Netherlands Women Support Belgians and Advancing Suffrage
Netherlands relief workers cope with strain from Belgian refugees while sustaining suffrage campaigns. Dutch women run schools for working women in Rotterdam Amsterdam The Hague, seizing crafts and domestic training to aid families and employ graduates amid war pressures and mobilization.
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Netherlands
Holland
Hague
Amste cm
Rotterdam
The
Rotterdam School For
Red Cross
German Firms Issue Miniature War Newspapers for Employees
Bremen readers report weekly wartime bulletins printed by German factories banks and stores for workers at the front and those left behind. Each issue lists addresses for correspondence an honor roll of the killed and decorations received a front page with war and factory news letters from the front and a humorous column.
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Associated Press
Bremen
Germany
West Front
Burlington Debating Medal Winners Highlight Ceremony
The Burlington graded schools opened with a baccalaureate at Front Street Methodist Church. The annual debate in the school auditorium drew a full house. the affirmative won the John Benners Gibble medal for Hobart Steele, while Katherine Cox took the recitation medal among contestants Louise Bragg Susie Copeland Lucile Page.
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Burlington
Front Street Methodist Church
J. Clyde Turner
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
North Carolina
Messrs
Carl Martin
Hobart Steele
Nina Ingle
Kathleen Elder
Ki. S. Parker
Junius Harden
W. Rankin
Graham
John Benners Gibble
Louise Bragg
Susie Copeland
Catherine Cox
Lucile Page
Katherine Cox
Thomasville Happenings This Week
May 12 report notes the death of Charles E. Thomas age about 45 at his father P C Thomas’s home and burial in the city cemetery. He left a wife three children and six siblings. James Eaton a Civil War veteran died Sunday night five miles west of town. Memorial exercises at Main Street Methodist church honored veterans with a local military company participation and J F Spruil of Lexington delivered the memorial address.
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Thomasville
Charles E. Thomas
P. C. Thomas
Norfolk
James Eaton
Forsyth County
J. L. Armfield
Zed Griffith
High Point
Ella Johnson
Mars Hill
Main Street Methodist Church
J. F. Spruil
Lexington
Marshall Warns US Must Not Enter War in Europe
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall spoke in Hattiesburg Miss last night admitting recent events could have justified war a century ago but he urged against US involvement in the European conflict.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Thomas R. Marshall
United States
Obregon's Army Bottled Up Near Rapuato
Villa representatives announced Obregon's Carranza army had been bottled up at Rapuato and Villa forces were investing the position. No confirmation reached the state department.
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Obregon
Washington
Villa
General Obregon
Rapuato
State Department
England Faces Large Surplus of Women in Society
The report notes a contemporary surplus of 1,500,000 women in England. It cites social implications and potential effects on marriage, employment, and family structure within the population.
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England
Demonstration on spraying fruit trees in Guilford County
Szymoniak state demonstration horticulturist visits Guilford County to continue the spraying experiment on W. M. Clark's farm near Greensboro. The session covers lime sulfur sprays and Bordeaux mixture for fruit trees and pest and disease control, with guidance for farmers and their wives on vegetables and specialty crops.
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Grreensboro
Szymoniak
Guilford County
W. M. Clark
Randleman Road
Greensboro
Er. H. Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Distressing fall injures respected citizen in Old Town
Winston-Salem May 12 A serious accident occurred Monday evening at Old Town as W H Speas, an elderly respected resident, fell from the root of his house while making minor repairs. He sustained injuries likely to prove fatal.
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Winston-Salem
Old Town
W. H. Speas
Special through train to Washington leaves Salisbury May 13
A special daylight round trip to Washington departs Salisbury at 8.50 p m May 13 and returns next morning. 25 hours in Washington with first class coaches only. Tickets are single to return on the special train and cannot be extended. Fare from listed stops ranges around 4.50 to 5.00, with connections from local junctions to home stations. For details contact Southern Railway agents or J H DeButts, D P A Charlotte NC.
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Salisbury
Washington
Virginia
Southern Railway
Charlotte
Greensboro
Reidaville
Richmond
Concord
China Grove
Lexington
Thomasville
High Point
Reidsville
The
Confederacy
Winston High Point Motor Co announces daily trains between Winston and High Point
The Winston High Point Motor Co offers comfortable cars with courteous service between Winston and High Point. Fares are one dollar each way for 20 miles, five cents per mile for intermediate stops. Schedules begin at 8 am 11 am 2 pm and 6 pm from both hotels with potential extra cars if demand grows. Call North State Phone 58 for details.
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High Point
Winston
North State
High Point, N.C
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Old Maida
Farlow’s
E. A. Farlow & CO
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Omigavein
Spencer Thomasville
Ashboro
Siler City
Gibsonville
J. H. DeButts
N. C
Eis Siri
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Richmond, Va
Via
Shelby
Gastonia
Blacksburg
Mooresville
Albemarle
Asheboro
R.“H. Debutts
Winston-High Point Motor Co
Zinzendorf
Elwood Hotel
Ring Drug CO
A.A. Ridge
W. F. Clayton
Bank Commerce
Carolina
SOU
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
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Arctic Ice & Coal Company
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