Teachers Called to Lead War Thrift Stamp Drive in NC
North Carolina public school teachers are urged to organize war savings societies in every classroom. The plan rewards students for recruiting others to buy thrift stamps, advancing from saver to officer ranks, with badges and a place in a treasury register as patriotic service and personal finance education.
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North Carolina
National War Saving Committee
Army of Thrift
War Savings Society
Maine
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
United States
Furious gale damages craft off Virginia coast
Norfolk Va Dec 11 Ocean going tugs and barges suffered damage during the last 48 hours from a furious southeastern gale sweeping the coast. A naval launch was swamped at Sewell's point with no report of loss of life. Minor damage to other craft on the Chesapeake reported. navigation delayed but not halted.
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Norfolk
Sewell’s Point
Chesapeake
Explosion on submarine A-2 kills 23 year old electrician
Washington reports an explosion aboard the submarine A-2 causing the death of Joseph Schaeffer chief electrician. The navy department released no further details. Schaeffer, 23, enlisted March 6 1912 in Omaha Neb as an apprentice seaman, later discharge March 4 1916 from the Iris and re enlisted May 10 1916 as an electrician.
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Washington
Joseph Schaeffer
Navy Department
Department
Schaeffer
Navy
Omaha
Neb
United States
Iris
Replace Coal with Asbestos in Plant Steam Piping
Detailed figures show a woodworking plant with a 312 kW power plant saving about 50.78 tons of coal yearly by covering steam pipes with asbestos mill board and magnesia insulation. Calculations include pipe surfaces, steam at 145 psi, and 100 F ambient, yielding annual energy and cost savings of roughly $165.00 and 50 tons coal.
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Eletrical World
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Fighting Engineers Story From Cambria Ridge Soldiers
The piece recalls engineers who toiled under fire to build roads and rails for artillery at Cambria Ridge and to rescue those in No Man's Land. It honors their sacrifice and urges readers not to call them heroes while recording the names of fallen and living comrades.
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Cambrai Ridge
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New York Times
Uprising in Portugal Leaves Many Dead and Wounded
Reports from Vigo describe seventy killed and 300 to 400 wounded in last week’s uprising in Portugal. Bombardment damaged most Vigo houses while a hotel housing diplomats including the Spanish minister and British mission was struck but unharmed. The battleship Vasco Da Gama suffered heavy damage and ran aground on the riverbank.
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Vigo
Spain
Portugal
Portugal President Not Removed Yet Despite Telegrams
Dec 11 report notes no clear removal of President Machado in Portugal from telegrams received. Revolt is attributed to republicans opposing Premier Costa and his ministry, with monarchists also involved. Major Paes is identified as a former mathematics professor at the University of Coimbra.
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Machado
Portugal
Costa
Major Paes
University of
Coimbra
Grantland Rice Joins Ranks With 115th Field Artillery
Greenville S C December 11 Grantland Rice a famed sport writer enlisted as a private in the 115th field artillery Tennessee unit now in training with the 30th division at Camp Sevier He passed the physical at the divisional base hospital but awaits assignment to a company The unit is a former Tennessee National Guard regiment Rice’s home state is Tennessee Food saving guidance follows.
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Greenville
S.C
Grantland Rice
115Th Field Artillery
Tennessee
Camp Sevier
Rice
Sloth Field Artillery
National Guard
Conserve by substitution to feed allies in Europe
A statement urging substitution to conserve supplies for allies in Europe. It argues money cannot buy bread and meat and calls for using real food instead to ensure assistance reaches those in need. Emphasizes frugality and rationing as a wartime measure.
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Europe
Foley Kidney Pills Claim Quick Relief for Kidney Ailments
Mrs Effie EB Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports rapid improvement after three weeks at Fargo sanitarium for rheumatism and kidney trouble. She began Foley Kidney Pills and achieved immediate relief with a full cure after one bottle. Mann Drug Co.
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Effie EB. Kleppe
Averill, Minn
Fargo Sanitarium
Mann Drug Co
Southern Railway Schedule Northbound Trains List
Schedule of trains leaving High Point North Carolina effective 12:01 a.m. December 9 1917 published for information only and subject to change. Northbound services include departures from Charlotte to Washington at 2 30 a m and 7 00 a m from New Orleans to New York 1 40 p m from Atlanta to Richmond 5 55 p m with Nos 30 44 38 46 and 29 31 among the listed trains.
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High Point
N. C
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