Miss Tarbell To Address Greensboro War Work Event
Prominent Greensboro club women and other locals plan a reception at the State Normal and Industrial college for Miss Ida Tarbell, speaker at the summer school. If weather allows, the event will be outdoors. otherwise it will be in the students building. Miss Tarbell will meet with the Woman's Council of Defense and speak on The Inner Line of Defense today and The Fear of Efficiency on Thursday. Also visiting are Miss Edna Horn, Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Phoebe Jones, and others from Mocksville and Greenville.
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State Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro
Ida Tarbell
Woman's Council of Defense
America
Miss Tarbell
Local residents depart for All-South Christian convention
Mrs L W McFarland and Miss Juanita Hammer lead a Greensboro and Elon contingent to Memphis Tennessee for the All South Christian convention with Hammer set to speak Friday. Others visit or travel including Bomars, Hardees, Lowrance and Kanier families, and Marvin Denson returning from Plattsburg training.
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L. W. McFarland
Juanita Hammer
Eunice
Lola Long
Mr. Barker
Greensboro
W. A. Harper
Elon
Memphis
Tenn
Borden Heiress Rights Lost Over Family Feud
Three children of the late Dr. Matthew S. Borden have no claim to the millions left by their grandfather Matthew C. D. Borden after a Yale romance and parental opposition led to a grim family split. The father’s secret marriage and vows amid a tragedy marked by an auto crash four years ago are cited in the court ruling.
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New York
Matthew S. Borden
Yale University
New Haven
Matthew C. D. Borden
Siberia Declares Democratic State Amid Russian Turmoil
Vladivostok forms a provisional government with unanimous support to fight the central powers. The plan includes freeing Siberia from Bolsheviks, avoiding foreign intervention, universal suffrage, provincial councils, a labor bureau, land redistribution, and economic control as Siberia aims to lead a new democratic Russia.
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London
Siberia
Vladivostok
Addo
Times
Russia
Coal shortage halts paving on West Broad Street
West Broad Street paving stalls as Lassiter and Co. lack coal for the asphalt plant. City officials, Mayor Ragan, and Engineer Taplin conferred with State Fuel Administrator Norfleet who advised a sworn statement of needs. Until coal arrives, paving is suspended and residents face delays to a smooth street.
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West Broad Street
Lassiter and Company
Broad Street
Ragan
Taplin
Winston-Salem
Norfleet
Norwegian Steamer Augvald Sunk. Eleven Crew Rescued
Eleven members of the crew of the Norwegian steamship Augvald, sunk June 23 by a German submarine, were landed at an Atlantic port after 11 days adrift. Three of the crew of 27 were drowned and 13 missing. the rescued men, exhausted, subsisted mostly on sea weed and rainwater wrung from clothing.
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Atlantic
Augvald
Midore
Sugar War Message Urges Saving amid Ship Shortage
The piece argues that sugar shortages arise from limited ship tonnage, not crop yield, as seventy five percent of consumed sugar must be shipped. It warns sugar ships are being reassigned to war transport, urging individuals to save and allocate sugar unselfishly for soldiers and allies. It labels German propaganda as partly true and false.
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France
Food Administration
High Point Negro Selectmen Ordered to Camp Meade Training
Twenty five Black selectmen from High Point township, deemed physically fit, are summoned to report July 17 to select the increment for deployment to Camp Meade Maryland. They will be the first group sent from the town to this cantonment near major eastern cities. The notice lists names and addresses for the local board to process and entrain them on July 18.
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High Point Township
Camp Meade
Maryland
High Point
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
War Department
Tragedy at hospital as couple in poison crisis confronts
A 24 year old wife and her husband, both poisoned by bichloride or mercury, were rushed to a Washington hospital emergency room where they faced each other amid a life conserving effort. The incident, from Ella Griffith of 714 G Street NE, marks a dramatic casualty ward scene.
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Washington
Ella Griffith
G Street
Annals of
Casualty Hospital
Women’s Shoes to Be Cut Lower in Spring
Washington report notes manufacturers meeting with the War Industries Board agreeing to lower women’s shoe heights for spring 1919. Maximum heights set likely at 8 inches for women, 6 1/4 inches for misses, 6 inches for children, 5 1/2 inches for boys and youths, and 8 inches for women’s overgaiters.
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War Industries Board
Hindenburg Calls For One Million Men
Field Marshal von Hindenburg orders 1,000,000 more recruits with new drafts from factories. Prisoners, foreigners, and exchanged POWs fill vacancies, despite agreements. Repatriated German cripples work at Krupp plants near Bredney, with strong guards at the Krupp mansion.
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the Hague
von Hindenburg
England
Krupp
Bredney
Shanghai Welcomes Looming Economic Boom in 1917
Over LOO are reported as having enter ed business at Shanghai during 1917. The Japanese population is rapidly in creasing, now dene about 14,000. More than 70,000 acres of land in this country iss been planted with castor bean plants to produce oil for aircraft.
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Shanghai
Stella Vitae Promises Relief for Women in Guaranteed Trial
Advertises Stella Vitae as a safe, effective female tonic with a money back guarantee if it does not help. Cites testimonials from Mrs. J F Lee of Milstead Georgia Mrs Peralee Frazier of Longview Texas and Mrs Sandy Withers of Greensboro Alabama praising relief from female troubles and improved health.
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J. F. Lee
Milstead
Peralee Frazier
Longview
Tex
Sandy Withers
Greensboro
Ala
Navy Holds Yearlong Stock of Supplies
The navy reports it now has a stock of supplies sufficient for average requirements for one year, securing persistent readiness and logistics resilience.
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Navy
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H. A. Oakes
Myrtle Avenue
Phoebe Jones
W. C. Jones
North Main Street
Cecil Holt
Greenville, D. C
Loy
W. EF. Graves
Newport News, Va
P. WT. Johnson
Violet
C. E. Convention
FE. L. Bomar
Child
Dan Bomar
Birmiingham, Ala
Lineback
Washington Street
Jd. KB. Hardee
Frank Lowrance
Chicago
Lowrance
Charlotte
Carl Kanier
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
J. W. Kanier
West High Street
Marvin Denson
Envy
Plattsburg, N. Y
Plattsbourg Camp
J. C. Spence
U.S. S. Neptune
Wm. C. McIntire
Mr. Spence
Spence
Trinity
R. H. Marshal
Isla Marshal
Arthur Marshal
Hendersonville
Asheville
Borden
Ido
Allen
Ular
Sau
Local Board
Henry Kirk
Albemarle
N. C
Rt. 2
Lucius Leighter
Will Cowan
Leonard Street
Alphonso Dockery
Taylor Street
Willam Sawyer
Wise Street
Homer C. Bruton
Lucius
McComb
Ezell Best
David McMurray
Fairview Street
Thomas C. Dillingham
Lawndale
Carl Mack
High Pont
Edward A. Sadler
George Green
Beaman Street
Coleman
Man
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Temesvar
Roumania
Rome
Austria
Hindenburg
Austran
Lady's High
Miss Thomas’ Commercial College
Wachovia Bank Building
High Point, N. C
Service
City Transfer Co
Phone As
Beavans
the Ladies’ Store
Moffitt
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