Destroyer Cassin Survives U boat Torpedo Hit
Vice Admiral Sims credited Commander Walter H. Vernon with saving the destroyer Cassin after a German submarine torpedo struck the stern on October 16 in the war zone. The ship, briefly crippled, fired four shots at the U boat, which disappeared, then resumed the hunt and made port after repairs. The crew and officers, including Lieutenants McLaran Saunders and Parkinson, were praised for seamanship and courage. several enlisted men were singled out for leadership and coolness.
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Walter H. Vernon
Cassin
Navy Department
Sims
Gunn
Osmond Kellyngram
Vernon
Admiral Sims
McLaran
Saunders
Parkinson
William Arey Heath
Phoebe P. Heath
Norfolk County
Virginia
Rufus Wallace Owens
Ellen Owens
West Trade Street
Charlotte
N. C
Neutrals Protest Over German Sinking of Ships
A joint Scandinavian protest against Germany is expected over the sinking of neutral steamers under convoy in the North Sea last Wednesday. Stockholm dispatches report Swedish papers sharply criticize Germany with terms like brutality and piracy.
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Associated Press
London
North Sea
Morning Post
Stockholm
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Svenska Dagbladet
Social Demokraten
Dagens Nyheter
ALL PHYSICIANS TO BE ENROLLED FOR WAR SERVICE
Chicago reports the eighth annual Clinical Congress of Surgeons opens with discussions on enlisting every physician and surgeon in the United States for wartime service. Attendees exceed 2,500 from the U S Great Britain and France. A conference discussed listing all medical men for service and noted the Medical Officers Reserve Corps needs about 8,000 more members, with enrollment near 14,000.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
Great Britain
France
Medical Officers Reserve Corps
German Losses Heavy in Warships and Front Actions
British air raids in Flanders pound aerodromes and rail centers at Roulers and Courtrai. Casualties mount as 15 German planes are downed and eight British aircraft are lost. French Petain launches a three mile front advance near Soissons to threaten Laon as forts and lines shift along the Aisne and Verdun sectors. News notes U NC alumni discuss Ed Graham as a potential senator alongside Simmons, while North Carolina fairs show strong agricultural competition and local government actions on livestock ticks and farm developments.
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Courtrai
Ypres
Petain
Aisne
Soissons
Laon
Fort de la Farmaison
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Berlin
Fort de la Malmaison
Ilaon
Houthoulst Wood
Esthenian
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Postal Telegraph Ad Service Contract Offer
The notice explains that messengers from the Postal Telegraph Cable Company handle city ads with the same quick service used for telegrams and night letters. It directs readers to call 176 for ads and to contact Postal Telegraph for telegraph services.
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Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Wanted 100 carloads of Holly bushes with berries
Advertises purchase of holly bushes and sprigs bearing berries. H. Boney Co. in Rose Hill North Carolina offers boxes 2 by 2 by 4 feet, 75 pounds net per box, minimum 120 boxes per carload. Respond with possible carload supply. Dated October 21 1923.
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H. Boney Co
Rose Hill
N .C
New York Effort to Raise Liberty Loan Quota
New York City campaigns push to meet the $1.5 billion Liberty loan target as subscriptions in the New York Federal Reserve reach $761.7 million by today noon. Yesterday’s gain was $65 million, with Parade plans for tomorrow drawing up to 100000 marchers aided by Italian aviators who will drop 50 000 pamphlets. Guaranty Trust Company adds $33.5 million to its district total, bringing its local subscriptions to $60.1 million.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Federal Reserve
Mineola
L. I
Newport News
Guaranty Trust Company
Federal Reserve District
British Tank Reaches New York Exhibit Prompting Liberty Bond Push
A British tank arrived in New York from Europe and will be set up as a companion exhibit to a recently arrived German submarine to spur Liberty bond purchases. The tank, similar to the larger war machines in France, was lashed on the ship's forward deck due to its size. A British army officer and eight crewmen accompanied it during the voyage.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Europe
Obituary notice for Mrs Comfort Rowell
Mrs Comfort Rowell aged 81 died at her son T L Rowell's home 108 South Eighth Street at 9:45 Tuesday morning October 23. Funeral services from the residence Wednesday at 3 PM. Interment Oakdale. Fuinerals and acquaintances invited to attend.
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Rowell
T. L. Rowell
South Eighth Street
Comfort Rowell
Oakdale
Confederate veteran Nathaniel Talley dies at 79 in Richmond
Nathaniel Talley, 79, a former Richmond merchant and Confederate veteran, died at 5 a.m. He had been exchanged during the Civil War for the body of a dead soldier, a fact he kept private during his lifetime. He formerly worked with Breeden & Talley and was an longtime Westmorland Club member.
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Rv Associated Press
Richmond
Nathaniel Talley
Talley
Breeden & Talley
Westmorland Club
Foreclosure Sale In Wilmington North Carolina
Notice of foreclosure sale under a 1916 mortgage by Henry M Gantt and Hannah Gantt to American Bank & Trust Company. Sale set for 12 noon on November 23 1917 at the courthouse door in Wilmington with description of parcel on Me Rae and Hanover streets and Eighth street, subject to a 1916 Co operative Building & Loan Association mortgage.
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County OF New Hanover
Henry M. Gante
Hannah Gantt
American Bank & Trust Company
Court House
Merae Street
Hanover Street
Eighth Street
McRae Street
Legiavine
Wilmington
Co-operative Building & Loan Association
the Register of Deens
Newanover
W. B. Campbeill
Arey
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