North Carolina Summer School Draws Hundreds Across Counties
The 1917 university summer school shows representation from all sections of the state with only nine counties lacking students. Orange leads with 68 attendees, Wake and Columbus follow with 28 each, and total enrollment reaches 815 in Chapel Hill including the summer law school.
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North Carolina
Alexander, Clay
Graham
Jackson
Mitchell
Onslow
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Yadkin
Orange
Wake Dind Columbus
Robeson
Durham
Cuilford
Greenville
Medidgenburg
Rowan
Duplin
Pitt
Scotland
Aalamance
Forsyth
Gaston
Wayne
Bertie
Halifax
Northampton
Iredell
Johnston
Cleveland
Raven
Randolph
Sampson
Wladen
Chatahin
Cumberland
Edgecombe
Harnett
Lenoir
McDowell
Nash
New Slaven
Pamlico
Vance
Buncombe
Cabarrus
Currituck
Lincoln
Montgomery
Moore
Rockingham
Surry
Wilson
Anson
Beaufort
Macon
Warren
Washington
Caldwell
Carteret
Cherokee
Davidson
Haywood
Pasquotank
Periquimans
Richmond
Caswell
Catawba
Davie
Jones
Lee
Person
Union
Wilkes
Ashe
Brunswick
Chowan
Dare
Tryde
Pender
Polk
Rutherford
Burke
Franklin
Gates
Greene
Hertford
Hoke
Martin
Stokes
Alleghany
Avery
Camden
Henderson
Madison
Stanly
Swain
Watauga
Yancy
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Maryland
Tennessee
Alabama
Japan
Chapel Hill
Brigadier General Thomas F. Davis I N A Service Portrait
Brigadier General Thomas F. Davis U S A a noted professional and idealistic officer gains fame from the Mexican border troubles. A New York City native and West Point graduate 1875 he rose to major command roles including Fifth and Sixth Brigades with bases in Douglas Arizona since 1915. He served as customs collector at Santiago Cuba after the Spanish American War and governed the Lanao district Mindanao Province Philippines.
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Thomas F. Davis
Davis
New York City
West Point
Spain
Santiago
Cuba
Philippines
Lanao
Mindanao
Southwest
Douglas
Arizona
Opposition Newspapers Fault McAdoo Liberty Bond Plan
Several papers opposing the administration continue to critique McAdoo's method for floating the Liberty bond loan. Berlin papers echo similar displeasure with the plan's approach.
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McAdoo
Berlin
Macon Telegraph
Cardui praised by Georgia woman for relief from pain
Mrs Ellie Gifford of Trenton Georgia reports long lasting stomach pain headaches and nerve trouble improved after using two bottles of Cardui and later two more. She credits Cardui and Black Draught with eradicating the pain and nervous symptoms.
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Trenton
Ellie Gifford
Paymaster Potent but Silent Keeper of Army Wages
Washington notes the paymaster's crucial role in maintaining discipline by ensuring regular wages for soldiers across global postings. The article traces the pay department from 1775 reforms to 1912 consolidations, highlighting system improvements and civil war accountability with minimal losses.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Unele Sam
Euope
Canal Zone
Alaska
Philippines
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Congress
Secretary of War
Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermaster Corps
Mexico
War Department
Calendar of sports events across the nation
The list covers multiple upcoming sports events: golf at Midlothian Country Club near Chicago. Southern Oregon tennis in Medford. Westmoreland patriotic tennis in Jeannette. Indiana state trap shooting in Indianapolis. North Dakota racing in Cooperstown. Johnnie Dundee vs Frankie Callahan in Boston. Johnny Griffiths versus Johnny Tillman in Minneapolis. Queens County Jockey Club spring meeting at Aqueduct. three states patriotic tennis in Burlington. Empire City Racing summer meeting at Yonkers. Northwestern international rowing regatta in Duluth. Women’s Kennel Club annual beach show in Chicago. AAA automobile races at Des Moines. Windsor Jockey Club summer meeting at Windsor. Schuylkill Valley patriotic tennis in Morristown.
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Midlothian Country Club
Chicago
Southern Oregon
Medford
Ore
Westmoreland County Patriotics
Jeannette
Indiana
Indianapolis
North Dakota Racing Circuit
Cooperstown
N. D
Johnnie Dundee
Frankie Callahan
Boston
Johnny Griffiths
Johnny Tillman
Minneapolis
Quens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
L. I
Burlington
Empire City Racing Association
Yonkers
N. Y
Duluth
Minn
Kennel Club of
Ilinois
Des Moines Speedway
Windsor Jockey Club
Windsor
Ont
Morristown
Salt Lake City Man Chooses Death by Shot
Howard De Weese, sentenced to death for his wife’s murder here last September, elected to be shot rather than hanged. He questioned bullet calibre to ensure instantaneous death and had a past of burglary and jewel theft tied to the Salt Lake City case.
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Hoard de Weese
Salt Lake City
Utah
Howard de Weese
de Weese
Harry W. Fisher
Chicago
Pharmacists barred from commissions in regular army
A War Department letter to Dr. J. W. Long Greensboro responds to requests from pharmacists about commissions. It states there is no grade of commissioned pharmacists in the service and that pharmaceutical work is mainly done by non commissioned medical staff using tabloid form preparations.
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War Department
Washington
J. W. Long
Greensboro
State Committee On National Defense
Long
Medical Department
Army
National Retail Conference Opens to Cut Store Overhead
Washington July 10. A national conference of retail merchants assembles to act on recommendations to reduce overhead in stores as a war economy measure. Called by the National Retail Dry Goods association for Commercial Economy Board of the Council of National Defence. After the meeting, the public will be advised how to help cut living costs by trimming expenses and wastage in retail operations.
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Washington
National Conference of
National Retail ‘Dry Goods Association
Commercial Economy Board
Council of National Defence
North Dakota First district election centers on Baer candidacy
Fargo readers await today’s special election results in North Dakota’s First district. Three candidates contest the seat: John Baer, named by the Nonpartisan League, Republican B. Burtness, and Democrat George Bangs. The league’s role sparks debate about farmer co op control.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
John aBer
Nonpartisan League
Henry (. Helgesen
Farmers’ Co-Operative Organization
Baer
B. Burtness
George Bangs
Yokohama Traders Seek Right to Private Codes
No Private Codes in cable messaging prompts Yokohama Foreign Trade association to petition the Washington government. The move aims to aid silk and tea exporters who trade heavily with the United States and have used a special code for quotations. U S war regulations allow only well known codes.
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Yokohama
Japan
Yokohama Foreign Trade Association
Washington
United States
City Transfer Cay Promises Top Notch Moving Service
The City Transfer Cay employs competent men and pledges the best service for patrons. There is nothing too large to move and if you hire their hauling they guarantee careful handling and dependable results.
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City Transfer Cay
Sugar Price at Hobb's Store
A fragment notes graduates sugar at 81 percent and price as cents per pound with cash payment at Hobb's store.
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Hobb’s Store
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Georgia
Liberty Loan
Robert Wooley
Wooley
Aladdin Security Oil
Washington, D.C
Norfolk, Va
Richmond, Va
Standard Oil Company
Baltimore
Charlotte, N. C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, S.C
City Transfer CO
J. A. Dalton
Boro
S. W. Bagley
Greensboro, N. C
Prudence
Acho Jiabank
IA & Trust
Compa Ny
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
Ake
Pepsi-Cola
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