Deficer Becomes A Pay Tribute To War General
AP dispatch notes Austro Hungarian front leaders from Tolmein and others endure long days. Officers, wounded and missing limbs, push on with duty and staff work. Separate report from Richmond honors General Richard S. Ewell on his birth centennial and Confederate service. London notes British cemeteries in France and Belgium cared for by graves units. Prince of Wales highlights cooperation with French authorities and vows postwar memorial plans.
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Associated Press
Isonzo Front
Beau Brummel
Europe
Tolmein
Richmond
South
United Confederate Veterans
Richard 8. Ewell
Ewell
Georgetown
D. C
Virginia
Benjamin Stoddert
United States Navy
United States Military Academy
New Mexico
Warrenton Pike
Manassas
Jackon
Winchester
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Grant
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Congress
London
United States
France
Belgium
Prince of Wales
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
The
Thames
Prince
Scandinavian nations plan united anti submarine protest
Stockholm reports Sweden and other Nordic states will join to oppose Germany’s submarine blockade. Officials say Sweden cannot follow U S policy due to geographic position and potential harms. Ira Nelson Morris met Foreign Minister Wallenberg. king and council debate Wilson’s note and possible diplomatic split with Germany. Sweden’s formal reply is pending wording only.
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Stockholm
London
Sweden
Germany
United States
Ira Nelson Morris
Wallenberg
Wilson
Neutrals
Ater
Mr. Morris
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Trial Offer
A promotional slip solicits five cents for a mail order trial package from Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Ill. The offer includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
First Aeronautics Exposition Opens in New York
The First American Aviation Exposition opens in New York City to showcase rapid aircraft construction growth since the war began. The week long display aims to unite aviation, military, and naval defense interests and educate the public about ongoing scientific progress.
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New York
4000 Acres Opened to Settlement in South Dakota
Belle Fourche South Dakota reports the opening of about 4000 acres in the Belle Fourche valley north of the Belle Fourche and Red Water rivers. The land opens today under homestead and reclamation laws and is noted as ideal for stock raising due to proximity to an extensive open range and available hog stocks for winter feeding.
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Belle Fourche
S. D
Virginia Newspaper Conference Opens at University of Virginia
The Virginia conference met at the University of Virginia with about one hundred publishers and editors present. The opening address of welcome was given by University President Edwin A. Alderman as the midwinter Virginia Press association gathering continued.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
University of Virgnia
Virginia Press Association
Edwin A. Alderman
Romeo and Juliet at The Rose with The Da Bara
The Rose presents Romeo and Juliet with The Da Bara company on February 14, St Valentine day. High Point Enterprise offers AP reports delivered six days weekly for 10 cents.
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Theda Bara
the Rose
St. Valentine’s Day
High Point Enterprise
Associated Press
Greensboro Police Probe Spy Claim In February Report
Greensboro residents report a suspected German spy in the Spring Garden Street area. Police promised to investigate after a woman alerted officials about a noisy, uncommunicative boarder she believed was a Kaiser representative.
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Greensboro
Spring Garden Street
Kaiser
United States
Spain protests Germany over submarine war zone plan
Madrid via Paris reports Spain's firm dignified protest to Germany. The note rejects the closure of sea routes as contrary to international law and warns that Spain cannot support war by exceptional methods, while offering leadership toward peace when appropriate.
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Madrid
Paris
Germany
Spain
Tennis Delegates Gather for National Association Meeting
Delegates from clubs of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association arrive in New York for the annual Walrdorf-Astoria gathering. Major topics include doubles championship changes, broader junior programs, amateur rule reforms, new sectional lines, entry qualifications for the national championship, and revised championship title awards.
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New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Mrs Hurd Tops Field in Pinehurst St Valentine Qualifier
Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Pittsburgh led nearly 50 players in the St Valentine golf tournament qualifying at Pinehurst with a 95. Miss Gertrude Thurston of West Hampton finished second with 101.
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Pinehurst
Dorothy Campbell Hurd
Pittsburgh
St. Valentine
Gertrude Thurston
West Hampton
Government seeks textile fabrics for military needs
Washington reports the War Department plans to buy about 1 million dollars of textile fabrics and 400 thousand dollars of tent canvas. Purchases include large quantities of canvas in multiple weights, khaki duck, kersey, blankets and shirting flannel. The Marine Corps also seeks duck, woolen blankets and related clothing materials.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Mrs Frederick Penfield Closes Her Workshop
Vienna reports Mrs Frederick Penfield wife of the American ambassador closed her workshop after 30 months of producing millions of bandages and wound dressings at her expense. The effort received recognition from Emperor Francis Joseph who conferred a high order.
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Vienna
London
Frederick Penfield
Francis Joseph
Penfield
Old Guard Ball to Dazzle New York at Hotel Astor
The Old Guard ball at the Hotel Astor tomorrow night is expected to draw nearly 10 000 guests. State and city officials, army and navy officers, and delegations from eastern veteran organizations will join in the midnight grand military march with 200 musicians providing the music.
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New York
Hotel Astor
A. L. Kline
Army and Navy
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
Governor’s Foot Guards
New Haven
Minute Men
Washington
Putnam Phalanx
Hartford
Worcester Continentals
Old Guard
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Virginia Newspaper Conference
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Hickory
Statesville
Morganton
Wilkesboro
Mt. Airy
Albemarle
Concord
Salisbury
Lexington
High Point
Gastonia
Elkin Ee
Junction Point
Congress
Pullman
S. E. Burgess
Charlotte, N. C
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