Consolidation Unveiled of Lyon and Furniture Agencies
High Point announces the merger of Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency, in business since 1876, and the Furniture Commercial Agency, dating from 188, into the Lyon Mercantile Agency to publish the Lyon Red Book. The firms will merge July 1 with regional leadership in New York and the east, and a new fraud investigation fund to be funded at five percent of gross income.
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High Point
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency
Furniture Commercial Agency Company
Benown
Lyon Mercantile Agency
Lyon
Federation of Furniture Manufacturers of America
Credit
Arthur S. Lyon
Lyon Agency
Consolidated Business
Wm. J. James
Red Book
New York and
Consolidated Agency
Tion
B. F. Kearnes
Southeastern
Kearnes
J. A. Eshelman
Southern
Furniture Commercial Agency
Eshelman
Red Book Southern
J. W. Chandler
Chandler
Mountain counties show high births and low deaths in state
Data from the 1916 state board of health report reveal mountain counties outpace Piedmont and eastern regions in births per 1000. McDowell leads at 58.6, with Clay and Yancey next, while Swain tops mountain counties for the lowest death rate at 7.0.
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State Board of Wealth
Piedmont
McDowell County
Clay
Yancey
Macon
Alexander
Wilkes
Avery
Caldwell
Watauga
Mountain
Greene
Martin
Warren
Bladen
Tyrrell
Gates
Camden
Madisa
Duram
Alamance
Mecklenburg
Craven
Moore
Guilford
Alleghany
Swain
Mitchell
Watagua
Cherokee
Graham Ad Union
Jackson
Pamlico
Brunswick
Stokes
Ashe and
Rutherford
Union
Mount Olive Methodists Seek to Liquidate Debt
Mount Olive February 23 The Methodist church starts a drive to pay off a $2000 debt on its new building within two to three weeks. A meeting pledges $50 per participant. At the Sunday meeting $850 was pledged and volunteers plan to raise more this week. They express optimism for clearing the debt soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olive
Methodist Church
Prohibition Commissioner Bill Defeated in Legislature
Raleigh February 23 Henry Page proposed prohibition commissioner bill failed 16 to 1 in Bryanesque ration. The plan would create an office with a 3500 dollar salary and levy a ten cent tax on each imported quart to fund revenue. National legislation likely influenced the defeat.
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Raleigh
Henry Page
Bryanesque
Page
Knox College Hosts Illinois Academy of Science Meeting
Galesburg Illinois February 23 Knox College hosts the tenth annual meeting of the Illinois Academy of Science. The opening session covered the annual reports of officers and tomorrow morning features a symposium on public health problems.
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Illinois
Galesburg
Knox College
Illinois Academy of Science
New Head of Geneva College Inaugurated in Beaver Falls
Rev Ren wick H. Martin was formally inaugurated as president of Geneva College in Beaver Falls Pa after serving as acting president since last summer. The ceremony drew many leading clergymen and educators from the Reformed Presbyterian church.
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Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Renwick H. Martin
W. H. George
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Major League Schedules Show 25 Saturdays Each
A New York report details major league baseball schedules for the coming season. Clubs in the east and west share 25 Saturdays about evenly, while western teams hold a Sunday home game advantage by two to three times the eastern clubs. Holidays also favor both home and away games across leagues.
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New York
War Plans of Suffragists Conference in Washington
In Washington D C on February 238 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt led about one hundred National American Woman Suffrage Association executives and state representatives to plan war service. The group with 2000000 members aims to unit the nation in aiding the government, with a final public meeting Monday featuring Dr Anna Howard Shaw as principal speaker.
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Washington, D. C
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Anna Howard Shaw
Bishop Vincent 85 Celebrated By World Wide Church
Bishop John H. Vincent celebrated his 85th birthday in Chicago with widespread congratulatory messages. Born in Tuscaloosa Alabama in 1832 he began preaching at 18 and long led Methodist youth publications before retiring from episcopal duties in 1904.
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Chicago
John H. Vincent
Vincent
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Methodist Episcopal
Eight Hundred Attend 27th Older Boys Conference in Lowell
Eight hundred selected boys from ninety cities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gather in Lowell for the 27th annual Older Boys conference of the Y M C A. The three day event features talks by international officers and prominent Y M C A workers.
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Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Young Men’s Christian Associations
Last Sale of Indian Lands Gets Under Way in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City February 23 A likely final sale of Indian lands in Oklahoma is set to begin tomorrow at Winita. Over the next two weeks government disposal will cover 324 tracts scattered across eastern counties. A sizable portion lies in the oil district.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Winita
Fights Tonight Feature Five Boxing Cards Across Cities
Fights scheduled for tonight include Ever Hammer versus Milburn Saylor in a 10 round bout in Gary Indiana. Also Battling Levinsky meets Tore McMahon for 10 rounds in Cincinnati. Harry Carlson faces Mel Coogan in Manchester New Hampshire for 12 rounds. Bing McKinnon takes on George Robinson in Augusta Maine for 12 rounds.
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Ever Hammer
Milburn Saylor
Gary
Ind
Battling Levinsky
Tore McMahon
Cincinnati
Harry Carlson
Mel Coogan
Manchster
N. H
Bing McKinnon
George Robinson
Augusta
Pay your city taxes and avoid cosets
Public notice urges taxpayers to mail a cutout form to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois for a trial package including Foley remedies. The slip requests name and address to receive products such as Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and cathartic tablets from Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Not One Dozen Ships PLY On the Mediterranean
Associated Press reports that few passenger vessels remain in the Mediterranean as war requisitions and internments reduce fleets. The S S Montenegro, sailing from Saloniki to Piraeus, faced heavy weather and damage, with officers witnessing submarine attacks and gun defenses aboard Allied-flag ships.
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Mediterranean
Associated Press
S. S. Montenegro
Ionian Sea
Montenegro
Piraeus
Greece
New York
Naples
Marseilles
Barcelona
Gibraltar
Scilla
Rhodes
Washington
Syracuse
Alexandria
Saloniki
Volo
Cantamessa
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N. C
Mount Olive Methodists
Prohibition
Bill
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Sks
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington Philadelphia
Ewe
Hacker
Will Ale
R. L. Royals
Trinity
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
J. Gurney Briggs
Mgr
White Sale
McClel
Lan 5
10 Cent
Stamey
Achovia Bank & Trust
Compa
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
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