Four Vance County Schools Closed Over Measles Outbreak
Henderson January 23 Four schools under Dr Absher were ordered to close for two weeks due to rapid measles spread. Bona Vista Dabney Laula Martin Melver and Wortham schools with enrollments of 150 125 60 and 35 respectively. About 200 cases reported with three fourths in the past week. First death was an eight year old near Sandy Creek township.
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Absher
Dabney
Bona Vista
Thomas Floyd
Beacom Place
Sandy Creek
Women Move Into Bar Association and Public Roles
The New York state Bar Association voted to admit women to its membership. Notable items include Princess Mary’s lawn tennis skill, Miss Elizabeth Kenny becoming California’s first inheritance tax appraiser, and plans for the eleventh annual St Valentine’s golf tournament for women at Pinehurst. Significant notes cover the Federation of Northern Women’s Rights Association’s Stockholm conference, the English suffrage debate of 1867, and Lady Beatty’s war relief efforts. Electrification of the Pennsylvania main line from Altoona to Bellwood via Allegheny water power is under consideration.
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The
New York State Bar Association
Pinehurst
Elizabeth Kenny
Los Angeles County
California
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Maggie Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
New York City
Europe
Federation of Northern Women’s Rights Asociation
Stockholm
England
Houes of Commons
Chicago
Ena
Spain
Royal Nursery
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Bellwood
Alleghanies
High Point Seeks Methodist Hospital Through Civic Unity
A special committee urged statewide help to raise forty thousand dollars plus a gratis site for a Methodist hospital in High Point. A mass meeting will rally all denominations with speeches, stressing the hospital’s benefit to the entire city and not just a single church.
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High Point
Industrial Committee
The
Commercial Club
Western North Carolina Conference
Fred N. Tate
D. A. Stanton
W. L. Jackson
S. Grayson
J. W. Harriss
A Sherrod
Dred Peacock
H. A. Millis
J. E. Millis
Gilbert T. Rowe
J. S. Welborn
D. N. Welborn
A. J. Owen
W. D. Brooks
W. A. J. Idol
Maj. L
Stanton
Wesley Memorial Church
Rowe
Methodists
Methodist Conference of
Western North Carolina
Robbins
Tate
Ministerial Association
Birthdays Today Highlight Notable Figures Across Fields
Brigadier General George Bell Jr born in Maryland 58 years ago. Dr. Ezra S Tipple born Camden New York 56 years ago. Joe Henry Eagle born Tompkinsville Kentucky 47 years ago. Holbrook Blinn born San Francisco 45 years ago. Charles M Hamilton born Ripley New York 43 years ago. Robert P Kennedy born Bellefontaine Ohio 77 years ago.
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George Bell, Jr
Maryland
Ezra S. Tipple
Drew Theological Seminary
Camden
N. Y
Joe Henry Eagle
Congress
Texas
Tompkinsville
Holbrook Blinn
San Francisco
Charles M. Hamilton
New York
Ripley
Robert P. Kennedy
Ohio
Bellefontaine
Austro-Hungarian Forces Take Scutari in Albania
One year ago on January 23 1916 Austro-Hungarian troops seized Scutari in northern Albania. Aeroplanes raided England s east coast killing one and wounding six. King Nicholas of Montenegro sought refuge in Italy as Russian forces pressed in the Caucasus and threatened Erzerum forts.
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Scutari
Albania
England
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Italy
Caucasus
Erzerum
Lines Worth Remembering Quote by D. M. Moir
A compact quotation from D. M. Moir notes that life without any necessity for exertion lacks real interest, reflecting on motivation and effort.
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D. M. Moir
Greatest year for business in U S was last one
Washington reports 1916 exports reached 5.481 billion dollars, a 1.926 billion rise from 1915 and 2.997 billion above 1913. Imports totaled 2.392 billion, a record, with a favorable December balance of 316 million and a net inward gold movement of 530 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Electric tech used in daily tasks described
The text notes electricity guiding coffee bean sorting, miners carrying portable electric gear to detect gas, and violet light purification of water for a St. Louis pool.
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St. Louis
Dental Teachers in Session at National Convention
Philadelphia hosts the annual meeting of the American Institute of Dental Teachers. More than one hundred representatives from leading dental colleges and schools attend the three day session to share discoveries and improvements in dental methods.
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Philadelphia
American Institute of Dental Teachers
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County OF Vance
Princess Mary
Florida
Deland
Marchioness of
Londonderry
Ftreat Britain
Lady Beatty
Englad
Marshall Field
Bell-Ans
U. S
J. A. Hart Drug Co
North State Telephone Company
Gohe Commercial
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
V.-Pres
J.A. Hart Drug Company
North Carolina Public
Bulletin NO. X
Public Service Company
Chas. B. Hole
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