French Replaces Alsatian Dialect in Recovered Alsace
French has supplanted German and Alsatian in the restored Alsace region. French officials impose new administration as schools resume with sisters teaching French to children who spoke only local dialect. Prince Arthur of Connaught witnessed the quick linguistic and civic shift as French sermons replace German.
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Associated Press
Alasco
Alsace
France
German Sigere
Germany
Oen
Prince Arthur of Conaught
AAAS Annual Meeting Opens at American Museum
Nearly two thousand scientists and affiliated societies gather at the American Museum of Natural History to report on yearly progress, present notable experiments, and set directions for 1897 research. The event is described as the nation’s premier scientific gathering, rivaling the British association in importance and drawing most prominent U.S. scientists.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Museum of Natural History
United States
Danville Charities Brighten Christmas for Poor Residents
In Danville Virginia on December 26 a report highlights how churches, charities, and individuals spared the poor a bleak Christmas by organizing aid. The piece also mentions a local remedy claim for croup and a Mann Drug Company note.
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Danville
Centenaries of 1917 spotlight notable Americans born in 1817
A roster of prominent Americans born in 1817 to be honored in 1917 includes Henry David Thoreau General Richard Ewell Jolas B Gough Braxton Bragg John Bigelow Frederick T Frelinghuysen John W Forney Thomas Bowman James B Ricketts Emily Judson William Logan Harris Eli Saulsbury Benjamin Champney and Frederick Douglass.
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Icans
Henry David Thoreau
New England
Concord
Mass
Richard 8. Ewell
Georgetown
D. C
Springfield
Tenn
Jolas B. Gough
England
Frankford
Braxton Bragg
Chicamanza
Warren County
N. C
Galveston
Tex
John Bigelow
Ulster County
N. Y
New York City
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Republican Party
United States
New Jersey
Arthur
Millstone
N. J
Newark
John W. Forney
Pennsylvania
Congress
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Thomas Bowman
United States Senate
Methodist Episcopal Church
Berwick
Orange, N. J
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
Scott County
Edwards Pierrepont
Grant
Great Britain
North Haven
Conn
James B. Ricketts
Washington, D. C
Emily Judson
Fanny Forrester
Del
Dover
Benjamin Champney
White Mountains
New Ipswich
N. H
Woburn
Frederick Douglass
President Hayes
Hayti
Easton
Teary Municipal Court Session Reveals Quiet Police Period
In a tearful morning session the municipal court handled drunks and disorderly conduct. Defendants included J A Hart and Guy Meredith for driving over fire hose. Sam McDonald and Jessie McFarland were fined $5. Archie Campbell’s case was dismissed as out of jurisdiction.
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J. A. Hart
Guy Meridith
Sam McDonald
Archie Campbell
Colon Curtis
Burt Evans
Will Cecil
Earl Cecil
Winston Welborn
John Pickett
Jessie McFarland
Valuable Real Estate for Sale by Trustee in Greensboro
Trustee announces public auction of Lots 6 and 7 in Block 11 and Lots 9 in Block 9 on Louise Avenue in High Point Guilford County N C to satisfy a $10 500 debt on a mortgage. Sale in front of county courthouse Greensboro NC at 12 oclock noon January 15 1917. Lots described with parcels fronting Louise Avenue and Burns Street include two fine dwellings and an alley easement. Property is offered first as a whole then by individual lots to the highest cash bidder. Visit December 9 1916. Greensboro Loan Trust Co by J W Fry President Trustee.
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John PC
Elizabeth DeBell H
N. C
Greensboro Rat Company
Young
W. M Knight
Youn
Couny
Greensboro
N C
Guilford County
Louise Avenue
Burns Street
Burnes Street
Louie Avenue
Lrst
Ngt
Barnes Streets
Barnes Street
High Point
Greensboro Loan & Trust CO
J. W. Fry
High Point Amazed by Simple Adler-i-ka Mixture
Local readers report instant relief from constipation and stomach gas after using Adler-i-ka with buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The note claims sweeping effects on both lower and upper bowel and suggests a few doses may prevent appendicitis. The Matton Drug Co.
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Matton Drug Co
Young Salisbury Man Found Dead on Street
Salisbury report notes Harry D. Gall aged 26 found dead near his Henderson Street home after slipping into a mudhole while returning from uptown. He suffered epilepsy and died from strangulation. He was son of R. L. Gill a Southern Railway dispatcher.
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Salisbury
Harry D. Gall
Lim Eon
Henderson Street
R. L. Gill
Southern
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advocated as Internal Remedy
An 19th century health note explains catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to purify blood and act through mucous surfaces, bottled by F. J. Cheney & Co. and sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Whall
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Wall
Annual Meeting Notice of Commercial National Bank
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Commercial National Bank of High Point will be in the Directors Room on Tuesday January 9 1917 at 10 o clock in the morning. Cashier V A J Idol signs the notice dated December 16 1916.
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Commercial National Bank of High Paint
N. C
J. Idol
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C. B. Vestal
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Loflin & Brockway
Embalmers Office
R. L. Leftin
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