Open to nonexperts for reserve corps commissions in war era
Secretary Baker opens the second lieutenant grade in the officers reserve corps to men with no military experience age 21 to 32, urging rapid applications and promising training after enrollment. First lieutenants and above require prior service. 1918 aims expect up to 3,000 junior officers this year and gradual growth to 6,000 annually.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Baker
Staff Corps
Engineer Corps
Quartermasters’ Division
Medical Service
War Department
Military Department
Eastern Department
Governor's Island
N. Y
Central Department
Chicago
Southern
San Antonio
Texas
Western Department
San Francisco
Cal
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Croup Says Parent
A Stanford Kentucky mother reports her child slept after using Foley's Honey and Tar and the cold vanished by the next day. The note from Mann Drug Co. advertises Foley's product for coughs and colds.
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Mann Drug Co
R. M. Raney
Stanford
Foley
New Mexico Governor Contest Seen as Accident Label
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the five year term accident governor of New Mexico, H. O. Bursum chosen by machinists party bosses, with W. F E Lindsay as lieutenant governor. after Governor Da Baca’s death Lindsay becomes chief executive and challenges the machine faction.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Mice and Men
Robert Burns
State of
New Mexico
Burns
Fillmore
Tyler
Johnson
Arthur
Roosevelt
Hughes
H. O. Bursum
W. F E. Lindsay
Bursum
Lindsay
da Baca
County wide special exercises set for March 30
Preliminary exercises for the county commencement will be held at Mechanicsville schoolhouse on Friday March 30. Students from seventh and eighth grade compete for speaking roles and various township tests with prizes offered by local principals for subjects including English mathematics and history.
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Mechanicsville
Greensboro
T. R. Short
Welch School
Pp. E. Hammer
Mephanicsville School
H. W. Reynolds
Oak Hill
D. E. Hammer
George Welker
Springfield
United States
Jennie White
Timely Hints for the Home Gardener From Agriculture Dept
Washington reports garden experts split vegetables into warm and cold types. Plant lettuce radish parsley beets turnips cabbage carrots peas onions when fruit trees bloom. plant warm lovers like cucumbers beans corn pumpkins squash when apples bloom. Radish quickest, 6 to 9 weeks for many crops. beans on poor soil, cucumbers and melons need rich soil and fresh manure. Gardening brings health and pride, weed control via cropping and upkeep. Pliny the Elder summed up gardening as Dip deep, manure well, work often.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
California
Pliny the Elder
Officers elected for Salisbury Sunday school institute
At the closing session of the Salisbury district Sunday school institute a permanent organization was formed. Officers for the first year include President D. B. Coltrane Concord, vice president P. N. Peacock Salisbury, secretary treasurer J. F. Shinn Norwood, Elementary Superintendent Virginia Jenkins Salisbury, Home Superintendent Lesker Freeman Albemarle. Wesley adults and teacher training superintendents to be chosen later. The institute was a success and will be held annually in the Rowan Stanly Cabarrus district with 75 Sunday schools.
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Salisbury
Salisbury District Sunday School Institute
D. B. Coltrane
Concord
P. N. Peacock
J. F. Shinn
Norwood
Virginia Jenkins
Lesker Freeman
Albemarle
Wesley
Rowan, Stanly
Cabarrus
Cole Blease to Address Virginia Red Men Convention
Ex Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina will be the principal speaker at the Virginia Red Men convention in Danville on May 10. Also on the program are Thomas H. Jeffries of Atlanta and Judge Alfred G. Rutherford of Nashville. About two hundred delegates are expected for sessions in North Denville.
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North Carolina
State Board of Health
Booker T. Washington
South
Danville
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Virginia
Thomas H. Jeffries
Atlanta
Alfred G. Rutherford
Nashville
Tenn
North Denville
Bids for Rowing Meet in New York City
The 1917 National Association of Amateur Oarsmen championships known as the American Henley will have its time and venue decided at a meeting in New York tomorrow. Buffalo and Lynn, Massachusetts, bid against Philadelphia for the event previously held on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Lynn
Mass
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Voucher
An old advertisement urges readers to mail a slip with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound, Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets, via Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Honest Letter Praises Foley's Honey and Tar
An Indiana reader from Paoli named Enos Halbert describes a severe fall cough that kept him from sleep. After trying several remedies he used Foley's Honey and Tar and states the first bottle relieved and cured his cough entirely. He recommends it for all coughs. Mann Drug Co.
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Enos Halbert
Paoli
Ind
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Tollo Water Promise From Dawson Springs Remedy
An old advertisement claims Tollo Water from Dawson Springs Kentucky can flush bile tubes and relieve constipation and biliousness. It recommends a 15 cent bottle and a third of a glass of water before breakfast, sold by Hart Drug Co and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Springs
Kentucky
Hart Drug Co
You Can Keep Tom Free from Colds Without Dosing
A Terre Haute mother praises VapoRub for her two young sons, saying it loosens phlegm and helps them rest during colds or croup. She notes external use is safe for the smallest child and lists the VapoRub sizes 25¢, 50¢, or $1.60.
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Tom
C. C. Evinger
Ivst N
St. Terre Haute, Ind
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Virginia Red Men
Thacker
Hall
J. Cheney & CC
Toledo
Vick
Standard Tailoring Co
South Main Str
High Point, N. C
Max Bones
North Carolina Public
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