Thomasville Forms Merchants Association After Revival
In Thomasville on April 18 a merchants and businessmen meeting organized the Thomasville Merchants Association. J Paul Leonard outlined benefits, with M J Stone elected president and R Warville vice president. Officers to be completed Thursday as the group aims to adopt a constitution and revive a once inactive body for the town’s benefit.
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Thomasville
Recorder’s Court Room
J. Paul Leonard
State Association
Messrs. R. C. Warville
J. A. Morris
Carl Moore
Arthur
Minnesota Sunday School Workers Meet in Minneapolis
The fifty ninth annual Minnesota State Sunday School convention opens in Minneapolis with thousands of delegates and visitors. The weeklong session highlights record attendance and enthusiasm and features public sessions in the Auditorium with internationally known Sunday-school speakers.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota State Sunday School Association
Poor Potato Crop Forecast Across Major Nations
Rome reports provisional figures from the International Institute of Agriculture foretelling a poor potato crop in France Great Britain Ireland Italy the Netherlands Canada the United States Switzerland and Japan. The estimate stands at 1 052 000 000 bushels versus 1 216 000 000 last year and 1 337 000 000 for the 1909 to 1913 five year average.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
France
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Canada
United States
Switzerland
Japan
Chlorinator Enables In Laundry Bleaching Electrically
A postwar device, the chlorinator, cuts imports of bleaching powder by using an electrolytic process. Installed in any laundry, it connects to the electric circuit and bleaches clothes by generating chlorine gas.
California electric railways invest over three billion dollars
The 27 electric railways in California represent an investment of $351,206,584, operate over 3,000 miles of track and haul 2,000,000,000 passengers a day. If the total trackage were laid in a straight line across the continent it would connect New York and San Francisco.
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California
New York
San Francisco
Rehearsals Under way for Ladies Minstrels in High Point
Rehearsals progress with enthusiasm for a unique ladies minstrels show under the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The cast features only women with disguises of cork and wigs and includes six end ladies in the first act plus an Olio burlesque and plantation scene. Miss Lillian Hall directs the production, after successful runs in Georgia, South Carolina, and Concord. The show is slated for Tuesday, April 24.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Prancy
High Point
Lillian FE. Hall
Miss Hall
Georgia
South Carolina
Concord
Striking Incident at Palmer Store Alleges Dastardly Deed
The Wilson Times reports Joe Palmer struck S. C. Wells with a hammer as Wells demanded payment from Palmer senior. Wells suffered a cut ear and facial swelling. the attacker fled and has not been caught. Eyewitnesses condemn the act and call for severe punishment when arrested.
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S.C. Wells
Joe Palmer
Mr. Wells
Palmer
Joe
Telegraph Keys And Relays See Record Production
Despite telephone use for train dispatching and the automatic telegraph, manufacturers report a peak in orders for telegraph keys sounders and relays.
Boston Marathon to Start Tomorrow at Noon
The 21st annual Boston Athletic Association Marathon begins at noon with top American amateur long-distance runners. Notable rivals include Arthur Roth, Willie Kyronen, Sidney Hatch, Bill Kennedy, and Willie Kohlemainen among twenty five miles from Ashland to the B A A clubhouse.
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Ashland
Mass
Boston
Mike Ryan
A. C
New York
Boston Athletic Association
John J. Caffrey
Hamilton
Ont
Caffrey
Tom Longboat
Clarence de Mar
de Mar
Arthur Roth
Dorchester
Willie Kyronen
Finn
Sidney Hatch
Bill Kennedy
Chicago
Sm All Probability
Willie Kohlemainen
Doro Stars in Castle for Two at Broadway Friday
Marie Doro the celebrated star appears in Beatrice De Mille and Leighton Osman's Castle for Two from the Jesse L. Lasky production on Broadway Friday. The Irish drama, part of the Paramount program under Frank Reicher, follows an impulsive heiress who flees New York social life with her nurse to Ireland and disguises as a maid to win an Irish lord's heart.
