City Hopes To Attract Toy Plant For War Era Needs
Officials from the Commercial Club seek a toy manufacturing plant to utilize waste material and meet expected demand as imports drop in 1917. The Industrial Department canvasses U S centers, aided by Southern Railway officials, to locate a maker willing to relocate and produce American toys.
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Industrial Department of Commercial Club
The
Commercial Club
America
Southern Railway Company
Railway Department
Birthday of Rome marked by transfer of Archeological park
Rome May 11 celebration marks the transfer of the Archeological park between the Palatine and the Baths of Caracalla to the people. The Zona monumentale is presented by the Duke of Genoa as lieutenant of the king, with Senor Lanciani praising the historic area. Medals and gold gifts follow speeches and wartime fund-raising at the stock exchange.
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Rome
Palatine
Caracalla
Genoa
Lanciani
Carducci
Stock Exchange
Cadorna
Larin
Mary's Fitting Retort
A Rhode Island Supreme Court judge visiting a southern county jokes with an Irish hotel waitress Mary about privileges in the United States versus Ireland. She replies that in Ireland he could never be a judge, while in America he enjoys access and familiarity. The exchange ends with her witty retort about his status.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Supreme Court of
Rhode Islam
Mary
Ireland
Supreme Court
New Durango Canitas Rail Line Opening Soon
Mexico City May 11 The Durango Canitas railway will open for traffic this month shortening the trip from Mexico City to Durango via Torreon. The line passes a rich mining region and will cut the distance to the Aguas Calientes smelter of the American Smelting and Refining company, which is expected to resume operations within weeks.
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Mexico City
Durango
Canitas
Torreon
Aguas Calientes
American Smelting and Refining Company
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Offer
Readers are urged to cut out the slip and mail to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package including Foley's Toney and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Wid ney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Massachusetts Tuberculosis Sanatoria Show Worthwhile Results
Dr John B Hawes reports on 1056 discharged Massachusetts sanatorium patients at the National Association meeting. Of the 433 alive 312 are in good condition and at work, with 35 percent incipient, 43 percent moderately advanced, and 22 percent far advanced on admission. The state invested about 9500 dollars weekly while 312 living patients earn roughly 3000 dollars weekly.
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Cincinnati
Tuberculosis Sanatoria
Massachusetts
John B. Hawes
Boston
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Bernice A. Billings
Massachusetts Sanatoria
Hawes
Charles W Fairbanks Celebrates 65th Birthday in Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks former vice president under Theodore Roosevelt and 1908 Taft rival marked his sixty fifth birthday in Indianapolis Ohio Wesleyan graduate and longtime Republican politician. He rose to national prominence as senator and vice president and was discussed as a possible presidential candidate at several Republican conventions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Roosevelt
Hughes
Fairbanks
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
United States Senate
William H. Taft
Amateur Wrestling Nationals In Atlantic City Tonight
Amateur wrestlers from across the country compete at the Mixon theater in Atlantic City New Jersey for national titles. The event follows the cancellation by Multnomah Athletic Club after the chairman of their wrestling committee died. Elimination rounds occur tonight with finals set for tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Mixon Theater
Amateur Athletic Union
Multnomah Athletic Club
Portland
Ore
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
New Orleans
Baltimore
Pitsburgh
Soldiers to Get Land Grants in Romania
King Ferdinand told Romanian soldiers during a recent inspection that they will share in land grants and gain greater political rights. He set an example by distributing his own land to peasants, and promised large participation in public affairs, drawing broad approval as half the country remains under German domination.
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Jassy
Rumania
Ferdinand
Southern Meets Called Off Amid War Delays
The track and field titles for Southern colleges are postponed except for the Southwestern conference. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the South Atlantic championships, slated for Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, are canceled due to the war. The Southwestern Conference meet proceeds today and tomorrow at Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by the University of Oklahoma.
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Baltimore
Southern Colleges
Southwestern
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Vanderbilt University
Milton’s Moral Rise Guided by Justice and Right
A compact note credits Milton with guiding judgment toward self esteem rooted in justice and righteousness, highlighting steady moral leadership in tense times.
Foley's Honey and Tar Relief Cures Child's Cough
A Wannaska Minnesota reader reports lasting relief for a years long chronic cough in his daughter after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The note claims the remedy contains no opiates and praises Mann Drug Co as a supplier.
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Knndt Lee, Wannaska, Minn
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Mother's Day Observance Set By Memory Of Mothers
The article notes next Sunday is Mother's Day, a time to honor living mothers with red flowers and remember deceased mothers with white. Origin traced to a young woman. High Point plans full observance with florists advertising ready flowers for bouquets baskets or boutonnieres.
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Mother
Memorial Day Observed by Wilson Citizens
Wilson May 11 Thousands of people from Wilson and nearby counties gathered to honor Confederate veterans and the dead. Judge W A Devin of Oxford spoke at the courthouse after a gathering of the Jesse B Barnes camp, followed by a veterans parade and a dinner by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The procession then moved to Maplewood cemetery to decorate the Confederate mound and defenders' graves.
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Wilson
Barnes
W. P. Whitaker, Jr
W. A. Devin
Oxford
Wilton
Smith
Daughters of the Confederacy
Maplewood Cemetery
Weather bulletin notes nationwide crop delays from last week cold
Washington reports vegetation delayed across most regions by last week cold. southeastern rains improved crops while Florida escaped the chill. Cotton planting faced headwinds in the western belt with replanting in Oklahoma, but eastern sections saw beneficial rains and good stands in Georgia, South Carolina, and near completion in most eastern districts despite North Carolina rain delays.
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Washington
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
Florida
Oklahoma
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
First School to Fly Flag in New Bedford
New Bedford Massachusetts on May 11 marks 56 years since Fifth Street Grammar School raised the United States flag as a permanent feature of public schooling. The original flag went up May 11 1861 and stayed through the Civil War before being replaced after the conflict.
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New Bedford
Mass
United States
Fifth Street
Police Join Army in England and Wales
Ten thousand police officers in England and Wales have joined the army and navy reducing the force to 28,802. Special constables have mostly filled the gap with 121,908 volunteering for police duty to cover emergencies such as Zeppelin raids and coast bombardments.
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London
England
Wales
Army
Great Secret of Success Quote by Disraeli
A concise Adage quotes Disraeli on life success and readiness for opportunity as a guiding principle.
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Disraeli
Women's College Celebration Delayed at Brown University
The 25th anniversary celebration of Brown University's Women's College, originally set to open today, is indefinitely postponed due to the war. Organizers may reschedule for the opening of the new tenement in fall.
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Women’s College Efos
Providence
R. 1
Women’s College
Brown University
Emir Grants Reforms and Frees Prisoners
A Bokhara telegram reports the emir has issued a manifesto with wide internal reforms and an order releasing all political prisoners influenced by the Russian revolution.
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Petrograd
Bokhara
High Point Marble and Granite Works
High Point's D. R. Raper proclaims a high grade monumental business with no salesmen or middlemen profits, offering lower prices and inviting customers to compare.
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High Point Marble and Granite Works
Mortgage Sale Notice In High Point Guilford County
Mortgagee J M Hedrick will sell at public auction on May 28 1917 at noon in High Point NC a half acre tract in High Point Township, Guilford County, secured by a deed of trust from Eugene F Segraves and Effie E Segraves for 750 dollars dated February 15 1913.
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Eugene F. Segraves
Effie E. Segraves
J. M
Guilford County
Tom Little
Little's Corner
Little
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Broadway
Jesse L. Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Broadway Theater
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