Farmers to Seek Federal Aid Under Farm Loan Act
Guilford County farmers plan to apply for loans under the national farm loan act following a county farm bureau meeting in Greensboro at 10 am. The drive aims to accumulate at least 20 000 in loan requests to form a local association with the Bank of Columbia to secure rapid financing.
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Guilford County
National Farm Loan Act
County Farm Bureau
Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce
High Point Township
RE. H. Anderson
Anderson
National Farm Loan Association
Bank of Columbia, S. C
Guilford Association
Guilford
Small boy drowns in Danville well
In Danville Virginia on January 8 3 year old Charlie Glasgow son of Mr and Mrs Jack Glasgow fell from a board rotten plank overlooking a 25 foot rear yard well on Union Street. Neighbors and a volunteer descended the well and retrieved the body though a spark of life remained briefly before the doctor arrived.
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Danville
Charlie Glasgow
Jack Glasgow
Union Street
Charlie
Oregon legislature opens with bone dry and rural credits focus
Salem Oregon begins a biennial session with lawmakers noting two main items from the last election. Proposals to activate the rural credits law and to add penalty clauses for the bone dry constitutional amendment will dominate the 40 day session. Republicans hold overwhelming control of both chambers.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Gan
Changes Name for Money in Orange New Jersey
Theodore B. Burnham of East Orange became Theodore B. Van Nest to satisfy his bachelor uncle's will and inherit 100000 dollars. The late George Willett Van Nest of Orange County New York had stated the money would go to Harvard College if Burnham did not change his name. Burnham quickly secured court permission for the legal name change.
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Orange
N. J
Theodore B. Burnham
East Orange
Theodore B. van Nest
George Willett van Nest
Orange County
N. Y
Burnham
Harvard College
Belgium Front Fights Under Severe Winter Conditions
An Associated Press report from the Belgian front describes King Albert’s troops holding back German advances between Dixmude and Bosinghe under cold rain and flooded fields. Soldiers endure waterlogged trenches, improvised shelters, and daily frontline patrols while King Albert and Queen Elisabeth visit line sectors and American aid aids wounded and refugees.
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Associated Press
Belgium
Albert
Dixmude
Boseinghe
Ome
America
California legislature doubts anti alien laws
Sacramento notice reports that the forty second California legislature, meeting today, shows leaders in both houses oppose anti alien statutes. They plan to regulate Japanese land holdings within existing rights and suppress any basic expansion of such measures. Democrats control both houses by a small margin.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Former Banker Josiah W Thompson to Stand Trial in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on January 8 the trial of Josiah W Thompson, Uniontown banker, is anticipated this week in federal court. Once a leading figure with coal land holdings and stakes in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania finance and industry, his bank failure drew wide attention.
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Pittsburgh
Josiah W. Thompson
Uniontown
Thompson
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad From Mann Drug Co
Addressing stomach and bowel issues from undigested food, the ad touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a non gripe laxative. It promotes prompt relief for self poisoning symptoms and notes Mann Drug Company as the seller.
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Mann Drug Company
Heir Seeks Hidden Funds Following Durham Man’s Death
In Durham on January 8, the daughter of S. W. Williams, an elderly man once on the county poor list, begins a search for additional money after finding 162 in his shoes. Earlier, relatives found nearly 50 in the shoes of his wife. The article also notes Durham post office receipts for 1916 at 66,118.18, about 5,000 more than 1915, with December up 643.05.
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Durham
S. W. Williams
Werner Horn Case Before Supreme Court in Docket
Washington January 8 One of the week’s major cases is Werner Horn an alleged dynamiter and German army officer Horn was arrested February 3 1915 for the attempt to blow up the international bridge at Vanceboro Maine He sought a writ of habeas corpus arguing the charge is military and not triable in ordinary courts Lower courts denied the writ and the appeal followed
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Werner Horp
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Werner Horn
Horn
International Bridge
Vanceboro
Maine
Suprem court man in confinement awaiting Dedham case
Horn has been in confinement nearly two years since his arrest. He remains in the Dedham Mass jail awaiting the court's decision on his case.
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Suprem Court
Horn
Dedham
Mass
Idaho Legislature Opens with Democrats in Control
Boise Idaho Jan 8 The Idaho legislature met and organized with Democrats in control for the first time in 14 years. The 60 day session will be busy with tax reduction election law revisions and state administration economy among the major items on the agenda.
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Boise
Idaho
Annual Meeting Notice of Commercial National Bank
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Commercial National Bank of High Point North Carolina will be held in the Directors Room of the bank on Tuesday January 9 1917 at 10 o clock in the morning. V A J Idol cashier. December 10 1916.
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Commercial National Bank of
High Point
N. C
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