List of Contestants and Prizes in North Carolina Disspatch Prizes
A continued list from page one shows numerous contestants from towns across North Carolina and nearby states with prize amounts mostly at 5,000 dollars. Names include J. K. Baldwin Ida Suggs Bradt and many others from Abbotteburg to Lumber Bridge with varying 5,000 dollar awards and several higher amounts such as 5,150 5,360 and 6,000. The compilation covers multiple counties including Bladenboro Chadbourn Clinton Fairmont and Hampstead among many locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbotteburg
Nn. c
J. K. Baldwin
Cashwell
Ida Suggs
Acme
N. C. Bradt
Wats
Ta Goull
Aome
N. C
Pattie Powell
Albertson
N. Cc
Ian Noir Smith
Grady
Otek Dal
Alma
N. C Lee Reddin
Auteuil
N. CG
Trace Autry
RF. de
Bladenboro
Docia Bales Cavnactesdare
J. D. Burchett
Walter Haynes
Lucile Jolly
Bolivia
Vera McKeithan
Bales
Hannah MacNeil
Burgaw
J. H. Barnett
Mary M. Johnson
Louisa Moore
Maggie Murphy
Gicisus
W. I. Taylor
Cerro
Gordo
N.C
Agnes Criffen
Pauline Hammond
Geneva Quinn
Glarendon
Clara
Bullock
Mary Jordan
May Ward
Clarkton
J.B. Gom
Polly Bugs
Bessie Smith
Clinton
Fannie Holmes
Mildred James
Mario Kerr
Bath Ganey
May Hobbs
Conway
S. O
Mattie Brigg
Mozelia Hedley
Lucile Lewis
Kathleen Sessions
Delway
Irma Corio Oes
Catines Cpencae
W. S. Wamm
Dothan
Acy Marlowe
Dublin
Mildred Abba
Annie D. Hurst Mealdicks
Elrod
Thelma Bullard
Exum
Janie Edwards
Fairmont
Ines Elope Ashby
Bennie Brantham
Bal Ratley
Cletus Thompson
Mrs. L. Watson
Folkstone
Freeland
Clem
Inman
Rollie Pruitt
Garland
H. L. Cromartie
Guyton
Poola Byingbom
Icc
Rene
S. A. Hester
Grists
Mite
J. C. Williamson
Hamiet
Annie Louise Brooks
Lill McKenzie
Medlin
Lottie Milliken
Blarnche Muse
Hampstead
Beulah Howard
Mac’ King
Mary Mallard
Bine
Hayne
Owenee
Huntley
M. R. Honeycutt
Lillian Lockeman
I . Ingold
Melle Johnson
Melvin Ree Ceenes Peerenve
Canadian Mutt Drives Message Across No Man's Land
In a WWI tale from London dated Aug 20, a Canadian dog named Mutt carried a note to his own lines proving a wounded Maple Leaf could be rescued. The dog crossed no man’s land with a note asking for five minutes to save a soldier, then returned with stretcher bearers in four minutes. The exchange ended with both sides resuming operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mutt
No-Man's Land
Tommy
Iron Fine For Bleeding Gums and Dental Care Ad
A crowded Southport column features an advertisement for Acid Iron Mineral a natural iron solution sold at drug stores and by mail to Roanoke Virginia. It touts a mouthwash for bleeding gums and a remedy for sores and skin conditions and describes its use by dentists. Also included is a theatre note on the Aviation Girls company opening at the Royal Theatre praising the show and listing upcoming attractions at local theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merodine. Chemical Corp
Roanoke
Ferradine Chemical Corp
the Royal
Aviation Girls
Royal Theatre
Hack Russell
Ludlow Allen
Rest stations for American soldiers in France
