted Divorce For Garden And Hoe Provision
A central Africa case allows a wife to seek divorce if her husband fails to provide a garden and a hoe. The ruling highlights gendered dowry and domestic labor norms affecting marital rights.
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Central Africa
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Scole
Siri
Messenger Service
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Schloss, Bear and Davis Co
South Second
City Laundry
North Second St
Dispatch
Castle St. Furniture Co
Castle St
Chas. Finkelstein
Front St
Gordon
Queen City Cycle Co
Market St
Mechanics’ Home Association
Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
Princess St
Walcott
Hershey’s
Hooten’s
Runkel’s
Greenfield
Welch
Bear Produce & Moise. Co
S&t
Market Street
H. F. Wilder
Princess
Dodge Bros
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
W.D. MacMillan, Jr
MacMillan
Odd Fellows’ Hall
B. & L. Stock
L. Stein
Sun
C. Shepard
Wrightsville
Beach
H. P. Fairbanks-Morse
Swansboro Land & Lumber Cmpany
Swansboro
Care Dispatch
Wrightsville Beach
Southern Building
GEO. Washington Council No. 67
United American Mechanics
R. T. Watkins
First Presbyterian Church
Norton Yams
Porto Rico
C. H. Bornemann
Seventh and Orange Sts
City Laundry Co
No. Seconda St
The
DU Pont Company
Hopewell, Virginia
Uncle Sam
Masonic Temple
St. John’s Lodge
Wilmington Lodge
Orient Lodge
Thomas L. Hubbard
P. M
Holden
St. John's Lodge
Cc. P. Gorman
Cc. C. Brown
DR. Vineberg
Makers
King of
Sh N
Front Strait
Y. M. C. A. War Secretaries
W. B. Cooper & Co
Wilmington, N. C
Judge Cooley
Virginia
W.B. Thorpe & CO
Home Savings Bank Security and Service
Berlin
American Bank & Trust Co
the Citizens’ Bank
Murchison Bank
the Peoples Savings Bank
Front and
Princess Streets
F. W. Dick
J. Holmes Davis
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