Boys Scouts Stand as Nation’s Preparedness Camp
Cabinet members and governors praise Boy Scouts of America for guiding boys through war pressures. They urge continued schooling, discipline, and service as keys to future leadership and national readiness.
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America
Boy Scouts of America
England
Beys
Europe
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Boy Scout Organization
Boys of America
Baker
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Army
Navy
William C. Redfield
Department of Commerce
Saavs
Connecticut
M. H. Holcomb
Gardner
Mis
Young America
Boy Scouts
Arthur Capper
Kansas
New Jersey
Walter FE. Edge
Virginia Republicans Gather for State Convention Nominations
Roanoke Virginia August 30 Republicans convene to adopt a platform and nominate a full state ticket for the fall election. The main focus is the selection of a gubernatorial candidate with Westmoreland as the nominee chosen.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Westmoreland
Labor Sunday Observances Across Churches Nationwide
Thousands of ministers nationwide will mark Labor Sunday on September 2 with sermons on war related labor issues. The effort, led by the American Federation of Labor and the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, includes union processions to churches and organized service programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Secial Service
Charles Stelzle
Federal Council of Churches
Humber
Hints to First Riders by Louise Marny
A satirical wartime list mocks various groups including pacifists, conscientious objectors, cowards, socialists and neutrals with extreme punitive or dangerous treatments. The piece parodies how authorities might respond to dissent and foreign sympathies, ending with a garbled late August paragraph about Catholic lay leaders in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Marny
Beloium
France
Poland
Serbia
No- Man's Land
Germany
Guilford County Seeks Bids for Courthouse and Jail
Sealed proposals due August 21 1917 at 10 am for construction heating plumbing elevator and jail equipment for Greensboro courthouse and jail. Each bid requires a certified check and drawings and specifications available from architect Harry Barton. A $25 deposit assures return of documents. Board reserves right to reject all bids. July 20 1917 W C Boren Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Guilford County
N. C
Greensboro
N.C
Harry Barton
W. C. Boren
Board County Commissioners
Lands of late Rev W W Lawrence offered for sale near Sea Stone
Power of attorney sale of 376 acre Randolph County farm near Sea Stone in Richlands township. Two buildings, timber about 4000 feet, suitable for cotton tobacco grain crops and wheat. Water mill site and good water streams, accessible by sand clay highway. Bid privately or at auction at court house door Ashboro N C Saturday September 29 1917 at 12 noon. Contact FE Stack South Mills NC and E L Stack Att y for details.
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W. W. Lawrence
Seastone
Richlands Township
Randolph County
N. C
Vanty
Ashboro
L. Stack
South Mills
N. GC
E. L. Stack
Sale of Stock by Power of Sale in High Point
By virtue of a note dated January 28 116 assigned to Home Banking Company for value, a sale of 125 shares of Round Knob Park stock will occur September 3 1917 at 12 oclock noon in front of Home Banking Company High Point NC. The note is in default, securing principal and interest.
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Round Knob Park Company
Carolina Loan and Realty Company
Home Banking Company
Oelock M
High Point
N. C
Public Auction Of Randolph County Lands In Three Counties
Public auction under Randolph County Superior Court decree will sell lands in Randolph, Moore, and Chatham counties. Terms: one-fourth cash, one-fourth in six months, one-fourth in twelve months, and balance at eighteen months with 6 percent interest. Partitions heirs of C. R. Cox deceased. Sale set for Sept 5, 1917 at Asheboro courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Randolph County
North Carolina
Greensboro Loan and Trust Co
C. R. Cox
Sarah FE. Cox
R. Cox
Asheboro real estate and personal property auction notice
A public auction in Asheboro Randolph County covers multiple Tracts including a large dwelling lot in Asheboro fronting Fisher Aves and extending to Toot street, with bounded lands by Arthur Ross and Holder. Additional tracts include Jolly and Skeens lands, half interests, Morris addition Lots 11 and 12, an eighth tract in Franklinville township, and the Meadow Lot near Cedar Falls. Cash sale includes three Greenshoro Loan & Trust Co. shares and five First National Bank shares.
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Asheboro
N. Ae
Fisher Aes
Toot Street
Arthur Ross
J. W. Jolly
Cemetery Street
Phyllis Baldwin
Franklinville
Morris Addition
Cherry Street
Rush Street
A. A. Spencer
Office of the Register of Deeds
Randolph County
N. C
Franklinville Township
A. S. Foust
Hartwell Bird
Cedar Falls
Deep River
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Co
Trust Co
Lands to be sold on premises in High Point and Thomasville
Lands in Guilford and Davidson Counties to be sold at public auction on September 4 1917 beginning at 10 a m. Lots fronting Brockett Avenue Price Street Lee Street and Chipendale Road in High Point with several blocks and a large subdividable tract near Chippendale Road. also Lot 7 in Block G, College property Thomasville and an undivided half interest in Pickerstick property along Hambys Creek and related parcels. Attorneys listed for information. July 26, 1917.
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Randolph County
Asheboro
N. C
Oelock
Depot Street
Randfeman, Asheboro and Southern Railroads Company
Lewis
J. S
W. P
Bank
Hardware
J. 8
W. B. Lewis
Bank and Hardware
W. P. Lewis
Finch and Daviness
Finch and Caviness
High Point
Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
First National Bank
North Street
McCrary-Redding Hardware Company
Said Street
Rapdleman
Brockett Ave
Tate Ave
Price Street
Lee Street
Chippendale Road
JRL Sechrest Division
Hegister of Deeds
Guilford County
N.C
J. M. Sechrest
Liberty Street
George T. Penny
Davidson County
Thomasville
N. Y
College
June A. Johnson
C. E
Office of Register of Deeds
Henry Rapp
Bard Lumbr’ and Mig. Co
Hamby’s Creek
Southern Railway Co
Thomas- Ville
Pickerstick
WW. P. Pickett, Sq
W. C. Hammer
S. A. Spence
King and Kimball
Atorneys
Greensboro
Public notice of bank sale terms and date
The notice states cash terms for sale by Home Banking Company. Dated August 25, 19 7 and signed by M. C. Crowson, cashier. The incomplete text indicates a sale not to be sold as an entirety, with terms described.
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Home Banking Company
M. C. Crowson
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Pete Eater
M. Cox
Ohio
Bey
United States
Maryland
E. ©. Harrington
F. A. A. Burnquist
Min. Resets
State of
West Virginia
J. J. Cornwell
Indiana
J. P. Goodrich
James Withycombe
Oregon
Virginia G. O. P
Pershing
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Liverpool
Pitcairn Campbell
Archbishop Williams
Boston
Cardinal Connell
Glérnan
Edith Cavell Treament
Arempities Fc
Drud
Eow
Pepsi-Cola
Itt
Ashehoro, N. C
W. S. Skeens
National Bank
Asheboro Land
High Randleman, Asheboro, and Southern Railroad Co
Dixie Fire Insurance Co
Bank of Randolph County
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