Local men chosen for national army training
Six local men including John William Teterson and Keneth Norwood Davis appeared at the draft board in the Masonic Temple and received final orders to report to Camp Jackson in Columbia South Carolina. Captain Henry Hoyt Cook leads the group with Teterson as staff officer. They depart at 5 am tomorrow for induction and training as a capable reserve unit.
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John William Teterson
Keneth Norwood Davis
William Adolphus Harrell
William Rockwell McKeithan
Joseph Franklin Browns
Henry Hoyt Cook
New National Army
Selective Draft Board
Masonic Temple
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Cook
Peterson
Sam
J. A. Taylor
Colored Organizations Lead City Patriotic Parade
A lengthy city parade last night featured colored organizations led by the local colored military unit. About twenty floats carried parishioners from colorfully named churches as they sang patriotic songs along the route, creating an impressive and creditable affair for the city.
Another Victim of Georgia Mob
An early morning discovery near Whitehall, Georgia, found Rufus Moncrief, 20, bound to three trees and shot multiple times. A note reading You have assaulted one white, start but will not another was attached above his head. No other clues. two cars were seen nearby after the gunfire.
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Associated Press
Athens
Whitehall
Rufus Moncrief
Watkinsville
Haig Reports Patrols Yield Small Prisoner Capture
British Field Marshal Haig reports on battles in France and Belgium noting only patrol encounters in the Ypres sector with a few prisoners taken and no other notable actions to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Haig
France
Belgium
Ypres
Strike on Pacific Coast Strains Shipping Board Efforts
Across Oregon from Portland to Astoria carpeners walkouts threaten more delays as the government weighs a wage subsidy. Officials expect Seattle company reps with high wages to arrive, while the Shipping Board studies San Francisco and coast conditions and ponders a sliding scale for government participation in wage increases.
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Portland
Astoria
Oregon
San Francisco
Seattle
Shipping Board
A. F. Pilsbury
Pacific Coast
Hurley
Washington Man Ronkling Found Dead in Court Yard
Alfred R. Ronkling 67, lawyer geologist and author, was found dead in the court yard of his East 70th street home. Police ruled as death by own action after he apparently fell or jumped from the fourth floor during the night. He had been separated from his wife for three years and estranged from his three daughters, according to relatives.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alfred R. Ronkling
East 70Th Street
Ronkling
Lane declares opportunity not duty in wartime address
The speaker urges unity to crush selfish impulses and drive a wave of sacrifice toward a swift end to the war, condemning autocratic and cultural superiority while praising democracy. He warns against lingering peace under tyranny and calls for mass action to achieve real peace.
Postponed Visit to Pender Test Farm Until Wednesday
Due to irregular railroad schedules and impassable roads after a late week wind and rain storm, the planned visit to the Pender Test Farm is postponed to Wednesday of the new week. County farm demonstrator Mrs. J. P. Herring announced the change and noted the difficulty of arranging travel.
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Test Farm
Wilmington
Pender -Test Farm
J. P. Herring
County Farm
Germany Denies Peace Terms Sent to Washington
The German foreign office told the Associated Press there are no peace terms or trial balloons sent to Washington. Officials denied Erzberger’s Reichstag claim that Germany’s note to Pope Benedict was on its way to Rome. The denial followed Berlin and Württemberg meetings where Erzberger spoke to electors.
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Associated Berlin
Evi Loroueon
Associated Press Today
Washington
Associated Press
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Reichstag
Benedict
Rome
Wurtemberg
Missing Campana gun crew member found in German camp
William A. Miller, previously unaccounted for, is confirmed at Brandenburg prison camp alongside four other Campana gunners. The Campana was sunk August 6 after a fierce battle exhausting ammunition, prompting a doubled ammunition supply on armed ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
William A. Miller
Brandenburg
Oliver
Miller
Ember Services Planned This Week At St Pauls Church
Ember Days services set for Wednesday Friday and Saturday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Sixteenth and Market. Evening prayers at 6 o clock with morning service on Friday Feast of St Matthew the Evangelist at 10. Prayers for sacred ministry and intercessions for peace. Visitors welcome. All seats free.
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Kaiser Offers Money For First German Capture of an American
Paris reports from French authorities that Emperor William promises 300 marks and three weeks leave to the first German who captures an American. A British dispatch notes a reward of 4060 marks and two weeks leave for bringing in an American dead or alive. The diary of a captured Prussian sergeant confirmed the offer.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
William
Army
Belgium
Eleventh
23Rd
Twenty Officers Killed in Viborg Disorders
In Viborg Finland the fortified town 74 miles northwest of Petrograd soldiers attacked. 20 officers were killed and 60 others are missing amid the disorders.
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Associated Press
Helsingfors
Finland
Viborg
Petrograd
Prisoners Die of Typhus in German Camp
Paris reports via the Paris edition of the New York Herald that Albert Champion says 3,700 French and British soldiers and 1,500 Russians died of typhus at the Casel concentration camp, 90 miles northeast of Frankfort on the Main, after escape attempts.
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Associated Press
Paris
Albert Champion
Germany
New York Herald
Casel
Frankfort-On-The-Main
For Rent Listings Include Various Apartments and Rates
A clipped rental block lists multiple properties with room counts and monthly prices. Notable entries include 512 Ann St eight rooms at 30.00, 204 Castle five rooms at 25.00, 125 South 4th ten rooms at 75.00, 1519 Market Street eight rooms at 30.00, and 414 N. 2nd five rooms apartment at 20.00.
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Aes Decker
Ann St
At Seas Oe
Chestnut St
Castle
Rome
Sey
Apt
Market-street
Nun Street
Wilder Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Wilder Real Estate and Fire Insurance lists services and contact details at 207 Princess Street with phone 631.
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Princess
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Cincinnati
Lane
Capitol
D.C
Union Station
W. T. Knight
Berlin
United States
Kaiser
Sammy
The
Wilmington Dispatch
Wilmington, N.C
Miss, Or
Mrs
Stone
Mazer
Sig Ath Street
Philalalphia
J. T. Gordon
Mot Isiness College, Inc
Baughman ‘Stationery “Co
Richmond
Queen City Cycle Co
Market Street
Victroins and Records
Shand’s Grocery
Fourth and Nun
Charles Finkelstein
South Front Street
Oleander
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
Cantonment Columbia
Walker Electric. and
Lomas
CNP
Cape Fear
Apts
James & James
Southern
Thurst
Harriss Typewriting and Adivertising Company
Grand Theatre
D. R. Foster & Co
Enterprise Cleaning and Pressing Works
Princess Street
Foltz & Kendrick
Mechanics Home Association
Old and Strong
Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
Sun
Bear Produce and Merchandise Co
N. C
M. Lance
Carolina Beach
Jas. M! Stevenson
W. M. Holland
W. B. Cooper & Go
W. B. Thorpe
Water and Ann Streets
N.C
C. W. Yates CO
Market St
North Carolina
Lal
Jon
the Peoples Savings Bank
American Bank & Trust
Thos. E. Cooper
Liberty Loan
Cates
the Murchison National Bank
C. L. Dickinson
Princess Building
the Home Savings Bank
Wilmington, N. C
N. Front
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