American industry credited with victory in war effort
Major General Clarence C. Williams lauds American industry, engineering, and science for creating and sustaining the ordnance program that delivered victory. He credits civilian plants and wartime production across 5,000 sites for delivering 100,000 components in 5,000 plants, with production capable of halting Germany when needed.
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Washington
Enlrance Corps
Clarence C. Williams
Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Regular Army
Williams
France
Army Ordnance Department
Regular
Ameri
Wiliams
Ninteen
Germany
Kep
War Readiness and Industrial Ties Highlighted
The speaker warns that swift transition to wartime use requires advance provision and strong defense, labeling unpreparedness as the nation's greatest weakness. Emphasizing continued contact between the military provision branch and industry, the address urges backing from the audience to sustain this link.
Trench Piano Tale Echoes From Camp Gordon to Germany
Atlanta march 17 A year ago Camp Gordon officers laughed at a 82nd Division trench piano joke that spread in a local paper Later German flyers mocked U S troops for backing up with lip sticks while fighting for submarines The 82nd endured hard fighting in France and a letter from Major Quimbly Melton notes the response and a laugh at overseas life There is no record of how the tale reached Germany.
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Atlanta
Camp Gordon
82Nd
France
Toul
Solem
Sammy
Quimbly Melton
Germany
Dreco touted as cure for stomach and kidney troubles
An advertisement touts the Dreco herbal tonic as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney ailments and rheumatism. It claims many claimants report dramatic relief including reduced night urination and back pain. The notice includes a testimonial from W. R. Bolden and mentions local pharmacy endorsement. A separate property sale notice lists land for sale with payment terms and a six room house dated March 18 1919.
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Jimony
W. R.bolden
R. F. BD. No
Greensboro
N. C
Ring Drug Co
I. W. W. Members Protest Military Instruction in Schools
Members of La Casa del Obrero Mundial in Tampico sent a memorial to President Carranza protesting the inclusion of military instruction in the Mexican public schools curriculum.
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Mexico City
la Casa del Obrero Mundial
Tampico
Mexico
Carranza
Kidney Pills Help Daisy Bell Endure Work Again
Daisy Bell of Savannah Georgia reports eight years of back pain and kidney trouble eased by Foley Kidney Pills allowing her to resume all work. The Mann Drug Co advert promotes the product as a remedy for overworked and disordered kidneys.
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Daisy Bell
Box
Savannah
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Foley Coupon Advertisement for Honey and Tar Trial Pack
Instructions urge cutting out the slip and sending name and address to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Foley Kidney Pills Bring Quick Relief Says Local Clerk
J N Tohill, clerk at Lottie Hotel Evensville Indiana, recounts six weeks of constant thigh muscle pains. After a friend's recommendation she tried Foley Kidney Pills and began to feel relief almost immediately as the pills stopped backache rheumatism soreness and stiffness.
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J. N. Tohill
Lottie ’ Hotel
Evensville
Ind
Foley
Valued Real Estate for Sale by Guilford County Court
Public auction on April 14 1919 of a land parcel in High Point Township Guilford County North Carolina. Property begins at a stake at Joshua Anderson and Jonathan Alexander corner and follows Mendenhall line and Joshua Anderson corners with described bearings and distances.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
John Smith Alexander
Jeff Davis Alexander
High Point Township
N. C
Joshua Anderson
Johnathan Alexander
Mendenhall
Stomach health and Dr Pierce tonics praised
The article extols good digestion as the path to health and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe temperance medicine made from roots and herbs. It also endorses Pierce's Anodyne Pile Ointment and Pleasant Pellets as relief for piles and constipation, noting wide availability in drug stores.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Railroad Schedules at High Point Reveals Passenger Train Times
High Point publishes arrival and departure times for passenger trains as information only. The figures are not guaranteed and are subject to changes without notice.
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High Point
Southern Railroad Lines Schedule Arrivals and Stops
Timetable shows arrivals and departures for Southern Railroad Lines with key stations Washington Birmingham New York Washn Charlotte Richmond Denville N O Birhm and Atlanta. Note conditional stops and that service does not run on Sundays. Depot ticket office phone listed as 146.
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Southern Railroad Lines
Washington
Birmingham
N. Y
Charlotte
Richmond
P. m
Denville
Charlotte Washington
Birhm
A. m
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Sony
Ural
Carnegie Hall
New York
Atlanta Free Paper
Dreco
Johnathan Alexander S
Geo. S. Bradshaw
O.a.w
Franklin Duane, M.D
S.R.R
Asheboro
Ashebroo
United States Railroad Administration
the Commercial National Bank
U. S
Liberty Loan
North Carolina
Mederal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty Bonds
J. Elwood Cox
W. A. J. Idol
C. M. Hauser
Active
V. Pres
C. H. Marriner
J. W. Harriss
High Point, N. C
O. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
Dh. A. MI
A. M. Rankin
A. Pollock
Cashier
ILLIS
THE
Enterprise
Home Banking CO
Loflin’s
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