Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-04-13
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Mrs. a. L. Price is still indis.-
poseu and confined to her room.
Mr.. l.. l.. King paid flving visit
10 South Richmond Easter Sunday.
The Third Liberty Loan has been
launched and it Is thought that tho
amount will soon be raised.
Mr.. a. ID. Ragland OF Hopcwor,
VA, was III the city this week and
called on us.
During 81 weeks Of Submarine
Sink:ngs by the Germans. tho British
have lost 1919 ships or 21.37 ships
sunk per week.
-nhe United States government
Is from three to four months behind
IN furnishing airships to the allies.
Portland Oregon has ordered tho
names of streets changed where those
names are of German origin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Nelson and
Miss Estellc Nelson OF City Point spent
Easter Monday in South Richmond
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Jones.
director Lucius Il. Cary has
launched an educational campaign
among the people OF this city for the
purpose Of inducing everybody to eat
less food in order to ship moro fooa
stulls for the people OF France, Eng
land and Italy and the other allied
nations.
HAIRY Newman, white went into
tho basement Of his store to look for
q leaky gas pipo on Wednesday,, 3rd
inst. AS he carried q ,natea in his
hand he found it with the result thai
he was removed to tho Virginia Hos
pital painfully burned. The explosion
plew MIN through Il doorway ana
rocked tho building as though a dyna
mite bomb had been exploded.
Councilman John r. Grimes, who
| was thought to have been defeated in
the Democratic Primary last Tuesday
owing to an error in the count was
found to have lead of 20 over his
opponent.
Sixteen barrels of whiskey were
recently found In tho Southern Ex-
press Office here and the grand Jury
OF the Hastings Court is seeking evil
| dencc to find out whethe.. true bill
| against +. j. Lenaham would be justi
lied. All of the parties concerned are
| white.
| -Colored soldiers will soon be re
| moved from Camp Lee. Va, and quar-
| tered at northern points until they
| have been removed to vessels sailing
! for France.
| The new site for the Armstrong
| High School presents dcsolate ap-
| pearance and there is no indication
that the new building will be erected
during the next five years. If the City
School Board had it's way no doubt
work would commence next week.
| The palatial home Of VIM. 3.
PizZm will be sold ut public auction,
| April y, -91S. 1t is not announced
whether the liinor in tho cellar Of the
residence will &C to the purchaser.
| A movement is on foot to pur-
chase literature Of colorcd authors
for distribution among colorcd sol
diers at army posts.
| -Massa chusetts has ratified tho
Federal Amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
| liquors in this country. Twenty-Five
more States are needed to do the same
thing in order to make the legisla---
| ton effective.
! Secretary OF War Newton y.
| Baker has decided not to permit the
| further publication Of tho names of
| the American soldiers killed or wound
| ed in France. The relatives of tho
| men over there arc protesting against
| the order.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert a. Jackson.
Of Chicago, Illinois. spent the past
week visiting their mother, Mrs. ELLA
Jackson. Of North First street. They
also spent two days listing the Sth
Illinois Regiment, now tho 370th II.
S. A. and his Alma Mater. Hampton
Normal and Industrial Inst 'tuto. Thcv
! will leave Monday. After spending
day with relatives in Washington,
d. c., they will return home
The Board Of Aldermen of New
York has passed an ordinance forbid
ding the waste Of food by persons.
firms or corporations and fixing the
penalty at sum not exceeding $50.
90 or Imprisonment in Jail for a
term not exceeding ten days. Some
or the laws now being passed will
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