The American Red Cross will establish rest stations behind the firing line in France funded by 78000 dollars. Stations will include shower baths clean clothes rooms rest areas with books magazines and games to aid both American and French troops. Dormitories and dormitory like rooms plus laundry will be provided as French soldiers pass through to trains for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uni Washington
Sam
France
American Red Cross Isd
Caviteens
Ince
Red Cross War Council
Twin Beds brings roaring comedy to London stage at Academy of Music
Damien in laughter shows to matinee and night performances by A S Stern and Company at the Academy of Music. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at Hivington's with matinee prices from 50 cents to 1 and evening from 50 cents to 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Damien
Academy of Music
A.S. Stern and Company
A. S. Stern
Hivington’s
National Safety Congress Opens At Grand Central Palace
The Sixth Annual National Safety Congress and Exhibition of Safety and Sanitation opened in New York at Grand Central Palace. Thousands of safety engineers from many industries attend as the event runs five days under the National Safety Council and American Museum of Safety. The program stresses heightened precautions as many women and untrained men fill in for men at the front, with exhibits on protecting soldiers and sailors and demonstrations of gas masks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
National Safety Congress
Grand Central Palace
National Safety Council
American Museum of Safety
Woman's Home Guard Company Formed in Tampa
Khaki uniforms and regulation rifles will be a part of the equipment of the Woman's Home Guard Company organized by prominent society women of Tampa Florida. They aim to study camouflage painting scenery foliage and sanitary methods at war hospitals to aid in defense and safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Guard Company
Tampa
Fla
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Dai
Ivanhes
Janie Beatty Rees P Niolp
Pein Sims
Robinson
Jacksonville
Mamie Bryant
Emma Gilman
Kenansville N.C
Mallard
W. B. Powell
Lake View
Grace Temple
Deat ‘Hill
Pitan
Hugenia
Taurinburg
Pulse Bigué
Vis
Perot Cad
Mattico Burney
Baie & Vington
Ate Croom
Ieee
Bob Mary C. Oupor
Beatrice
NO Man's Land
A Marion
Lillian Lawrence
Bernice Martin
Sarah Massie
Rene Willie Owens
Mollie Pace
Marietta
Rubie Adams
Leone Hill
W. M. Oliver
Anna Page
Os Eee Marines
N. Nine Pallard
E. B. Smith
Aeee
Eee Ee
Keee Lee
Montague, N
L. M. Thompson
Mullins, S$. C
Ruth
Essie E. Murray
Orrum
Meekie Graham
Carolyne
Sarah Stone
C.scecscesssveas 5,000 Parkersburg, N. c
Ode
Annie Bell Melvin
Parkton
Nola Everette
Mattie McArthur
Sadie McKenzie
Pembroke
May H. Cook
Elma C. Hall
Ollie G. Melanie
Miller
R. F. BD
Walker Evans Bende
D. C. Proctor
Phoenix
L. S
Combs
Daisy Williams
Point Caswell
Wee Baadie Sa
Mattie Pridgen
Shoe
Proctorville
Edna Atkinson Thinsom
Hattie Graham
Ietlen
Ietlen- Sesesee, 0,000 ’ Purvis, N. C. ‘Annie Culbreth
Cose Goog Nettie Holcomb
Raynham
Jessie Stone
Rennett
Annie B. Humphrey
Rex
Mary Lou
Beard
Laura, Shaw Co
Richardson, N
Decia’ Butler
Alma Singletary
Rocky. Point
Thelma Bordeaux
