1922 National Horseshoe Championship to Be Held in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa April 20 1922 the 1922 national horseshoe pitching tournament to decide the American championship will be held the week of August 28 at the Iowa state fair. The event will attract champions from nearly every state plus hundreds of contenders. Engineers will lay out courts at the fairground with a great arena and bleachers. Cash prizes totaling 1000 and numerous loving cups and medals are offered. Notable contenders include Frank Jackson Kellerton Fred Brust Columbus Tom Meagher Kansas City and Freddy Hay Minneapolis among others. A possible women’s tournament may be held in connection with the event. The Iowa state championship will be decided August 25 26 on the same courts.
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Des Moines
State Fair
American Horseshoe Pitchers Association
A. R. Corey
Iowa State Fair
A. L
Columbus
Ohio
Fomer
Tom Meagher
Kansas City
Jackson
Iowa State Fairground
Merning
Minneapolis
Iowa
Freddy Hay
Minnesota
KR. Spence
Tulsa
Anuheies
Lennis Wilkinson
Dinuba
California
Willie Witt
Akron
Wolves Attack and Kill Peasants in Cauca Sus
Aiflis dispatches from the American Near East Relief describe famine, crowding, and wolf attacks in Cauca sus worsening to aid crisis. Starving refugees stream toward Alexandropol where aid feeding 5,000 and 20,000 orphans. Wolves, severe cold, and heavy snowfall threaten spring farming as soldiers near Darachichak are eaten.
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American Near East Relief Organization
Aiflis
Caucasus
Persia
Turkestan
Alexandropol
Near East Relief Organization
Darachichak
Shoffner Pierson Electric Taken Into Receivership
The Shoffner Pierson Electric, a Greensboro firm with a High Point branch, is placed in the hands of a receiver. Attorney B T Ward of Greensboro is named receiver after Piedmont Electric of Greensboro filed the bankruptcy petition. The company are electrical contractors and dealers in fixtures and household devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoffner-Pierson Electric
Greensboro
High Point
B. T. Ward
Couy
Piedmont Electric Co
Greenshee
Shoffner- Pierson Co
Senate Passes State and Justice Budget to Conference
The annual appropriation for the state and justice department totaling 28.7 million dollars, up 2.3 million from the House-passed amount, was approved by the senate yesterday and sent to conference.
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Washington
State and Justice Department
House
Senate
Advocates Blood Relief and Flood Levee Aid
A bill introduced by Representative Parks of Arkansas calls for 206000 dollars in relief for Mississippi valley flood sufferers and for strengthening levees. The proposal was announced in Washington on April 21.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Representative Parks
Democrat
Arkansas
Women Valued More Than Men for Delicate Eve Tests
Reports indicate women are deemed more valuable for delicate eye tests than men. The statement suggests gender-based assumptions about precision and steadiness in specialized medical tasks.
Watch on Exhibition in Washington Size Details
A watch on exhibition in Washington D C measures 9 1 2 inches in diameter and 1 1 2 inches thick.
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Washington, D. C
Community Service boosts youths with wholesome play
A young Amerian city youth is pictured enjoying supervised playgrounds as High Point Community Service aims to keep the city smiling. The program emphasizes Americanization through wholesome recreation for spare time and urges avoidance of prohibitions in favor of constructive activities.
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High Point
Plans to establish Economics Institute
New York April 21 plans for an economics institute to collect economic data and publish it plainly were announced by the Carnegie corporation. A 15 member board will govern with funding for ten years totaling 1 650 000 dollars, distributed 200 000 yearly for five years, 150 000 for three years, and 100 000 for two years. The Carnegie will not control the funds after payment to the institute and the first trustees will meet in Washington today to organize.
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New York
Institute of Economics
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation
Swiss Have a New York All Their Own
A Swiss village named New York near Lucerne caused confusion when a peasant tried to mail a telegram to New York in Switzerland. After a long search, officials confirmed New York is a tiny Alpine hamlet of 50 inhabitants near Lacerne, not the distant American city.
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New York
Geneva
Switzerland
Lacerme
Gude's Pepto Mangan Ad Promises Health Return
Dramatizes health decline and urges use of Gude's Pepto Mangan with meals to restore strength, vitality, sleep, and a healthy color. Claims thirty years of reliability and blood iron content. Sold by druggists in liquid and tablet forms, with warning to not leave on shelves.
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Gude
Executors Ask Return of Books Loaned by E A Snow
During Mr. E A Snows life he enjoyed lending books to friends and acquaintances some are now overdue. The executors W E Snow and W A Hayes request return of unreturned volumes to either signer.
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E. A. Snow
Snow
Whder
W. E. Snow
W. A. Hayes
Legion Auxiliary to Observe Mothers Day Nationally
The American Legion auxiliary plans Mother's Day events across 3500 units with 11000 posts backing ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery for the Unknown Soldier and Unknown Mother. Local observances include church services, hospital concerts, and programs in orphanages, plus messages and flowers to mothers.
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Legion Auxiliary
Arlington Cemetery
National Cemetery
Arlington
Legion
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
American Legion Auxiliary
Death of J D Rice in Goldsboro
J D Rice age 53 died at his East Elm residence at 4 o clock yesterday noon. He leaves three daughters Mrs R A Poplin Miss Blanche Rice of Goldsboro and Mrs Joseph Whitehurst of Mt Olive and two sons Herman Rice of Norfolk and Robert Rice of this city. Funeral set for tomorrow at 4 pm conducted by Dr Zeno Wall.
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Goldsboro
J D. Rice
East Elm Street
R. A. Poplin
Blanche Rice
Joseph Whitehurst
Mt. Olive
Herman Rice
Norfolk
Robert Rice
Zeno Wall
Neeley Stirs Candidacy In Greensboro Sheriff Race
C. F. Neeley, also known as Pleasaut Carden, visited the city to push his campaign for sheriff in the Democratic primary. Neeley, a former Greensboro chief of police, brings six years of public safety experience to his run.
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C.F. Neeley
Pleasaut Carden
Éoaying
Neeley
Pabik Sagher
Greensboro
Resolutions on Miss Venetia Smith Death
Resolutions adopted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of High Point express sorrow at the death of Venetia Smith on March 22 1923 noting her as a consecrated member and fearless worker. A copy of these resolutions is to be sent to the Enterprise White Ribbon and family by the committee members RepK Marshall McLae Lowe and Walter White.
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Venetia Smith
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
High Point
Enterprise
White
Repk. Marshall
McLaje Lowe
Walter White
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Gate City
Young America
Governing Board of
Fife
Tha
Anwel
Eer
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Pauline Curnick
Auxiliary
J. D. Rice
C. F. Neeley
Ww. Cc. U. U. Resoltions
Hoosier Company
Hooster
Hoosiler
Joster
Hoosier
r-Weaver Furniture Co
N. Main St
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