Indictment Demands Action Over Oteen TB Hospital Scandal
The Oteen hospital near Ashe le is slammed as a poor U S Army TB facility with bad food and lax guards. An inspector general report calls for court martial and harsh punishment for the hospital commander and subordinates. A civilian probe was urged to reveal fuller abuses and prevent a repeat.
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Oteen
Ashele
Rman
1 Army
Chr. Kinney
Inspector General
Cock Syste
Walter Clark
Brooks Enters Overman Reelection Battle
Greensboro candidate A L Brooks announces bid to oppose Senator Lee Overman in a contentious race. Analysts expect a quiet start but forecast heated clashes once a Republican challenger consolidates support, signaling a high‑tension political campaign ahead.
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A. L. Brooks
Greensboro
Lee Overman
Brooks
Wise
Daily News
Overman
Back View Sparks City Council Debate in High Point
The Fayetteville Observer notes High Point shows industrial strength for investment yet theatre strengthens opposition. The Raleigh Times highlights city council objections to the back view, implying a contrast between front perception and rear realities.
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Raleigh Times
Fayetteville Observer
Hoover Candidate Ambiguity Sparks Party Reactions
Mr Hoover says he will run on the Republican ticket if they want him. Republicans view him as a good man while Democrats see him as uncertain. The dispute unsettles voters who had relied on his clear party ties, causing renewed political tension.
Chamber urged to push rail and commission on passenger drop
The chamber of commerce calls for strong representations to the Southern railroad and the corporation commission to stop discharging passengers from southbound trains on the wrong side of the tracks, a practice that is being discontinued.
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T Southern Railroad
The
Corporation Commission
Commission predicts coal strike settlement success
The president's commission to resolve the coal strike is described as a hilarious success. It forecasts soft coal prices rising only a dollar and a quarter per ton next fall.
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Commission
Navy and War Departments Next War Preparedness Call
Viewpoint urges proactive study of the navy and war departments before any future conflict. The writer argues foresight reduces risk and improves readiness for impending war challenges.
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Navy
War Departments
Kinston Sees Surge in Alleged Nature Faking Claims
The city faces renewed chatter about supposed nature faking incidents. Residents debate credibility as officials urge caution and verify reports before drawing conclusions.
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Kinston
Interracial committees urged by Y M C A to ease South tensions
The Y M C A proposes forming interracial committees across the South to handle racial issues. In High Point and beyond, leaders of both races would serve, aiming to prevent misunderstandings through common sense and businesslike collaboration.
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Y.M.C. A
South
Oider
Simeon-Pure South
Senators and Suffrage in North Carolina
The piece notes Senators Simmons and Overman opposed suffrage but hints Overman may shift. It recalls a Texas congressman who voted against a Wilson measure, prompting a Wilson letter urging defeat then support for ratification. Secretary Tumulty recalled Wilson did not denounce Simmons, showing suffrage played a major, ongoing role in these senators' political lives.
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Simmons
Overman
Texas
Wilson
Congress
Senator Simmons
Jim
North Carolina
Denmark Faces General Strike After Cabinet Turmoil
Denmark braces for a nationwide strike across industries as Socialists unite with majority factions to protest the removal of a minister. The situation reflects political upheaval at the royal level amid wartime strain.
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Denmark
Wilson
Y M C A and Library Move Urged in High Point
The piece argues that the combined benefits of a YMCA and public library for High Point are immeasurable in dollars and cents and urges that a movement toward establishing them should begin now.
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High Point
Democratic Talk Biases Hoover Criticism Amid Nomination Talk
Readers hear Democrats debating on Mr Hoover as a potential rival to Mr Jeaver for the Democratic ticket. Critics label Hoover a worthless bum while supporters defend the party’s choice and discuss prospects for the next race.
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Mr. Jeaver
Hoover
Calm guidance amid typhus fears and local politics
The Ashe Times urges calm as typhus risk remains low in a country clinging to Saturday baths. Colby will avoid cabinet meetings during Wilson's vacation. A city of rarities, an admiral Mayo, and Parson Maynard’s two failed Asheville flights appear in a fragmentary local scene as Asheville plans a tourist map.
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Parson Maynard
Asheville
Ovent
Senator Williams Voices Displeasure With Surroundings
The text notes Senator John Sharpe Williams displeased with his surroundings and recalls a former figure named Robert Lansing. It contrasts editors urging political rotation with politicians resisting change and hints at boosting a Mississippi song titled That Mississippi Miss if the house takes action.
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Senator John Sharpe Williams
Weather Man Weathered Rights and Taxpayer Interest
A satirical note riffs on taxation and congressional duty while pondering weather forecasters and their past missteps. It casts light on public accountability and the public’s stake in government competence.
The Motion Picture Critique and Town Gossip
A column decries star driven films preferring strong stories over exploitation. Vignettes note rainy road patrols by doctors, a Sunday school boy anecdote, a steam piano in a quiet neighborhood, and locals adopting nicknames and bantering about manners and fashion.
Navy seaplane collision claims three aviators
One year ago today a collision of two seaplanes near unseacela killed three naval aviators. The same day the Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the Eugene V. Debs Espionage Act case.
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Unseacela
Supreme Court
Eugene V. Debs
Birth anniversaries of royal and political figures noted
The item lists current birthdays and long-ago birth dates for Prince Henry William of Britain James M Cox Ohio governor and Democratic hopeful born in Ohio Sir William Meredith Ontario chief justice born in Middlesex United States John Hass Hammone mining engineer and capitalist born in San Francisco and evangelist Uk ypsy Smith born in England ages ranging from 0 to 65 years.
