Farm work hurts Kentucky children’s schooling study
The National Child Labor committee reports in seven Kentucky counties during 1916 that farm labor mainly in tobacco fields leads to high school absences and increased retardation, with larger effects on Black children. It notes tenant farmers’ finances may force continued work over schooling and calls for fair tobacco prices to improve attendance.
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Kentucky
National Child Labor Committee
Child Labor Bulletin
Colorado
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
East 22d Street
New York City
Famous Stielow Case To Be Probed By Orleans Grand Jury
Buffalo New York March 26 the famed Stielow case will be reviewed by the Orleans county grand jury convening in Albion. New facts urged by Stielow’s lawyers and New York backers may test his claim of innocence after his life sentence for a July 1915 double murder of Charles Phelps and Mrs Wolcott.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Stielow
Orleans County Grand Jury
Albion
Charles F. Stielow
New York City
Charles Phelps
James W. Osborne
Misha Applebaum
Inez Millhall
Boissevian
Whitman
Stielen
Guy
Supreme Court
Sing Ning
Siielow
New York State
New Mexico Dreadnought to Slip Into Service Next Month
Washington reports the New Mexico, the United States navy’s newest super dreadnought, will launch next month at the New York yard. It will be far larger and powerfully armed compared with the Indiana and Oregon, with many long range 14 inch and 5 inch guns and forty five caliber cannons. The article also covers a separate legal case involving Erwin King, governor Whitman, and Stielow, noting King's confession and later repudiation and a perjury arrest that may affect the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
New Mexico
New York Navy Yard
Indiana
Oregon
Santiago
United States
New York
Connecticut
Florida
Arizona
California
Maude Fulton Shines as Actress and Debut Playwright
New York reports Maude Fulton of Rock and Fulton launches as a playwright with The Brat at a local theater. She directs and stars as a waif pressed between a novelist and his alcoholic brother, drawing praise for her dialogue and craft.
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Rock and Fulton
Miss Fulton
Night Court
Hippodrome
David Belasco
Arnold Daly
Grace George
Playhouse
Langdon Mitchell
Stevens Watts Wedding in Philadelphia Notes Prominent Families
Miss Frances Watts daughter of Ethelbert Watts United States consul general in Belgium and Theodosisus Stevens of Castle Point Hoboken married at the Watts residence in Philadelphia. Ceremony attended by family and a small circle of intimate friends.
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Philadelphia
Frances Watts
Ethelbert Watts
United States
Belgium
Theodosisus Stevens
Castle Point
Hoboken
Watts
Card of Thanks for Mrs. W. L. Underwood
The family extends thanks to friends who ministered to them during illness and death. May God bless you and reward you with a crown of life. W. L. Underwood J. G. Leonard and family L. C. Furgurson.
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W. L. Underwood
J. G. Leonard
L. C. Furgurson
UVA Students Begin Radio Telegraphy Course
Preparedness in Old Virginia Charlottesville March 26 Students of the University of Virginia at the term beginning today will be privileged to take a course in radio-telegraphy. The announced purpose of the course is to fit the students for government service as wireless operators in case of war.
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Chrystal Herne
Rose Coghlan
John Galsworthy
Emily Stevens
Eileen
Shubert Theater
Love O' Mike
Magic
Maxine Elliott
Hippodrome
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Sale of Guilford County Courthouse Property
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will sell at public auction at the courthouse door Greensboro on Monday April 9 1917 at 11 00 A M the entire tract of land belonging to Guilford County located at the corner of North Elm and West Market Streets.
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Board of Commissioners
County Board of Education
Barker and Lockwell
West Market Street
City of
Greensboro
North Elm Street
County of Guilford
C. W. Banner
West
Barker
Lockwell
Guilford
W. C. Porter
Wst
Market Street
Said Street
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Guilford County
W. Banner
County of
Board of Commissioners of
North Elm
West Market
High Point Winston-Salem Bus Lines Detail
Train schedule snippet shows routes from High Point to Winston Salem and from High Point to Greensboro. Times listed include 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with stopovers at Zinzendorf Elwood and the Greensoro line.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Winston Salem Line
High Point Greensoro
Elwood Hotel
High Point Marble and Granite Works Ad
High Point marble and granite works promotes high grade monumental work with no salesmen commissions or middlemen profits. They claim to offer lower prices and invite customers to let them demonstrate savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Marble and Granite Works
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Erwin King
Phelps
King
Gotham
Maude Fulton
W. Somerset Maugham
the Hudson
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
West Gaston Street
Raleigh Real Estate and Trust Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
W. C. Boren
Stevens-Watts
Old Virginia
High Point, N. C
Winston
Elwood
Zinzendorf
Ilkin
Wilkesboro
Mt. Airy
Guilford Hotel
C. A. Kirkman
Sec. and
Treas
D. R. Raper
Our Savings Department
Ouia Bank & Trust
Compa Ny
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
V. A. J. Idol
North Carolina Public
Bulletin NO. XVI
Public Service Company
Pasengers
ACT Safety First
Chas. B. Hole
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