Prominent Greensboro Merchant Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Despondent after illness, T Ham a longtime Mount Olive merchant and Greensboro real estate owner, shot himself at home on Smith Street. He died about 9:35 p.m. Doctors failed to revive him. Survived by widow and five children Estelle, L M, Ernest, Wilbur, and Mrs Frank Boyles. Funeral at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
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Greensboro
Mount Olive
Ham
L. ML
Ernest
Wilbur
Estelle Ham
Frank C. Boyles
Melton Cleark
First Presbyterian Church
New York Pickpockets Target Raleigh Official
E C Duncan of Raleigh, a friend of Secretary Daniels, was robbed at the Waldorf Astoria. A fashionably dressed man with a frock coat and top hat and a young woman confederate, later identified as Rourke Cochran, fled after Duncan felt his pocketbook removed. Duncan filed a police report.
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Bk. C. Duncan
Raleigh
N. C
Duncan
Wives and lover tied to crime in Dobbs Ferry murder
In Westchester County aDobbs Ferry man Gregory George was killed. Vito Raimonde and Mrs Mari Figlio, wife of the victim's brother, confessed involvement after investigations by Sheriff and coroner. Mrs Figlio admitted hiring an assassin to kill George for $500. Raimonde denies guilt.
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Dobbs Ferry, N
Gregory George
Dobbs Ferry
Sherif Weisandanzer
Frans Cherico
Ter County
Antoinette George
Vito Raimonde
George
Mari Figlio
Hoboken
White Plins
Raimonde
Ashford Avenue
Cherico
American Jews Plan World Representation at Chicago Convention
Delegates from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin gathered at a Chicago convention to form a congress representing American Jews. The group urged equal rights for Jews in all lands and proposed addressing Palestine issues and Jewish immigration after World War I. The assembly followed Knights of Zion calls and included sessions on rights discrimination and postwar settlement.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Congress
America
Europe
Jdewis
Ilinois
Indiana
Muichican
Wisconsin
Knights of Zion
United States
Session debates permanent congress of Jewish organizations
The meeting discussed forming a permanent congress of Jewish groups for the states of the middle west to coordinate activities and policy efforts. No final decision was reported.
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Middle West
Railroads Propose Higher Rates If Space Substitutes Pay
Railroad companies facing a proposed shift from weight to space based mail rates urged the House Post Office Committee to adopt their own plan. They claim a 10 percent rate increase would occur, with a government pay readjustment lifting annual revenue from about 59 million to roughly 65 million dollars, reviving the long running freight parcel post dispute.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
House Postoffice Committee
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Rewards and Results
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases. It claims 35 years of use, promises blood purification on mucous surfaces, and rapid health improvements after short treatment. The notice urges readers to send for testimonials and purchase from local druggists.
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Miall
Hali
Tlali
Niall
Hall
S.id Cheney & CO
Toleco
All
Toc
New York Life Insurance Agent Listing
F A Ogburn is named as a New York Life Insurance agent with contact details including phone 249 and address at 412 Bank of Commerce Building High Point. The listing notes office status and service location at the Bank of Commerce Building.
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Office
Bank of Commerce
Carchina Yadkin River R R Co Schedule Effective Oct 1 1915
Schedule lists expected arrival and departure times at stations on the Carchina and Yadkin River Railroad line starting October 1 1915. Times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
Schedule Northbound Trains Early Morning Runs
Northbound train times listed as 4.12 am and 7.14 am in the schedule.
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Eleonora de Cisneros Eg Carmen
King’s Drug Store
Diamond Disc Phonograph
S. N. Holland
J. E. Crayton & Co
Charlotte, N. C
Ring Durg
H. T. Ham
Fiis
Growin
T. Ham
Smith Street
Mrs. Ham
Miss Es
Telle
Mr. Ham
A. R. Wilson
Mr. Haan
Whitlams
Florida
la Grippe
Charlotte
Msvania
E. C. Duncan
New York
The
New York World of Yesterday
Rourke Cochran
Dobbs
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Boarder
Denizs
George Engel
Westches
Idarris Bras
Rey A
Cook’s Wood Yard
New York Life Insurance
Compa F. A
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High Point
Ly. Daily Ly
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Denton Be Hee
Cordontown
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W. E Price
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