Agricultural Problem Faces All India
India faces vast farming challenges amid illiteracy and old customs. In a public address, Agriculture Minister G H A Hill outlines growth since 1904 at Pusa, the role of demonstration farms and vernacular instruction, and the rise of cooperative credit to aid small holdings and reduce reliance on usurious lenders.
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United Stat
India
H. A. Hill
Associated Press
United States
British India
Madras Presidency
Lord Curzon
Enry Phipps
Chicago
Pusa
Bihar
Agricultural Department
America
Punjab
United Provinces
Allahabad
Samuel Higginbotham
Higginbotham
General Education Board
Co-Operative Credit
Bread Scarcity Strains Greensboro Market
Greensboro reports severe bread shortage as bakers fail to meet Saturday night demand. Stores show depleted supplies and many customers cannot buy bread. Celery and oysters run scarce and butter previously ran short, signaling ongoing food shortages in the area.
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Grenesboro
Greensboro
Admiral Dewey Celebrates Eightieth Birthday in Washington
Admiral Dewey marked his eightieth birthday in Washington with a flood of felicitations from colleagues and friends. Despite lighter physical vigor, his mind remained sharp as he recalls the historic May day of 1898 when he sailed to Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet under Admiral Montejo.
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Washington, D. C
Dewey
Navy Department
Manila Bay
Montejo
Coughs Eased by Foley's Honey and Tar
A letter from R F Hall of Mabe Virginia says a 15 year bronchial cough and throat irritation were relieved after taking one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar and the cough ceased. For sale.
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Foley
R. F. Hall
Mabe
Santa Claus Visits Battleships at New York
In New York Harbor on Christmas Day the U S Navy celebrated aboard ships with drills suspended. The battleship New York hosted hundreds of city children for a feast and gifts funded by sailors, who also issued brass neck tags to preserve tickets for admittance.
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New York
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Santa Claus
Danville Prepares Welcome for Returning Company M
Danville Virginia moves to honor Company M returning from Brownsville after six months with the First Virginia Volunteers. Mayor Wooding and the chamber of commerce organize committees to greet troops with a South Boston welcome, then a band will escort them to the armory for a brief address by Captain Wooding. A banquet at the YMCA and a social at the armory follow.
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Danville
Wooding
Chamber of Commerce
Company M
Brownsville
Virginia
South Boston
To Elect Illinois Bishop in Springfield Convention
Springfield church leaders meet in special convention to select a successor for Rt. Rev. Edward W. Osborne. Nominations and balloting will extend over time with Rev. William Baker of Decatur and possibly Rev. William Harman van Allen of Boston among prominent contenders.
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Springfield
Ill
Episcopal
Edward W. Osborne
Illinois
William Baker
St. Mathew's Church
Decatur
Snakes Kill Thousands in British India Last Year
Government reports show 26 385 people died from snake bites in British India last year, with 1 923 killed by tigers and other beasts and 25 036 animals destroyed to curb wildlife. Bihai r Orissa provinces recorded the highest animal deaths.
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Associated Press
Simla
India
British India
Bihair
Orissa
United Provinces
Almora
Chamberlain's Tablets Help Son After Bilious Attacks
Mrs. Thomas Campbell of Kirkville New York reports her nineteen year old son suffered frequent bilious attacks. Her husband bought Chamberlain's Tablets and started giving them to him. He improved quickly began eating well and progressed steadily. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Thomas Campbell
Kirkville
N. Y
Indoor Tennis Titles Begin National Junior Championship
The national junior indoor tennis championship opened at the Seventh Regiment armory in New York on December 26. The age limit is 20, allowing several brilliant collegiate players to enter. Singles and doubles are scheduled with matches expected to run through the week under the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.
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New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
United States National Lawn
England Keeps Memory of Gray on 200th Birthday
London observes the 200th anniversary of Thomas Gray birth with literary society events despite war and Boxing Day. Gray, author of the Elegy, born in 1716 in Cornhill London where his mother ran a millinery shop, died in 1771 and was buried at Stoke Pogis beside his mother.
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London
England
Thomaus Gray
Cornhill
Stoke Pogis
Mortgage Sale of High Point Land Lot 42
Mortgagee will sell at public auction on January 9 1917 at noon at the Guilford County Courthouse door High Point North Carolina. The sale is to satisfy default on a mortgage dated November 6 1914 by W L White and wife and describes Lot 42 on Roland Park Company Plot 263 Guilford County Deeds office. Trustee W J LD Jr signs December 8 1914.
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W. L. White
Guilford County
N C
N. C
High Point
High Point Township
Roland Park Company
Office of
the of Deeds
Roland Park Co
W. J. Ld, JR
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High Point, N. C
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Greens
Boro Daily News
Mann Drug Co
K.A.R
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J. A. Hart Drug Co
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the Commercial National Bank
North State
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Spartanburg
S. C
Greenville
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