Birthdays Today Highlight Noted Figures Worldwide
The list marks birthdays of Dr. John H. Vincent, Henry B. Wilson, Jonathan Bourne Jr., Sir George Cave, Royal Meeker, J Randall Walker, and Carl Morris. It notes their birthplaces and ages, linking to broader commentary on current events and public figures.
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr
United States
Oregon
New Bedford
Mass
Sir George Cave
Home Department
London
Royal Meeker
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Susquehanna County
J. Randall Walker
Congress
Georgia
Pierce County
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Flyton
High Point Citizens Urged to Demonstrate Culture Through Civic Projects
An editorial challenges a supposed Well Meaning Citizen to prove his commitment by backing concrete aims in High Point. It argues residents should support the Methodist hospital library YMCA and other civic improvements to truly claim a cultured city.
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Methodist Hospital
High Point
Funeral for Lieutenant Armstrong Held Here in Masonic Ceremony
The funeral for Lieutenant Billy Armstrong of Company M was held at 3 p.m. in a Masonic service at the local cemetery. Military rites were performed with Company M escorting the casket, which lay in a flag-draped bier, as a large procession moved along North Main Street to Richardson to the burial ground.
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Billy Armstrong
Fort Bliss
Masonic Order
Company M
Armstrong
North Main Street
Richardson
A and M Defeats Trinity Quintet By Narrow Margin
West Raleigh report states A and M edged Trinity Meth odists 16 to 14 in a rough state championship game. Neither side has lost a state game. the deciding match will be played in Durham next week.
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West Raleigh
Trinity
A. and
Methodists
Durham
British steamer Elswick suffers cabin fire en route to Baltimore
Baltimore reports Captain Tikele says the Elswick’s cabin was partly destroyed on leaving Liverpool. An investigation is underway. Captain Hardy of the ore carrier Chiswick in port with ore from Cuba was notified that his ship had been requisitioned by the British Admiralty.
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Baltimore
Elswick
Liverpool
H. Tikele
Hardy
Chiswick
Cuba
Entente Forces Cut Mail Link Between Athens and Central Powers
A Reuters dispatch from Saloniki reports the Entente has severed postal communication between Athens and the central powers. Contact is now restricted to French and Italian troop lines with the enemy cleared from the road between Goritza in southern Albania and Leskovic. Central powers rely on wireless and air communications.
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London
Reuter
Saloniki
Athens
Missionary Hadden Dies in Athos Sinking
American Presbyterian missionary Robert Allen Hadden, stationed in China, perished when the French liner Athos was sunk by a submarine 210 miles west of Malta on February 17. The American consul at Malta reported the death to the State Department.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robert Allen Hadden
China
Athos
Malta
Hadden
State Department
Voshell Wins Singles in National Indoor Tennis Final
New York February 23 S Howard Voshell of Brooklyn captured the singles championship in straight sets 7-5 6-3 6-3 over Clifton Herd of Los Angeles. Frederick B Alexander and Dr William Rosenbaum won the doubles title in the final matches of the national indoor tennis tournament.
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New York
S. Howard Voshell
Brooklyn
Frederick B. Alexander
William Rosenbaum
Voshell
Clifton B. Herd
Los Angeles
California
Great Expectations at The Broadway with Pickford and Huff
The Broadway shows Dickens classic Great Expectations filmed with Jack Pickford and Louise Huff as Greensboro State Normal and Industrial College students watched yesterday. Tomorrow the final episode of The Scarlet Runner will end the serial along with The Girl From Frico.
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Broadway
Greensboro
State Normal and Industrial College
Charles Dickens
Jack Pickford
Mary
Louise Huff
Frico
Nance ONeil Stars In The Witch At Rose Theater
Nance O Neil appears at the Rose theater in William Fox studios release The Witch adapting Sardou The Sorceress. The film promises a powerful visualization of a wild entrancing tale driven by O Neil and a superb supporting cast. Tomorrow features A Lass of the Lumberlands with Helen Holmes and Shortys Adventure two reel offering.
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Nance O'Neil
Rose Theater
William Fox
Sardou
Nance O’neil
Lumberlands
Helen Holmes
Shorty
Ensign Angel Taken to Swiss Sanitarium Front Berlin
Ensign Charles Fitzhugh Angel of New York, naval attache to the American embassy in Germany, was ill after arriving in Berlin last year and has been taken to Zurich in the care of relatives and placed in a sanitarium. He is a cousin of James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany.
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Berne
Switzerland
Paris
Charles Fitzhugh Nngel
New York
Germany
Berlin
Zurich
James W. Gerard
Adler-i-ka Miracle Remedy Turns Heads In High Point
High Point residents are astonished by Adler-i-ka a tonic of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. One spoonful claims to relieve constipation sour stomach and gas by acting on both lower and upper bowels. A few doses may help appendicitis prevention and chronic stomach trouble. The Matton Drug Co.
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Matton Drug Co
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High Point Enterprise
THE
Asa Biggs
C. M. Brown
J. P. Rawley
North State
Bell Telephone Connection
Ewe Owen
Aia
John H. Vincent
Methodist Church
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Henry B. Wilson
United States Navy
New Jersey
B. Y
Mr. Gerard
Try
Roosevelt
Legion
War Office
Garia
Bulgaria
Charlotte News
Joe Patton
Chicago Board of Trade
Clude
Mars
Etrate
Citi
CO. M
Trinity Quintet
Broadway Today
Ensign Angel
Mayo
Brinton
Old Fort
Roy and
Mark Smith
Tennille
J. C. Welch
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Avenue
H. Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Morris
High Point Morris Plan Company
Bank of Commerce
Eae’ Letter Vision
Max Bones
High Point, N. C
Dickens
Paramount
Earl Williams
Scarlet Runner
True Boardman
Marian Sais
Frisco
J. A Hart Drug Ce
DR. L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
L. S. Fox
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
W. F. Clayton
Bk. of Commerce
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
N. O
J. Fred Tesh
C. E. McManus
R. E. Andrews
J. E. Guy
Elwood Basement
South Main St
New York Bakery
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