National thrift contest to marshal all US schoolchildren
The National Education Association and the American Society for Thrift plan a nationwide thrift essay contest inviting every county to hold an internal competition. Winners receive medals funded by S. W. Straus and may read their winning essays at county institutes while prizes total over $1,000. The NEA projects participation well into the thousands this year, with medals already ordered.
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America
Atl
National Education Association
American Society For Thrift
United States
County Institute
S. W. Straus
D. W. Springer
Two Greensboro Women jailed for vagrancy in High Point
After a month in High Point, Maggie Hooker and Annie Bell were detained as vagrants and placed in Gray's gaol. Police say they lingered beyond their welcome and spoke loudly about locals, including Greensboro officers. They will face municipal court proceedings tomorrow.
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High Point
Greensboro
Gray's Gaol
Maggie Hooker
Annie Bell
Gray
Ira Iseley
Ira Iseley, “Wheelhorse” Wolfe, “Pea Vine” O'Briant, “Wild Bill
Brandon
Bastile
Exemption for heads of families expands to dependents
Treasury officials ruled that the $4,000 income tax exemption for heads of families applies to those supporting dependents beyond a spouse. A head is defined as a person who actually supports one or more individuals closely connected by blood or adoption and whom they legally or morally must provide for.
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Washington
Treasury
Department
Miss Lillian Fuller Joins Durham Agricultural Commission
Durham January 4 Miss Lillian Fuller daughter of F L Fuller former chief counsel for American Tobacco and a New York corporate lawyer today became the first woman named to a governing board in Durham County. She joins 12 prominent citizens on the Durham County Agricultural Commission which John Sprunt Hill chairs. The panel will oversee county agricultural activities.
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Durham
Lillian Fuller
F. L. Fuller
American Tobacco Company
New York
Durham County
Villa smuggling recruits eyed near El Paso hills
El Paso a border area report says Villa bands recruit from the United States. Rodrigo Quvedo and his brother, active near Villa Ahmada, wrote a letter to a Villa partisan in El Paso supporting the claim. The missive also backs a planned attack on Chihuahua City.
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el Paso
Tex
Rodrigo Quvedo
Villa Ahmada
Chihuahua City
Jitney Lines to Open Central Winston Terminal
Winston Salem January 4 O A Kirkaman owner and manager of Interurban Motor lines serving Winston Salem to High Point and W B Seagraves owner and manager of Yadkin Motor lines serving Winston Salem to Yadkinville met to lease a central city building and convert it into a jitney terminal station for operations between the cities.
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Winston-Salem
O. A. Kirkaman
Interurban Motor Lines
Health insurance proposed by American Labor association
The American Labor association pushes a universal health insurance bill aimed at reducing sickness and poverty. It would provide medical care, hospital services, medicines, and a four day sickness benefit plus maternity and up to $100 funeral benefit. Cost runs about four percent of wages shared by workers employers and the state. The plan covers all manual workers and those earning $100 a month or less under joint employer worker management and state supervision.
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American Labor Association
Change Comes Over Shipping Auction Market
London reports a sudden shift in the shipping market as bidders retreat from second hand tonnage. At the Baltic exchange four Khedivial Mail steamers were withdrawn after sparse bidding, notably the Clapham at 25 000 pounds and the Horsham at 16 000 pounds, amid uncertainty over a government controlled shipping outlook.
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Associated Press
London
Baltic Exchange
Khedivial Mail Steamship Company
Ino
Clapham
Horsham
Ismalia
Fires Suppressed on National Forests Rise Slightly in 1915
Forest service chief Henry Graves reports 1915 saw 6,324 fires on national forest lands, up from 7,018 in 1914, with 155,416 acres burned, 30 percent below the 1911-1915 average. The average loss per fire was $60.41 and 44 percent of fires were under a quarter acre.
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Henry
Different Coughs From Colds Described By Reader
A Paoli Indiana reader explains several cough types caused by colds, including dry winter and bronchial coughs. The letter notes relief from Foley's Honey and Tar and mentions Mann Drug Company as the seller.
Forest lands classified and eight million acres cut from national forests
Washington reports that land classification removed more than eight million acres from national forests in the last fiscal year and opened over 1100 tracts for homestead entry. The Graves report stresses permanence, defines land retained by government, and outlines planned exchanges and road and land purchases to expand forest holdings and access.
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Washington
Henry S. Graves
Forest Service
National Forests
Graves
Trraves
Congress
Florida
Oregon
Whitman National Forests
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Bonnicastle Sold to Hospital in Waynesville
Alden Howell Jr of Waynesville sold Bonnicastle to the Waynesville Hospital Association for 9000 dollars. The 19 room five bath residence will be remodeled into the town hospital. Haywood County commissioners plan a hard surface road linking Turnpike in Buncombe to Waynesville via Clyde and Canton, connecting into Asheville.
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Asheville
Alden Howell, Jr
Waynesville
Indictments for Grand Larceny in Hastings Court
Seventeen indictments were returned by a grand jury in Richmond Virginia against William P Pizzini a wealthy real estate operator. Sixteen charge grand larceny and one forgery. The larceny count alleges he stole 94500 from W N Nuckels of New York and Atlantic City who trusted him with investment funds.
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Richmond
Hastings Court
William P. Pizzini
Crand
W. N. Nuckels
New York
Atlantic City
Pizzini
What Dr Patterson Says About Mothers Joy Salve
A Liberty North Carolina doctor reports a boy with pneumonia and a 104 temperature recovered after using Mothers Joy Salve on throat and chest within an hour. The witness cautions he does not fully trust patent medicines but shares this personal case for humanity.
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R. D. Patterson
Liberty, N. C
Triangular Indoor Meet Set at Harvard Next Month
Harvard, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania announce a three school indoor track and field meet at Harvard in the coming month. The event is billed as a premier winter athletics showcase with rivalries and high level competition anticipated.
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Harvard
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Certificate of Dissolution for The Manufacturers Club Inc
Jurisdictional notice from North Carolina Secretary of State certifies dissolution of The Manufacturers Club Inc a Guilford County corporation. The unanimous stockholder consent was filed October 14 1916 with agent J H Dobbs and office at 117 South Main Street High Point Raleigh seal.
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Department of State
Manufacturers’ Club, Inc
South Main Street
High Point
Guilford
State of North Carolina
J. H. Dobbs
I. J. Bryan Grimes
North Carolina
Raleigh
Family avoids serious sickness in McDuff Virginia
Mrs B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia credits Thedford s Black-Draught with preventing sickness in her family. She says it cured her sick headache and stomach trouble after a friend s advice. The purely vegetable remedy aids digestion and relieves indigestion colic wind and nausea. It has long been used for over 70 years and helped over a million people. Price 25 cents. Get a box. North Carolina 123
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Thedford
Dru
N.C
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New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
Bank of Commerce
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
J. E. Guy
Elwood Basement
South Main St
J. Bryan Grimes
W. F. Clayton
Bk. of Commerce
J. Fred Tesh
Ouia Bank & Trust Company
Loflin & Brockway
R. L. Loflin
L. L. Brockway
Main Street
High Point, WN. C
J. A. Hart Drug Co
North Carolina Public
Bulletin NO. VII
Chas. B. Hole
C. E. McManus
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