Columbus County Boys Go to Get Kaiser
The 7:20 train carried 59 Columbus County boys on their trip to Berlin. From Whiteville they received breakfast from Red Cross canteens as crowds bid them farewell. Local notables and visitors appear in town while the tobacco market opens July 9 with two large warehouses aiding farmer attention.
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Chadbourn
Columbus County
Berlin
Whiteville
Red Cross
F. T. Wooten
Lake Waccamaw
E. D. Williams
Cardinal Gibbons Anniversary Celebrated in Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons marks 57 years as a priest and 32 years as a cardinal with a special mass at the cathedral. Born July 23, 1834, he turns 85 next month and remains vigorous and active in public life, guiding war efforts and world happiness efforts.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
America
United States
Route of the Austrian Army Across the Piave Front
Map shows the Austrian battle line at peak advance with arrows marking retreat and Italian pursuit. Diaz reportedly forms bridgeheads at Falze Nervesa Point di Piave and Capo Sile. Italian cavalry cross the Piave. Austrian foothold remains at Mu tile on the southwest bank.
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Diaz
Falze
Nervesa
Point di Piave
Capo Sile
Mutile
Local notes from Southport and Fort Caswell visitors
A Southport round of visits includes guests from Wilmington and New York, with Fort Caswell tours, a Y M C A performance, and a band concert. Military additions to the club, war savings drive activities, and several townsfolk updates accompany the week’s social swirl.
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Caswell
War Savings Drive
Army and Navy Club
R. D. W. Davis
Moore
Mary Stratman
Gladys Craig
Gertrude Laughlan
Raleigh Society Notes Highlights Marriages And Events
Miss Hamlin Landis hosted an informal dance at her West Morgan street home with about fifteen couples attending. An engagement of Margaret Ellen Young to Marion Emerson Weeks is announced, with Weeks a Raleigh graduate of 1904 in mechanical engineering. Numerous social events fill the week including bridge at the Woman's Club and a linen shower for Almeda Kelly. The bath house fund exceeds 3000 dollars as construction begins at Johnson street station for soldiers.
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Raleigh
Hamlin Landis
West Morgan Street
Miss Landis
Archibald Young
Margaret Ellen
Marion Emerson Weeks
Washington, D. C
Weeks
The
State College
Anna Strong
Davenport
Iowa
George Strong
North Blount Street
Woman’s Club
Charles Mason
Bath House
Johnson Street
L. W. Blanton
Brown
Kansas
Nannie Conn
Adelaide Blalock
Almeda Kelly
Robert Waters
Ellison
Miss Kelly
W. S. Kelly
Mr. Waters
Corinne Blalock
Carlyle Hacker
Julian Timberlake
Agnes Cotten Timberlake
Cottendale
Robert R. Cotten
Charlotte
John C. McDonald
Bridge
Olive Aydlett
Elizabeth City
James J. Thomas
Wilbur Royster
Josephine White
Miss Aydlett
New Milwaukee Athletic Club Opens Elite Clubhouse
The Milwaukee Athletic Club opens a new home touted as one of the finest and best equipped clubhouses of its kind in the county, signaling a major upgrade for local athletic facilities.
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Milwaukee Athletic Club
Secretary Baker Sees War Nearer in Newspapers
A line notes the Philadelphia Press and Philadelphia Ledger quoting Secretary Baker on war proximity and inland waterways, arguing the submarine episode illustrates the urgency for canal and river routes. The quotes underscore press sentiment about national defense and inland waterways during the era.
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Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia Ledger
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Kaiser
Southport
W. A. French
L. D. Potter
Jessie Harper
Wilmington
Mesdames Mortimer and
Aarning Pratt
Staten Island
N. Y
Fort Caswell
Mortimer Pratt
D. McDonald
Rockingham County
Stork
W. H. Walker
A. R. Marwick
Piedmont
Ala
Marwick
France
J. A. Dosher
Camp Dix
N. J
Pincard Holmes
Ralph Holmes
Davis
Julia Gore
Glass
Ruth Boyette
J. M. Boyette
Mercy General Hospital
Heman Shaw
Haverford College
Alberta Shaw
Tucker
Indiana
James Lyons
Salisbury
Lewis, N. J
Dr. Caldwell
Alice Lombard
Boylston St
W. B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Illinois
Hate
Washington Post
Baker
Market St
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