Dance guests fill Brokaw Lodge with city friends
Last night a social at Brokaw's Lodge hosted numerous locals and visitors. Guests included Miss Ellen White, Miss Beatrice Crouch, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Ellis of Burlington, Miss Dorothy Mendenhall of Lexington, and many others. Attendees traveled from Greensboro, Durham, Columbia, and Charlotte, with several staying for the weekend and many returning from recent trips or studies.
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Brokaw’s Lodge
McTavish
Mc Tavish
Ellen White
Beatrice Crouch
Mary Smith
Ellis
Burlington
Mary Spear
Nellie Muse
Dorothy Mendenhall
Lexington
Leona Muse
Nannie Gwyn
AlmaHlolt
Alma Holt
Frank Smith
Charles Holton
Sam Davis
Sam Davis, Jr
R. R. Ragan
Lester Teague
Hubert Gurley
Everet Marsh
Percy White
John Spencer
London tram motormen to gain power saving bonus
London authorities announce a scheme giving tramway car motormen a bonus equal to fifty percent of the value of the electricity they save. The plan aims to encourage economical power use by drivers.
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London
London Countyeil Haus
Million Dollar Mystery at Rose Tuesday
A Rose Tuesday feature centers on a million dollar mystery believed hidden or contested. Report details the event's key figures and the local interest surrounding the prize.
Manufacturers Add to Their Lines As Result of the War
Manchester England June 27 Corres pondence of the Associated Press Before the war England preferred imports for magnetos insulating materials and field glass lenses Now these items are produced in munition factories Field glass lenses satisfy army and navy better than German production Screw milling replaces skilled dies in most screws in England nearly all screws now milled by machines operated by unskilled workers
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Pondence
Associated Press
England
United States
America
Germany
Austria
Cotton futures open steady as forecasts aid trading
The New York cotton market starts quiet with light weekend activity and weak outside interest. October and December futures rise four to seven points after briefly slipping, while opening quotes show October at 24.85, December 24.28, January 24.10, and March 24.06.
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New York
Easiig
German Raider Seen at Lightship Near Nantucket
Captain William Price of the fishing schooner Elizabeth Wing reported a near encounter with a suspected German raider about 20 miles south-southeast of Nantucket. The unidentified 2,500 ton steamer, camouflaged with washed paint and iron dust, approached within 100 feet but hailed nothing.
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Nantucket
Glowester
Mass
William Price
Elizabeth Wing
Nantucket South Shoal
First Naval District
Boston
Price
Three-Year-Old Millsapps Dies at Home
Chainey Millsapps, age three years ten months, died last night at his parents’ home, 415 Peachtree street. He was ill only a few days. Funeral services will be at 4:00 p.m. at the residence conducted by Rev James W. Rose and Rev Thomas Carrick, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Chainey Millsapps
W. W. Millsapps
Peachtree Street
James W. Rose
Thomas Carrick
Oakwood Cemetery
British guard well torpedo construction details revealed
Lancaster June 28 The British government tightly guards the secret of the balance chamber used in submarines torpedoes. Three English plants produce interchangeable parts sent to a central plant for fitting one chamber. One factory ships about 21 torpedoes weekly. labor is largely unskilled with women among workers. Average torpedo cost is $5000.
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Lancaster
Associated Press
England
Meat Markets Set New Weekday and Saturday Hours
Meat markets announce new hours closing daily on weekdays at 8 PM and Saturday nights at 11 PM. Henderson & Foust, E. K. Ingram, W. H. Gurley publish the notice to customers.
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Henderson & Foust
Iowa Telephone Company Helps to Recruit Labor
Washington July 27 Iowa was the first state to respond to Secretary of Labor Wilsons request to rural telephone companies to cooperate with the federal employment service in recruiting farm labor Forty eight companies in that state have signified their willingness to cooperate These companies have placed the employment service in communication with 19049 farmers who will be called up by a central operator at least once a week and their needs ascertained Farmers will give the nature of work and the wages offered and this information will be forwarded to the nearest employment office Telephone companies in twelve states have been asked to cooperate.
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Washington
Iowa
Secretary of
Wilson
Federal
Ministers consider August open air services in High Point
Rev. H. H. Robbins president of the High Point Ministers association calls a meeting Monday at 10 to decide on Sunday evening union services on the lawn of the South Main Street graded school during August. Several North Carolina cities have held such services this summer with good effect and the ministers will decide their plan.
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H. H. Robbins
High Point Ministers’ Asociation
South Main Street
North Carolina
Reverend J. H. Barnhardt to Preach Sunday at Wesley Memorial
The Rev J H Barnhardt presiding elder of the district of the Methodist Episcopal Church south will preach Sunday morning at Wesley Memorial chapel. This marks his third official visit to Wesley Memorial. He will preside at the quarterly conference session scheduled for Monday.
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Wesley Memorial Church
J. H. Barnhardt
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Wesley Memorial Chinel
Earnhardt
Wesley Memorial
Sherlock This Man Has Solved the One Big Riddle of 1918
Alexandria La July 27 The question of what an enlisted man in the American army does with all his money has been answered here by a disclosure of the financial affairs of one member of a machine gun company at Camp Beauregard The soldier receives 33 a month 15 sent to his mother 85 paid on a Liberty bond 6 50 deducted for insurance leaving a balance of 6 50 or about 21 cents a day As Uncle Sam provides him with everything he desires and the 21 cents is idle wealth he has decided to open a savings account.
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Alexandria
Camp Beauregard
Sam
Walth
War Stimulus Revives Irish Pottery Industry
Dublin July 27 The war has revived Irish industry with Wexford producing cooking ware equal to French goods and drain pipes and sanitary ware rivaling English products. Experts note abundant clay deposits suitable for the sector and renewed activity across the sector.
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Dublin
Wexford
France
England
West Africa Cocoa Exports Tied to Native Chiefs
London reports native chiefs in British West Africa prepare to export cocoa, taking over the former German firm’s trade and direct shipments to England.
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London
British West Africa
West Africa
England
Million Dollar Mystery at the Rose Tuesday
The Rose Tuesday features a mystery event described as a million dollar caper drawing attention from attendees. Details on participants and exact stakes remain unclear while the phrase hints at a high value prize or financial intrigue.
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J. E. Cox
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Durham
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North Wilkesboro
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W. J. Masten
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Camp Jackson
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Charles Crawford
Ashboro
C.K. Smith
T. G. Hardie
H. C. Geddie
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Plattsburgh
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Trinity College
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Southern Railway Company
J. J. Farriss
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Allen
Greensboron
G. 8. Barker
M. A. Welch
Coleridge
J. A. Apple
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Moore’s Springs
L. D. Luther
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Myrtle Desk Co
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Eng
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British Guard
E. K. Ingram
W. H. Gurley
Iowa Telephone Company
Frank Ford
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Gladioli
U.S
Continental Congress
Army
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Servalue Tires
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Church St
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