Lady Mackworth Takes Over German Business in England
London January 17 Lady Mackworth daughter of Baron Rhondda has assumed management of a large German drug business in England bought by her father at auction. Baron Rhondda a Lloyd George cabinet member known as the British coal king trusts her business skill and she notes the day when Smith and Daughter will be as common as Smith and Son.
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Associated Pres
London
Lady Mackworth
Baron Rhondda
England
Lloyd- George
Baroness Rhondda
Fulham
America
Great Britain
Must Keep Up Our Naval Program Says Daniels
Secretary of the Navy Daniels told a house naval committee that the United States must maintain its current naval buildup unless a universal disarmament plan is agreed by world powers. He noted Congressmen Farr and Butler pressed questions on the matter and acknowledged Britain’s navy to be twice as large as Germany’s, and Germany plus Austria stronger than the U.S. navy.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Farr
Butler
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
New York City War On Street Spitters
New York authorities of the health department declare war on street spitters. Magistrates across the city convict 119 offenders with fines ranging from 1 to 2 dollars. A sanitary squad issued about 200 summonses over a three day period.
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New York
Haven Emerson
Health Department
Krotel
Jefferson Market
Frothingham
Harlem
Murphy
West Side
Essex Market
Nolan
Koenig
Washington Heights
Yorkville
Health Commissioner
New York Police Diet Squad Bonds Over 25 Cent Meals
Twelve rookie officers in New York adopted a 25 cent a day diet test at 40 Lafayette. They attend church together and share meals and activities at the training school. The group, nicknamed Commissioners Wood's Jury Squad, jokes about a verdict on high living while enjoying music from Knabe piano and performances by Rasch and Corcoran.
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St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Duane
City Hall Place
Abraham Goldman
Diet Kitchen
Lafayette Street
Goldman
Wood
Mme
Freda Hempel
Metropolitan Opera Company
Knabe
James Hanlon
Black Sheep
George W. Rasch
John H. A. Smith
Patrick Corcoran
Tire pumps driven by piston connected to rear wheel
A new automobile tire pump uses a piston connected to the car’s rear wheel to operate. The design leverages wheel motion to generate air pressure for inflating tires.
Kidney Pills Sent My Attention to Elderly Reader
An 87 year old Springfield resident H Adams reports severe kidney trouble and credits Foley Kidney Pills with improving his condition. The ad notes the pills build up weakened kidneys and help clear acids and poisons from the blood, sold by Mann Drug Company.
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H. Adams
Springfield
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Miss Janie Jones Secures Autograph Photo of Wilson
Danville Virginia January 17 Miss Janie Jones a teacher at Stonewall Jackson graded school North Danville wrote to President Wilson asking for an autograph photograph He sent a large handsome picture with his name signed in his own handwriting across the bottom It will be framed and hung in her classroom
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Danville
Janie Jones
Stonewall Jackson
North Danville
Wilson
Brush head design to reach both sides of teeth
The brush head is shaped so both sides of the teeth are reached at once. The handle is hollow to permit washing or lotion spray through the bristles with a rubber bulb.
Croup Relief Story Prompts Drug Sales
Billie Mayberry of Eckert Ga reports two children suffered croup attacks three weeks ago. A nightly dose of Foley's Honey and Tar ended the coughing by the next morning. Mann Drug Company advertises the product for sale.
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Croup
Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Mortgagee sale of High Point land over default
By virtue of a 1914 mortgage deed W L White and wife defaulted. On January 8, 1917 at noon a public auction at the Guilford county Courthouse door will sell Lot No. 42 in Roland Park Company plot High Point township Guilford County N C for cash to satisfy the debt. Trustee W J Armfield Jr issues the sale notice.
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W. L. White
Guilford County
N. C
High Point
High Point Township
Roland Park Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Roland Park Co
W. J. Armfield, JR
Re-Sale of Land In Guilford County Lot 21 E A Bencini Lands
A public auction will be held on January 13 1917 at 2 PM on the premises to sell Lot 21 in Block A of the E A Bencini lands by order of the Guilford County Superior Court Special Proceedings Minnie Worth et al vs Mrs Lou Kaney Anderson guardian et al. Bidding starts at $194.70 secured by a ten percent bid. Sale conducted by Ed L Ragan Commissioner and W P Ragan Attorney.
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Mason W. Gant
Guilford County
N. C
Minnie Worth
Mra
Lou Kaney Anderson
Guardian
E. A. Bencini
Certificate of Dissolution for Manufacturers' Club Inc
North Carolina secretary of state certifies the voluntary dissolution of Manufacturers' Club Inc a Guilford High Point based corporation. J Bryan Grimes notes stockholders unanimously consented to dissolution and filed October 14 1916 with official seal in Raleigh.
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Manufacturers’ Club, Inc
South Main Street
High Point
Guilford
North Carolina
J. H. Dobbs
I. J. Bryan Grimes
State of
Raleigh
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Chichester
W. P. Ragan
ED. L. Ragan
State OF North Carolina
Department of State
Phares
North State Telephone Company
High Point Enterprise
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