Manual Training Exhibit Shines at High Point High School Window
The High Point manual training display at Jarrett Stationery showcases student work from scrap wood projects to a Morris chair. Instructors Gustafson and 10th grade maps and blueprints highlight a $600 equipment outlay plus teacher salary, with praise for W. M. Marr for establishing the program.
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High Point High School
Darrett Stationery Company
Gustafson
Bret
High Point
Morris
Jarrett’s
High Point High Schools
W. M. Marr
Schoos
Belool
Mississippi Editors Meet Opens Annual Press Gathering
Laurel Mississippi May 15 The Mississippi Press association holds its annual meetings with representatives from across the state in attendance. The proceedings opened this morning with an address by president Walker Wood of Winona.
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Laurel
Miss
Mississippi Press Association
Walker Wood
Winona
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Cough Says Wisconsin Reader
A Wisconsin reader recounts a severe winter cough that resisted medicines until Foley's Honey and Tar cured it. The letter endorses Foley's product for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and mentions Mann Drug Co as a distributor.
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Foley
V. PeKenster
Amberg
Wis
Mann Drug Cc
Naval reform takes effect in Great Britain
London May 15. In parliament Sir Edward Carson announced naval reform aimed at empowering the admiralty with a stronger board to focus on fighting duties. The previous board was weighed down by construction and supply tasks, now to be remedied with a new leadership including Jellicoe Oliver Duff Halsey Geddes and Tothill.
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London
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Committee of Imperial Defense
Admiralty Board
John R. Jellicoe
Henry Oliver
Alexander L. Duff
Halsey
Eric Campbell Geddes
H. H. D. Tothill
Albemarle Graded School in Midst of Commencement
In Albemarle on May 15 the closing exercises proceed with recitation and declamation contests in the school auditorium. The commencement address will be delivered by Dr. B. E. Meharty of Winston-Salem at the evening exercises following the sermon last Sunday by Rev. V C Ridenhour.
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Albemarle
Lutheran Church
V.C. Ridenhour
BE. KK. Meharty
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
McLarty
S O S SENT OUT TO DECOY BOATS TO DESTRUCTION
Newport News Virginia May 15 S O calls and open boats loaded with men are used by German submarines to decoy allied ships to destruction, British ship masters report in port. Captains say ignoring calls for help is among their hardest tasks as zones patrol to rescue ships and crews.
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Newport News
German Losses Mount For Month As French Press On
A French military report estimates German losses from April 16 to May 1 at about 200000 killed captured or wounded on the Western front. It states the Germans withdrew 20 divisions about 500000 men between April 16 and 27 and replaced them with reserves. It cites heavy prisoner and casualty figures across several divisions.
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43Rd
16Th
Propaganda Efforts Against U S in War Time
Petrograd May 15 reports claim pro-German efforts aim to cast the United States in a bad light. Russian papers allege Washington hides Stockholm socialist conference news and bars socialist travel, portraying a pro-German motive to favor a separate peace with Germany.
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Petrograd
America
Russia
United States
Paris
Washington
Stockholm
Germany
French Cadet System Study Unit Sees England Mission
A French mission touring England to study the English cadet system and Boy Scout training has been invited to visit the United States for similar observations. The delegation includes Major Royal, Major Labrosse, Captain Blanchard and Captain Desouthes with roles in military preparation, physical and bayonet training, and French Boy Scouts.
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London
England
United States
France
Royal
French War Office
Labrosse
Joinville
Blanchard
Les Lelaireurs de France
French Boy Scouts
Desouthes
General Staff
French Army
Hard Work for Women Is Tough on the Kidneys
A letter from Mrs. A. G. Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina lauds Foley Kidney Pills for relieving overstrain from housework and helping her kidneys. The note is presented by Mann Drug Co.
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A. G. Wells
Rocky Mount
N. C
Foley
Mann Drug Co
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Phoenix
Ing
Price
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
Active
V.pres
United Confederate Veterans
Washington, D.C
Southern Railway System
Charlotte
S. E. Burgess
Charlotte, N. C
Bank OF Commerce
C. E. Kearns
A .M. Rankin
H. A. Millis
J. H. Adams
G. A. Pollock
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