Women to Form a Nonpartisan Suffrage Party in Chicago
Chicago plans a large Woman’s party convention June 5 6 and 7 to pursue nationwide women’s suffrage. Alice Paul leads a nonpartisan push with speakers from California Nevada and Colorado as delegates from free states arrive to form a new independent political group.
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Mabel Vernon
Delaware
Doris Stevens
National Organization Department
Elizabeth Elder
Philadelphia
Information Bureau
Ada Flatman
London
Knge
Pankhurst
Maude Younger
National Advisory Council of the Union
Alice Paul
Paul
Shermon
Free” States
Bleener S. Coit
Montana
Caroline Spencer
Colorado
John &. Allen
Wallis Williams
Washington
J. A. Keating
Oregon
Margaret Tyler
Idaho
W. H. Sawtelle
KE. B. Perrin
Arizona
Gail Laughlin
California
Anne Martin
Nevada
Lilla Day Monroe
Kansas
Colonel Phillips to be buried at Chapel Hill
The remains of Col John L Phillips U S A retired who died by self inflicted gunshot will be buried at Chapel Hill per his dying wish. He was a son of Sam Phillips of Chapel Hill and UNC graduate who served in the army until his death following a walk at the hospital grounds. Coroner ruled death by own action noting melancholy, while another officer died later in an accident at the same hospital.
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Washington
John L. Phillips
Chapel Hill
Phillips
Sam Phillips
United States Solicitor General
University of North Carolina
Avine
Vic Hospital
Thamas Uuthill
Colonel Phillips
Leutenant
Ferguson
A Losing Game Judge Remarks on Averages
Prof Pate opens with statistics on a 60 year old man noting vast meat bread and vegetable consumption and liquids before conceding the effort yields no lasting endorsement from friends and neighbors in a court or public setting
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Pate
Bryan May Make Race on Prohibition Ticket
Chicago May 24 William Jennings Bryan may be selected as the Prohibition party's presidential candidate if he consents. Prohibition leaders say a Democratic convention refusal to back national prohibition could push him to run with the Prohibition party. The national convention meets at St Paul July 19 to 22 with rallies to pledge 5 000 000 citizens to back national prohibition.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Prohibition Party
Bryan
Saratoga Springs
Prohibition
Lere
St. Louis
Bryant
St. Paul
Fisher girls brigade joins front line in Russian war lore
In Novgorod a fisherfolk brigate led by Pelegeya Mandrin recruited seventy girl warriors. They shaved their hair and dressed as men to join the front after General Kuropatkin refused women in the army, relying on regimental customs for protection.
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Petrograd
Novgorod
Pelegeya Mandrin
Kuropatkin
Pskoff
Fisher Girls
H Kuropatkin
Thousand Mile Front
Picture brides arrive under watch at immigration station
A procession of Japanese picture brides and grooms moves from the United States immigration station as women, arriving from the Orient, are matched with prospective husbands. Officials note about 100 picture brides arrive monthly, with marriage certificates issued before couples depart for homes on Oahu and other islands.
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United States
Shinyo Mara
United States Immigration
Ohient
Over 100000 French Women in Factories
Paris May 24. The secretary for munitions reports more than 100000 French women work in munition making in France with 26,297 in state factories. Women also enter food industries textiles and metal trades with rapid learning of small machines. The secretary notes husbands’ mobilization boosted wives’ responsibilities without disorder and cites strong national solidarity through cooperative family enterprises across agriculture and industry.
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France
Journalism in Kansas. A writer’s life in a paper office
The piece describes the press room under pressure as it juggles obituaries, births, ads, and society notices. It contrasts sorrow and joy in rapid shifts from mourning to celebration while editors face deadlines and distractions. The author notes the persistent rhythm of life and laughter around the newsroom.
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Opelika
Nan
Graphic
ModernDental Surgery Brings Pain Free Dentistry
An Enterprise reporter visits Dr. W. F. Clayton's Bank of Commerce offices to learn about the Fischer method. Clayton says pain is banished in dental work using this German discovery, now adopted by eight or nine North Carolina dentists, with safe, modern equipment enhancing patient comfort.
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Bank of Commerce
Rookine
W. F. Clayton
Clayton
North Carolina
State Dem nom contests shift after Kitchin race
Tom Best announces Cling Mitchell will not defeat Claude Kitchin for the Democratic nomination. The paper notes a statewide focus shift to remaining contests as results tilt the party’s path.
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Tom Best
Cling Mitchell
Claude Kitchin
Mortgage Sale Notice for High Point Property
Mortgagee Josephine M. Barbee will sell at public auction on June 17, 1916, in High Point, the real estate described as Lot No. 20, Block B, 50 by 150 feet, in the Burns subdivision, recorded in Guilford County. Sale follows default on a mortgage dated November 9, 1907 to J H Paschal and Della Paschal.
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J. H. Paschal
Della Paschal
Josephine M. Barber
Register of Deeds Office of
Guilford County
High Point
High Point Township
D. O. Burns
Josephine M. Barbee
Molasses and Army Explosives Shift Cane and Beef Markets
The piece notes a link between blackstrap molasses and explosive manufacturing, driving heavy alcohol demand and altering prices for Louisiana and Western alfalfa. Beef cattle feed is affected as alfalfa loses profitability, while corn and molasses, key for food, are diverted to produce destructive devices.
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Loweria
Louisiana
For Sale Valuable Hotel Property Bellevue Hotel sale notice
Pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court of Guilford County North Carolina George Leach guardian of Fernie Ko Leaen v W H Pickard and others announces sale of Bellevue Hotel Property at public auction on June 17 1916 at 3 PM on the premises in High Point NC near the railroad station The brick building has about twenty five rooms land forms a square of 100 feet on each side Terms: one fourth cash four months eight months and twelve months with 6 percent interest on deferred payments title retained until paid May 15 1916
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Guilford
North Carolina
George * Leach
Fernie Ko Leaen
W.H. Pickard
High Point
Guilford County
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W. B. Inform
Weingarten Bros
New York
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Cashier
Wachovia Bank
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Wall Street Journal
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North State Telephone Company
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