Insurance Gift for All Pittsburgh Plate Glass Employees
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass company will issue life insurance policies to every employee with at least three years of service, equal to their annual salary. The plan, arranged with Equitable Life, includes a $100 funeral allowance and monthly installments for a year, funded entirely by the company. Policies cancel if an employee leaves and some branches may require medical examinations where state law obliges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
High Point
Cow Attacks Hydrophobia Prompt Pasteur Treatment
Shelby report says Clint Owens traveled to Raleigh and Dr. Williamson to Washington to receive Pasteur treatment after handling a cow that died of hydrophobia. The cow's head brain was sent to Washington for analysis confirming rabies, and both men feared infection from minor skin abrasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Clint Owens
Raleigh
Williamson
Washington
Owens
Owen
Pasteur
Milk price fight draws Ashe ville dairy group action
In Asheville, milk remains 10 cents a quart despite higher prices in Raleigh and Charlotte. The Asheville Milk Dealers association met at the county courthouse forming a stronger group with W. E Armstrong as president and Hans Bradley as secretary. They plan public education on milk value and to campaign for maintaining the 10 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Asheville Milk Dealers’ Association
W. E Armstrong
Hans Bradley
Silk production methods under study in China and Japan
The Shanghai silk guild is examining improvements in Chinese silk production. Despite higher quality general opinion, Japan's steam filature silk exports have surged while Chinese exports have stagnated. Two guild representatives have been dispatched to Japan to study current practices, with instructions for the Chinese minister in Tokyo to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Japan
Tokio
Kidney Pills Help A. H. Adams from Springfield
An 87 year old Springfield man, A. H. Adams, reports severe kidney trouble improved by Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims the pills build up the body, purify the blood, and relieve bladder issues, available at Mann Drug Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Adams
Springfield
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Revenue Officers Raid A Still In Graveyard
Asheville authorities announced the city exceeds one million dollars in 1916 building activity with a $200,000 high school project and a $300,000 Kenilworth Inn planned. Revenue officers raided an illicit still in a graveyard in Sugar Cove Haywood County capturing two men and destroying 500 gallons of beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Kenilworth Inn
Sugar Cove
Haywood County
Urban Population Patterns Across Australian States
A historical note summarizes city populations in Australia. Sydney leads New South Wales with 763 000 residents representing over 40 percent of the state. Melbourne at 684 000 accounts for about 45 percent of Victoria. Adelaide 205 000 surpasses 46 percent for South Australia. Brisbane 162 000 nears 24 percent of Queensland. Perth 122 000 equals 38 percent of Western Australia. Hobart 40 000 holds under 20 percent of Tasmania.
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Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Western Australia
Brisbane
Queensland
Hobart
Tasmania
Melbourne
Victoria
Adelaide
South Australia
Goldfish Bowl Denounced by Aquarium Exhibit
The National Aquarium Society exhibit in St Louis shows high priced goldfish and rare varieties like veiled tails and lion heads. Experts note breeding challenges, the role of water snails in balanced aquariums, and a push to ban spherical bowls as 14 million fish are allegedly harmed annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National Aquarium Society of America
Lloyd
Congress
Congress of Constructive Patriotism Plans National Lecture System
A Washington congress from January 25 to 27 aims to educate Americans on national needs and civic responsibility through a unified patriotic lecture program. Led by Prof. Albert Bushnell, sessions will feature Senator Borah and Herman Hagedorn Jr, with colleges nationwide appointing delegates to promote informed citizenship.
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Congress of
Washington
Congress
Albert Bushnell
Harvard University
National Security League
United States
William E. Borah
Idaho
Herman Hagedorn, Jr
New York
Hart
S. Stanwood Menken
America
National Park Conference Opens in Washington
In Washington on January 2 a conference begins to discuss boosting tourist travel to the U S national parks. Speakers include Mrs John Dickinson Sherman J B Harkin George Otis Smith Enos Mills Herbert Quick and Robert B Marshall among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Parks
United States
John Dickinson Sherman
Conservation Department
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. B. Harkin
Canada
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Enos Mills
Herbert Quick
United States Farm Loan Bureau
Robert B. Marshall
Catts Installed as Florida Governor in Grand Inauguration
Rev. Sidney J. Catts was formally installed as Florida governor after a vigorous independent campaign. The January 2 ceremony in Tallahassee featured traditional pageantry and drew one of the largest inauguration crowds in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
Commonwealth
Classified advertising rate note
Classified advertising rates indicate one cent per word per insertion with a minimum charge of 15 cents. The text appears as a brief notice on pricing terms for classified ads.
