Letter by Lansdowne Triggers Global Debate on War Ends
The Lansdowne letter stirs U S and European reaction as German papers warn against hastily defeated negotiations with Britain. Editors note allies must press on until the Potsdam autocrat abdicates in favor of a democratic government, echoing Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lansdowne
United States
Teutonic Journals
Vossiche Zeitang
Tages Zeitung
Lansdowne
Russia
Great Britain
Morgen Post
England
Roosevelt
Hir
Potsdam
Centennial paving stall leaves Centennial Avenue incomplete
Central Engineering, holder of the Rocmac paving contract for Centennial Avenue, appears to have pulled up stakes and left the project unfinished. Reports from a few weeks ago indicated the street should have been completed and opened by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Engineering Company
Centennial Avenues
Rocmac
City urged to finish or transfer unfinished street work
The city faces pressure over an unfinished street project. Officials are urged to act before bad weather arrives, with concerns that delays could push the issue into another costly winter. The community questions why operations have not been suspended or handed off to a capable contractor.
Time to be economical in war effort urges citizens
The Treasury Bulletin urges economical living to support Allied forces. It notes half a million soldiers in training consume resources, while production diminishes. It calls for reducing domestic demand to conserve supplies and money for allies' armies and frames economy as a national duty parallel to fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Eld
America
Mestic
Aemrica
Dollar Christmas Fund Pleads For Belgian Children Relief
Letter from Henry Clews appeals to readers to fund relief for Belgian children suffering in wartime deprivation. The Dollar Christmas Fund seeks donations via Cable to Brussels through the Commission for Relief in Belgium, aiming to surpass Britain's aid and ease hunger on Christmas Day.
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Belgium
United States
Germany
Commission For Relief
Brussels
Britain
Dollar
Henry Clews and Co
Broad Street
New York
Nmas
Henry Clews
TY Trasurer
The
Dollar Christmas Fund
Bread Street
Warning to registrants to update addresses for draft
Notices from Adjutant General and Provost Marshal General urge all registrants to report current addresses to local boards. Publicity through newspapers and boards should continue until questionnaires mailed December 15 reach registrants. Failure to stay informed may forfeit exemption or discharge rights.
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National Army
W. Young
Adjutant General
Crowder
Small docket in municipal court for this morning
A brief municipal court session adjourned with several minor offenses. Sallie Upchurch, a Black woman, found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined 86 with costs. Eula Walker, also Black, taxed for a like offense. Jim Hill, a Black man, fined 10 plus costs for disorderly conduct. W A Jones, white, fined 2.50 and costs for letting dogs stray. Dollie Turner, Black, pleaded guilty to breaching the peace. judgment suspended on payment of costs.
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Aunicipal Court
Sallie Upchurch
Negress
Eula Walker
Jim Hill
W. A. Jones
Department of Public Safety
Dollie Turner
Six Negroes Killed in Crap Game at Ross Camp
Six African American men were shot and killed in a craps game at Ross, Arkansas, a lumber camp in the county. The shooter fled. a prior incident in the same area a year earlier left seven dead and the shooter dead by suicide.
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Blytheville
Ark
Ross
Women Demonstrate Gratitude for Peace Utterances
Dense crowds of women from all classes gathered at Balbheauplatz on Saturday and Sunday to thank Count von Czernin the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister for his calls for early peace. Similar demonstrations were seen in the provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Vienna
Balbheauplatz
Count von Czernin
Activities of Women Across Nations Highlight Progress
The article notes women’s voting eligibility in the United States with high marriage rates among eligible voters. It cites over 1,065,000 foreign-born women in New York aged over twenty one and mentions women running many New York apartment hotels. It also reports a Confederate memorial planned for Jackson Mississippi and English laws mandating 70 percent female labor in plants. It adds that the Pennsylvania Railroad employs women widely and honors Carrie F. Fiske retiring after forty five years teaching in Lexington Massachusetts.
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United States
New York State
New York City
Jackson
Miss
England
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carrie F. Fiske
Lexington
Mass
Relief promise from National Medical Institute ad
Advertisement urges irregular use of Triumph Pills with claims of safety and dependability. It states pills are not sold at drug stores and invites readers to write for more details and a free information packet from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Notice of Probate Claim Payment for Annie Pitts Estate
Executor J Elwood Cox seeks claims against Annie Pitts estate in 1917. Creditors must present within twelve months from October 15, 1917, or be barred from recovery. Debtors must pay immediately after notice. October 15, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Pitts
J. Elwood Cox
Ribbon Sale At Loflin's Millinery And Jewelry
Beginning today a large lot of ribbon is offered at and below cost by Loflin's Millinery and Jewelry with a brief sale notice in the shop window.
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Lofllin’s
High Point Underwear Mills to begin operations soon
A new firm, the High Point Underwear Mills, plans to start between December 16 and January 15 with C. D. Smith as chief stockholder. The plant will produce light weight summer underwear at 12 000 garments weekly, using two floors of the Cox building at North Main and East Washington streets. Machinery has been ordered and installation will start immediately with output to follow shortly. An official roster will be announced soon.
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High Point
C. D. Smith
Cox
North Main
East Washington Streets
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J. P. Rawley
North State Southern Bell
N. Y
Congress
Tageblatt
Count von Regentlow
Voice OF
People
C. D. Smith and Associates
Anna Ansberry
Veedersburg
Ind
Wisconsin
White House
District of Columbia
Garden Acres
Greensboro-High Point Road
Adivse
X. Y. Z. Care Enterprise
P. L. Culler
N. C
J. Allen Austin
Peacock-Sherrod Bldg
Citizens Real Estate and Insurance Co
Citizen’s Real Estate and Insurance Co
Steele
H. A. Moffitt
North Main Street
Chappel
Standard Oil Co
Taylor Street
W. L. Long
Brookstown Avenue
Winston-Salem
Marine Iron & Stel Co
Norfolk
Enterprise Office
Mr. Moore
UNION
Reidsville
Penelope Cobb
Jones Street
Bank OF Commerce
H. A. Millis
C. E. Kearns
H. Adams
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
Boyd's
Conservatory OF Music
Burrowes Kindergarter
C. Evelyn Boyd
Clara L. Boyd
Southern Railway
A. M
Birmingham
Charlotte
Washington
New Orleans
Westminster
Danville
Atlanta
Richmond
Augusta
Ata
Westminister
No. 143
Star Barber Shop
E. E. Plummer
Bank of Commerce Bldg
Express
Public Service Co
City Transfer Co
J. A. Dalton
Hiatt
Mann
Dr. Mann
Dr. Hiatt
W. A. Barber
R. D. Penny
Mgr
Loflin Transfer CO
NEW York Life Insurance CO
F. A. Ogburn Agent
R. E. Andrews
DR. L
Morris Plan Company
Morris
High Point Morris Plan
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