Negro mail clerk protest and public building funds debated
Citizens along the Atlantic Coast Line line oppose the dismissal of clerk F Harper and the appointment of a Black clerk G M Vale. Representative Godwin pressed Postmaster General Burleson for clarity while noting soil surveys progress in Brunswick Harnett Columbus New Hanover Bladen Robeson. Treasury estimates seek funds for four NC public buildings Burlington Chapel Hill Shelby Waynesville. Senator Overman donates an Alaskan caribou head to Raleigh State museum.
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Parker R. Anderson
Washington
Elrod and Conway
Atlantic Coast Line
F. Harper
G. M. Vale
Godwin
Post Office Department
Burleson
Harper
Whitney
Soils Bureau
Brunswick County
Harnett
Columbus
New Hanover
Bladen
Robeson
Page
W. Surratt
S. Craggs
M. ©. Hendren
Moravian Falls
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
North Carolina
Burlington
Chapel Hill
Shelby
Waynesville
Shalotte River
Daystreer Stickle
Congress
Overman
State Museum
Raleigh
Alaska
Boy Scouts Aid Manchester Post Office With Christmas Mail
London reports 500 boy scouts aided the Manchester post office amid Christmas mail congestion. They loaded vans, sorted parcels, and assisted with deliveries as part of broader war time services including coast patrols and relief station support.
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London
Manchester
Red Cross
Villa leaders targeted as El Paso police arrest Diaz Lombardo
El Paso on January 14 reports Miguel Diaz Lombardo minister of foreign affairs for the Villa faction was arrested on vagrancy charges with a $1000 bail. General Jose Prieto was also jailed on vagrancy charges as authorities vow to run every Villa leader out of town.
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EL Paso
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Villa Organization
Jose Prieto
Villa
W. D. Gret
Police Department
Belgian spy Cels who denounced Cavell killed in Brussels street
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Belgian spy known as Cels, who denounced Edith Cavell to the Germans, was assassinated yesterday. His body was found in a Schaerbeek street near Brussels with two bullet wounds.
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London
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Cels
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Schaerbeek
Smugglers Bypass Dutch Belgian Border Death Wire
A Belgium Holland border line near Baarle-Naxsau uses a deadly electric fence. Report describes a wooden device with a rubber groove that allows a person to lie on their back and crawl through without touching the wire. Officials note no claim for returned property.
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Associated Press
Tilburg
Netherlands
Belgium
Holland
Baarle-Naxsau
Ling
Reprieve Granted in Hans Schmidt Case
Governor Whitman grants a reprieve to Hans Schmidt to the week of February 14 while he argues new evidence. Schmidt contends he did not murder Anna Aumauer but died from an operation connected with others. his body then disposed in the Hudson River.
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Albany
Jam
Whitman
Hans Schmidt
Schmidt
Anna Aumailer
Sme Sing
Court of Appeals
Billion Dollar suit filed against British envoys in U S
Lewis J. Marshall of Lisbon Falls sues the British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice and others for 1 billion dollars. He alleges failure to protect him as a British subject from mail seizures tied to his silk tie mail-order business since 1899. Marshall recently was convicted of mail fraud. he acted as his own counsel and awaits appeal.
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Portland
United States
Lewis J. Marshall
Lisbon Falls
Ceil Spring- Rice
Lord Bryce
John B. Keating
Marshall
Great Britain
Maine
Annapolis County
N. 3
Fate of Mrs Warren and Christy upheld by court
In Winston Salem on January 14 the North Carolina Supreme Court refused a new trial for Ida Ball Warren and 8 P Christy who were sentenced to death for Mrs Warren's husband G J Warren's murder. Both prisoners appeared calm after the decision and connection with Salvation Army help is noted. The story also mentions a local baseball book campaign launching with over 500 books sold on opening day aimed at 2,000 total.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Supreme Court
Ida Ball Warren
P. Christy
J. Clement
Mrs. Warren
A. G. Graves
Salvation Army
G. B. Austin
Christy
Blackburn
Texas
Hendersonville Court Hears Fraud Charges Against C A Carlson
In Hendersonville on January 14 the trial of Chas A Carlson formerly of Brooklyn NY began in Superior Court before Judge Adams. The case centers on a $10,000 misappropriation claim tied to a traction company deal with Dr. David J Fuller. The widow Mrs Fuller testified detailing alleged misrepresentation of purchase terms and the state contends concealment of a duplicate contract aided the fraud. Carlson testified and produced a letter claimed to be from Dr Fuller enclosing a $10,000 check.
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Hendersonville
Chas A. Carlson
Brooklyn
N. Y
San
Washington, D. C
David J. Fuller
Adams
Superior Court
Fuller
U. G. Staton
Carlson
Dr. Fuller
Calls to curtail government printing in Britain
Complaints rise over six million dollars spent annually on government printing. Proposals aim to cut unnecessary bluebooks and reports by summarizing key material. Huge stockpiles of unused reports sit in the House of Commons awaiting reform.
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London
House of Commons
Trying to Entangle British Washington Plan Over Enlistments
The British embassy reports a tactic to entangle Britain by sending letters from a fictitious Toronto address signed by a British major urging American enlistment. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice told Secretary Lansing that British authorities disclaimed responsibility for the communications.
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Washington
Jan
State Department
Toronto
Canada
United States
Cecil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Former Lexington Couple Convicted in Washington
A Lexington pair calling themselves Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Carroll pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Washington. Carroll received 15 months at Leavenworth, Mrs. Carroll the same at the federal women’s prison in Baltimore. They allegedly stole film stock and faced other fraud charges traced to Clayton and nearby areas. The man, once claiming to be a motion picture king, hailed from Lenoir and Chicago origins.
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Lexineton
Washington, D. C
F. C. Carroll
Carroll
Leavenworth
Clayton
Carrol
Lenoir
Phillips
Chicago
Americans In Mexico Warned To Leave Troubled Districts
Secretary Lansing issued a fresh warning for Americans in Mexico to depart areas experiencing revolutionary unrest. He praised Carranza's actions so far but demanded punishment for the bandits who killed Americans near Chihuahua and warned that unresolved steps could strain U S relations with the Carranza government.
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Washington
Lansing
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Chihuahua
Artful repeats and the value of novelty
The quote contrasts repetition as blunder when old methods are used on new ideas, with art seen in applying fresh approaches to new concepts. It distinguishes creative reinvention from mere replication and emphasizes innovative presentation.
Train Schedule Notice From October 1 1915
Schedule in effect October 1 1915 indicating times trains may arrive or depart at listed stations but not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
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Elrod and
Conway
BOY Scouts
Supreme Court
Heaven
Winston
Court Opin
Ion A
C. A. Carlson
Lexington
Washhington
Paez
Harris Bros
Carolina & Yadkin River
High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
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Panacasttinsinoesttina
Sia
W. E. Price
Asheboro
Abe Wim
Law Office of
D. H. Parsons, Attorney
Bank of Commerce Bldg
High Point, N. C
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
W. C. Idol
Enterprise
Independent Insurance& Investment Co
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
Bank of Commerce
High Point Enterprise
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