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Marie Doro
Jesse L. Lasky
Castle
Beatrice de Mille
Leighton Osman
Paramount
Frank Reicher
Dora
New York
Ireland
Franklin Farnum Stars in A Stranger from Somewhere at Rose
Public notices show Franklin Farnum performing in A Stranger from Somewhere at the Rose Theatre tomorrow as Bluebird Day returns to town.
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Franklin Farnum
Rose Theatre
Farnum in Dual Role Shows Boxing on Screen
Sam Brockton and Dippy Lewis are played by Mr. Farnum, a breezy Westerner and a clever crook. The double performance keeps him on screen most of the time as he fights toward an amiable conclusion. His athleticism and boxing are highlighted as proof that acting for the screen can be strenuous and varied.
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Mr. Farnum
Sam Brockton
New York
Dippy” Lewis
Farnum
Twin Kiddies' shows to thrill Broadway crowds
Manager J Lee Stone salutes the film Twin Kiddies based on Baby Marie Osborne. He calls it one of the greatest pictures booked to Broadway and says Osborne plays a dual role as good and bad girls with a superb grown up cast supporting.
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Mr. Stone
Baby Marie Osborne
J. Lee Stone
Marie Osborne
Senior Class Presents At the End of the Rainbow
The high school senior class stages the three act college comedy At the End of the Rainbow next Monday at 8:30 pm in the school auditorium. About 30 cast members, special scenery, and elaborate costumes mark the one night show for the high school and athletic association. Tickets are on sale at local drug stores with advance reservations daily at J A Hart Drug Co.
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High School
B. H. Merriman, Jr
High School Athletic Association
King’s Hart's
Matton’s Drug
J. A. Hart Drug Company
Orb
Resale of Z A Burns Farm Under Guilford County Decree
W H Ragan guardian of Z A Burns unsound mind will resell the Z A Burns farm in front of Bank of Commerce High Point N C on Thursday April 12 1917 at 2 PM due to raised bid by A L Burns now $425 per decree of resale in Special Proceedings W H Ragan Commissioner W P Ragan Atty
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Superior Court
Guilford County
N. C
W. H. Ragan
Z. A. Burns
A. L. Burns
Bank of Commerce
City of
High Point
Z. A
Southern farmers urged to grow more food for war effort
Washington urges southern farmers to boost production of foods and feedstuffs and to maintain breeding stock. President Fairfax Harrison of Southern Railway calls for home gardens and meat production to meet army and ally needs, noting high prices but urging surplus for sale and avoidance of selling breeding animals.
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Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway Sys
Europe
United States
Theer
South
Duke of Veragua Offers Archives to Spanish Government
The Duke of Veragua, descended from Columbus, offers his family archives to the government of Spain. The collection includes the original contract between Columbus and Ferdinand and Isabella. He seeks 200000 dollars, noting an American bidder already offered that amount for the Columbus contract alone.
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Madrid
Spain
Duke of
Sale of Land in Guilford County 1917 Auction Notice
Commissioners announce a public auction for two land tracts in Jamestown township Guilford County near High Point. Tract 1 covers about 24 acres and Tract 2 about 51 acres. Sale is cash on April 23 1917 at 12 noon on site under order of resale in Bettie Cruthis et al v J F Cox et al.
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Amoun
Superior Court of Guilprice
Bettie Cruthis
William Cruthis
J. F. Cox
Annie Cox
Guilford County
Jamestown Township
High Point
Fairfield
Suits
Blair
Weaver
Joab Leonard
Pines
Mary Coleman
Suit
H. Cruthis
Office of the Register of Deeds
Wheelers
Eli Leonard
H. W. Cox
J. R. Trotter
H. T. Cox
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Pastime
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Fred Lorz
Mohawk A. C
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Hampshire
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Cambridge
Thomas Longboat
Toronto
Thomas P. Morrissey
Henri Renaud
Nashua
N. TH
Fred L. Cameron
Amherst
Clarence H. de Mar
North Dorchester
Michael J. Nyan
Fritz Carlson
Minn
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Hamilton Ont
Edouard Fabre
Montreal
CRON
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Arthur V. Roth
Eueeer Lee
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Fisk Rubber Company of
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Bluebird Films Presents
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