Raleighs Illiteracy Drive and Death Rate Report
In Raleigh Captain John Paul Jones travels to urge Juniors to open school halls and reduce illiteracy among North Carolina’s 132,000 illiterates. City statistics show 188 deaths in 1915, with 255 institutional deaths, as officials plan a census and possible population recheck.
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Raleigh
John Paul Jones
National Guard
Captain Jones
North Carolina
Enu
Wake Forest
Johnson
Vital Statistics Department of
Savo
State Board of Health
George Royster
Franklin County
Craig
Cambridge Faces War Strain as Aliens Sustain Its Life
Cambridge, December 17. The ancient university now seems sustained mainly by alien and colonial students as British enrollment dwindles. Corpus Christi and Trinity show war impacts, with many locals abroad or engaged in government work. A gloom pervades great halls, yet hope rests on public schools to preserve Cambridge tradition for postwar revival.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Eng
University of Louvain
Corpus Christi College
Trinity
Godan
Butler
Henry Jackson
O. M
Cambidge
Army Stationer Is An Important Man On Their Army Form
London reports the army stationer at British headquarters handled vast orders during the second battle of Ypres. They manage 700 army forms and 240 rules books, 60 writing papers, 26 inks, and supply millions of postal cards and form copies. Printing is done by base depots in France or London printers.
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Associated Press
London
Ypres
France
North Carolina Placed on Harvard Football Schedule in 1916
Cambridge Mass Jan 4 Both the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina are listed on Harvard football’s 1916 schedule. North Carolina meets Harvard on October 14 on an open date. The slate includes ten games against Massachusetts Agricultural College Bates Colby Tufts Cornell Princeton Brown Yale the Yale game at New Haven November 25.
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University of Virginia
University of North Carolina
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Tufts
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Brown
Yale
New Haven
Ely's Cream Balm Relief for Head Cold and Catarrh
A hopeful advert promises quick relief from head colds and catarrh. It claims the antiseptic cream clears air passages, soothes swollen mucous membranes, and lets you breathe freely after a small nasal application.
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Ely
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