Meeting Tonight On Methodist Hospital Plans In High Point
A mass meeting at city hall tonight at 7 30 p m will hear reports from committees pushing a Methodist hospital project. The plan calls for $100 000 from the church and $40 000 plus a site from the city with broad citizen support likely to follow.
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High Point
Jordan Street
Methodist Hospital
Western North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Temichi
High Peintwani
Tractor Heats This Hotel
The Gamberland hotel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania turns to an outside steam traction engine to heat the building after the furnace failed. Owner W K R Kline says guests felt no disruption as pipes from the engine were connected to the hotel’s steam lines, delivering heat to all 30 rooms. He notes the setup works but is not a recommended long term solution due to engine scarcity and aesthetics.
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Carlisle
New York World
Gamberland Hotel
W. K R. Kline
Kline
Big Regatta Opens At Miami
The third annual motorboat regatta opens on Biscayne Bay with many of the nation’s fastest boats entered. Races cover open displacement boats express cruisers and aquaplanes over the bay course with long distance events planned to Miami Palm Beach Key West and Key Light.
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Miami
Fin
Biscayne Bay
America
Tas
Bay Course
Bay Shore
Palm Beach
Key West
UN Key Light
Jewish Free Loan sees rapid growth in 25 years
New York reports 24 330 loans totaling 711 940 in the past year for the Hebrew Free Loan society. President Julius J. Dukas notes dramatic expansion from 227 loans totaling 1 205 in its first year to today’s high, with leaders like Jacob Schiff and Adolph Lewisohn praising the effort and funding.
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New York
eFb
Hebrew Free Loan Society
Julius J. Dukas
Second Avenue
Jacob Schiff
Adolph Lewisohn
Schiff
Lewisohn
Soiety
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
Mr. Schiff
Dukas
Bread Versus Beer Under Food Control Policy
The piece quotes Lord Devonport explaining that barley sugar and brewing ingredients are needed for food, framing a bread versus beer clash. It argues many working families face a real struggle as essentials for bread take priority over beer production.
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Lord Devonport
Great Britain
This Heroine Needs a Job
Miss Tessie McNamara, the Kingsland heroine of the munitions explosion, remains unemployed despite many gold watches. Her forsper switchboard was destroyed with the Canadian Car and Foundry buildings, leaving her a skilled plugger without a niche. She lacks a switchboard for work and lives on underpaid recognition.
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New York Sun
Tessie McNamara
Kingsland
Forsper
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Sunday School Leaders Gather in Dallas for Conference
Prominent Sunday school leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met in Dallas on February 15 for a two day southern division conference. The gathering focuses on organization efficiency and other issues related to Sunday school work.
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Dallas
Texas
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Southwst
Notice of Interest Disposition in Brown and Wagner Case
T. E. Wagner states he has disposed of his interest in the Brown and Wagner case to L. A. Brown and that he is not liable for any debts contracted on or after February 1. L. A. Brown is named in the notice.
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Brown and Wagner
L. A. Brown
T. E. Wagner
Nationwide push to extend kindergarten education in public schools
A bureau survey shows about 570 new kindergartens opened in public schools that previously lacked them, extending education to roughly 25,000 children. California added 91 kindergartens across 25 cities, while Montana expanded from six to 31 across six cities.
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Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Bureau
California
Montana
Yungstown
Ohio
Houston
Texas
Pasadena
Cal
Department of Education
Kansas City
Kansas
Maine
New York
Oregon
Iuah
New German Super Zeppelin Trial Over Lake Constance
The Thurgauer Zeitung reports a new super Zeppelin recently tested over Lake Constance. Observers note four gondolas with a small observation car beneath the lead gondola, defensive armament in envelope chambers, and a stern airplane released to fly inland.
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Thurgauer Zeitung
Lake Constance
Scientific American
Rival Dads Trade Grand Claims in Humorous Exchange
A playful exchange pits two fathers against each other as they boast about ownerships. One claims a share in a diamond mine while the other counters with owning a whole potato field, underscoring the comic rivalry.
Uninvaded French Districts See Population Drop
Paris reports that the uninvaded departments of France lost about 260000 people in 1915. The figures exclude invaded territory and military deaths, with 1913 1914 and 1915 births and deaths showing a third of average births lost and a 10 percent rise in death rate due to war.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Vocational Conference for Women Opens at Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin February 15. The fifth annual vocational conference for women students opened at the University of Wisconsin today. Topics include salesmanship nursing bacteriological work library work business and museum work. Successful women in these fields will address the two day session.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
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