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Prince Henry William
James M. Cox
Ohio
Sacksonburg
William Meredith
Ontario
Middlesex County
Unt
John Hass Hammone
San Francisco
Ypsy Smith
America
England
Today’s Events Highlight Royal Visit and Political Gatherings
Sir William R Meredith marks 80 in Ontario as the Prince of Wales passes through Panama City en route to Australia. Conscription ends in Great Britain freeing troops for wartime roles while Missouri Democrats convene in Joplin to name at large delegates to the national convention. Kansas delegates to Chicago are to be chosen at Salina.
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William R. Meredith
Ontario
Prince of Wales
Australia
Panama City
Stritain
Missouri
Joplin
Kansas
Chicago
Salina
Conventions Opening Today Across Regions
Inland Empire Teachers Association in Spokane Washington opens today along with Washington NC meeting of North Carolina Drainage Association Aberdeen South Dakota Dairymen's Association also starts convention activity statewide and regionally this week.
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Spokane, Wash
Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Washington, N. C
North Carolna Drainage Association
Aberdeen, S.D
South Dakota Dairymen’s Association
Unsung Dreams of a Poet in a Dreamt World
The speaker voices a longing for a fulfilled dream and the creation of a world that matches their art. The text contrasts hopeful visions with the harsh dawn of reality, noting broken efforts and muted voices as night yields to awakening. The imagery includes a sea gull in flight and a crimson sunset over desert sands.
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Amany Dresains
Interchurch speaker mocks US liquor shipments to Havana
A speaker at an interchurch meeting ridiculed American brewers shipping liquor to Cuba. He claimed cargo space chartered could fill the Woolworth building and cited eighty eight thousand Americans seeking Havana passports, drawing laughter from the audience.
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Interchurch
Cuba
Havana
Woolworth
Long Service of Sir William Meredith Honored
Sir William Meredith reaches age eighty with a long record in Canadian public life. Ontario native, educated at Toronto University, he was called to the bar in 1856 and rose to prominence as an Ontario legislator. He led the Opposition in 1878 and earned knighthood from Queen Victoria in 1896 for his public service.
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William Meredith
Ontario
Toronto University
Today's anniversaries span dates from 1806 to 1917
Key events include Lord Macartney death at Chiswick born Belfast 1737 Gail Hamilton Charlotte Bronte death Ha worth 1816, Grey secretary to Queen Victoria dies London 1870, 1895 Lv Hung Chang assassin sentenced, 196 reopens military service to former Confederate officers, 1917 US formal possession of Danish West Indies Virgin Islands.
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Lord Macartney
Cuba
Chiswick
England
Belfast
Ireland
Mary A. Dodge
Gail Hamilton
Hamilton
Mass
Charlotte Bronte
Haworth
Durban herb doctor booth reveals vast African witchcraft wares
In Durban's municipal market a herb doctor displays a vast array of items used in traditional African healing. The booth includes snake skins, animal parts, bark, dung and bottled beer, all portrayed as pharmaceutical aids prescribed by witch doctors.
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Durban
South Africa
Africa
Several Drivers Fined in Local Municipal Court
Judge O A Kirkman presided as a few cases came before the municipal court this morning. Milton Silver was found guilty of speeding and fined ten dollars plus costs. Orvin Jones pleaded guilty to speeding and paid five dollars and costs. Virgi Cook also pleaded guilty to speeding and failure to stop when ordered, and was taxed costs. Arthur Fritz pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined fifteen dollars plus costs.
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O. A. Kirkman
Milton Silver
Orvin Jones
Virgi Cook
Cook
Arthur Fritz
Clergyman Bids for Long Distance Bible Reading Title
An English clergyman asserts a strong claim to the long distance reading crown after claiming to have read the Bible seventy one times. He contends his practice showcases endurance and devotion, seeking recognition for his remarkable personal achievement.
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Boost
An old herbal tonic from Dr. Pierce claims to strengthen the body against colds flu and catarrh. It highlights wild cherry bark stillingia Oregon grape root and stone root as key ingredients and offers trial tablets or catarrh tablets by mail from Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Oregon
Dr. Sage
Invalids
Builalo
N.Y
In My Father’s House There Is Much Butter
A minister’s sermon misquote turns on similar Hindu names Makhan and Muken. The preacher intended to extol the Celestial City but read to his congregation that there is much butter in his Father’s house, as cited by World Outlook.
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Greensboro-High Point
Dr. W. L. Jackson
Dr. T. M. Stanton
Superstition Links Stork Nesting to Household Happiness
Folklore in Arab communities holds that a stork nesting on a home guarantees a year of happiness. The belief ties the bird's arrival to favorable fortune for the household.
Russian Preference for Sleeping on the Scaupstone Stove
The passage notes a Russian’s odd habit of choosing the top of the large scaupstone stove as a bed and his routine of emerging to plunge into a cold stream, even breaking through ice to do so.
Old Spanish Death Traditions After Funeral Seclusion
The text notes that in Spain the doctor and death are depicted as a pair and that after a funeral the family withdraws, with the house of death left empty and the bereaved observing eight days of strict seclusion.
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Spain
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Back and Kidney Relief
Mrs. A G Burchfield of 214 Cabbie St. reports severe back pain and kidney irregularity improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad claims total cure and urges readers to demand Dean's Pills, priced 6? cents, from Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York.
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Dean
Ein
A. G. Burchfield
Cabbie St
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