Track and Field Records Show 30 Years of Improvement
The Amateur Athletic Union records chart progress in American track and field over 30 years. From 1880s times to 1910s marks, sprint, distance, hurdles, jumps, and throws all show notable gains, with named athletes and events cited across running, jumping, and throwing disciplines.
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Associated Press
New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Westing
Dan Kelly
Howard Drew
Wendell Baker
Drew
G. Parker
Luther Cary
Bernie Weters
Don Lippincott
Baker
Maxey Long
Lon Myers
Charley Kilpatrick
Ted Meredith
W. G. George
Norman S. Tabor
Tommy Conneff
John Paul Jones
Eddie Carter
H. Kolehmainen
EF. P. Murray
George Goulding
Robert Simpson
Missouri University
Meyer
Meyer Prinstein
Hugh Baxter
Mark Wright
Pawn Shop Business in France Declines During War
Paris 1915 figures show 17 000 fewer pawned articles at least three francs than 1914 and 23 000 less than 1913 according to municipal pawnbroking statistics. The drop suggests reduced reliance by the poorer classes despite the war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Austro Hungarian Ambassador Tarnowski Heads to New York
Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, newly appointed Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States, said he looked forward with pleasure and confidence to renewing his acquaintance with Washington before departing on the Noordam for New York.
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Rotterdam
London
Washington
Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Noordam
New York
Dr Patterson Endorses Mother's Joy Salve
Liberty North Carolina physician Dr R D Patterson says the salve cured pneumonia symptoms in his patient. After using Mother's Joy Salve on the throat and chest, the boy's temperature dropped from 104 to normal within an hour, prompting the author to share the experience for humanity's sake.
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R. D. Patterson
Liberty, N. C
Honor Roll of City Schools for December
Superintendent W M Marr announces December honor roll across city schools. First through twelfth grades list numerous students from Elm Street and Grimes Street schools among others, highlighting high averages and widespread academic achievement.
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W. M. Marr
Hearn Named Special Baseball Coach for UNC 1917
Bunn Hearn former Giants and Cardinals pitcher has been chosen by the UNC athletic committee as special coach for the 1917 baseball season. Coach Thomas J Campbell will oversee all athletics and supervise baseball training starting after the January examinations.
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Chapel Hill
Bunn Hearn
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
University of North Carolina
Thomas J. Campbell
Claremont College Property Returned to Corinth Reformed Church
At the North Carolina classis meeting in Salisbury on January 18 the Claremont college property in Hickory was returned to Corinth Reformed Church. The decision confirms Corinth church as the sole owner of the valuable real estate and building, clearing any doubt about title and ownership.
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Newton
Hickory
North Carolina
Salisbury
Corinth Reformed Church
Claremont College
Corinth Church
Norwegian King Warns Neutrals Face Rising War Pressures
In a throne speech delivered at the reopening of parliament King Haakon declares neutrals are enduring growing difficulties due to the war. He notes Norway’s strict neutrality and proposes a special storthing committee for government consultation.
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London
Haakon
Reuter
Christiana
Storthing
Dr Sevier Re elected Buncombe County Health Officer
Asheville January 13. The county board of health unanimously re elected Dr D E Sevier as county health officer for Buncombe. He has not accepted the office as the county school board refused to contribute 400 annually toward salary and no alternative arrangement has been made.
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Asheville
County Board of Health
Rankin
Movie Men Strike in Mexico During Holidays
In Mexico City on January 13 theatrical managers and moving picture proprietors struck, closing venues during much of the holiday season. They protested a 16 percent tax on receipts imposed by a government decree and said they would reopen if General Carranza would consider their protest.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Carranza
Unien
Body of Mrs Wallace Taken to Lancaster for Burial
Statesville reports the body of Mrs Julius Wallace was transported to Lancaster Pennsylvania for burial after dying early yesterday. She traveled with her husband and daughter Hannah Wallace. In Statesville the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Kerley died yesterday from measles.
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Wallace
Lancaster
Statesville
Julius Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Hannah Wallce
Sherman Kerley
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