Sarah Durham
Howard Peden
Pearl Sparkman
Roseboro
Minnie
Bimpt Co
Clyde Underwood
Rose Hill
Piss
Annie Grace-Fussell
Elizabeth
Jerome
Nettie” Lanier
Vee
Daisy Meary
Rowland
P. Adams
Bessie Brake
Saaurevase
Berta Bullard
Ruskin
N. E. Ettey
Ead
Scotts Hill
Nod Boy
Edith
Sidbury
Shallotte
Bera Fink
Naomi Beerk
Tripp
St Paule
Blanche Hares
Pearl Hester
Estes
Francis Robinson
Warsaw
Robert Browder
S. R. Flowers
Margarette Kennedy
M. Noble
Annie Pierce
Julia Ricks
Berta Vidi
J. M. Leeds
Jessie Peace
J. A. Dunham
Ruby Smith Whitevill
Kathleen Baldwin
Ethel Moults
Annie Spivey
Dorothy Alderman
Mamie Alderman
Ethel Allen
Myrtle Bessellieu
Emma Bowden
Izabeth Bullard
Anna Cavanaugh
J. Edward Ennett
Lillian W. Fonvielle Gesine Haar
Josephine Harris
Thelma.Howard
J. Frank Jarman
Gladys Johnston
Lot Jones
Pauline Jones Bee Katherine King
David Loring
A. B. McNair
Emma Malpass
C. L. Myers
Sophie Northrop
Emma Phelps
Fannie Reville
Katherine Shaw
M. L. Stover
Elizabeth Sweeney
Mary Wright Taylor
Pauline Underwood
Carl Williamson
Maude FE. Willson
Emma Woodward
Louise G. Worth
Winter Park
Edward Register
Wrightsville
White Oak
N. G
Lillie Cook
Wilmington
Herbert Atkinson
M. D. Bright
Paul Cantwell
B. J. Clark
Thelma Fillyan
Mercer Gallagher
Mary Houston
Betty Jones
Sallie Justice
Rosa Belle Kirkham
Eleanor McCarley
Louise McDougall
J.H. Niggel Mattie Peden
Thomas Piper
J. A. Raynor
Mary Sheppard Oe
Katie- Gwaun
G. F. Seitter
J. C. Thornton, Jr
Maybell Williamson
Mary Campbell Elizabeth Westbrook
Eeee
Bitn Gia
Veene
Emi
Ove
Sas
Southport
Elizabeth Guthie
Mma Thompson
Carrie Weeks
Myrtle Galloway
Beulah Lewis
Wansbero
Bertha Holloway
Rena
Jones
Staraee
Edna
Merritt
Bodo
Olive
Pittman Behestech
Babes
Tabor
Velma Bell
Eves
Queenie Fioyd Swide Ke
Flossie Harrelson
Cordelia.Prince
Strickland Sie Eae Sheeb
Tar Hee N.C
Alice Campbell
Pee Eenetbase Ay
Nyda Evans
Eenee
Carrie
Becae Cea
Beulah McKetthan
Vineland
Bertha
Pierce
Richard Btagbere Nees
Madge Omnia
Pearl Phillips
Lillie
Hese
Nannie Berrie
Norma Carr
Mary Susan Carroll
Eereveew
THE
GRAND
Grand Theatre
Miriam Cooper
Mary Ellen Ellis
Walter Benton
Benton
Madame de Coeur
Mary Bdilen
Clark
the Weasel
Mary Ellen
Jane Murray
Jane
David Graham
Graham
Mary
Safety Congress
Jack Russell
Mac Hennan
Seven Good Looking Girls
Secret Kingdom
Matinee
FOX Film Corporation
Miriame Coopér
Baby Marie Osborne
Seer
A. S. STERN @ CO
Selwyn & Company
Salisbury Field
Margaret Mayo
Elvington’s
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Counter Scales
Fairbanks Steel Mill
Barrows
Fairbanks Steelscoal
Barrows Fairbanks Steel Concrete
Barrows Fairbanks Steel Contractors
Fairbanks Steel Fertilizer Barrows
N. Jacobi
South Front Street
Wilmington, N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Florence
Columbia
Goldsboro
Richmond
Norfolk and
North
Perfor Cars
Rimington
Norfolk
Fayetteville, Sanford and
Mt Afry
Jagggwonville
New Bern
Augusta
Atlante
Charleston
Yannah Sod Respa
Pullman
Atlanta
Asheville
York
Pulm
Washington
Newmore
Arritvals
W. J. Craig
T. C
White
Wilmington, D. C
Rockies
Waynesville
Gordon
Mountain
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