April Fool Joke Foiled by Elwood Hotel Reception
Citizens were lured to the Elwood hotel by a phony invitation claiming Senator Overman and his secretary would meet them. After hours of waiting and a false Greensboro detour, the prank was revealed when the date April 1, 1917 surfaced and Dick Mitchell was sought.
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Elwood
Lee
Overman
MT Martin
Senator Overman
Tucker
Greensboro
Southern
Rattler
Dignity
Dick’ Mitchell
Arabia to be reorganized into autonomous Arabistan
London reports British view that war end may create an autonomous Arabistan with Mecca as capital and a territory as large as India. Arabs show growing independence with unity emerging in Syria and Mecca’s sheref declaring kingship, shaping a postwar Arab state allied with kin in America for progress.
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London
England
Arabia
Asia
Europe
Syria
Djemal Pasha
Damascus
Sheref
Mecca
Dedjaz
Hassan
India
United States
South America
America
German engineers map Bagdad railway extension plans
Berlin on April 2 reports German engineering experts drafting routes to extend the Bagdad railway across the Bosphorus. One plan includes a tunnel under the straits and another envisions a bridge about 660 yards long.
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Berlin
Bagdad
Bosphorus
Straits
Measles Cause of Many Deaths in the State
State health bulletin notes January measles deaths in North Carolina reached 126 among infants. February and March are expected to show higher totals. Measles often leads to pneumonia and other complications, with weak eyes and other defects as lasting after effects. Counts by county highlight Tredell and Montgomery with 12 deaths each.
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North Carolina
Tredell
Montgomery
Wilson
McDowell
Johnston
Catawba
Durham
Mitchell
Forsyth
Guilford
Lenoir
Wayne
England urged to work every hour on land to stave off famine
Sir Arthur Lee director general of food production pleads with ploughmen and land workers to toil from daybreak to dark including Sundays. He warns German submarines strike daily and says maximal planting by end of April is essential to defeat starvation and secure crops.
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Associated Press
London
Sir Arthur Lee
Sir Arthur
England
One Thousand Australian Laborers to England Planned
Melbourne reports the Australian government will dispatch 1000 laborers to Britain at once to aid construction. Preference to railroad workers, exemption from conscription, free steamer passage, and pay about 18 cents an hour for a 54 hour week are included in the plan.
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Melbourne
Australia
England
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Northwestern Freshmen Cap Burning Set for April Night
Green caps will be discarded as freshmen at Northwestern University in Evanston hold their annual cap burning tomorrow night on campus. The bonfire will include the usual ceremonies marking the occasion with freshmen tossing their caps into the fire.
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Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University
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Elwood Basement
J. Fred Tesh
Optometrist
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Gordontown
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High Rock
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