Peace contest picks Smithfield student for state work
Al bert Coates of Smithfield was chosen to represent the university in the annual peace contest with J. S. Stell as alternate. W. H. Stephenson and others presented topics on peace while 26 applicants competed for the Carr fellowship. J. B. Linker and Coates shared the award. and Robert deRoset and Elliott Cooper won National City Bank foreign service fellowships.
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Chapel Hill
America
Albert Coates
Smithfield
J. S. Stell
W. H. Stephenson
W. F. Williams
Tom Ruffin
C. S. Taylor
H. B. Mack
D. S. Spain Jr
E. W. Duncan
Drs. Wagatoff
Patterson
Stacy
New Carr
Julian S. Carr
Durham
J. B. Linker
Salisbury
A. M. Coates
Coates
Robert deRoset
Wilmington
Elliott Cooper
Oxford
National City Bank of New York
National City Bank
Tulane
Southern University
Rotary Promises Support for Home Gardens in Melbourne
Durham March 21 Rotary club luncheon endorses home gardening and urges children to tend gardens. Directors will coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce home gardening committee and may award prizes. They back Governor Bickett's Planting Day for April 6 and plan community observances. Speaker M R McGirt urged daily garden effort to boost vegetable production amid scarcity.
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Durham
Rotary Club
Melbourne
Chamber of Commerce
Bickett
M. R. McGirt
Kris Hibberd
Timely hints for home gardening and war frontline pets
A March report offers winter pantry vegetables cabbage carrots parsnips turnips and rutabagas with planting storage tips. The second feature describes frontline larks and mascot animals among British and American troops at Mametz Somme Ypres and in French aviation, noting dogs rats cats goats and a lion cub among celebrated mascots.
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Washington
Fritz
Red Cross
Ypres
France
Paris
First Ride On Fast Train Ends In Unexpected Crashes
An anecdote describes a colored auntie on a fast train that derailed into a ditch. She rises unhurt, eats a chicken wing brought for sustenance, and jokes with the conductor who asks about injuries. She says there was no smashup and that she passed through with her ticket intact.
Season's First Nature Fake in Dexter and Ripley
Dexter Maine dispatch reports a false nature sighting as former Chief of Police Charles H. Fish along a wood road in Ripley encountered a large owl that seized his hat. He retrieved a gun from a lumber camp and shot the bird, the hat left impaled in the owl's talons.
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Charles H. Fish
Ripley
Mr. Fish
Law aims to register engagements to curb heart balm
Washington reports a Michigan bill to require engagement announcements at county courthouses, likened to deed recordings. Suffragists critique the move as patronizing. supporters cite protection and restraint on frivolous dating.
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Washington
Cupid
Michigan
Bessie H. Papandre
San Francisco
California
White House
Courthouse Proclamation of Engagement Meets Public Eye
A court visit is described as a venue to proclaim engagements openly, seen as protecting serious men who wish to marry from trifling involvement with frivolous partners. The excerpt frames public declarations as a safeguard for marriage-minded individuals against distractions.
Armed Neutrality Threat Over Pets in Grayling
In Grayling Michigan H H Nelson warns that dogs found on his property will be shot after repeated killings of his chickens and rabbits by neighbor dogs. The notice is a strict warning to all dog owners in the area.
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Tommy
Canaries
Mametz
Somme
Red Cross
Grayling
Mich
H. H. Nelson
Southern Railway Schedule No. 1 and No. 135 at High Point
Train numbers 141 168 135 depart High Point with No. 135 operating Sundays. Departures listed 2 10 p m 8 15 a m 8 00 p m 2 45 p m. Arrivals No 142 7 05 a m No 136 12 20 p m No 134 5 45 p m.
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High Point
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Dexter
Dispatch
Boston
Globe
D.D.D
Mann Drug Company
Southern Railway
H. P. R. A. & Sou. RY. North
North
Teta
Dea
Standard Tailoring Co
South Main Street
High Point, N. C
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
E. A. Snow
C. M. Hauser
W. P. Ragan
V. A. J. Idol
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