Canvass For Hospital Funds Making Slow Yet Steady Gains
Approximately $13,590 of the $40,000 goal for a Methodist hospital in High Point was raised in four days. Doctors accounted for about three quarters of gifts, led by Drs D. A. Stanton and T. M. Stanton with $5,000. Campaigning by Overman, Taylor, Ogburn, and Rowe continues across factories and city venues with ongoing promises of later support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Hospital
High Point
Commercial National Bank
C. B. Overman
F. R. Taylor
Frank A. Ogburn
Gilbert T. Rowe
Wesley Memorial Church
D. A. Stanton
T. M. Stanton
Red Cross Christmas seals raise large sum in 1916
New York March 2 Red Cross Christmas seals raised about 1 000 000 for the tuberculosis campaign with revised estimates indicating over 100 million seals sold. Proceeds fund preventive work, open air schools, visiting nurses, and tuberculosis beds across states and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
The
National Association
Ite
United States
Guam
Tahiti
Samoa
No Hope in Window Sale for Obese Shopper
A 300 pound man gazes at haberdasher's wares during a marked down sale. A friend asks if he plans to buy clothes. He answers humorously that only a handkerchief fits him ready-made, proving his disdain for ready-made options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
John Murphy Fined for Assault with Hoe at County Court
Newton March 2 John Murphy an employee at the Catawba river bridge of the Southern railway was fined 15 dollars and half the costs for assault with a deadly weapon to wit a hoe George Isenhower paid 2 50 and half the costs for his part in the trouble Isenhower jumped between Murphy and another man and urged him to hit him Murphy used a hoe to prove his veracity in what authorities term a local disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
John Murphy
Catawba River
Southern Railway
George Isenhower
Isennhower
Murphy
Heavy Rain and Storm Disrupt Newton Area
Newton March 2 heavy rain drenched the section through Wednesday night with swollen streams and an unusual electrical display. Local streets were flooded and flights were halted as bridge work on several rivers faced possible delays and setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Recluse Lieut. Col. William Sedgwick Dies in Goldaming Home
Funeral held in Goldaming for Lieut. Col. William Sedgwick retired officer and author of works on science and philosophy. He lived in seclusion the past seven or eight years with only a bull terrier for company. A gardener found him dead from heart disease on the landing. the dog was shot while guarding the body. He leaves a wife, two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldaming
William Sedgwick
Col. Sedgwick
India
War relief work uninterrupted by break despite German ties
Reports from multiple relief agencies show continuous operation and funding across regions. Cash gifts, often sent by cable or wireless, support Armenian, Belgian, Polish, Serbian, French Protestant, and other relief efforts, with no noted slackening in contributions or distributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
War Relief Organization
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
American Committee For
Turkey
American Red Cross
B. F. B. Permanent Blind Relief War Fund
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Fund For Starving Children
Poland
Armenia
Joint Distribution Committee
Switzerland
Hugenot
France
Taunton Man Slays Wife Then Kills Self in Fitchburg Hotel
Charles Cortez of Taunton shot and killed his wife in a Fitchburg hotel and then fatally wounded himself. The couple had hidden in a room for hours before the shooting. Police found a note signed by both, asking that the woman's father Nicholas Yarmyovamie of Taunton be notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
Charles Cortez
Taunton
Nicholas Yarvoyamie
Don’t Cross Your Legs Says Physical Trainer
William Muldoon warns that leg crossing adds heart workload and harms breathing. He urges nostril breathing, cleansing the nostrils, and regular ablutions for filtered air, citing John L. Sullivan and common catarrhal affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Star
William Muldoon
John L. Sullivan
Spectator Poem Quip About Charity Concert Tickets
A witty exchange features a speaker apologizing for engagements and promising to attend in spirit. The other asks where the spirit should sit and offers charity concert tickets priced at half a dollar, a dollar, and two dollars.
Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg Says Sub War Surpasses Hopes
In a Reichstag address Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg reports German submarine campaign achievements have already exceeded the navy's expectations. Berlin dispatch via London notes strong wartime morale and accelerated naval results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Holweg
Notice of Sale of Corporation Stock
Trustees of the estate of C. T. Munford in bankruptcy will expose to public sale on Friday, March 2, 1917 at 2 PM before the courthouse door in Pitt County Greenville NC the following personal property one certificate of 10 shares of stock for cash to the highest bidder.
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Atlantic Sales Company
High Point
N. C
C. T. Munford
Pitt County
Greenville
North Carolina
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G. E. Hanes
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