Confederate veterans elect Washington 1917 reunion host
Nineteen-seventeen reunion city chosen by vote at close of 1916 gathering. Washington, D. C., led over Tulsa and Memphis for entertaining next year’s United Confederate Veterans event with Gen George P Harrison elected commander in chief. Mandates and officers for Sons of Veterans also named amid parade plans and a silk flag presentation to Gen Young.
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George P. Harrison
Alabama
United Confederate Veterans
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Bennett Young
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Tennessee
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Roanoke
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Garland P. Peed
Norfolk
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Cornelia Branch Stone
Galveston
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Louisiana
Department Army of Northern Virginia
J. Garrett King
Fredericksburg
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Thomas B. Hooker
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Washington Club Women Set Talks on School Fight at New York Meet
District of Columbia federation delegates head to the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial in New York. They plan to discuss fights for community meeting access to school houses and support for immigrant and schoolman issues. Notable speakers include Mrs. Court F. Wood and Miss Margaret Wilson.
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District of Columbia Club
General Federation of Weomen's Clubs
New York
Margaret Wilson
Court F. Wood
Servier
Marineftte B. Paul
Augustus Koight
Josephine L. Jacobs
Ellia Logan
L. B. Stine
Misa Fstelle Wheeler
Anson Rogers Tracy
Jessie L. Lane
Thomas K. Noble
Plan to place British soldiers on farms in Australia
Hobart May 18 Sir Rider Haggard arrived to advise on settling returning soldiers on farms in overseas dominions. He urged Canberra schemes to provide farms for ex servicemen and proposed they form a defense nucleus. He warned empire stability relies on increasing white populations and land settlement.
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Sir Rider Haggard
England
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United Kingdom
Australasia
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Army, not president, styles master of China says Central China Post
Hankow May 18 The Central China Post argues the army is the master of China not Yuan Shi k ai or Tsai Ao and urges reducing military power under civil authority. It notes generals drive provincial independence and predicts peace only if the army is controlled by civilians.
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Associated Press
Hankow
Yuan Shi-kai
China
Central China Post
Tsai Ao
Peking
Schedule entries from Asheboro and nearby towns
Fragmented timetable lines list multiple train numbers 142 136 134 with originating locations Asheboro Asteboro AmBeboro and times 7 86 a m 32 15 p m 5 90 p m 7 050 m, indicating a garbled transit schedule.
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Some Mighty Poor Shooting in Pinetown
In Pinetown on May 18 deputy sheriff M. M. Jones and Luther Allen a whisky owner faced at ten feet and exchanged shots. Both guns misfired and left no injuries. Allen fled after his pistol went empty.
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M. M. Jones
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Dr Gilbert T. Rowe to Address Guilford College Y M C A
Guilford College schedules its annual commencement weekend with events from May 28 to May 30. Dr Gilbert T. Rowe of Wesley Memorial Church High Point will speak at 8 p m on May 28 before the Y M C A and Y W C A. Dr Byron Clark presides over the baccalaureate sermon. Degrees are conferred May 30 at 10 a m with Dr William Preston Few delivering the commencement address.
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Carolina
W. E. Price
Genias
High Point
N.C
Uilford College
Traflford College
Byron Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Salisbury
Young Men's Christian Association
Y Oung Women's Christian Association
Gilbert T. “One
Wesley Memorial Church
Largest Family Association Formed in France
Paris reports the creation of La Plus Grande Famille, an association defending the rights of parents with five or more children. It aims to study moral and material interests of large families, promote related causes, and aid members. One project offers 500 francs prizes for families with the most sons in the army.
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Paris
France
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Endorsed by Mann Drug
The advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the original remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and warns against imitations and substitutes offered to the public. Mann Drug urges customers to insist upon Foley's.
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Private William Kirkbride Sniper Dominates Front
London May 18 Private William Kirkbride a former champion rifle shot among 20 000 recruits is reported to have so far sniped twenty five enemies at the front in a series of verified engagements.
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London
William Kirkbride
Passenger Trains From Asheboro To Norfolk Without Transfer
Passenger trains run from Asheboro through eastern North Carolina to Norfolk Southern terminal, with travel via Asheboro and Norfolk Southern. Schedule published for information only and not guaranteed. Trains leave Asheboro at listed times.
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