Great gulf fixed red with blood of noncombatants
London reports Sir George Buchanan, British ambassador to Russia, says a gulf is fixed red with the blood of peaceful noncombatants between Britain and Germany. He adds Germany must be defeated and militarism rooted out before any reconciliation.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
George Buchanan
Russia
Reuter
Petrograd
Sir George
Rowan County Starts the New Year with a Homicide
Rowan County records a homicide at a road camp between Cleveland and Elmwood. Nancy Parks shot Emma Summers twice after a quarrel. Summers died within twenty minutes. Nancy Parks was traced by officers and arrested two miles from the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Rowan County
W. E. Graham
Cleveland
Elmwood
Nancy Parks
Emma Summers
Nancy
Winston-Salem Pays Big Sum to the Government
Winston-Salem reports it paid the United States government during the past year in revenue on stamps for chewing and smoking tobaccos and cigarettes manufactured locally a total of 15 279 659 46 dollars. Deputy Collector N L Crawford provides the figures, showing a sharp rise from 1915 when receipts reached 9 288 444 90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
United States
N. L. Crawford
New York Athletic Club Wins National Indoor Junior Title
New York Athletic Club scored 31 points to win the national indoor junior championship meet of the A A U held in Buffalo New York at the Third Artillery Armory last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Athletic Club
Third Artillery Armory
Doctor-Recommended Honey and Tar Croup Remedy
Billie Mayberry of Eckert Ga says two children choked and coughed for three weeks until Foley's Honey and Tar was given at bedtime. By next morning the cough and croup signs had vanished. For sale by Mann Drug Company.
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Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Foley
Croup
Mann Drug Company
Iredell Farmer Fined for Sabbath Plowing
John Hartness of Bethany township in north Iredell was arrested for plowing on Sunday. Hartness, a Seventh Day Adventist believer, allegedly urged his sons to work on Sunday, while his farm work continued as on weekdays. He received a hearing before Justice W. C. Moore and was fined one dollar plus costs.
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Statesville
John Hartness
North Iredell
Bethany Township
Hartness
W. C. Moore
Indian lands opened to settlement on Crow reservation sale
About 110000 acres in the Crow reservation Big Horn and Little Horn river valleys were auctioned at Crow agency. The land appraises at about 20 dollars per acre and the sale proceeds will be divided among roughly 300 Indian beneficiaries.
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Billings
Mont
Big Horn
Little Horn River
Crow Reservation
Crow Agency
Different Cough Types and a Paoli Remedy Claim
A reader from Paoli Indiana describes several cough types and reports relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The item notes the product is available for sale at Mann Drug Company.
Mortgage Sale Notice in Guilford County High Point
Mortgagee trustee W J Armfield Jr enters sale of Lot No. 42 Roland Park Co section High Point Guilford County North Carolina at 12 o clock noon on January 9 1917 to satisfy default on a mortgage dated November 6 1914 by W L White and wife. Property is described as Lot 42 shown on Roland Park Plot Book 3 page 60 and Book 263 deed records.
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W. L. White
Guilford County
N. C
High Point
High Point Township
Roland Park Company
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Roland Park Co
W. J. Armfield, JR
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Columbia Oiversity
New York City
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Ailuse
Ohio
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Worcester Mass
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Northfield
Franklin College
Franklin
Ind
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Elon
Elon College
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Kenyon College
Gambier
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Winter Park
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Lewiston
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Poughkeepsie
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Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Col
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Conway, Ark
Hamilton College
Clinton
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jamestown College
Jamestown
N. D
Carenge Institute
Pittsburg
Lafayette College
Easton
Teachers’ College
George Washington University
Ramapo
Oregon Agriculture College
Corvallis
Ore
West Virginia University
Morgantown
W. Va
Macalester College
St. Paul
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
National Park Conference
Catts
Gulf
Iredell
Ying En- Senet
Southern Bell Telesvewrt. and Telegraph Company
Edison
Derful Edison Dia
Hart Drug CO
the Commercial National Bank
North State
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Danville
Lynchburg
Spartanburg
S. C
Greenville
D. C
Atlanta
Gainesville
Henderson
Petersburg
Echmond
Federicksburg
Fayetteville
Den
Columbia
Aiken
Augusta
Ivy North State
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